Hi y'all,

I got my surgery on May 5th and I'm currently on my second fill. While I eat a lot less than I did pre-surgery, I feel like my food intake hasn't gone down since I was allowed to start eating solid food again. I do stay full a lot longer. I eat Breakfast and lunch and at dinner I'm usually too full to have a meal, so I'll just have some fruit.

I know that I'm still trying to find that "sweet spot" as far as fills are concerned but what I find so odd is that my food intake has not decreased even slightly with 2 fills.

Has this happened to anyone else?

It took me 3 fills to get to restriction. Since your too full for a real meal at dinner, sounds like you have some restriction. Best wishes!

Same here! I was May 4th. By about 3pm I need a small snack but then I have a hard time eating dinner. I go back for a 3rd fill in two weeks but I may not need one.

Doctors vary widely in how much they give per fill. For example, I've had two fills but the amount is 7 CCs (in a 10CC Realize band). That gives me pretty good restriction.

With only one fill (5.5 CCs), it was still a major challenge to not eat way too much.

This is perfectly normal. Honestly, my meal size didn't really decrease until this last fill, which was my 5th. While I was eating considerably less than before having surgery, I still could eat about 8 to 10 ounces up until 2 weeks ago when I just got my 5th fill and I'm lucky if I can eat 4 ounces in one sitting now.

You'll get there. It may take another fill, but you will get there. I hate saying this (almost as much as I hate hearing it LOL), but everyone is different, so I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that the third time is the charm :-)!

Thanks for all the help! Glad to know it isn't just me! Can't wait to find that sweet spot!

You said you stay full a lot longer--but you're eating the same amount? So are you eating when you're not hungry? I find that sometimes when I'm not hungry I still think about what I can eat. That's your "head hunger", you have to learn to listen to it and quiet it!! The band may have physically fixed our stomach but it didn't touch our heads. That's what I'm dealing with everyday although with the band in place, it's much easier to shut it up! When I do eat and I'm not hungry, my choices are much better.

I've had one fill, about five weeks ago, getting my second next week. I've lost 13 pounds since my surgery (5/21) and 20 pounds total. I thought I'd lose more weight by now but I haven't but I'm not too disappointed because I know it'll eventually happen.

Good luck and hang in there!

You said you stay full a lot longer--but you're eating the same amount? So are you eating when you're not hungry? I find that sometimes when I'm not hungry I still think about what I can eat. That's your "head hunger", you have to learn to listen to it and quiet it!! The band may have physically fixed our stomach but it didn't touch our heads. That's what I'm dealing with everyday although with the band in place, it's much easier to shut it up! When I do eat and I'm not hungry, my choices are much better.

I've had one fill, about five weeks ago, getting my second next week. I've lost 13 pounds since my surgery (5/21) and 20 pounds total. I thought I'd lose more weight by now but I haven't but I'm not too disappointed because I know it'll eventually happen.

Good luck and hang in there!

No, I'm pretty good about only eating when I'm hungry. Like I said, I just feel like my restriction isn't at the right spot yet. Whatever it is, it isn't preventing me from losing weight, which I guess is what matters. I guess I can't complain.

Took me 6 fills and 7 months to get restriction. I was so frustrated before my last fill that I cried the entire time at the surgeon's office. I was hungry ALL the time, limiting my meal, counting and logging everything that went into my mouth and still I was hungry and eating too much. So, last fill in June (I was banded in Sept of 09) was aggressive and I finally got restriction.

So, stick with it--you will get there