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I was banded the day before you. I have had one small fill so far and it has not made a huge difference. I stop eating sooner than i would have previously but not because I am full but because i think that what i have eaten should be sufficient. I do get hungry between meals particularly between lunch and dineer but try my best to eat something healthy. I have never felt the urge to test my band. I am well aware of its limitations and want to use the tool in the way which it was intended to be used - the same as any other tool. For instance had I just bought an expensive sewing machine I would not decide to test to see if it could knit as well. It has to be used in the way that it is intended. I think that you need to remember why you got the band and what you want to achieve. To work with it not against it. To have a small quantity of a slider food e.g icecream occaissonally would not be a problem but obviously seeing how many sliders you can fit in is. Maybe if you cannot address this issue on your own you might want to consider getting some kind of counselling. Something that addresses why you are eating and ways to conquer it.We all know that the band cannot address the head hunger. Hope I'm not sounding too preachy as that is not my intention. I'm not perfect either. Good luck

That is an inspiring story. Thanks

If I had an experience like that I would be looking for a new Dr. I wouldn't let someone that takes 50 attempts to get something right work on me. In fact i wouldn't even let them near my animals! And you are not a failure.

Oh and the other thing I do is put veggies through the grater on the food processer and then add them to the mince before making spag bol, cottage pie or whatever. Its a great way of getting extra vegies in.

Actually soft pasta was on my dieticians recommended food list for the mushie stage and I had no problems with it whatsoever. I definetly think its worth trying. In the troubleshooting guide it suggested cutting long pasta into short lengths or using shells/spirals instead. I think the problem with bread and rice is not so much that they enlarge but they can clump together and form a big ball, White rice tends to do this more than long grain varieties. I also think that these problems tend to occur more as you get more restriction but I could be wrong. I was told things needed to be able to go through a straw for my initial 2 week liquids stage , not for mushies. Just shows how much the recommendations differ fron Dr to Dr

Hi I'm an aussie and was banded on 2 June so only just ahead of you. I ate_ oats, yogurt, nestle diet mousse, mashed potatoes,pumpkin, cauliflower,zucchini etc tuna mince (beef and chicken) lots of Pasta - I made lasagne, tuna lasagne etc I found most things were easy so long as they were nice and moist - lots of gravy or sauce. HTH

Thats really bad luck. Hope your revisions go well. All the best

Just wondering why you would need 2000 calories. Most diets recommend between 1000 - 1200 for weight loss. Are you sure you have the correct figure?

Of course we have room for 1 more. Welcome and hope you have a speedy recovery.

Yes I'm 4 weeks post op, have had 1 small fill and don't seem to be having problems which is why I was wondering. I haven't tried bread but I can eat toast - with nice soft poached egg on top.

Maybe it was due to the post op gas - it permeated the band and then exploded! Or wait I have another explanation. The person who's band exploded may have been a deep sea diver and they came back up to the surface too quickly.................... LOL

Not a believer but i am sending positive thoughts instead. Hope everything turns out well.

I thought I posted this earlier but have just searched and can't find it anywhere. Either my PC is playing up or I am losing the plot................(probably the latter)! My apologies if I have posted it twice. My question is if you are intolerant of certain types of foods since being banded e.g bread when did the problems start? Was it prior to your first fill, after your first fill or was it only after you had had a number of fills and were beginning to feel restriction?

For those of you that have difficult eating certain foods e.g bread I am interested at what stage of the process they started. Was it before you got any fills, after your first fill or only after you had had a number of fills? Thanks

It doesn't really matter which brand you are using so long as you use the same scale all the time. Other things to focus on are how clothes feel etc. Don't forget that especially for us females hormones can cause major weight fluctuations too.

Thanks for explaining that.

That is a lesson for us all. Sorry you had to go through that, hope you are feeling better. They must measure sugar levels differently in the US to in Aus as when I read your post I thought 60 was high. Normal blood sugar levels here are supposed to be between 4 - 8(what I don't know). 60 would be way high.People that are first diagnosed as being diabetic often have sugar levels in the 20s. Just another example of how confusing differences between countries can be. Personally I think life would be so much easier if everything worldwide was standardised. Plugs, weights and measurements etc etc.

You need to see a Dr and get a few things checked out. This sounds as though it could be low blood pressure, low Iron or even hypoglycaemia. All of which could be caused by dietary deficiencies. Again if you don't have the correct nutrition to support your exercise regime it is going to cause problems. maybe you are not eating enough red meat or there could be other Vitamin deficiencies due to the low level of vegies being consumed. It's good that you have recognised that your health rather than continued weight loss is the most important factor.I am sure that some blood tests will quickly help identify the problem. Good luck hope you feel better soon

Not sure how you can measure ounces in a cup. As far as I am aware an ounce is a weight measurement so needs to be done on a scale. A cup is not a weight measurement it is a volume measurement. So which one you use would depend on if you have been told to eat a certain weight e.g 3 oz or a volume eg 1 cup. HTH

How can you get fired for having a band? That sounds like discrimination and I'm sure it can't be legal?

I had my op on 2 June and had my first fill yesterday. It was totally unexpected as my app was booked for Monday.I had decided to phone the Dr's rooms after work yesterday to see if there were any special dietary or other requirements prior to my first fill and got told that my app was at 5.45pm yesterday not Monday. I was told that they had left me a message telling me about the change but I never got it. Seems like they had the incorrect phone no! Problem was this was 4.10pm and I was approx a 2 hr drive away! Luckily(never thought I would be happy about this) Dr was running about an hour late(as usual) which meant I had enough time to get there. The whole process was really quick, easy and almost painless. Yes I felt the needle go in but it was no worse than when they draw blood. I can't understand why some people get a local first as whenever I have had a local it has stung like crazy and I'm sure that would be worse than the actual procedure. Here in Australia they don't use flouro as they like to fill slowly. Small regular amounts. I did ask how much he put in but for some reason I can't remember the answer. I think it was either 1 or 1.5, I have the AP small band. I was told to stay on liquids yesterday and soft mushy foods for the next couple of days.Liquids are going down fine but I haven't tried eating yet. I was also told that all my scars are healing really well. I'm happy that I am now officially on my way!:thumbdown:

All I know is that he managed to keep me awake the whole night because for some dumb reason I had the line "Heal the world, make it a better place.........." stuck in my head on constant repeat. And no i'm not an MJ fan!

I got a keloid from a previous op and I'm very fair. I didn't do anything to it as this was long ago and there wasn't really anything available but over time it eventually dissappeared.

I agree , I think you need a hobby. At the moment I am still stuck in the pattern of weighing myself every morning which I know is bad. Especially when the scales have been stuck all week. Jumping on them several times a day certainly won't help! Maybe try and focus on how your clothes feel or something else. Or lock your scales away!

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