Okay, so I was banded on August 22nd, 2011 and I have had no fills due to continuously losing weight. However, it is only approx. two pounds a week.....until this month....I am starving and feel like I could eat my shoe if I could figure out a way to get it past the band. I am eating about 900 calories/day....approx. 75-80g protein and I am drinking water or Crystal light continuously and walking 2 miles/5x week. At first I thought....PMS (you B*t*H) but I can't even blame that any longer. Do I just need a fill? I'm sooo pissed I have gained back a pound this week and it is my first gain since the band!!!! Any suggestions????

Sounds like you could use a fill

Definitely sound like you need a fill.. I was banded in August too and have been losing about 2 lbs a week. My nurse practitioner said no fill the last time, but that if I needed one before my next visit to come on in.. Make an appointment and keep up the good work. I think 2 lbs a week is fabulous!!

2lb a week is fantastic! But if you are exercising and are hungry, then you need to eat a bit more, plus look into getting a fill. Our bodies are like engines and need fuel to run. If we run our bodies harder, i.e. through working out, then we will need some extra fuel.

You may also like to look at myfitnesspal.com

There are a lot of bandsters on there using it to log their calories and exercise.

Good luck

First of all, great job on the weight loss! If you are hungry all the time and gaining weight, you probably need a fill. When I was first banded I drank Crystal Light quite a bit and found myself craving carbs and sugars. I cut out the Crystal Light and rarely crave those things now. I have read that artificial sweeteners will do that to you. I have no idea whether it is true or not, but cutting it out of my diet worked for me. Good luck to you on your journey

Okay, so I was banded on August 22nd, 2011 and I have had no fills due to continuously losing weight. However, it is only approx. two pounds a week.....until this month....I am starving and feel like I could eat my shoe if I could figure out a way to get it past the band. I am eating about 900 calories/day....approx. 75-80g protein and I am drinking water or Crystal light continuously and walking 2 miles/5x week. At first I thought....PMS (you B*t*H) but I can't even blame that any longer. Do I just need a fill? I'm sooo pissed I have gained back a pound this week and it is my first gain since the band!!!! Any suggestions????

Okay, so I was banded on August 22nd, 2011 and I have had no fills due to continuously losing weight. However, it is only approx. two pounds a week.....until this month....I am starving and feel like I could eat my shoe if I could figure out a way to get it past the band. I am eating about 900 calories/day....approx. 75-80g protein and I am drinking water or Crystal light continuously and walking 2 miles/5x week. At first I thought....PMS (you B*t*H) but I can't even blame that any longer. Do I just need a fill? I'm sooo pissed I have gained back a pound this week and it is my first gain since the band!!!! Any suggestions????

Sounds like you're doing great to lose two pounds a week, so maybe your body is just adjusting. I know that in my case, I have stayed at one weight for a week and then appeared to gain a pound and then dropped three. I have also had to shock my body into losing by eating more than the standard number of calories, but mainly eating more Protein. Sometimes your body thinks you've entered an ice age and are therefore starving to death. It's going to hold on to what it has. By eating a little more (as I said, in mainly protein), you can convince your body that you are, indeed, not starving and have all of the food you need. Keep us posted. Oh yeah, I am not making this up. It is paraphrased from a nutritionist I visited just recently.

Thanks for the responses! I have a fill scheduled for Friday so we will see how that goes