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welli go into see my doc tomorrow for an unfill. I am fine with it. i was very lose for year before my recent fill and i did fin with maintaining. hunger isnt my problem it cravings and head hunger. i dont think my band is much help to me anymore anyway. I have felt on my own for a long time now. I CAN DO THIS!!!!

I've read all about "bandster hell" but I'm starting to think this thing will never work. I have had 3 fills for a toal of 9 in an 11cc band. I'm trying but it's a struggle to stay on track. I'm still hungry all the time. I mean seriously slider foods are carbs?? I can still eat cheese-its like they are nothing and have to chew chicken for 10 min?!? I thought slider foods would be Wendy's frostys.

That said the band is slowing me down some BUT I thought I would be more in control of my hunger. I thought I wouldn't be able to eat the bad stuff.

Can some of you successful people please explain how I can join you in that success. I remember reading a post from the moderator before I got banded on proper restriction but I can't find it now. Do I just need to get proper restriction and it will all fall into place? Hunger gone? Control gained?

Thank you for all your help in advance

Crunchy carbs like crackers , chips, Cookies, are "easy" for a lot of banders. A thick cold frostie can be hard for me ...strange i know. I remember telling my doc "I can even eat a banana". She said bananas are hard for a lot of banded people. also, i didnt get good restriction till 5 fills

i'm wondering if my band has been slipped for a while. i dont understand why i get refux this far out all of a sudden. i have been really stuck a few times in the past.

OMG Elcee!!! thats terrible! glad it worked out!!! how do they do fluoro???

Hi everyone,

I'll be calling the doc tomorrow to go in for an UNfill. Stupid reflux! I feel like i have a fist in my throat. My throat is so tight. It gets worse when I eat. I can hardly eat anything. I feel exausted because I'm not getting enough food. :-(

I'm calling tomorrow to get an unfill i cant take it. i feel like i have a lump in my throat and i cant eat anything.

eat more .....or just stick to it :-)

i know...it stinks taking out a fill. i;m wondering if i may have a slipped band myself.

lellow- I'm glad everything is going better for you and your healing now. :-)

I am happy..since having my recent fill the scale is finally going down!!! yea baby!!!!!

I am sometimes still hungry in between though. I am tryijng to figure it out. I dont think ground turkey stays with me very long. maybe because its ..the real low fat kind???? not sure.. well I;m hanging in there. if i can stay away from the scale i think i:ll be good. if i weigh and dont see it going down i get upset and mad. then sometimes i will binge :-(. keeping scale out of house

I have reflux too. banded 2008. last yr i had tightness in my throat. wasnt painful so i delt with it for a long time. finallyi went in and doc said it was reflux and did an unfill. had unfill and it went away. recently i had half put back in. i am getting tightness again. trying zantac 75 daily and i have to make sure i drink enough Water. if i get dehydrated i get tighter.

lellow, WOW thats CRAZY that a tattoo needle did that! I was thinking about cover my scar wit a tattoo as well. I didnt know the needle went that deep!

Hi everyone! Hi lellow, I have followed your progress for a long time.... AMAZING!!!1

ME;

BANDED sept, 2008

LOST 50 lbs first yr and a 1/2

since then I have gone back n forth with the same 10 lbs for 2 yrs. a yr ago I had unfill because of reflux and after that I could eat ANYTHING. just had fill last wk and trying to start over. :-)

iced coffee, fat free milk ft free Creamer, grape nuts, ft fr milk

3oz chick salad 1 tsp mayo spinach toms

1/2 cup ground turkey chilli Beans, zuch, toms,

fiber One Bar, 2 strawberries

shake w/ tsp Peanut Butter

after gym was so hungry had,,,,,1/2 cup more chili

was really hungry today for some reason...dont know why....just had a fill.

good luck!! AND thanks

sweet spot= when you have good restriction.

:-( that really sucks

you'll be there before ya know it :-))

Have been off the wagon.....recently had a good fill..

3/5/12

coffee fat free milk

3oz chicken salad, fresh spinach, 1tsp. mayo

Fiber One Bar, couple animal crackers, 3 strawberries

sm bag lays chips 10 gram fat

ground turkey taco salad, spinach, tomatoes,

I hear ya honey! we all have temptation like that. My husband eats whatever he wants and its VERY hard for me. We have to not look at food as entertainment, fun, ect, . we have to EAT to LIVE.......NOT LIVE TO EAT. I'm in the same boat with you....we have to do it for us nobody else can. Hang in there!

well, I am eating solids now for a few days. I have started to get tightness in throat again :-( Taking zantac 75 today. I will stick it out, keep taking zantac and make sure I am not getting dehydrated.......if i dont drink enough my band gets tighter. not very hungry though.

took some zantac 75 & I am drinking my Water. I feel better ...tightness is less now. I just will have to keep taking reflux meds and drink drink drink.

thats my problem...I dont have the right mind set. Congrats to you that is a huge weight loss!

yeah i get what your saying. I am a little worried because I am gettin gthe tightness in the throat again (acid reflux) meaning that I am probably too tight again. I am not in pain , but the doc told me to let them know if i have reflux issues again. I'm going to try to stick it out for a while but we"ll see. I know I need to stay hydrated because that adds to the throat tightness.

Cocoa, thanks...me too. I know it has alot to do with me. I have been battling myself for a long time. Last night I had a hard time not eating the wrong food. I deffenitly cant eat as much as much i could b4 this fill. i gotta hang in there.

woooo now i'm fulll! Sometimes it takes a few days after a fill for me to feel it.

i always thought it was strange when people said they could eat only a few oz"s at a time. Me it was 1/2 c -1cup at a time when I have good restriction. I wonder how can it be healthy and how do you eat ENOUGH calories for the day?????