Hello, my name is Tina. I was banded on December 9, 2010. I am having trouble eating solid protein such as chicken and pork. I do, however have no trouble at all eating junk food. I have lost 32lbs and am very discouraged. I was just filled two weeks ago. Any advice?

The posts that truly scared me were the anti carb high Protein all the way ones, and the "what did you eat today" thread. I truly consider the diet of many bandsters absolutely horrible a) from a nutritional standpoint and from a taste standpoint. I thought I would be advised to live on shakes, Protein Bars, meat and cottage cheese. Yuck. And nobody will ever convince me that the average person without metabolic/diabetes issues needs to avoid healthy carbs or that all the processed shakes, meats and such that many bandsters live on wont cause them health problems in the future.

It scared me so much thinking I'd never be able to eat a salad again or never be allowed to have a piece of toast again that I cancelled my appointment with my surgeon an gave up on the idea of banding. Until I got in contact with some other Aussies and realised that I wouldnt be told to eat this way here. And I havent been.

Hi Tina, I got an unfill yesterday because I was too tight. I didn't want to believe it at first but now that I can eat normal foods again I wish I would have done it sooner. Yes, I ate the sweets and chips because I wanted, but also because it was easier to eat. Oatmeal was even starting to hurt going down.....I'm hoping I can start losing weight again now. She took out almost 1cc and I feel great. I was scared I would be hungry but I'm not. I wish you well!