JJLaw08

I have been on birth control for years due to irregualr menstrual cycles. I don't know if it contributed to my weight gain before surgery, but I do notice I tend to eat more the week prior to starting or I get the urge to eat when I know I'm not hungry.

I got my 3rd fill on Tuesday (6 cc in a Realize Band), and it has done nothing for me. I can eat just about as much as I want, but I do try to limit myself. I can eat bread, and I still can take big bites without any troubles. I ate 1 cup of Special K cereal this morning at 7:40. My stomach was growling at me at 11:00 a.m. Is this ever going to get better or is there something wrong with my band?

I'm just kidding of course, but I just got my third fill today and I don't feel any different. I have the Realize Band with 6 cc in it. I can feel a little bit as my doctor puts the saline in, but afterwards I feel like I can eat anything. I do liquids for the rest of the day after a fill and then the following day. I just drank my protein shake in like 5 minutes. How long is it going to take to reach restriction and actually feel like the thing is in there? I'm very impatient :biggrin:.

I'm kinda mad at myself. I go for my third fill this afternoon, and I weighed this morning, and I'm down 4-5 lbs. I weighed about 2 days ago, and I was down 8 lbs. for the month. I'm mad because we threw my cousin a graduation party last night, and I ate too much. Now I'm up three lbs., and I'm afraid to go get my fill because I don't know what the doctor will say. He isn't mean or anything, and probably won't say much, but I'm mad at myself for eating too much last night. Sorry. I had to vent.

I think I have like 2-3 more weeks before I have to go get fitted. I don't if it is my cousin wanting to get them fitted this early or if the David's Bridal requires it. I think the dress is flowy so maybe that will be better.

I am wandering because I am in a wedding this coming October, and I have to get fitted for my dress soon. I have had two fills, and I have lost 10 lbs. in between my first and second fill and 8 lbs. so far in between my second and third fill. I go tomorrow to get my third fill. Will that weight loss stay the same once I hit restriction or could it speed up? I know everyone is different, but I'm afraid my dress will be to big since I don't know what I will be like come October. If I lose 10 lbs. per month that may be another 40 lbs. I have lost by then. I don't know what to do.

I was loving not feeling hungry either, but about 3-4 weeks after surgery, my appetite returned. It was fun while it lasted :redface:

Hum, I never had that problem.

My face will always be chubby. It was that way in high school when I was somewhat skinny. I have puffy cheeks and a round face. I don't think mine is going anywhere, but we shall see. It will get smaller, but I don't think I'll ever look gaunt in the face.

The ThinkThin bars are good, but they have like 220 calories. They sell some at Kroger here in Alabama.

I'm over 3 months out from surgery, and have had 2 fills. I have not yet had this experience. I think it depends on how tight you are, etc.

Cool thread. I loved to eat, but I always played sports. I was active and could eat like that, but then I went through a bad breakup with my ex-fiance. I didn't start really gaining weight until I was a Sophmore in college. I thought I don't want any other guy to treat me that way so I will eat. Well I stopped blaming him for my weight gain, but I didn't stop eating. I dieted on and off for a few years with diet pills. I lost 40 pounds with those, but when I went off them the weight came back on. I then decided I wanted to look good in my cousin's upcoming wedding, and I knew I would have health problems later down the line so I decided to have the surgery. I'm glad I did so far.

This probably sounds crazy, but I have to be in a wedding this coming October so that is one reason I decided to go ahead. I know there is health problems in my family, and I know I wouldn't be able to do this through diet and exercise alone. I knew I would be self-pay so I had surgery within 1 month of having my lab work, consultation, etc. done. I didn't have to do a pre-diet or anything like that since my insurance wouldn't pay. Everything moved fast for me, but I was glad it did!

Believe me it will get better. I was banded Feb. 8 and have lost around 34 lbs. I got my second fill this past Wednesday, and it has done nothing for me. I can eat like a horse. I know it takes a few fills to get restriction, but hang in there. It will get better.

I know I'm not at restriction because I can eat like a horse. I also can eat any type of food, never get stuck, eat big bites, and don't chew very well. I'm looking forward to reaching restriction!

I was banded Feb. 8, 2010, and I have not vomited once due to eating. I had trouble using the restroom a few weeks after surgery that made me vomit, but nothing really related to the band. I had my second fill (5 cc in my band now), and I can still eat like a horse. I don't have any problems eating anything right now so no vomiting issues. Don't worry. It is not as bad as you think :biggrin:.

Mine came back after about 3 or 4 weeks, but the hunger hasn't been bad. I did get hungry sometimes before I got the band, but most of the time I ate just because I wanted to. I wasn't really hungry, and it is still a struggle for me after the band.

I usually eat a Protein bar. I like the Think Thin and the Jim's Permalean Peanut Butter bars. The Think Thin has like 20g of protein, and Jim's has 23g of protein. It holds me until lunch. I used to eat cereal for breakfast, but it doesn't have much protein. I will sometimes eat that for supper, but not often.

I am 23 and was banded on Feb. 8, 2010. Everything went smoothly with the surgery. I didn't have any gas pains. My back did hurt a little right after surgery, but I think that was from lying on the operating table. I have lost 32 pounds, and I have had 2 fills. My second one was today so I have 5 cc in my Realize band. I am a little nauseous right now. I don't know if it is from drinking my protein shake or water too fast, but hopefully it will get better. Hope this helps!

I was having kind of the same problem last week. It had been going on for a week or two. I would get nauseous after I ate supper. I don't know if it was because I ate to fast or ate to much at one sitting. I would gag a few times, and it went away. It hasn't done that this week, so hopefully it has passed.

I know how you feel. Mine still hurts sometimes when I bend over. I was banded Feb. 8 with the Realize band, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I also get a weird cramp in my lower left side. I got it this morning when I was working out. It's weird.

That has happened to me twice since surgery. The first time was when I started eating solid food about 5 weeks after surgery, and then after I got my first fill. I don't know what causes it, but it's bothersome.

It's my PMS week this week, and I am dealing with head hunger as well. I feel like I am hungrier this week than the others, and I do notice I have been eating more and grazing more. I'm not at restriction yet, but the TOM has always got me.

I don't see why drinking up until you are going to eat is going to make a big difference? Liquids go right on through. I can drink right up to my meal. I don't drink during my meal (I thought it would be hard but it really isn't), and I wait about 30 minutes after to drink something.

My grandmother always cooks turkey and ham and dressing. Just like Thanksgiving!