i had lap band surgery on May 10th,2012. i recieved my 1st fill on June 11th. i recieved 4cc's. Everyone told me i shud b full off the water they give u to drink b4 u leave the hospital... Nope i drank that down and was hungry abt 45 mins later. i had sugar free jello.. it went down just fine.. and all the other liquids have done the same.. Yesterday i went bk to "normal" foods... well i had chicken noodle soup and i believe i could have ate the entire thing. i just know to stop myself. Ive only lost 16 pounds and 10 of those came off pre op on the clear liquid diet. Im feeling a little discouraged and thinking if i made the right decision.. Any words of advice would be great....

Everyone is different.

You usually need a few fills to feel restriction. Just follow the rules and have patience.

Wendy

Took me 3 fills and a total of 7cc to get there!

Took me 6 months of fills to get restriction. Soup is also a slider. It is going to pass right through the pouch into the big stomach.

In general however it can take up to 2 weeks for a fill to take affect.

You're going to be in "bandster hell" for a few weeks. And Honk is right. Soup is a slider. You can be in the green zone and soup will slide through. I can eat 3 cups of slider foods. Normal food would be 3 ozs of protein(chicken, fish) and maybe 2-3 ozs of a vegetable. If you're going to feel restriction, you'll have to eat meat. But eat it in small bites, and chew much more than ever, and eat slowly. If you feel a pressure in your chest/stomach area, that's restriction and you'll have to learn how to eat again.

It took me 6 fills before I got to the green zone.

tmf

thank u all so much.. i guess i'll just have to be patient..