so i was just banded on may 23, 2012 and im doing great! finally the gas pain has pretty much gone comes and goes depending upon what i eat. I have been trying to eat really healthy, alot of veges, and stir fry type meals with some chicken thighs thrown in and i like my cheese. I have been eating much smaller portions but i still am finding my self getting hungry etc. Just wanted to see if other people had this before their first fill? i think im hungrier because the swelling in my stomach is probably minimal if at all so i probably opened up more. Im not eating alot of food, just more then i thought i would be banded( thought i would eat like half a cup of food and be full ), although some days i feel it and some i dont, i guess its just the adjustment period.

Until you have some restriction after a couple fills, you'll likely feel like you don't have a band at all. Many refer to the time period between surgery and good restriction as "bandster hell" because you're pretty much working on nothing but will power until you've got enough saline in your band to have good restriction.

Don't be surprised it takes multiple fills before you feel restriction. Hang in there, it gets easier.

so i was just banded on may 23, 2012 and im doing great! finally the gas pain has pretty much gone comes and goes depending upon what i eat. I have been trying to eat really healthy, alot of veges, and stir fry type meals with some chicken thighs thrown in and i like my cheese. I have been eating much smaller portions but i still am finding my self getting hungry etc. Just wanted to see if other people had this before their first fill? i think im hungrier because the swelling in my stomach is probably minimal if at all so i probably opened up more. Im not eating alot of food, just more then i thought i would be banded( thought i would eat like half a cup of food and be full ), although some days i feel it and some i dont, i guess its just the adjustment period.

I'm still waiting for my first fill...and use FF SF fluids (mostly Water for me) to help manage my hunger.

I drank a lot of Crystal Light in the beginning to help tide me over. I am just feeling like I am in the greenzone now and I am more than a year out from surgery. Good luck to you!

Are you supposed to be eating solids? I was still on full liquids 12 days out. Solids was week 5.

I have had 3 fills, only at 4.5 cc in a 10cc band, and am just starting to feel restricted, before this was like a tease!!! Lol well I am feeling it now and it's working, I have lost almost 10lbs this month