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I do exercise a little, and my band is pretty tight so I'll have a protien bar for breakfast, soup for lunch, plain low fat yogurt with fruit for dinner. maybe some popcorn or a glass of wine or starbucks to bump up the calories cause I thought it was bad to eat too few cals cause of starvation mode or something.

Hi All, Ive' been banded since June, I'm tracking my cals (on cal counter), being verry diligent about staying under the 1700 cal a day that they recommend. And I'm still not losing! I entered my hight and weight ect. and I usually seem to eat about 1400 cals a day. Could that still be too much?? This happened to me befor the band when Iwas on Jenny Craig, I never lost I'm getting depressed could there be medical reason why some people dont lose?? I think if you dont eat you should lose..? thanks- jen

Hi, I had my surgey in June, and up till about oct had realy no restriction. I'm at 3.0 in 4cc band and now I'm pretty tight although its surpriseing what I can and cant eat. I cant realy eat in the a.m and It kinda seems like I can only have about 1 solid meal per day, but I get by on soup and low fat yogurt. I have been trying to eat solids and can usualy do just a few bites. Its been hard but I think I'm finaly getting the hang of it, and I'm anxious to start losing.

Hi, I have a question. How do you (most) trac your calories if you are only eating a couple of bites? I'm having trouble losing and have been trying to count/trac but still not working. Is it posible to have too few calories? I doubt thats my problem, but maybe posible??? Thanks for your help

Thanks for your reply. Do you think find the sweet spot could be a matter of .1-2cc? like I was at 2.6 totally unrestricted and at 3.cc I'm too tight, I'm so surprised that such a small amount could make such a huge difference. Also with the last fill it seemed tight for the first 2 weeks and then it loosened up so I was waiting to see if that would happen again.maybe i am eating too fast or not taking small enough bites?? one thing funny I noticed is that if my stomache is empty and I'm starving, I cant eat and if I'm not hungry I can eat, but I do get that full feeling pretty quick. That is why I am soo confused!

Hi, I was wondering what the typical portion size is when you hit the "sweet spot". How do you know when you hit it, and how do you know if you are eating enough.

I would love to be able to eat some protien, I guess I'll have to do the shakes because I litterly cant eat more than 1-2 bites of anything. I guess I didnt realize thats what the sweet spot meant. I can eat soft foods and soup but I can only have solids maybe once a day. How big are most portions now for you? thanks-jen

HI ALL. I just had my third fill 10-8 at 3cc. was at 2.6 with minor restriction. O.k at times it seems like I cant eat anything solid, and at other times it seems like I can eat quite a bit, but it is usualy foods that arent good that I can eat, like chips, cookies stuff like that. When I try to eat good food like chkn. or ground beef I cant have more than 2 bites, and I'm slimeing(almost at every meal). Well I'm pretty determined to not getting an un fill because I haven't lost any weight at all since the surgery in june. Am I doing some thing wrong or will things loosen up a bit, why can I eat a lot sometimes and nothing most of the time??

Hi, my surgery was in june, I hadnt lost any weight since then and I just had my third fill on 10/08, I'm at 3cc. now I had my fill done with the floroscopy(?) and the dr saw that I had little to no restriction with the 2.6 fill that I had done in september. Im following the rules and all that so maybe I still have swelling or something. I probly have more mental hunger than anything but I can hear my tummy growling quite often. :cry

I am soo glad you asked this question, I too dont have that full feeling! And I have the pain when I eat. And a lot of spitting up (YUK,sorry) I dont understand how this thing is supposed to work. I am misserable, my stomache is always growling, but I cant eat anything most of the day, I am living off frozen yogurt! I hope someone can answer this for us.

Hi, I was told by my dr. that I would be able to eat about 1/3 of what I could eat before, well I must have been able to eat A LOT! because I can still eat about 1-1/12 cups of food, I've had 1 fill,and just had my surgery 6-21-07, I havent lost any weight, but at least I'm maintaining. But I have read most people say about a 1/2 cup, that doesnt seem like verry much at all, but I guess thats the point. Good luck-

thank you, your reply realy helped and was very informative

O.k I know I've only had a fill for about a week now, but I expected that I would lose 1-2lbs a week, not gain 5! I'm sooo confused about how this thing works! Some times I seem to have no restriction at all, and other times I cant eat more than 2-3 bites?? Whats up with that! Some times I feel full and other time I dont, some times I can eat bread and sometimes I cant? Is it like this for everyone? I read a lot of posts and this is realy the only place I have for support so any insite to this would be great! thanks !:girl_hug:

Hi, I'm newly banded and just had my first fill. I am afraid to eat till I'm completely full, but at the same time I'm curious as to how much food my tum can hold now. I got 1.6cc fill, and had some pain when I first ate solids, but I soon discovered my bites were too big and I was eating too fast.But it does seem like I can still eat quite a bit and was wondering if there was some sort of feeling that comes befor the dredded pb?? thanks-

Hi, yah that is exactly how I feel, except I figured out I was taking too big of bites and eating too fast. I probly need more of a fill because I had a hamberger and half a potato for dinner. I wonder if it hurts when you pb, and I also thought the full feeling would be here but its not:(???