HELP! Those who are losing weight continuously, I'm Feeling depressed and wanting to give...

So I had my surgery on 8/4/11 and have lost 25 pounds total since the surgery. I have not even had my 1st fill yet. Luckily I get my 1st fill on Tuesday 10/4. The reason i'm writing this is because I have been stuck at the same weight for over 2 weeks now. I only eat 900-1200 calories a day and work out 3-4 times a week for about 45 minutes to an hour.. Well I weighed myself this morning and gained 4 pounds! WTF!! It's not my period (won't start that for a lil over 11 days). I know it's also not the whole "well muscle weighs more then fat" spiel. I'm so discouraged now I feel like i'm destined to be fat forever. I'm afraid i'm going to fail and now wondering why I ever had thuis surgery. I hope once I get my 1st fill It will start to work again. Even though I only have 900-1200 I still feel like I have no restriction like I can eat anything. I feel lost and really sad right now. How many calories, carbs and grams of fat are you folks consuming daily?

Well for starters you don't have any restriction yet at this point, even if they prime your band (put some in at surgery)it usually isn't enough to feel any restriction. Don't be surprised if it takes several fills before you feel any restriction. You are still healing most likely and until you get some good restriction you will no doubt gain and lose the same weight for awhile. Remember this is the slowest form of weight loss surgery and nothing much happens the first few months. Just be patient.

Hey, I'm a newbie too - I had my surgery on Aug26th and experienced the same.  I lost around 20 pounds quickly and then stayed there for about the same 2 weeks.  But happily I have began loosing again after getting my first fill this week.  Don't worry the wight loss will come.  Also, when I got my fill I also had a appointment with the nutritionist at the office and went over what I should be doing - and the do's and don't's.  I dont know if your Dr. has a nutritionist on site but if so maybe you can sit with them and they can go over your question about calories.  I know me personally I only eat a 1/2 cup of food at each meal and sometimes I'll have 1 snack but its usually not because I'm hungry but to try to meet my protien requirement.  Thats on of  the things I spoke to the nutritionist about.  Congrats on your wieght loss and Good luck on your journey.

Hang in there and as hard as it is...stay off the scales for now.  You don't have restriction so every pit of success you are having...THAT'S ALL YOU!!! :) Right now is more about healing, learning the good habits and choices. It sounds like you are doing everything right!  Being very honest with you...I felt like a failure for a bit and then I stopped looking at scale and just kept hitting the gym...as I climbed off the elliptical one afternoon my sweats fell to knees! I quickly jerked them up...u know its funny because the first thing that went throw my head was self defeating ...(well if you weren't so dang fat!...but then the realistic me said...wait a min...pants wont go up when ur fat..its not that they fall down...) I went to the locker room and weighed in the same swimsuit I did all my weigh ins in..I was down 5 lbs.  I started noting drops every week or so of about 2-3 lbs, sometimes a bit more often less... but HANG IN THERE!!!! You will get there... Oh and make sure you have elastic in the sweats at the gym or everyone will see the smiley face panties when it happens to you! :)

Thank you for sharing this encouragement.  I too just had surgery 3 weeks ago and I was so excited about my initial weight loss of 15lbs but I havent lost any more since, and I am feeling discouraged as well.  I am hanging in there and trying to stay positive.  I get my first fill next week and I can't wait to see what happens from there.  Thanks again for all the encouraging posts!  It helped to lift my spirits!

It will get better, it will take some time but just wait :)  I am so excited for you :)

Swoosh :)