I had a fill about 3 wks ago.. thought i hit my green zone.. but i feel as if it faded away!! I feel hungry all the time!

That happens, in fact it happened to me the first time I hit the Green Zone too. I was great then about 4 weeks later I was hungry again. It's not uncommon at all.

When you go for your next fill, be sure to get a relatively small amount. You're obviously right there on the edge of the Green Zone and I fear if you got too big a fill you'd blow right past the Green Zone and into too tight.

Just a hair more and i think I'll be there!!

What did you do to cure your hunger? I can't get full at all!!

Well, I never expect to get full. That feeling is long gone. But what I have found helped was adding a 4th meal. Sometimes I will eat my lunch as early as 10:30 or 11 if I am really hungry. Then again around 2 and then dinner a few hours later.

I was not hungry at all the month of July, actually I think the band was a little tight. Now, I'm like you and hungry most all of the time. I even wake up in the middle of the night hungry! I go to the doc next week, but am only going to ask for a small fill.

I dont go back till September 6th.. in the meantime I've really upd my water intake but I'm still hungry!

Well, I think I've hit the "zone"....but there are days I just don't know. I can feel full one day and starving the next. I find on days I'm "starving" I can eat anything and the next day I can't even do a scrambled egg without getting the hiccups and feeling like I'm going to throw it up. Believe me, I've throw up things I've normally had been able to eat.

I'll admit, I've had my downfalls in the last month...cheating, bad food choices or celebrating life's events a little too much. I've moved around the same 8 pounds...up, down, up, down...now down again. My last fill did bring me tight. I've thrown up more, had more hiccips, but I've also felt really good. I think I've enjoyed my time with my kids this month and in a week, I'm heading to the gym...into the pool (now that I've also had my hip replaced) and I can finally move...and move this weight off me. I don't think another fill will help me....I need to help me.

Lisa

Banded 12/10/2011

3 fills down

65 pounds lost

(I guess I need one of those ticker things...)another 65 to go!

I am 4 weeks post op this week, I have not lost anything. I go for my first fill on the 6th. But I feel hungry and before you know it I am looking for something to eat, I feel like I am slipping backwards. The more hungry I get the less I pay attention to what and how I eat. Good news is I haven't gained anything either! Any advice on this?

Can some one please explain the "green zone" to me?

my first month i just knew i was a flunky because it seemed like i was more hungry after the surgery. once i started getting regular fills it started changing. i go fit my third fill on the 7th of next month....so here's hoping

I am 4 weeks post op this week' date=' I have not lost anything. I go for my first fill on the 6th. But I feel hungry and before you know it I am looking for something to eat, I feel like I am slipping backwards. The more hungry I get the less I pay attention to what and how I eat. Good news is I haven't gained anything either! Any advice on this?

Can some one please explain the "green zone" to me?[/quote']

The green zone is where your band is adjusted correctly. You can eat 3-4 oz of solid Protein & 3-4 oz of veggies and keep it down. You feel satisfied not stuffed. You don't feel hungry for 3-4 hours.

I was banded on 8/14 and for the first 3-4 days I wasn't even hungry. I started getting hungry and by day 7 I attempted smooth foods and when I went in for my follow up I explained to the doctor that I had already started eating but was getting full after around 1/2 cup. He said that was perfect and I set an appt for 4 wks later for a fill if needed.

Since coming home I can't seem to eat enough and dont feel any restriction in the band. I am so upset and disgusted with myself. I seem to be able to eat anything and everything without any problem.

I haven't had carbonation or caffeine. I am doing pretty well with not eating and drinking at the same time....

I just need some feedback! I have been putting my intake into myfitnesspal and use TampaGina as my username.

Please add me and if you have any suggestions let me know!

Good luck everyone!

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Well' date=' I never expect to get full. That feeling is long gone. But what I have found helped was adding a 4th meal. Sometimes I will eat my lunch as early as 10:30 or 11 if I am really hungry. Then again around 2 and then dinner a few hours later.[/quote']

That works for me as well an additional meal if needed its not much more than I would eat anyway in a full day so it must be ok it seem!s to work though

I feel exactlly the same can hiccups be a problem? I have them quite often during a meal.

I was banded on 8/14 and for the first 3-4 days I wasn't even hungry. I started getting hungry and by day 7 I attempted smooth foods and when I went in for my follow up I explained to the doctor that I had already started eating but was getting full after around 1/2 cup. He said that was perfect and I set an appt for 4 wks later for a fill if needed.

Since coming home I can't seem to eat enough and dont feel any restriction in the band. I am so upset and disgusted with myself. I seem to be able to eat anything and everything without any problem.

I haven't had carbonation or caffeine. I am doing pretty well with not eating and drinking at the same time....

I just need some feedback! I have been putting my intake into myfitnesspal and use TampaGina as my username.

Please add me and if you have any suggestions let me know!

Good luck everyone!

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You have only been banded for 13 days! I didn't feel restriction for a long time, prob at one year being banded. Just give it time. And I have realized that for me, it is not about restriction. I can eat pretty much anything except for snap peas and snow peas. I have had my band tighten up a few times and that's when I realized that I don't want to limited on what I can eat. I just eat smaller portions of things that I still enjoy.