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Hi Guys

I am very very frustrated and I want to cry. I had my surgery on April 17 and I have only lost 30lbs since then. I have lost a total of 45lbs since pre surgery but I am sososososo frustrated. I have not lost a poun din two months and it seems everytime I am on this site everyone is losing crazy amounts except me. I even took up taek won do a month ago and have been going 3-4 times a week for an hour.

I paid $16,000 only to fail again. I miss real food I feel like I have not had a good meal in months. I have 7 CC in a 10CC band and I am not sure how much more I need. Can someone help? Feeling like a failure right about now. Thanks for listening.

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I guess being such a new bandster, I don't have too much advice for you. I know this is something you probably don't want to hear, but a friend of mine who just had the RNY done was told that "Everybody is different, and EVERY BODY is different". Good luck, hang in there, hopefully things will start to get better for you.

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Hi Isit,

I can understand your frustration, but 45 lbs is something to be proud of. I spent October gaining & loosing the same 3-5 lbs.

Are you keeping a journal of everything you eat, including calories, protiens, etc? I did for the first few months, then just startewd listing the food only. I was so frustrated with my weight loss I decided to join one of the online sites where you can track your food (sparkpeople.com). After 2 days, I was shocked at how many calories a day I was consuming - 1600-1700. Yikes! When I was counting calories, I was always well under 1,000.

You mentioned you miss real food. What are you eating.? I can pretty much eat anything I want, as long as its small bites & lots of chewing. If you're not eating solid foods, you should be. You need to work the band, as they say.

I suggest logging your food for 1-2 weeks to see if you can figure why you have plateaued, which by the way is normal for most. If its not obvious to you, take your food log to your nutritionist to get suggestions from them.

Good luck, and hang in there.

Joan

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Hi Guys

I am very very frustrated and I want to cry. I had my surgery on April 17 and I have only lost 30lbs since then. I have lost a total of 45lbs since pre surgery but I am sososososo frustrated. I have not lost a poun din two months and it seems everytime I am on this site everyone is losing crazy amounts except me. I even took up taek won do a month ago and have been going 3-4 times a week for an hour.

I paid $16,000 only to fail again. I miss real food I feel like I have not had a good meal in months. I have 7 CC in a 10CC band and I am not sure how much more I need. Can someone help? Feeling like a failure right about now. Thanks for listening.

Can you give me an idea of what and how much you are eating? This would probably be the best place to start.

Donna

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