Luis! 80 pounds is great! You go boy! I had my RnY on 10/02/07 and have lost 65 pounds! I am thrilled! You are doing a great job Keep up the good work! Blessings Jenn

Well, I had surgery Oct 1st. and have only lost 10-12 lbs. In Nov I had 3 adjustments and still felt hungry, was able to eat too much. Got discouraged in Dec and ate whatever I wanted, including fudge, etc. Gained 2 lbs. Got 4th adjustment Jan 4th. Also had a ?barrium xray and everything looked good as far as band and placement. Dr said my esophagus is dialated. I don't feel any different. Can eat too much and still get soooooooo hungry. How do you get past this? I'm being told it is "Head Hunger".

Hi Janet: I had the same problem initially .... very hard to get motivated to eat ANYTHING. However, I focused on 2 things: I used a timer and made sure I attempted something small every 2 hours - instead of 3 meals a day. I can't do 3 meals a day ... never could. Also - I used the "Nectar" protein drinks ... mixed only with water ... and sipped them slowly to make them last. 3 per day provided the 68 grams of protein I needed, and now 3 months out, I am able to eat small portions of protein every 2 hours and I only drink 1 (or sometimes 2) protein drinks per day to make sure I get the protein amounts. I had trouble with all the fancy "recipes" for the protein drinks, and found instead that keeping it simple was more palatable. (Lemonade flavor "Nectar" w/water only is easy to drink.) Good luck ... and remember .... things change frequently ... you could feel very differently at any time. :)

I had surgery on Oct. 30, at 318. As of this morning, I was at 268, for a 50 pound loss in 9 weeks. Jenny

Hi Kevin, We had our surgery's on the same day... ;) 10/02/07 I have lost 61 pounds since surgery... I love my RnY!!! Awesome job by the way!!! Blessings Jenn