Slow Losers - Unite!

[Valentinebaby 0]

Sloooow loser here! Sitting here chanting the mantra for slow losers :confused: Banded 3/8/06 lost 16 pounds first 2 weeks have gained back 4 pounds.Had fill end of May still not losing :'( I know I shouldn't weigh in everyday but I do scale keeps going up and down with the same 2 pounds some days I lose them other days I have gained them back? But clothes feel more comfortble in the waist.

[sea 0]

I increased the exercise and have been careful abiut portion sizes . Lost three lbs. in ten days. Maybe some of us are just slooooooooww losers.

[sea 0]

I increased the exercise and have been careful abiut portion sizes . Lost three lbs. in ten days. Maybe some of us are just slooooooooww losers.

[vinesqueen 2]

Hi Sea, 3 in 10 days isn't slow! Congrats on that! And yes, excersize is a vital component to losing weight!

[NiceCNYLady 0]

Slow loser here. Banded 11-10-05. Have lost 19 pounds with 5 fills! I have a 4CC band and 2.0CC fill level. I haven't lost any weight in the last month. Ugh. I walk between 5 - 10 miles daily. I also do exercise videos occassionally.

Saida

208/186/167

Start of program/date of surgery/current weight

[Breezie 0]

Please count me in...... I was banded in Monterrey March 11, 2006. I have had 3 fills so I now have 6.5cc (I have a 10cm band)... and have lost 20 pounds.......I exercise every day!

Banded by Dr. Rodriguez Monterrey MX

March 10, 2006

222/199

[juliegeraci 7]

Well ladies and gents, I'm back on the losing side again. I had lost 12 lbs post op and promptly put on 5. I am about even right now . My first fill is Monday. I'm just trying to stop eating when I'm no longer hunger. Its is difficult to gauge so I am hoping a fill will help me. Good luck to all. I love these threads.

[judyr2005 0]

Hello I am new here and was happy to see a slow loser group. I have only lost 22 pound over the last year and that is my fault I do not exercise and I drink coke. My regular doctors agreed it would be good for me to do the banding even if it took me awhile (since my insurance paid it all)since my sickness PTSD caused me to gain the 40 pounds. Which made me weight just enough for my insurance to pay any less and they would not have paid. I never was thin but I was at least a size 16 and happy now I am a 20 and was more. My goal is less than before 150 would be good. So I have 38 to go.

But I am working at it slowly as I get better from my illness. If anyone wants to know about what PTSD is just ask. It nice to have a place to say something about my band. It took a few fills but he finally got it right with a fancy x-ray machine. I have not been filed in a year but it still works great because if I eat just a bit to much it comes out. Also if I do not chew well it comes up. But I know pretty well how to do since it has been a over a year I was banded 4/27/05.....:funscale:

Judy

[okeejoe 0]

Count me in on the slow loser group. I was banded by Dr. Ortiz on March 29, 2005. As of this morning I have lost 38 lbs. I do get discouraged, but keep hanging in there. Do I qualify for the group? Okeejoe

[shauntil6266 0]

I am in i am loosing very slowly

[Marilync1266 6]

:help: Hi,

I'm definitely a slow loser. I lost 40 lbs in about 16 months and have sinced gained it back - but that is another story altogether.

I need advice, I have an appointment with a new primary care doctor tomorrow and want to get blood tests done to see if I'm insulin resistant and check my thyroid. Are there any other tests that I should have done to see why it is so hard for me to lose weight.

Thanks for your help!

Marilyn

[okeejoe 0]

I also have a check up appointment with my primary care doctor next week. I feel sooooooo tired all the time. It's been 14 months since my surgery and am wondering what tests I should have ran? Any suggestions? Thanks ........ Okeejoe

[Banded Brenda 0]

I am facing having a vien liagation in both legs very soon but other than painful legs, I feel really good since my banding in Feb. 06. I still haven't lost a lb in 10 weeks but I feel great. I am exercising but I apparently still don't have this eat slow and know when you are full down yet. I've had 2 fills and chose to pass on the fill the doctor wanted to do on Tuesday. I am going away for 9 days to a workshop and didn't want any surprises from the fill while I am away. How do you know when you've reached that appropriate inflation? Will I feel like I did the first 2 weeks after my surgery? That was great, I was never hungry.

:guess

[ccfrog4u 0]

Well saddly I am a member, I had surgery on Mar 06 lost 18 lbs and have gained it all back. I have had 2 fills. Maybe I am just one of those people it does not work for. :phanvan

[Angeleyes 1]

You just need another fill!