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Thanks. I'm trying to stay as positive as possible. I did liquids today. I'm still hungry every couple of hours and I'm a little afraid of what my weight will look like tomorrow. I do have an appointment for Feb 2nd at least.

I'm looking for some advise. I was over filled at my last appointment and had to go back for an unfill yesterday. I was told I could eat soft foods and did yesterday and today. As a result, I gained about 1.5 pounds and I'm hungry very frequently. I talked to the nurse practioner and she indicated I should have been on liquids. So that's what I'm doing for the next few days. I feel a little better about that now, but I'm still a little down. Any advice or words of wisdom?

I think you may be too tight. I'd definitely get that checked.

Hi all! My highest pre-surgery weight was 220 and 212 the day of banding (I did not take the pre-op diet very seriously). In the 3 months since the surgery I've lost 36 pounds. I know it's not as much as some, but I'm happy with it. At this point I'm still on track to be at my goal with in a year. I really hope so. I actually don't really even see the weight loss yet, but I am down from a 18/20 to a 14/16. Congratulations to all of you!

The same thing just happened to me with my third fill. I went in today and had an unfill. Go quickly. I waited 2 weeks and they had to take out 3 cc before anything would pass through the band. Now I'm worried about how I will do with so little in the band.

Like several others who posted, I had some regrets in the first few weeks. Mostly because I was so sore and because by week two I was hungry on the liquid diet. Once I started on soft solids the regrets started to fade. I will say that in the first two weeks on liquids, if I was hungry I had some broth. It helped a lot.

Hi this is Aimee My weight this morning is 176.5. I know that seems like a lot in just a couple of days, but it's because I wasn't eating much. I had an unfill today because of it. Thanks so much.

I'm glad my rambling made some sense. And just so you know, up until now that's kind of what I had to do toward the end between appointments. I have trouble getting in more than once a month and I seem to need a fill before that.

Oh thank you guys. This is what I have been experiencing since my last fill. Almost no matter what I eat, how slowly I eat, no matter what. I'm going to the store right now. I hope Kroger's carries Papaya enzyme; if not pineapple juice will work. I'm calling tomorrow to see if I can get in to have a little taken out of my band.

I used the chewable Gas X and drank as many hot beverages (broth and tea) as I could. The warm liquids seemed to help and so did laying on my side. I got those tips years ago when I gave birth to help with gas. They worked this time too. I know it's awful, but I promise it does get better.

Actually Mattie; according to my doctor what you're experiencing is very normal according to my doctor's office. I was in fact told that after the first week my weight loss might be very little until after my second or third fill. He also told me that it would be very normal to go up and down a little at that point. Your in the healing period and it takes some time. Also, it wasn't until my third fill that I started truly experiencing what some of you are referring to as restriction. Now I truly can't eat much with out becoming sick, but before it was just that I got satisfied earlier and didn't eat as much. Luckily because of the stage I was at; just that was enough for me to lose consistently. That is not the case for everyone. I should also mention that in the first month I lost 8 pounds in the week after surgery, then 5 pounds, then 1 and then NOTHING in the week before my first fill. My doctor said that was very normal.

I know that when I go on a yest and gluten aversion diet, I feel soooooooooo much better. I don't have an allergy, but because of many years of eating yeast heavy foods and numerous courses of anti-biotics; I tend to develop a yeast overgrowth in my system. You'd be amazed at how quickly you feel better.

I'm using gummi vitamins. They are all I can stomach.

Thanks for the suggestions. I've been using SparkPeople and I like it, but I've now downloaded both livestrong and lose it to try for a week and see.

That's outstanding! Congratulations! I look at my weight loss in a similar way. I've finally gotten to the lowest I've been in about 12 years and I'm 3 pounds away from the lowest I've been in 17 years.