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That's awesome news!!! I think .05 would be just enough for me because I feel a little restriction but I can still eat breads and pasta and rice when I'm chewing properly and I can get more than a cup but I still get things stuck sometimes like meat. I have been at a stand still on the scale for 3 long months I've been 188-184 I can't get off of it and I'm about to go crazy!!! 3 months is too long for no weight loss! Ugh! But this gives me hope!!! Thank you!!!!!

I'm having another fill tomorrow...I believe I have 5.5 in a 10cc band but thats because I had an unfill back in march. How much saline does it take to make a difference? Some people say the littlest bit makes a big difference!? So like .5 or so could really make a difference for me? Just wondering?

I do too! I count every calorie! It's very frustrating and it is annoying! I have heard a lot of people say its not what you eat, it's how much! I feel like I've been on a diet all my life and now I have the band Im still dieting! So it does work without dieting? Just watch your portions? I need to get off this 3 month plateau. Im sick of seeing 188-186 on my scale I could just scream!

Sick of the ups and downs on the scale!!! I really think the forum for plateaus is a good idea! I need a fill I think that is my problem! 1 more week!!! Things get stuck but I can eat my whole plate now if I let myself. I will also go long time without eating then I binge eat which makes me eat more at one time and too fast so it gets stuck then I get a pain in my neck and shoulder like gas pains...anyone ever experience this?!?

Banded July 20, 2011 and down 43 pounds. Been on a plateua since February this year! Need a break through fast before I have a break down!!!

I had my last fill in January and a slight unfill in february I lost 10 pounds between my fill and unfill and I've been the same weight since then...188-187 I can not make the scale budge unless I barely eat anything all day it will go down to 184ish but soon as I eat again I go back up to 187 I don't know what to do maybe I need a little bitty fill because I cant eat breads or anything but when I do eat I could eat the whole plate even though I don't let myself but I just can't understand how in the world in 3 months my weight has stayed the same!!!! It's so discouraging! Anyone else like this? I had my surgery July 20, 2011 so my year is coming up and I've only lost 43 pounds I wish I could lose this last 30 before my year mark so I can feel like I didn't let myself down!!! Any help would be appreciated!

I was 189-187 for almost 3 months then I started watching my carb intake and protein I started eating around 60-70g protein and 100g or less of carbs and now I'm at 185 in just a week and half so I would make sure I was getting high protein and low carbs! See if that helps!

3bubbasmon- I was banded July 20 2011 and im only down 46 pounds! We seem to be going at the same rate! I've been fighting the same 5 pounds for 2 almost 3 months now! 189-184! I get that slimmey stuff too if I throw up its usually only slimey salvia not much food in it! I do know I need to slow down and chew more just can't seem to get that part down! But I am working on it!!!

I am the same way! I want to get another fill because I could eat a lot if I wanted to but I choose not to I don't feel that full but I make myself stop. I still get things stuck but I also don't chew as slow as I should so I decided to hold off on my fill so I could learn to chew better! Good luck and just know your not the only one wondering the question and going through this! I wonder if I will ever find the green zone! Ugh!

I am the same way! I want to get another fill because I could eat a lot if I wanted to but I choose not to I don't feel that full but I make myself stop. I still get things stuck but I also don't chew as slow as I should so I decided to hold off on my fill so I could learn to chew better! Good luck and just know your not the only one wondering the question and going through this! I wonder if I will ever find the green zone! Ugh!

Girl I've thought about doing the 5daypouch thing I've heard about! I have to do something! It's driving me insane! 3 months is a long plateua I feel like I'm just made to be this size ugh!

I just need to eat more I think and I do eat the same things all the time because I know they will go down no problem! I hope this low carb thing with help me get started again! Chika- I was banded July 20 2011 and by my 6 month I had my first real plateua I was 198 for a couple months then I got a fill and a week later I was 193. I had to get a little unfill after that because I was throwing up after everything I ate so since then I have been stuck at 189-187 and I know I need to exercise a little more and eat more and watch my carbs!! And def get away from slider foods!

I have been 189-187 since February I can not get the scale moving. I know I could be doing better with my eating but I'm not doing horrible! I'm going to try and watch my carbs this week and see if that will help my process! How long has your plateau lasted and what did you do to get out of it????

I used him for my surgery and it was smooth!!! No problems! What do you mean by how is the post op

Omg!!! That sounds just like how I was!! Having a unfill sounds like your going in the wrong direction but that is far from the truth!!! I had my unfill last Tuesday and it was the best decision i have made since Lapband! I can eat the right things now and actually enjoy it without having to taste it a second time when it comes back up!!! And I have lost 2 lbs! Best decision ever!!!! The doc said I had 6.6 in my 10cc band and she took .5 out it was the biggest relief ever! Good luck!!! Let us know how it goes!

So I had my doc appt today to get little unfill I had 6.6 in my 10cc band and she took half a cc out and I feel 100 times better already and I haven't even ate anything yet! Can't wait to try a chicken salad or just anything really!!!

Yeah crazy as it sounds even though I eat a very small amount a day and work out I still don't lose any weight I really figured I would but then I realized when I do eat it's junk food! So that's why I'm not losing anything! Eating more really does help you lose better ....eating the right things I mean.

Thanks for the responds ladies! Yeah I kept waiting for it to loosen up but it's been over a month and it hasn't changed! I use to eat 5 small meals a day and I was working out so I lost pretty good but now I'm not hardly eating and when I do it's junk that I know will go Down! I really think I can do better with less fluid and eat an work out because I work out really good just need the food!!

I had my last fill at the end of January 2012 and now have 7cc in my 10cc band. Since that day I have thrown up pretty much every day almost every meal...my saliva gets so thick I have to throw it up I can't eat any protein I can't eat before 2pm or it gets stuck only thing I can do is drink coffee in the mornings along with protein shakes oh and by 4 pm I am so hungry I eat chips because that's all that will go down! I made an appointment for tomorrow to get some fluid taken out! I hope to get some relief so I can have some chicken salads again!!!! The first 2-3 weeks of my fill I lost 10 pounds but haven't lost anything since! I need change cause I can't live like this!!!

So it's ok to take addictive pills? Because I know that most appetite Suppressants are highly addictive aka speed. Hcg is not for everyone I understand this...if you don't believe in taking in stuff that doesn't belong in your body then I think Lapband would not have even crossed your mind. I also understand people have their opinions but I doubt I will get heart disease in just one month of use. Hopefully not anyway

Well said! What forum??

Started my hcg injections last Tuesday Feb. 21 and did not even do the diet right I've been eating what I want just in way smaller portions just like the band....I started at 194 where I have been stuck at for a month and 4 days later I am 187.0. I am not depriving myself i eat the same way I did before and the weight is still coming off. Just a little update for all you people who doubted me! Thanks for the support!

Lol I appreciate everyone's time but I am done defending myself! I'll let everyone know how my decision turned out! Thanks!!

Thank you for the support! I guess this really isn't a support group on here!! I'll just have to keep my opinions to myself! Thanks again Azbtrfly! Your a sweetheart!!

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