Did I make the wrong choice?

[CandySmooch 0]

No you did not make the wrong choice!!!! You are not alone. Some of us are just slower than others. I lost a whopping 8lbs out of surgery. GAINED 4lbs BACK before my 1st fill and it's been a battle to get those 4lbs back off again - TOTAL weight loss to date - a whopping 8lbs!!!! It's not a wrong choice, hey at least I'm not gaining and I've been holding a steady loss of - hold your breath - 1-2lbs in between fills. I'm getting closer to getting good restriction though - but it is a little discouraging as I've been banded for 3 1/2 months - but at least its coming off and not going back on!!! I'll get there one day and so will you!!!!!!!!!! Look at my damn ticker - you can't even see what my starting weight was and what it is now because the numbers overlap - take a look Welcome to the fight my friend!

[desertmom 297]

Hi

Just a quickie.....2 days after I got out of hospital I thought I would weigh myself and sure,I was surprised....I weighed exactly what I weighed before I started my pre-op liquids for 2 weeks.....14 pounds heavier in 3 days.......I was devastated......I thought I would die.....It took me about 2 weeks to lose that weight......and then I started losing slowly.....it was mentally very hard.....

But I have now lost 52 pounds since the op and if I applied myself better and made better food choices I would definetely have lost more.....I now (since I started feeling a bit better,little reflux....) cheat a lot and make really bad choices a lot......

Just be patient.I also thought I'd made a huge mistake with this operation but now I know I will lose all my weight before my band have to be removed.....

Keep the faith,you will lose...

[vinesqueen 2]

Sorry you are struggling with this. I know how hard it is, especially when we see folks whom the weight seems to be just falling off, when we dont' see any movement on the scales what so ever.

You have to find something else to track your successes if the scale isn't moving. I cannot stress this enough. I personally track all my NSVs and I bump the list every two weeks. In fact, my loss is so slow for the various challenges I post my weekly NSV, not how much weight I lost. I am hoping that I can win Nana~'s cloak though for her challenge.

Only you can say if this was the right decision for you or not. Even though I haven't lost much weight, my health is so much better. And my health is why I got banded. I do know that if I had opted for the RNY I don't think I would be in any better health, and my weight loss might not be any more substansive than what I've already lost. You must give this time though.

[gcravener 0]

Aimze, I feel for you I lost 2 pounds in the two weeks following the surgery. Its now been 3 fills, one was a let out because I couldn't eat anything for 7 months but broth and Tomato Soup and still Im only 20 lbs down since 12/4/04. If I eat normal for a day or so I will gain 3-4 pounds. So here I am still starving myself like I always did. People told me oh you have to eat to lose weight. I tried that and gained....Ill hang in there if it kills me......Just remember some of us bandsters don't lose weight and it looks like we just have to exercise more and starve more than the others do......Keep trying your new to this...........G