Glenda045

yep, there is such a thing as head hunger. i found that out to be true on my liquid pre op...i still have it...now if i (think) i am hungry, i drink to see if i am......but if i am hungry, i eat...
45 is worth bragging. next time put it in ALL CAPS

Brag girl.

I'm with the byrd. I'm at about 10 ccs and needing one more fill(6th). I keep hoping the next fill will be the green one but it hasn't happened. After monitoring this site for a while now, I think some of us respond to the band differently and may never have that feeling like Fab Sasha. Sad, but it's still working for me, only not as well as or how I thought it would be.
tmf

If you are in the green zone - the change is soo drastic you will definetly know. I can eat 2 bites of food and feel full. I have mostly head hunger vs. real hunger. And after a eat about 1/2 cup of food (if that), I am not hungry for 3-4 hours.

I read some good advise on a LBT forum about knowing when you're hungry vs. just craving food and it stuck with me: if you feel hungry for a whole can of green beans, you are hungry. If you could eat a whole bag of potato chips, you are craving. I am still considering surgery, so I don't know exactly how you are feeling, but this has helped me to not overeat or not eat when I'm not actually hungry.

its been really hard for me to stop eating the stuff i like but i have a very good support team and they watch everything y eat i havent gone yeat for my first adjustment so i dont really know how it feels ..

I hear ya, its more like the mind is rebeling against the body. My body knows what its supposed to do and follows through, but my brain is the one thats causing problems, telling me to eat something I know I shouldn't, and how much and after I have, I wasn't really hungry for it, but just because it was. I will eat for 20-30 minutes sometimes alittle longer but I have the portion that Im supposed to eat no more (hubby is very good at portion control) . It does get easier, but people have to realize this is life long changes not till we've just lost the weight. We can still regain it back, and still be able to have health problems if we do.
I can admit I didn't know! Good Luck!

I'm so thankful for this support site! Thank you my banded friends....it is unbelievable the help I get from your encouraging words. Allison, thanks for sharing. I have friends who have had success just after 2 fills so, I've just been aggravated. I'm happy to know that it may take more fills...I feel better knowing that it may not even be this coming scheduled appointment...so, maybe I won't be so disappointed. Corrigan, congrats on your will power and motivation...50lb loss in that short amount of time is awesome. Keep up the great work.
Diane, I guess somehow deep down in my mind I thought the horrible fight with will power would be behind me once I was banded. In the beginning, when the pounds were coming off, I thought for sure that I was right. I do have to correct some behaviors and be strict to the plan as you have advised me. I just need to get off pity parkway and get to it. You are absolutely right...I have to listen to the band. Once I have read your blog, I realize it has given me reminders of wrong behavior and choices. I didn't realize that's what's happening but, I have eaten too fast, not chewed well enough and over eaten. I guess I thought the band would be a magic wand or something. I feel so much better after this light bulb has gone off. From this blog on, I'm gonna re-read my rules and have determined in my heart to get back to it. I'm so encouraged right now that I can't wait for my next meal so I can practice (LOL). I'm glad that you have been so conscious of all things during your journey and that you are willing to help and share all with us. I appreciate you much. May God continue to bless you in your new me journey.

Glenda, so glad to hear your doing better. We all go thorugh these frustrations from time to time and just need to help each other through the ruff spots. Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving, filled with family and friends.

Frustration is abound. I had my surgery on Aug 2nd. Filled..unfilled...Filled...filled, now back for an unfill. Its hard to find that "sweetspot" with the lapband. There are so many variables and EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT. I am going back in tomorrow after being filled last wed. Thank god my husband was out of town all week, it has been difficult weekend and I was try ing to make the best of a bad situation. Thinking I could handle eating 1 TBL at a time and spitting it up. TG is right around the corner and its just me and the spouse. I will cook the TG dinner as always, but probably wont get to eat a bit of it. I dont really care, I just want to continue to lose weight, but not spitting it up. Good Luck. Just know that everyone is different and all the food that you can or cant eat varies as well.

This is still new to me so the best I can do is tell you to keep your head up....don't get dicouraged ( I know easier said than done ) And Diane is right. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

Glenda, you have not wasted thousands of dollars. I know you read my blogs and have heard me preach about this being a tool. I also had wonderful ideals that I would never have to watch another calorie in my life and had hoped that my band would tell me when to stop. But I have come to realize that the band will do all of those things but only if I listen and stick to the plan. I hope and pray I never have to have another fill, I like being able to eat just about anything I want these days, know that I have to be accountable to my self. I have restriction and I am in the green zone. You can do this, and it does take a lot of will power in the beginning until you get to the sweet spot but once there it is easier but never forget it is still you managing your behavior not the band it is there as a friendly reminder when you do something really stupid. Like eat to fast, not chew or over eat. The one thing I have to be careful of now is not drinking while eating, in the beginning I did this very well but the longer your banded the easier it is to slip back into some bad behaviors. Good luck and keep blogging. Diane

Glenda, I was banded about two weeks before you. To date I've lost about
50 lbs and haven't had any fills. This isn't bragging, I just don't have
any hunger. I was starving to begin with, but as I went along on 900
calories, my hunger began to wane, and now it's very manageable. I could
eat the back end off a cow if I wanted, but don't. There is a year between
surgery and the last fill. If I tried, I could gain 100 lbs in that time, but
I started this to lose weight (for health reasons) and I'm not going to
waste my last chance for anything.

Glenda - it truly takes a WHILE sometimes to get restriction - I was banded 7/5 and i've had 4 fills - and this last fill at the beginning of November was the first time i felt ANYTHING in there - and i'm still not at restriction or the green zone. I am hopeful i'll hit it in December with my 5th fill. The first few months of a bander's life is labeled bander hell for a reason - you've been banded but there's no restriction yet - so you are flying without a net. Some lose, some gain, some maintain - but no doubt it's pure will power until you hit restriction. Speed of hitting restriction depends on lots of things including how aggressive your surgeon is with amounts of each fill. I do wish you restriction soon and best of luck on your journey!!!!