carlacollins

Way to GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! alright!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is wonderful!

You are welcome...that is what is so great about this board!

Wait 4-6 months for a fill WHAT...no....my doc still has me come once a month to see if I need a fill....if I was betting I wouldnt think you had a leak...I would think you havent met your sweet spot for restriction yet...

Thanks Jack and I am very very happy with my weightloss so I am not complaining but it is a little frustrating when you get a fill to lose but dont if that makes sense....I might just insist on a small unfill......thanks again

anything since June 9th- I have been feeling so frustrated since my last fill...seems as if I am too tight to eat good protein so I stay hungry but not restricted so much that I cant eat stuff so therefore I find myself making NO SO GOOD food choices to curb the hunger :faint: :help: ....I contacted my doc today to ask him if maybe I need to unfill or something....something just aint right or I am too tight or not tight enough or something GEE......:eek: what is going on?????

Thanks guys..I have tried liquid protein and it does help but GEE I kind of get tired of just drinking my dinner you know what I mean.....but I think I am too tight...I talked to my doc today and he acted as if I wasnt too tight...maybe I do need to try another route of just eating liquidy mushy type things to see what happens with that...I dont know...its just frustrating when you get a fill to help you lose weight and then you dont...hmmmmm...sigh....hmmmm...thanks everyone for the help

your just irritated in my opinion......do liquids a couple of days...I think you will be fine...

I am a member of the one day at a time club for sure! Wow..I have really have to watch or next thing you know..I have had not only ice cream but some cookies to go with it as well .....lol.......

Do a little dance......have a little fun.....:cool: :clap2: :clap2: The scales are moving again....-3......Yeah YEAH yeah YEAH...I was worried that 2nd fill had done something to me but it was just a plateau!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!.... Love you all

Nothing different than anyone else Melanne- just guess I have a sweet restriction that has worked well......you are doing great.....and I have a long way to go to get to onederland.........I am so happy for you

Yes Melanne it is Can you believe it...sometimes I look at myself and think THIS BAND THINGY really does work lol....:cool: I am doing this....everyday there is less and less of me *giggling* I am so happy for you!

:clap2: WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let me just say that BEFORE anyone JUMPS down my throat..please read this whole thread cause I need some advice :help: :help: :help: I know that I have done EXTREMLY WELL with my weightloss in a VERY short amount of time so I am NOT complaining at all- I AM VERY VERY well pleased however...I went for my 2nd fill on the 23rd of May and I am real tight...good tight...but tight..not TOO tight but just tight....Well....I have not lost ANY weight since I got my fill on the 23rd of May...:omg: WHY? that is what I want to know....WHY?????? I am eating less than I was before the fill and I was losing so well then- I am making sure to get in my calories so as to not undereat and shut my metabolism down - I am still exercising like I was before-eating the same foods just less than I was before and I make sure to take in at least 1000 per day as to not undereat and not keep my metabolism going.....what is the deal???? Has this happened to anyone else or maybe I have just hit a plateau or something WHICH IS FINE...seeing as how I havent before but I just wondered if any of the "Veteran" members might have some advice or some insight on why this is happening....COULD I be too tight and its keeping me from losing? I wouldnt think this could happen but could it????????? I just dont know what the deal is...:help: somebody? shed some light for me! PLEASE Love you all!

I am glad to hear that happened to someone else mini...And I can tell the inches are changing even if the lbs arent!

Thanks Laura...that is great advice...I am feeling a little better eating wise today and the scales did move 1 lb this a.m. so I guess it not SOOOO bad just seemed so odd to get a fill and then not lose......

Thanks mini and sheryl.....I am keeping my chin up! xo

LOL...thank you omamoon :girl_hug:

I drink about 40 oz a day or so....sometimes a little more sometimes a little less.....still have that coffee every morning though..........ummmm love that coffee

Heyya geena...I had my hernia fixed at the same time that the doc did my band..I didnt know ahead of time that I had the hernia so it was a surprise to me and the doc when I had it...It took him 15 minutes extra time to fix that before he did my band and it had NO OTHER negative affects whatsoever except that I now no longer EVER suffer with heartburn. NO longer time in the hospital..no extra pain.....no post op problmes at all...it was actually very simple...all they do I think is just stich it up.... Good luck and if you need anything else just let me know XO

You will learn...it takes a while....take it easy after a fill....it takes a while for our bodies to adjust XO

That thebest...you are right..I am calling the doc tommorow to talk to him and see what advice he can give...... As always much love to all!

Thanks all who have posted...I love this site just for that...You know what I think I am too tight and I am resorting to eating softer things that will "GO DOWN" easy that probably are higher in carbs etc....Yeah! I think I will call the doc and see about getting a little taken out....I dont FEEL tooooo tight persay but I am or I could eat some real food in a small quantity.....Yeap its official I am calling the doc! HEY I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION- will it ever loosen up on its own or will it not "loosen" until I lose some more...just curious as to how that works in regards to the fill process if anyone knows.... MUCH LOVE AS ALWAYS Love you guys! Carla

Thanks thebest...I think I will and see what happens- I have contemplated calling the doc and seeing what his take is on it cause I think that maybe I am too tight- like right now I just ate 3 saltines and I am stuffed to the max and I hadnt ate since 4 this afternoon.... See that is too tight isnt it

Thanks all of you and you are probably right...I am eating so little but I make sure that I drink some choc milk everyday to get my Protein that way cause their is NO way I can eat any form or meat or even eggs...I am VERY restricted....I think its a good restriction but maybe its not....I am not miserable at all...I can eat a little of say potatoe salad or some spaghetti- maybe about 2 oz or so....I feel good but the weight is just NOT coming off....But I am not panicked yet- I think that I will probably weigh and lose 2-5 at a time...we will see...Thanks all for your help... Love to all!

Thanks Betty...and you are right.....I noticed that I can now wear a 18 pants *loosly* and that has just happened since I got the 2nd fill even though I havent lost any lbs so to speak so you are probably right but it kind of freaks a person out when you get a fill and then DONT lose....*sigh* guess it is all apart of the bandland!!! Thanks and mucho love!