MaureenJohnson

That's the beauty of the band. This is long term. Don't beat yourself up over a small setback. Be patient, and hang in there.

What did your doctor say?

Hang in there! I admire your ability to stay positive. Have you tried consulting a nutritionist? It could help you with choices. Good luck.

I am nine days past my first fill and I believe it was not what I had hoped it to be. I feel NO restriction or anything really. No difference. I hear it takes some people a few times to get the right amount but I have to wait at least a month until my next appointment. Honestly, I am not looking forward to that experience for a few weeks. I am still slooooowly losing 1-2 pounds a week so I can't complain. I just wish I could speed things up a little without using all my willpower.:blushing: Has anyone else really slowed down?

Thanks for the tech info Lena! I eventually figured it out! Maureen

For breakfast I had about 1/2 of a vanilla Yoplait FF yogurt. I got hungry about two hours later and had a Diet Ice Tea Snapple. For lunch I had 2 oz. of canned chicken mixed with lowfat Mayo. Since I had my first fill yesterday I thought I should stop. Is everybody counting calories? I haven't been keeping a strict count. Should I? :thumbdown:

Hi- I was banded on Jaunary 8th and had my first fill yesterday. I am in Germany so I think things are a little different. In every blog I have read, no one had any pain. I did. It hurt when they pushed the needle through the skin and muscle but stopped after it entered the port. I hate to be graphic but that is the way it happened. After that it didn't hurt at all. The doctor put in 4.5 ml of Fluid. I could feel my stomach being squeezed. That was weird but it didn't hurt. After drinking the liquid to make sure that there was still room for food to go down I was done. The whole process took around 5 minutes. Mine was done under x-ray so the fluid I had to drink tasted bad. I was very hungry before the proceedure, but not after. I skipped lunched and just had a very small dinner of meat sauce and not the spagetti. I am too scard to eat until I feel restriction because I don't want the side effects. My weight loss has been a steady three pounds a week which is my goal. I am curious to see if the fill makes any difference. Please don't be worried. It is just one more thing we need to make this band work and to have long term SUCCESSFUL weight loss. I have no idea how to update my ticker:mad2:. Another victim of technology.

Thanks for the info! It took me a while. All that work caused me to lose another pound!!! I hope it works.

Could someone tell me how to add a ticker to my info? I just can't seem to figure it out.:cursing: I have also started to loose weight slowly but surely. I am at about 2 lbs per week. Still no restrictions, only will power and small portions. I am hungry all the time and I do better when I am not home and able to stare at the food in my house. Some lbs gone are better than none althought I do believe I am in Bandster Hell, just maybe the upper level. Less than a week before my first fill. I have mixed feelings. I like being in control of my eating right now, but also look forward to the choice being taken away. I must now live with the decision I have made.:tongue:

I was banded on the 8th. After 10 days I HAD to start eating as was starving. I stopped losing after the first week and my weightloss was at a standstill for two weeks! Once I upped my calories to 1100 I finally started losing again. I think everybody is different and for me I couldn't lose until I got out of starvation mode. I feel no restriction at all and can eat anything. I am looking forward to my first fill. For now it is all will power and small portions. I have been cheating, but in a normal person's eating way. Not the old way. A samll taste is enough. I give credit to the folks who have been on liquids or mushies for weeks after surgery. I couldn't have done it. I have two weeks until my fill and the plan is to lose 2 pounds per week. Slow and steady is the healthy way. I hope I can continue. If not I know there is hope for me on 9 Feb (fill day)!

Hi! I got banded on the same day. The first week was hard but I was losing weight so it didn't matter. Now I feel great and could eat anything I wanted if I let myself(I don't). I am sticking to less than 1000 healthy calories a day and still haven't lost a pound in two weeks. My body is being very stubborn. I go for my first fill on the 12th of Ferbruary. Maybe that will make a difference. Keep me posted.

Have you lost any weight yet? I am holding steady at NO wieght loss since a week after my surgery Jan 8! I lost a total of 22lbs from start of pre-op diet and 1 week post-op.

I was banded on the 8th. One week later I couldn't stick to the liquids and had a scambled egg. It was great. I haven't had any problems with food. I had my stitches out two days ago and ever since I have had pain around my port site. It feels like a pulled muscle in the area surrounding the port. There is no relation to if or when I eat, so I am not sure if it has anyhting to do with starting on mushy(more solid foods) sooner. It is more than slight pain, but doesn't fit any of the other symptoms similar to infection. The incision is healing well and I haven't had a fever. Anyone else having this problem?

Thanks Sandy! I am taking your advice and am now drinking Cranberry juice (diluted with water). I was able to eat a 1/4 cup of real cream of chicken soup for dinner and breakfast this morning and I do feel better. The silver linning about all of this is I have lost 22 pound since the pre-op diet until this morning. I guess I should just be patient. I haven't even begun to use the band the way it was designed to work! Again, I appreciate you response. I live in Germany and I think some of the confusion in my follow up diet is due to a language/culture difference.