butrfly2204

Hello! I was banded on Feb 16th and I'm down 28.5 pounds so far (this includes 14 pounds that I lost on my 3 week pre-op diet). I had my first fill on March 9th so I have 5.25 cc in a 10 cc band. I already had 3 cc in the band from surgery so I didn't really feel too much of a difference after my first fill. I still have no clue when I am full (although I am suspecting that the small hiccups I start to have about 20 minutes into the meal may be a sign). I too am having difficulty not drinking with the meal, but I have yet to give into the urge. My next fill is April 14th, so I'm hoping that I will see a difference with restriction then. I must admit that I can eat very little now, and I'm steadily losing inches and pounds so he may not fill me then. We'll see. Good luck to us all!

Oh, and thanks for the welcome GuyMontag :w00t: This loss so far has given me hope!

Hello :w00t: They placed me on a 2 week South Beach type diet. Basically, high-protein/good carb diet. No simple sugars or starches at all and they told us to stop drinking carbonated drinks since they will be off-limits once banded. If you could not stick to that diet for the whole two weeks, then you had to do a week of a liquid diet prior to the surgery. I lost most of my weight so far in those 2 weeks. Hope this helps.

Hello! I was recently banded on February 16th in Ft. Worth by Dr. Ferrara. I wanted to introduce myself and just say a general hello to all I just had my post-op appointment today and all went well. My incisions are healing well and the scale recorded a 20 pound weight-loss from my first visit prior to starting the preop diet til today. I'm really excited about that. This first week wasn't as bad as I had imagined, but I did deal with alot of hunger pangs and gas pains that are starting to resolve. I was given a new list of allowable foods today and I was a bit surprised with my new liberty. I get my first fill two weeks from today and then I get to return once a month for another fill until I get to good restriction. I've decided to just take it one day at a time and see how it all goes. At the moment, I'm enjoying a fruit smoothie packed with Protein and feeling absolutely wonderful. I heard about this forum from other people at the post-op meeting today and thought I'd look into it. I'm going to need all the support I can get! Thanks, Venessa