Not at restriction, not losing and Having pain

[MollyAnne 0]

I had my surgery on 10/29/08. Starting 2 weeks b4 my surgery I had to be on a full liquid diet and that lasted until 2 weeks after my surgery and then to musshy food. Between 10/15 and 11/10 I lost 24 pounds. I have maybe lost 2 lbs since then. I actually gained a couple and since Jan 1 have lost maybe 3 lbs. I have had 2 fills - one on 12/1 for 3 ccs and one on 12/28 with 2 more cc's. At first after the last fill - i felt restricted but that was probably because of the fill causing swelling or something right after. I watch what I eat and I want to start journaling online - need a recommendation on that. BUT I AM frustrated with no weight loss. Not to mention I need to start exercising. For the last 5 days I am having what I believe to be Gall Bladder pain and it hurts down by my port as well. Please someone tell me that I am not going nuts. I mean based on how I am eating I would think I would be losing weight. I am Diabetic - but my diabetes AC1 test took me from 9 to 6.6 which is excellent - so that is good news. I am Insulin resistant. I need a buddy or something. My mother constantly asks me how my weight loss is going - like it should just be falling off. I have been trying to tell her that I am not at restriction - so this is just me doing this. My band holds 11 ccs I think and I am at 5. I just need some guidance from someone who has gone thru this as well. Vitamins I could take - besides the multi or something. I got my Wii Fit out of the box and will start using tomorrow morning. Help!!!!! I need help and cannot wait to help others once I have this down - but I do not have it down. I do not eat to the point of stuffed. I am now rambling........ Help!:cursing:

[Sue Magoo 71]

MollyAnne:

If you are not at restriction yet then it is very difficult. You've only had two fills so far. Maybe you'll hit your sweet spot on the third fill.

I strongly suggest that you start journaling your food intake. Sometimes we just don't notice how much we're eating unless we write everything down. I think there's a website called dailyplate.com Try that one, or there's others too.

In addition, exercise will help. Not only does it burn calories, but it keeps you away from the fridge.

Best wishes to you. Let me know if you have more questions. I hope you already have another fill scheduled with your doctor. Mine said we could have it done every week after the first couple until we hit our sweet spot. I think I hit the sweet spot on my third fill, but I have a small band.

Talk to your doctor about your gallbladder pain too. It may need to come out. I had mine out 9 mos. after lap band.

Take care.

I love my band!

Sue

[crzytchr 3]

It is frustrating to feel like this. I am 6 months out and have hit a plateau in the last 3 weeks. Prior to this, though, I lost about 2-3 lbs per week.

I use fitday.com to journal my food. You may find that you aren't eating enough, or that you are eating more calories than you thought you were. Both can hurt your weight loss efforts. I don't know what your dr recommends, but I eat 1200-1500 calories per day. It has worked for me up until now. NOW, I need to exercise to jump start my weight loss again.

As far as the pain goes, you need to see your dr about that. It may be gall bladder.

[spudgirl 0]

MollyAnne:

I am exactly the same way that you are. The only difference is I haven't had any fills yet. I had my surgery on 10/30/08 and I lose 22lbs 8 days after my surgery. Since then I probably lost about 5-7lbs more. But ever since about the end of Nov. I haven't lost anymore weight. I think I may have put another 1-2lbs back on, too. I will be getting my first fill on Feb 4th so I am hoping that that will help me a lot. According to other people that I know that has the same DR as me they say that he gives very good fills. I'm also like you in the way that I don't exercise like I should. I can't seem to stay motivated to exercise. I always get motivated the day before I decide "ok I'm gonna do what it takes to lose this weight" and then the next day rolls around and I don't wanna do anything. I know that we're kinda in the same boat so if you want we could try and be moral support to each other. My parents, especially my mom, always asks me about my weight loss too and it's very hard to tell them that it's not working right now. Especially when they don't understand the whole being restricted or not restricted thing. Anyways, I hope things start looking up for you and if you would like to stay in touch let me know and I'll give you my email address. Bye!