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Naturallyjai,
I had my 3rd fill. My dr will not tell me how much I have in my band, he says I should not worry about that. I will tell you my second fill brought me to 4 ml. I have no idea how much he just put in. I am on liquids only for today and feel no difference yet.

errika, I have only lost 5 pounds since my surgery in december! five pounds!!! It's a long story, but i had to switch doctors and only had half as much Fluid in there as the other dr office told me i had! So it was no wonder i thought my band wasnt working. So i got another cc added to my band and i am finally starting to feel a difference, although i still have not lost any weight. I have a friend who has lost 155 pounds in one year...she told me in the first 3 months after surgery she had actually GAINED 8 pounds!!! lol. that made me feel better. I am not alone. She said when her fills finally started getting her near the green zone after 3 months the weight just started FALLING OFF. so, that encouraged me. Maybe it will encourage you. I think my problem, and possibly yours, is that we just haven't reached a good fluid level in our band yet.

Got my first fill on monday it went really good I was not sure how it would go thought it might hurt didn't feel a thing Dr didn't numb it either

Finally in the 220s...just barely at 229.5, but I'm there! Had my first fill on Tuesday - up to 4.4ccs out of my 10. Nurse said I was losing weight too fast an needed to target 2-8 lbs/mo which seems really really low.
I told her swimsuit season is coming and I'd like to actually be comfortable without a muumuu on at the beach!
Hope you all are doing fantastic on your journey!

I was babded 12-31-12. They dont call it bandester hell for fun...it certainly is not. I can eat normally. Have not lost any weight in several weeks but have maintained somehow. I can eat the same as i used to but am only able to eat about half the size meal that i used to. Tomorrow is my 1st fill and ive never been so happy for a dr appt!!!

It is so good to know we are all at about the same stage. I was starting to feel like i was the only one with the hunger issues. Glad we have our December group!

It is so good to know we are all at about the same stage. I was starting to feel like i was the only one with the hunger issues. Glad we have our December group!

errikadb, it's nice to see I am not the only one! That is exactly when my problem started!!! I was doing great until my swelling went down! banded 12-31-12. My first fill is 1-28-13. I put myself back on the liquid diet until my first fill because i can not control the amount of food i eat and dont want my band to slip! I feel no different than i did before surgery. i feel no restriction at all with anything. i am supposed to have no more than 1/2 cup of food 3 times a day and i need like 10 cups three times a day. Hopefully the dr office will give me my fill on 1-28, if they wont i will go to another dr!!!

Ok...can yall tell me EXACTLY what you are doing to prevent Hair loss? ?? I was concerned at first about not losing weight but now i have been losing 1.2 or more pounds a day. My shoes are falling off and my hair is already starting to feel thinner. I think i need to be proactive to prevent hair loss.

For me only one that I liked and several were tried by me, costco Premier Protein chocolate shake, ready to drink. 18 each for $23.99 at Costco. Sometimes they do a $5 off a case for a max of 4 cases ($20 saving)

Hi everyone. I had my surgery yesterday 12-31-12...so I guess I am technically in yalls group Just wanted to say hi. I am doing well. Drinking a lot and feel no restriction with fluids. I have 3 cc in a 10cc band and my first fill is scheduled for 1-28-13

I am very excited. Not really nervous. I have lost 10 lbs on the 2 week liquid diet. I have at least 70 more to lose!

I am very excited. Not really nervous. I have lost 10 lbs on the 2 week liquid diet. I have at least 70 more to lose!