REDGIRL

Hi all, I don't understand how one day I can eat something and it goes down sooooo good and the very next day it's horrible!! I got a fill last monday and I feel like my band has to warm up first before I can really start eating? Is anyone else like that? And if so, what do you do? In the morning I drink tea or coffee but I'm trying to find someting else because after a hour I am starving when i drank it. So can anyone put a little light on this situation for me. thanks

Hi, I'm from Thibodaux and I was banded on 9/5/07. Dr. Eric Rau. is my Dr. I have only lost 25lbs, and a little fustrated but hanging in there!!

Hi all, I'm from Thibodaux and my Dr. is Eric Rau from houma. I am so disappointed, I was banded 9/5/07 and only lost 20lbs. That's got to be the lowest number I've seen yet!! I 'm eating the right foods but still haven't got my sweet spot. But the dr. keep telling me to patient soooooooooooo I am!!!

Redgirl-9/5/07

I feel so good after looking at this thread. I was banded 9/5/07 and I lost about 21lbs so for. It's been veeeeeeeeeeery slow and I thought something was wrong with me. So thanks you guys!!

Sometimes Your Family And Your Friends Are The Ones You Think Would Be In Your Corner But Instead They Try To Discourage You. But Be Stronger Nd It Will Pay Off In The End!!

That's Just Like When I First Had My Surgery, People Started Telling Me That I Wasn't Big Enough To Consider Surgery, But Know One Knows You And Our Body. I Was In A Size 18 (tight 18) And I Want To Be In A Size 8. What Other People Say Is Not Important, I Know My Sister Has Always Been Bigger Than Me But For The Last Few Years I've Been The Bigger One, And I Hate To Say It But Sometimes I Feel Like She Wants To Keep It That Way From The Remarks She Makes. But I Did It (have The Surgery) And I'm Going To Be Just As Small As She Is Or Smaller!!!

Hello Out There, You Mean To Tell Me That Not One Person Have A Suggestion. Thanks Guys!!!

I Know How You Guys Feel. I Have Been Banded9/5/07 And A Little Dissapointed With My Outcome. I Just Started Losing Weight After 3 Months. I Don't Know How Much Fill I Have Because My Dr. Don't Tell His Patients. But Just When I Thought I Got My "sweet Spot" I Started Getting Hungry Again. And After Breakfast Time I Could Eat A Piga! What Is The Problem? I Plan On Meeting My Goal By A Year, But I Don't Think It's Going To Happen.

I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I NEED A FILL. I LOST WEIGHT RIGHT AFTER MY FILL WHICH WAS 12/3, BUT DON'T SEEM TO BE LOSING ANYMORE. FOR THE FIRST TIME I CAN'T EAT BREAKFAST (SOLIDS) IN THE MORNING AND I CAN'T EAT MUCH MEATS BUT EVERYTHING ELSE GO DOWN FINE. I DON'T HAVE TO SIP MY WATER , IT GOES DOWN GOOD. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. DO I NEED A FILL? OR NOT? IF I DO I NEED TO SCHEDULE MY APPT NOW, I MIGHT GET SOMETHING IN JANUARY. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?:help:

is veg. soup and gumbo a good food to eat with the band? I know we shouldn't have anything to drink before eating or after eating , but what about soup or jumbo that is mixed with liquid form and solid too. And is it filling or do it go straight down? Really need to know, wanted to have some veg. soup for lunch tomorrow! pleaserespond quickly! thanks:hungry:

I like the taste of injury, but i don't find that i get full with it, but it is good!!

I STILL WANT TO EAT OUT ALL THE TIME!! BAD HABIT, BUT I'M WORKING ON IT!!:clap2:

Just Got Filled On 12/3/07 Don't Think The Dr. Would Go For Another Fill This Soon!!(smiling)

MY FIRST FILL I GAINED WAIT BECAUSE MY DR. DIDN'T WANT ME TO DIET OR STARVE MYSELF. HE ALWAYS TELL ME TO EAT UNTIL I FEEL FULL SO HE COULD KNOW HOW MUCH OF A FILL I WILL NEED. I USE TO MEASURE ALL MY FOOD, EAT LEAN CUISINE, NOT ANYMORE!! I EAT UNTIL I'M FULL AND LET HIM AJUST ME WITH FILLS. I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I HAVEN'T LOST AS MUCH WAIT AS YOU BUT I AM LOSING AND NOT STARVING OR FEELING HUNGRY. SO I GUESS IT REALLY UP TO EACH PERSON ABOUT THE WAY THEY WANT TO LOSE THEIR WAIT. AND IF I LOSE WEIGHT MY DR. WON'T GIVE ME A FILL , ONLY IF I MAINTAIN THE SAME WEIGHT OR DON'T LOSE ANY WEIGHT AT ALL HE WILL GIVE ME A FILL.

