Hey all-

I have yet to get banded (Just started my journey and will eventually be banded after the hoops and whistles of insurance in October)

I've been skimming this site a bit and I've learned in post op to expect due to IV's to gain some weight (Water weight) after surgery and it will fall off.

In addition to this the liquid diet that everyone has to be on after surgery, obviously because of this we all drop weight. My question is after the liquid diet/mushy food phase and back onto solid foods - do you see a weight gain at all because of adding actual "food" back into your diet?

Just wondering what to expect.

Thanks!!

I've only been banded since May 31st and I had my first fill yesterday. I found that for me, once I got on solid food I did gain a couple of pounds but once I started on the good ole tread mill those came off pretty quick.

I'm down 25 pounds in a month.

I did not gain but I did not lose for a month or so and after fill i began losing

A lot of people do gain during that transition time and have to either severely restrict their intake of food or start burning it off, it is why its called bandster hell, u will have little or no restriction until the fills start kicking in so most of it will be down to sheer willpower ...