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I don't think it's THAT crazy...I do all the work on my own, the band just keeps me from being hungry. You should be able to stick to the rules and lose 1/2lb a week. Are you sure he's not just scaring you into doing the work and following the rules? Are you ravenously hungry right now?

Mine was like that, well my doctor has the machine in his office. I got 5.5ccs on my first fill, and I don't feel i need anymore at least for now. Just remember it takes a few weeks for the fills to work properly so don't get discouraged immediately. But yea, I have almost zero hunger.

Never been stuck luckily! Are you too full maybe? If it's happening all the time..

I felt weird after i got my fill for like 2 days (like extra full..), but yea it got tighter after a few weeks i noticed. But I haven't had any stuck episodes. But I notice the hunger decreased a lot. Hmm can you push your appointment off them? Or just be careful on your trip, could give you more motivation to not eat bad things. i know I get into trouble on vacation.

I have 5.5ccs in mine. I feel good... it's not stopping me from eating anything, but my hunger is essentially no existent. Joan, how often do you get hungry? I can go a good 4 or 5 hours without eating... i can physically eat more, I just restrain from doing so.. I think it'll always be that way.

Start paying attention to your body, are you really hungry? Or is it mental. If you are already having stuck issues I doubt you need more fluid... I think what you are eating sounds about right. What your doctor says doesn't sound right. It'll never physically stop you from eating more than 900 calories. I could stop at 900 calories and not be hungry, but I wouldn't be satisfied. So I eat closer to what you said you are eating. I don't think that is unreasonable.

Just check the sugar content on it. Yea, my book says no fruit yogurt for that reason. But I'm sure it's not THAT bad.

3 months till a fill? Usually you get it after 6 weeks. Don't eat the same things! You need to eat healthy, 1200 calories a day, 60 grams of Protein. Or you won't lose any weight, fill or no fill. All the fills do is control your hunger.

Let's just say I would have my surgery at a hospital. My insurance wouldn't do it anywhere but a center of excellence anyways. If anything goes wrong I'd like to know I'm at a hospital where they can do all they can to fix me, and make sure I'm healthy during recovery. It seems to me from reading the article the complaint is mostly about the surgery center and how it wasn't professional, not the Doctor... This whole process with ANY surgeon is weird. They are are in it for money, most likely. It's more like plastic surgery, than like getting something done at your doctors office. You want to make sure you feel comfortable, that I would say is #1.

2 pounds a week is normal! 1-2lbs... I know I had this impression it was gonna be super fast, but this is the reality! I was banded 12/13, and I've lost about 25 since surgery. Remember you gotta burn 3,500 calories to lose a pound, it's not realistic to expect to burn 10,000-20,000 a week!! (unless you weigh like 500lbs and just walking to the door burns a lot of calories) That is why we lose 1-2 pounds. The fills are to make you less hungry in between meals. Are you less hungry? How big was your fill?

That should be a good amount. Well, 30 minutes is to stay healthy, to lose fat, you gotta do more.. it depends on the person. I do about what you do. I find when I work my ass off at the gym for over an hour 5 days a week, I don't lose anymore weight then when I do my simple walking video. But the toning can help saggy skin. Do what is manageable to you. Also depends what you eat, it's easier to eat less calories than to burn off the calories you over ate.

Hi guys, I'm in Hollywood. I haven't done a support group.. i guess this place is my support group of sorts @ChrissyM Well, for me it's good so far, you just have to be committed to it. You still have to watch what you eat and exercise.. don't be under the impression it'll do it for you. It makes things a little easier since you don't have a lot of hunger.

Well, a fill would be required if you are hungry all the time.. other wise maybe you don't need it. Before the fill it was just healing mostly, and you were on mushies and liquids thats why you lost more weight. Yea just make little tweeks and see if that helps. I'm more liberal on my diet than a lot of people. I want it to be realistic. I eat a good 1200 calories a day. I'm not one of those people that eats like 1 egg for Breakfast, and 1/4 cup of tuna for lunch.. and I'm losing 1-3lbs a week. It's all complicated! One week I go balls to the wall 5 days a week, INTENSE exercise and I lose a pound. Which I HATE, and makes it feel so useless when you don't lose much, and spend 6 hours in the gym. The next week, I do some walking, or an exercise video for maybe 4 days, not nearly as intense and I lose a pound or two. I'm trying to figure out the right balance. The body is just fickle I guess.

I don't generally eat em now, too many calories, unless you are replacing a meal. I used to like the Balance bars

I still don't feel anything honestly! I mean I'm never hungry, which means it's working, but I can get any food down, and I don't particularly eat teeny tiny bites. Yea maybe you are still healing a little bit? I know for me it was 28 days before solids. Try it again in a few weeks. I was really careful when I started solids, I didn't have bread, or noodles, or things I heard get stuck.

Yea, just breathe, and take a step back. Lower your calories a little bit? I know it's generally between 800-1200 to lose weight. It's easier to eat less calories, than to burn them off. You have to burn 3500 excess calories to lose a pound. It's really hard to burn 10,000 excess calories a week to lose 3 pounds! Unless you are extremely heavy, then little activity burns way more calories. Also you just had surgery a month ago, the first month is generally healing... and then you get back on real food it slows again. My weight loss didn't really start until then.

Yea you just gotta be careful! Just watch your calories, make sure you eat filling protein rich foods.

Aww I'm sorry! Just try to focus your energy off food and on to something else? I know the head hunger is the worse. If your body isn't hungry though, you don't need more fluid. It'll just make everything will just get stuck. Just pay attention, and stick with it, you can do it. Just think about how skinny you can be when your husband gets back home

No pain really. I mean nothing worse than a regular shot. It's the most awkward experience though having then stick a needle in your stomach! haha

Maybe reevaluate what you are eating? Count calories for a while to see if you are indeed under 1200 everyday. It can be deceiving sometimes! Also exercise.. 5 days a week. I know it's easy to get off track.

Not everyone can do it. It's still a diet, it's still lots of exercise, it's still no junk food as with ANY diet, weight loss plan, or surgery. There is no quick fix or everyone would be skinny, the Bypass and the Sleeve aren't quick fixes either. We all have severe food addiction problems, we have to tackle that to lose weight. No matter how we decide to do it.

Seems like a lot of people here have gone to him. You aren't having it at a hospital...? a center of excellence?

What did you eat exactly? Things like chili or oatmeal shouldn't be getting stuck... I would think pureed foods is what you'd be on 2 weeks after surgery.

Mine was 5.5ccs.. every doc does it different. I had fluroscope.. so that can help too because they know if it's too much or not

You won't ever feel full after 1/3 cup of food. You are supposed to eat 1 to 1-1/2 cups of food per meal the 1/2 cup thing is for when you are healing. I never feel really "full" I mean vaguely, but I never have the stuffed feeling. Are you really hungry, or is it mental? If you are just be patient, the hunger will go away over time. Also it takes a few weeks for the fill to take effect.