Hi everybody,

I am a first time poster!

I was banded on the 24th of January and will have my first fill on the 23rd of March.

I have lost 7.5kg so far but i thought i would have lost more by now.

I am just wondering what others have lost during this period (before first fill), i am not excersing at the moment becuase i have an injured knee. I know that is impacting my weightloss.

I would really appreciate some feedback, i know everyone is an individual but i need to gauge what's going on with others.

I have not lost weight for the past 2-3 weeks. The dietician says that i need not to worry at this point, that my body is still recovering from surgery. for the past 2 weeks i feel like my appetite has returnded to normal. I have been able to eat everything, meat, bread, Pasta, rice, fruit, veggies (all in reasonable quantities) but i ahev been making healthy choices and keeping portions small. Having said that i do not feel like presently one cup of food is sufficient. I was previously having one cup of puree but after moving to solid food one cup isn't enough

I am also the person that has become totally obseesed with food. It's amazing what an emotional/ psychological journey this is! I am not the "over indulging" type but being told i can't have something is totally messing with my head!

I have had one episode of eating too much and was in the worst pain ever, other than that everything is going well.

thank you in advnace for your feedback, i need to know whether i am on the right track....

Hi all, i was banded on the 15th of feb and I am getting my first fill tomorrow, the 7th of April..... WOOOHOOOO!! Thank god. I lost 5lbs on my pre-op, and I have only lost 11 lb's in total. I have no restriction whatsoever, and I am even worrying that this was another waste of time. I was very good to start with and stuck to my liquids and mushies etc, but once I began to eat solids i found I could eat as much of whatever I wanted and I was so HUNGRY the last few weeks.. To read what is on here is very encouraging, I am hoping I will succeed this time, for good. Quick question, does anyone know how many cc's is in a heliogast evolution band? I am hoping 15.. fingers crossed!