I HAVE LOST 16LBS SINCE SURGERY AND 5 OF THOSE POUNDS WAS BEFORE SURGERY. IT IS A SLOW PROCESS. AND LET ME TELL YOU I AM TO HARD ON MYSELF BECAUSE I AM ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT AM I DOING WRONG, BUT I NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG, I EAT MY PROTEIN FIRST,I DON'T DRINK BEFORE AND AFTER MEALS,ETC. SO NOW I NEED TO BE PATIENT. JUST GET A FILL WHEN YOUR NOT LOSING ANYTHING. AND REMEMBER IT'S NOT "ONLY" 20LBS, IT'S 20LBS YOU WORKED HARD FOR!:clap2:

I Have That Feeling After All My Feels, I Don't Think It's Anything To Worry About!

I Understand Your Fustration, I Have Been Filled 5 Times Already And Sometimes Can Eat Like That(not The Bread) I Decided To Leave It Out Of My New Life With The Band,anyway, You Just Keep Letting Your Dr. Know That You Can Still Eat To Much. I Was Banded 9/5 And My Last Fill Was 12/3 And I'm Just Starting To Feel A Little Restriction So Don't Give Up. I 'm Starting To Believe If Your Bmi Isn't Super High Than It Makes The Scale And The Weight Barely Come Off.(that's Just My Opionion, I Wouldn't Want Anyone Biteing My Head Off).so When Did You Have Your Surgery Suesue?

YESTERDAY I HAD A STEAK 8OZ, A SWEET POTATOES1/2,AND A SMALL SALAD. GOT UP THIS MORNING AND DRUNK A CUP OF COFFEE CAME TO WORK AND IT'S ALMOST 8:30AM SO I DECIDED TO EAT A BOILED EGG. WHAT A BAD CHOICE!! I GOT A PAIN I NEVER FELT BEFORE IN MY CHEST OR STOMACH, I WAS IN TO MUCH PAIN TO KNOW WHERE EXACTLY DID IT COME FROM! IS THIS RESTRICTION? I HAVE BEEN FILLED 5 TIMES AND NEVER HAD SUCH A PAIN, SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME IF THIS IS RESTRICTION!! AND WILL IT LAST UNTIL LUNCH(THE FULLNESS) BECAUSE I ONLY ATE TO BITES OF THE EGG. BUT IF IT'S RESTRICTION,I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT FOR 3 MONTHS AND READY FOR IT!!!:clap2:

I Think That's Great That Your Dr. Gives Set Appt. Before You Leave The Office, I Thank That Is The Way It Should Be Done. If You Feel Like You Don't Need A Fill The You Could Cancel. But At Lease You Have An Appt. Already!

I understand how you feel, I am dealing with these issues myself. I feel let down but not from myself, but from my Dr. It's like this was my last option and its not working. I had my surgery on 9/5 and barely lost 10lbs. But the dr. keep telling me to "be patient. When I go to his office I feel like I 'm the only one not losing . The othre people are talking about how much weight they have lost and I just sit there feeling horrible about my weight . But don't give up, I know I won't because I paid to much money in to this to give up. So just remember when you feel like your doing bad someone else might be doing a little worst!!

I just received my unjury samples, could someone give me there favorite recipe and has anyone had unjury in their coffee? I ate already for tonight, but can't wait to start my unjury. Please respond soon as possible, so I can choose first thing in the morning!! Thanks:clap2:

This Is A Very Small Town, And I'm Sure He Is Busy, But My Situation Is A Little Differt Then Others, Because It Has Been 2 1/2 Mths And I Have Lost Only 10lbs Following His Orders, So I Am Getting A Little Fustrated About All Of This. I Talk To His Other Patients While In His Office And No One Thus For Have Lost Less Than 10lbs In 2 1/2 Months. I Think In Some Cases The Dr. Has To Bend A Little , Ecspeacially When You Pay (self Pay) All That Money.

My dr. told me NO MORE shakes after surgery also. He said that shakes won't hold you as good as solid foods. But as of today, I've decided to drink a protein shake for breakfast because I have been doing without breakfast in the mornings and by lunchtime I'm starving. I 'm sick of eggs. And I think the protein shake might keep me satisfied til lunch. I know some of you might think that i need to follow the dr. orders,but I had my surgery 9/5 and barely lost 10lbs waiting on the dr. to fill me enough.(that's another story). So, I don't think a protein shake would hurt! Right?

I just ordered th sample pack I hope it doesn't take to long to come in. I can't wait to try them!!