Banded friends, I need advice. I am still trying to figure out if I am in my sweet (green zone) spot. I am going in for a possible fill on Friday. 4 weeks ago the doc told me that if I am still losing at this rate he would not fill me which was about 8-10lbs a month. I still feel some restriction but 800 cals a day still leaves me a little hungry and often I will eat over the 800 calories, closer to 1200. Some weeks I will lose only 1lbs and other 5lbs. I have this week to listen to my band and scale to decide if I want to beg the doc for another small fill. Right now I am at 5cc in my 10cc band. I rarely feel pain while eating now thank goodness but should I be feeling hunger??? Also I feel like I am still working really hard tracking calories etc., to make my scale move. Does it sound like I need a fill? Advice please...

Could the 1/10th cc have put me in the green? My food amounts are very limited and even water I have to drink slow. My food feels like it stay longer in my stoma. I was concerned that the fill wasn't enough then I was concerned it was too much. I got on the scale this morning and its moving .

Could the 1/10th cc have put me in the green? My food amounts are very limited and even Water I have to drink slow. My food feels like it stay longer in my stoma. I was concerned that the fill wasn't enough then I was concerned it was too much. I got on the scale this morning and its moving .

As long as you're not "craving starving climbing the walls hungry", if you don't feel like eating, then don't.

Forget about getting you daily calories in, just go for the Protein and water.......nibble at what you know is good for you.

Food is what got us fat in the first place, so to do without it is not a bad thing.....interpret what I'm really trying to say.

water may be slow, but keep it up. It will get easier after time.

At least for a little while and see what happens......Congratulations!

THANKS!!! I ddin't even track my calories yesterday. I wasn't really hungry. I had 2 coffees, 1 thin slice bread with bruschetta and thin piece of proscuitto, a little bit of Soup and a few fork fulls of orzo with fontina. The orzo was hard to get down. I felt the food stay around for a while so I couldn't really eat anymore if I wanted to. No hunger and no pain just slow eating. Thanks B!

As long as you're not "craving starving climbing the walls hungry", if you don't feel like eating, then don't.

Forget about getting you daily calories in, just go for the Protein and Water.......nibble at what you know is good for you.

Food is what got us fat in the first place, so to do without it is not a bad thing.....interpret what I'm really trying to say.

water may be slow, but keep it up. It will get easier after time.

At least for a little while and see what happens......Congratulations!

THANKS!!! I ddin't even track my calories yesterday. I wasn't really hungry. I had 2 coffees, 1 thin slice bread with bruschetta and thin piece of proscuitto, a little bit of soup and a few fork fulls of orzo with fontina. The orzo was hard to get down. I felt the food stay around for a while so I couldn't really eat anymore if I wanted to. No hunger and no pain just slow eating. Thanks B!

Ride it for all it's worth and see how it goes. Don't get hung up on starvation modes, plateaus, metabolisms, etc. Maybe later, but now you want to find that "Groove"

Remember any weight loss is a really good thing, even a pound!!! Lets not forget that 1lb a week over the course of a year is 52lbs

So don't be too negative or quick to jump on board the next solution if what you're doing at the moment is still working. I always say that you should squeeze what you can out of every solution, before you go trying anything else, especially if it's been working for you up to now.

A little hunger at times is still a natural part of weight loss I'm afraid

Ok so I know that I shouldn't but I did, just to test how much food I could eat. Last night I had 1/2 big mac minus 1 bun 1/2 small french fries and 1 sundae. I stayed under 1200 calories yesterday. I felt satisfied and full. I waited 20 minutes to eat the sundae. After that meal I think I realize that I may need another small fill. I don't think that I should be able to eat that much in one meal. Am I wrong? I feel like I am so close but right now I am thinking I need another fill.

I am a bit confused here....Why in the world would you go to McDonalds and order this food. If you were eating your protein you would probably not be hungry...but you added french fries and a sundae!! lol....I don't think you need a fill, I think you just need to eat the proper foods. Your band is a tool for you...you still have to make good and healthy food choices!! Just my advice

I did mention this before:

You are right and I hadn't had McDonalds since before my surgery. A moment of mental weakness that I am not proud of but i am a recovering food addict lol. Believe or not for me burgers/ ground beef and ice cream doesn't go down easily for me. If I try to eat it too fast it hurts so yesterday when it went down easily I just thought maybe I needed a fill.

I had been carefully tracking calories and eating "proper" foods and still getting hungry and not losing weight. Then I said f*ck it that night and had McDonald's. Again I am not proud of it. I do think this last tiny fill of 1/10th cc so far seems it is doing the trick. No hunger, no pain and very small amounts of foods and my scale IS moving in the right direction.

I am a bit confused here....Why in the world would you go to McDonalds and order this food. If you were eating your Protein you would probably not be hungry...but you added french fries and a sundae!! lol....I don't think you need a fill, I think you just need to eat the proper foods. Your band is a tool for you...you still have to make good and healthy food choices!! Just my advice

Skinnymini - i had .2 last month and it has been good but so tight it is hard to eat when my band acts up. But back in the green so happy! Once i hit goal i will get some taken out. I miss my veggie burgers

I was banded today and this thread was so informative for me. Thanks friends!!!