Hello Everyone.

I have read so many posts about people with no restrictions. Is there anyone out there that has had good restriction from the beginning and can share their success storys? I would really like to hear about that.

I am starting to get nervous when I read all these posts about not having restriction for 3,4,5,6,7 fills and then having to take some Fluid out and still not feeling satisfied. Or correct me, is that a normal situation for most?

Thanks for sharing

Hello, I am only 4 weeks out but I am still eating very little. Maybe 1/2 a cup and it keeps me full for at least 4 hours. My doctor says that I should be able to eat about 1 cup. I keep reading posts where people at the point where i am are starving. I do get hungry but a little bit fills me up. I keep waiting to wake up one morning and want to eat my leg off. I have a fill scheduled for the 25th but if things don't change i might cancel it. If i am still not eating much and losing weight i see no reason to get one. I am hoping it stays this way!!!!

I have no idea what's going to happen...but I had my surgery on December 31/09 and had to have the primer fluid removed 4 days in because I couldn't even swallow water. I've not had a fill and am rarely ever hungry. I've progressed from barely being able to eat 3 spoonfulls before becoming full to now I can eat almost a cup of food at a sitting. I'm probably not completely healed and I likely still have swelling so this fullness thing may not last, but right now I'm pretty happy with the results.

I have had pretty good restriction sonce surgery. I had no fill added at the time of the surgery. I usually eat from 1/2 c to 1 cup at a time and stay nicely full for anywhere from 2-5 hours. I am scheduled for a fill next week. I'm nervous though because I have maintained nice loss and am at 40 lbs lost today since surgery on the third of december. I hope that once I get there they don't send me home, lol.

~Mya

I had restriction from day 1. In fact, my doctor thought I might be one of those people who didn't need a fill, but it didn't turn out that way. I needed a fill about 3 months after surgery and I've small ones every 25-30 lbs. I think it's common to need a fill as you lose. I never went through the bandster hell that so many do. My post-op liquid diet wasn't bad, because I wasn't hungry.

Cindy

Ditto on the not going through bandster hell im 8 weeks out and have had restriction from day one. I'm down 26lbs so far and have had one small fill.

Thank you everyone for your storys. I have not been in bandster hell either and I am on week 7. I do feel I am somewhat restricted because I know how I was before, always hungry and I not experiencing that now:smile2:. But I do welcome a fill. Now that I listen to you all I feel good, Thanks Again.