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Hello, Just curious if anyone finds that their band gets tighter a few days after their fill. I seem to see no difference right after my fill but about 3 or 4 days later I am not hungry at all. I would think you would feel the tightest right after a fill. Just wondering if anyone else is having the same results.

My doctor has me waiting 8 weeks between fills. He is very slow. I wish it would have been every 4 weeks. The first few weeks are great and then the restriction becomes less and less but that is me everyone is different.

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. This was wonderful... Thank you so much.

I was wondering the same thing so thank you for the explanations on the green zone. My conclusion is I am not quite there yet but hopefully getting close. Sure wish my doctor was more aggressive with the fills. 5 months since I was banded and I just got my 3 fill. I now have 4cc's in my 10 cc band. Oh well I will be patient. Thank you for the question and the replays.

I am still trying to hit that magical green zone. I have always been a big eater so I love eating smaller portion. It is so cool to feel full with such a small amount of food. I am loving it.

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So true. I lost ALOT of weight on MANY of the diets I tried. I could lose, just not for long. And what I lost in 3 months could be gained back in a week, no joke! Among those I've tried: Jenny Craig ... Grew tired of the packaged food quickly, and was discouraged by the very slow losses. New Direction and Optifast ... These worked great, as they were liquids only; gained it all back as soon as I went back to work. The Diet Center ... I did this plan a couple of times. It worked extremely well the first time (back in the late 80's) and I thought I could stick with the new eating lifestyle forever; I couldn't. Atkins ... Also worked well, but same issue as above. Diet pills ... They were ok when I was younger; less tolerance for them and less results as I got older. Plus I would get too snappy. Hcg ... Actually would work well, just could never stick with it long enough to get to goal. Nutrisystem .... See Jenny Craig above, The Beverly Hills Diet ... Does anyone remember that one? Or am I giving away my age? Lol. Anyway, I fainted and gave up on that. Those are just my majors, lol. I had tried probably every diet out there before being saved by the band. My biggest NSV with the band is the freedom of mind from the dieting mentality I lived with every day since my teens. . Me too. I could never understand why I could gain the weight back so quickly. I forgot about Diet Center I did that one too. All the money involved with all these diets wow! I still find myself being drawn into any ad I see for weight loss. I think to my self maybe I should try that one. I have to stop myself and remember I have done something about it lap band surgery. Old habits are hard to break I guess.

. Oh my gosh truer words have never been said! I am a great dieter but lousy at maintaining. I wish I had a dollar for every pound I lost and then regained.......I would be so rich!

. Hi Debbie, I always love reading your posts. You give me hope on reaching that green zone. Not quite there yet but have great hopes it will be my next fill! The last fill I had helped a little but I still get hungry within 4 hours. What your message teaches us is be patient and everyone is different. Thank you for sharing your story

That is what we all hope for! Can't wait for that day myself.

Congratulations Debbie...

. Congratulations!

. Hi Bandista, for some reason I thought you had your surgery around the same time I did. I had mine Oct 3. I am going for only my second fill tomorrow. I think it is great that you have had so many fills. With only one fill I have been struggling. I am hoping tomorrow will help and maybe the third fill will be sooner than 8 weeks! Just wondering..... So you have had 4 fills in 2 months ....wow....I am really frustrated because I do not feel any restriction what so ever....I hope the fill tomorrow will help.

. Hi Bandista, for some reason I thought you had your surgery around the same time I did. I had mine Oct 3. I am going for only my second fill tomorrow. I think it is great that you have had so many fills. With only one fill I have been struggling. I am hoping tomorrow will help and maybe the third fill will be sooner than 8 weeks! Just wondering....

. Oh boy I hear you. I do not feel restricted at all. I have had only one fill in the 2 months that I have been banded. The only thing is I had 2cc,s put in. .5 doesn't even seem like it is worth it....my 2 cc,s did not have any effect on me I cannot imagine what ,5 would be like. Hopefully the doctor will add more solution than that. I do not go for another fill until January 8. Sure wish it would have been before Christmas.

You probably won't feel satisfied for 4 hours all the time till you get enough fills to give you that level of satiety. And even then it's normal to feel hungry if you eat slider foods in place of protein first. You said earlier, you're 7 weeks out but not eating all foods? Why are you not eating regular food? And it took many months of being banded for most of us to discern the difference between true hunger and cravings. . I am eating all foods. I have not had any problems with food getting stuck.

I am finding about one day a week I am so hungry. I follow the plan but I am still hungry. Anyone else find that to be true.

Yea that seems to be my only change as well. Also too big of bites or not chewing enough cause a bit is pressure. I have a friend that is a few months ahead of me on this journey and is just now getting to the point where some foods are a no go. I am so ready to be there!! . I guess we should watch what we wish for but I keep hoping I get to that point where there are foods I cannot eat as well!

you won't really notice a difference until you start eating solid food again. The restriction is great for the 1st week...at least for me it was after my 1st fill then it got easier and i didn't stay full as long. I will let you know after tomorrow how the 2nd fill goes. I am so surprised you are having so many fills. I wish mine would be that close. I think it's great that your fills are so close. Especially if it is like you said the first week is the best....that means 6 weeks of struggling to my next fill....especially with the holidays coming.

I had my first fill yesterday. 2cc at 7 weeks. I really do not feel a difference. On liquids right now I am hoping that when I start eating regular food I. Will feel the difference. My next fill will not be for another 7 weeks...ugh!

Wow! You look great.

Hello, any October banisters. I was originally scheduled for September 23 but the drs office called yesterday and moved my date to October 3.