Erin Hang in there -- I had my surgery 4/23 and my second week I was stuck --- but 5 days later I stepped on the scale and was pleasantly suprised to see I lost 7 pounds. Think about it... hardly eating anything and doing Exercises daily --- sooner or later it will come off! Hang in there it will come!

Hi Gang, my surgery was April 30th. The day of surgery I weighed 297 and today I am 269 that is a total of 28 lbs. I am so thrilled and today I started back to work. I could have taken a few more weeks but felt ready. I am a bit tired but only another 1.5 hours and the day is over I can go home and take a nap.

I had my VSG 4/29/208. I have lost about 16 lbs I feel like I lost more, hopefully my scale is broke. LOL. I too think I am losing weight to slow. I weighed 362 and the scale now says 346. I have a long way to go and I thought being so heavy that I would have lost 25lbs or more the first two weeks. I thought the weight would be falling of me daily. Wonder what I am dong wrong. I go back to the Dr on the 30th. I hope I have lost at least 25 by then. I feel like I will never be able to eat anything more solid then cottage cheese. I tried and I get this aweful feeling like a rock in my sleeve. Feels terrible. Hopefully that will change in few weeks. l love Cambell's creamy potato soup but after one can my Dietician screamed at me. So I never ate it again but it took me 3 days to eat the can and boy did I enjoy it. LOL Any advice or recipes would be greatly appreciated.

OMG! I had surgery the same day and I am at a 16-17 lb stall. You took my feeings right out of my mouth. I feel the same way. I keep thinking Oh please don't let me have gone through all of this for less then 20lbs. It can't be though. It just can't. Somthing's got to give!

Hi everyone.......... My name is Karen and I live in New Jersey. I am happily married and have 3 daughters. I am 51 and have been about 60 lbs overweight FOREVER. I did diet successfully - many times and always gained back plus some. I got my lapband on April 16th and had really bad gas pains - nothing else. I did liquids and mushies for 3 weeks and got a fill last Tuesday. It did not hurt at all ( I am a BIG baby)....At that time I was down 12 lbs. I got 3cc's and drank my water in the waiting room. I thought I was gonna die ~ the water just sat in my throat. The dr. then removed 1cc. and I went back to my water. Again, the pressure was intense and I began to cry. He removed 1/2 cc and you could hear the water go down (like rotor rooter)!! I drove home and kept salivating and my eyes kept tearing. I was all about to go for a little more unfill and my friend (banded 1 yr. ago) called me and said it to wait it out for a day and I did. The next day I was great - RESTRICTION FINALLY! Well, now it is 5 days later and I honestly feel like I am barely restricted!! I have eaten the things allowed (and some NOT) and have had NO "stuck" feeling at all. I had a small piece of bread tonight with no problem. Yes, I do get full faster, but compared to what I have read - either I am super lucky with not much gag reflex OR I have very little restriction. Not sure at all. My next dr. appt is in 3 weeks and I dont even own a scale. I wish I had kept that last cc. though~ nice to meet you all.