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I got banded 9/4 and of course lost weight. I lost 14 pounds in eight days. I started working out but realize I am hungry all the time and grazing food here and there. It feels like no band was ever placed. I think I am going back to my liquid diet until I get my 1st fill. What to do, what to do....I did call for a fill but they only do them on Monday and were all booked up. My appt is for 9/24 for my 1st fill.

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That is because you likely have little or nothing in your band right now. It takes most people multiple fills before their hunger is sufficiently satiated. In the meantime, be patient and try to stick to band sized portions and meals. It will come it just takes time.

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I agree with Miss73. I felt the same after my surgery and I had days where I could eat a lot...but I had to drink Water in between meals to keep satisfied. Just had my first fill last week and had 0.5 cc put in. Now I feel more restriction...but still searching for my sweet spot! Keep up the great work, you can do it!

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It took me 4 fills until I felt any restriction. I was able to eat almost anything and a lot of it. Now I have 7cc's and I finally feel some restriction. Things get stuck and really hurt if I dont chew well, and there are many foods I can't eat anymore. I feel like it is relearning all over again. Hang in there, it will come.

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I got banded 9/4 and of course lost weight. I lost 14 pounds in eight days. I started working out but realize I am hungry all the time and grazing food here and there. It feels like no band was ever placed. I think I am going back to my liquid diet until I get my 1st fill. What to do' date=' what to do....I did call for a fill but they only do them on Monday and were all booked up. My appt is for 9/24 for my 1st fill.[/quote']

You got banded 2 days before I did ... I was told that you don't get a full until 6 weeks post op your bit supposed to be eatting regular food right now you should be at stage 3 which is purée foods .. Which Is thicker consistency than liquids .. Theres nothing in ur band and the swelling is going down from surery which is why u feel more hungry ... Doesn't your doctor tell u this stuff ? Just courious as to why ur already calling for a fill ? When u still need to get to stage 4 soft foods and stage 5 regular textured foods ?

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Every doctor is different so listen to your doctor. I only had to do liquids for two days and mushies for a week. I could have gotten a full at three weeks or four. I opted for four and am scheduled a month out for my second but can get another at two weeks if I really feel I need it. My doctor has the most experience in Wisconsin and has never had a slip. Let's not pass judgement and encourage each other to follow Doctor's orders.

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You got banded 2 days before I did ... I was told that you don't get a full until 6 weeks post op your bit supposed to be eatting regular food right now you should be at stage 3 which is purée foods .. Which Is thicker consistency than liquids .. Theres nothing in ur band and the swelling is going down from surery which is why u feel more hungry ... Doesn't your doctor tell u this stuff ? Just courious as to why ur already calling for a fill ? When u still need to get to stage 4 soft foods and stage 5 regular textured foods ?

Every Dr is different I was on solids three weeks post OP even though i don't eat much and usually stay with softer food and with my first fill at exactly four weeks.. I say follow your drs plan and you'll do great!

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All drs are different. Post op I was Clear Liquids for a week. Week 2 full liquids (smoothie). Week 3 mushies. Week 4 soft foods. I didn't get to "normal" food until week 7

Seemed horrible back then but it was well worth it

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That is so weird! I got banned the same day and I get my fill the same as yours. I was just telling my friends that I feel hungry and my stomach growls from being so hungry .. I don't want to over eat so I mostly drink a lot of Water before a meal. I'm ready for the fill so that I will feel full.. let's hang in there together :)

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Yes, all Drs are different, they would have given me my 1st fill within 2 weeks but I caught a bacteria infection so I was stll healing from that. I got my 1st fill today and said o go back in 3/4 weeks for another fill.

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That is so weird! I got banned the same day and I get my fill the same as yours. I was just telling my friends that I feel hungry and my stomach growls from being so hungry .. I don't want to over eat so I mostly drink a lot of Water before a meal. I'm ready for the fill so that I will feel full.. let's hang in there together :)

I got my 1st fill today but i asked my dr why I was so hungry, she stated the surgery was only to put the band with no fill. I lost 14 pounds the gained 5 back but now I have 5ccs so it's going to be alot better...how did your fill go??....I felt no pain whatsoever, I didn't even feel the needle go in.

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      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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