xavier

If food is more important than your health go ahead and cancel...its as simple as that. I eat very tiny meals of really good food and I do enjoy everything I eat.

I just LOVE my band...I never thought I would be where I am and I know some people of course are going to have complications and fail but its not their fault. But I think the vast majority that fail the band need a procedure that is much less dependent on behavior change. I think that is what the psych evals are trying to determine but that is hard to predict...I didnt know if I could change my behavior enough so how can the psychologist really know? LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, my band!

Thanks Caz...PS: LOVE your ticker...rock on!

You are on the road to something wonderful and will get a lot of support here! Best of luck...I LOVE my band!

Support group, doctor visit, and therapy...you can only fail this if you quit!

The exact same thing can happen to people whether they have the band or not. Hot dogs choke a ton of people every year and are not recommended for young kids...that being said...chew your dang food, people!

if you are taking in less calories than before you were banded you WILL lose weight...its not a race it is a lifestyle! Be patient!

Very normal and if you are lucky it means you have some decent restriction early on. As long as you are getting in your fluids, protein, and (chewable or liquid) vitamins you are fine!

I am exactly like hummingbird. I do liquids in the morning, 1/2 cup meals during the day and have to be careful in the evening when my band is looser. I feel I am at perfect restriction for me and that this life is pretty easy for me now.

coffee ground emesis = blood Go to your doctor!

Not sure what you mean by MOST of us. That implies more than half of banders are not happy with it and the statistics say otherwise. I feel for you but the band works for MOST people. Its not really luck either...it is HUGE behavior change.

As long as you are getting enough fluids and nutrients (protein but maybe mushy, not meat) you are fine and will probably lose weight easily. You do not need to be eating chunks of meat for now and once you lose a few pounds it will probably loosen up. I had good restriction and then lost it and had to get filled twice as I lost weight and fat is lost under the band.

I think your surgeon has a brand preference and then decides the size when you are on the table and he can have a look. I have a 10cc Allergan and it has 8cc in it which is perfect for me to maintain.

Well I for one lost all my weight and more. I am thrilled with what my band has done for me and proud of what I have done to get here. it was a long learning process but these days its pretty easy! LOVE my band and would and do recommend it!

Yes, I lost most of my weight at 6cc in a 10cc band, then plateaued, got 1.7ccs, got to 155 and got that last tiny fill to get to and beyond normal BMI of 145.

I have 8cc in a 10cc band (I think) and I am in the green zone. I was there twice before and then plaeaued and got fills. The last one was only 0.3cc but it helped me get off the plateau of 155 pounds. The one before was 1.7 I think...they will show up on my ticker when I post.

Lots of people are going to tell you to bump up the calories a bit and that may work. But if you just wait it out you will lose. Trust me there is not an overweight or obese person on this planet who eats that many calories a day long term, even if they dont exercise...the weight will come off but if its too slow for you, make a change.

I think of it that sleeve and GB are for people who cant do a significant amount of behavior change and are willing to take a higher risk because of it. The band is hard work, you have to change your ways, but its a brief and easy surgery with less risk.

Everyone goes through this ! Be nice to yourself you arent supposed to be perfect! Everybody had several last suppers before surgery to say goodbye to certain foods and then most of us found out we never had to because we can still eat small amounts of anything! There are two kinds of people here...those that cheated and those that havent admitted they cheated! Good luck!

Dear Sooner, The only way you can fail this is to quit. If I had to be on a lifelong diet I would fail too. I am at a level of restriction where I simply cannot overeat...I think you may need a fill! Good luck...be nice to yourself!

Bandster Hell can last many months depending on how cheap your doc is with the fills! Green zone is also called sweet spot. For me it is when I really am uncomfortable if I eat more then 3/4 to 1 cup of anything!

6cc in my 10cc band was also nothing...I got good restriction around 7 I think and then lost it twice as I lost weight. The last fill was 0.3cc only but it kicked off the last 15 pounds!

I am 48 and yes my feet went down a size. I never had bad foot pain but my knees and back had bad arthritic pain. MY knees are 100% perfect now and my back only bothers if I do crazy stuff.

Normal and as long as you are getting fluids and nutrition you are fine and it will loosen up as you lose weight.

I dont know too much about them but are they the ones with all the billboards? That bothers me a bit as I kind of dont think good docs advertise with billboards. I had Dr Oliak in Orange and I checked out Dr. Davytan who has a band himself. Dr Oliak has a complication rate of zero...never had any erosions, slippage, port flips etc. He sews your band in place so it really cant slip and he has a mesh procedure for the port so I dont think it can flip. I love that guy and feel like I owe him my (new) life!