Weigh in... how much have u lost?

[Luscious 1]

I was banded on 7 April 2008, 6.5 weeks ago. No pre-op diet. Weight loss = 17 kilograms (or 37.5 pounds). Not bad for less than 7 weeks.

As of my weigh-in today I am no long MORBIDLY OBESE... just plain old OBESE :cursing:

[ld0008 0]

hi all, I was banded on March 3 and have lost 38 lbs. Nothing tastes as good as how I feel. Everyone keep up the good work.

[watchout 1]

I was banded on May 5th and including pre-op diet, I've lost 13 pounds. My doctor has put me on a full liquid diet until I see him on June 10th. I do have cottage cheese, but besides that it's only Soup and slimfast. I don't like the Protein Shakes. Sometimes I have smoothie. I started walking this week, I''m a slow healer so I have to take it easy.

[Lunabeane 2]

1 week out and I've lost 10lbs.

[chrissieny 0]

i was on a preop diet for two months prior to surgery (i lost 26lbs). i was banded on may 16th and since then i've lost 12lbs.

[tmfritts 0]

WOW!!! You guys are doing great!!!

I was banded yesterday and I think I am the only person who has gained 2 pounds since surgery yesterday!!!!! :cursing: Hopefully it is just all of the fluids from the Ivs in the hospital!

Terri

[miss meliss 0]

Hey Terri!

Don't be hard on yourself. When you had your surgery they pumped you full of liquids, this is what is looking like a weight gain. I lost 12 pounds the 1st week, however, I did not show any loss until day 5 or 6. Once it started showing up I was losing a couple of pounds a day for a few days.

[miles2empty 0]

Hi everyone-

I'm with Terri actually. I was banded on 5/22, and have gained 8 lbs since then. Doc told me to expect it, from all the surgery stuff and from recovering and what not. Not too worried about it. Went for my first 1 mile walk yesterday, that felt really good (well first 1 mile post surgery anyway, before surgery I was playing soccer 4x a week, ha ha). recovery is going well, now am ready to see some lbs drop off!

best of luck to everone!!

[tmfritts 0]

Thanks Meliss and miles2empty! I did already loose the 2 pounds I gained!!! Glad to hear it was not an immediate thing! Don't want to feel like I am failing when I haven't even begun!! lol!

Terri

[Miss Michelle 1]

I was banded 5/23, only a few days ago, but since begining my pre-op diet I am down 20lbs!

[Yvonne72 0]

I was banded on May 20th- Doc didn't give me a pre-op diet- but he definitely should have. I wound up having an enlarged liver and they had some difficulties and came close to not performing the surgery.

Thankfully, my band is in- which I have actually given a name= "Lily"... She is quite important to me and we have a long journey to get through together!

At my pre-op appt, I weighed in at a whopping 282- my all time high. I was shocked! I am only 5'2"- so I must look like a little suma wrestler! LOL

As of this morning, I am 269- bye bye 280's- bye bye 270's!!! I will Never be seeing you again!!!

WTG everyone- anyone have an NSV yet? (Non-scale victory)

I know it's kinda early, but those will be coming along Very Soon if not already!!!

XOXOXOXOXO to all

[OpenHrtOpenMind 1]

Hey, all...it's great to see how everyone is doing Our program was a bit different as we had a 12 wk class before surgery & this is when my weight loss began. I started 2/14/08 at 282.2; day of surgery was at 244.0 (so a loss of 38.2 prior to surgery). Today I'm at 230.8; so a total loss all together now of 51.4!!!

[caminco 0]

It is so great to so how everyone is doing. Everyone seems to be doing really well. I think motivation increases as the weight comes off. I had my surgery on May 9th and I'm down almost 16 pounds. I was on an Atkins type diet preop. I was on liquids for two weeks after surgery. I started mushy foods today. Yeah! Colleen

[ldorotik 0]

I had my surgery on May 2, I am down 19 pounds, but I have been stuck here for two weeks. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. I have been back to a regular diet for 1 1/2 weeks. I've been eating eggs, chicken & veggies and walking. Any suggestions, is this normal?

[bandfan1 0]

I was banded on May 1st. I have lost 16lbs and am THRILLED with that. I have NEVER lost that kind of weight in less than a month. Most of the 16lbs came off the first 2 weeks after surgery and then I pretty much stopped too. When I went to the doctor he said that it is normal to slow and stop losing for a few days. First, your body has to adjust to your new weight. 2nd, you don't want to have too drastic of a loss... it's not healthy. I was not put on a pre-op diet, so that is why there is not more than a 16lb loss.

I was filled yesterday and I definitely feel the restriction (1.5cc's into a 5.0cc band). I had to do liquids yesterday and mushies for a couple of days. I expect to see the scale move again very soon.

Just because the scale is not moving, it doesn't mean that you aren't losing inches. You should take measurements of yourself. I am already down 2 pants sizes !!!

Also my doc told me to aim for 50-60g of Protein per day. If you go too much over that, it will slow down the weight loss.

Keep your chin up, you WILL succeed!!!