I'm at the doctors right now waiting on my 3rd fill. I have yet to feel any restriction and iam the same exact weight as when I started. Maybe after today i will notice a difference. I've been so down on myself and feel like the band is not working for me. I have been eating like I should.. lacking on water and exercise as of latley (because i feel discouraged). Any encouragemeent and advise is welcome.

Female

Weight 240 on the dot

I lost 12 the first two weeks and then nothing for the next 14 weeks. My 3rd fill gave me enough restriction to feel satisfied sooner/longer. I also was able to cut back on my calories due to the extra satiety. I kicked in my exercise program and lost 38 lbs over the next 5 months.

It will happen if you give it time and follow the rules. I read some of your other posts and you're going to have to get your caloric intake down to 1200 or less, and, you must exercise. Even at 1200 calories and no exercise you may only lose 1-2 lbs a month.

If you arent tracking your calories, you're probably taking in too many. Fat people don't have a good eye for eyeballing sizes and calorie content.

tmf

Don't be discouraged, took me 8 months to get restriction. I had my surgery on 9/10/12. Gained and lost 10 lbs off and on. I have a 14 cc realize band. I have 10.5 cc in my band.

Hi all..I am in sort of the same boat. I am on my third fill since being banded Sept 10/2012. At my first appt for a fill, found out my port had flipped. Most likely my own fault cause i felt well, so I acted like I was well. So actually had my first fill in Dec. Must have been too tight of I had something stuck cause I couldnt eat anything with out getting sick Had a little .5 decrease..and I wa able to eat my grandmother!! Go back in about March..have about 1.5 ccs added and I can feel it tight now. Can only eat little bits but I think its too tight. Nurse said that stress, allergies and other things can make the band act funny so I tried waiting it out. Some days I can eat about an ounce and not be sick..other days..a forkfull and im running. Thing is after getting sick..I can eat. I also have hunger pains I guess in my"old" tummy and when I try and eat..I fill up so fast and Im still having hunger pains...then the combo will make me sick. Im at my wits end cause I do not want to get a decrease. I have lost about 10 lbs in the last 3 months and I too am getting discourgaged. Any tips, suggestions?!?!?!

Hi all..I am in sort of the same boat. I am on my third fill since being banded Sept 10/2012. At my first appt for a fill, found out my port had flipped. Most likely my own fault cause i felt well, so I acted like I was well. So actually had my first fill in Dec. Must have been too tight of I had something stuck cause I couldnt eat anything with out getting sick Had a little .5 decrease..and I wa able to eat my grandmother!! Go back in about March..have about 1.5 ccs added and I can feel it tight now. Can only eat little bits but I think its too tight. Nurse said that stress, allergies and other things can make the band act funny so I tried waiting it out. Some days I can eat about an ounce and not be sick..other days..a forkfull and im running. Thing is after getting sick..I can eat. I also have hunger pains I guess in my"old" tummy and when I try and eat..I fill up so fast and Im still having hunger pains...then the combo will make me sick. Im at my wits end cause I do not want to get a decrease. I have lost about 10 lbs in the last 3 months and I too am getting discourgaged. Any tips, suggestions?!?!?!

Don't take this the wrong way but you've hijacked this thread. That means that you injected your own topic within someone else's topic. No problem, we all goof around within a topic but you should start your own topic/thread in one of the forums.

I say this because if you ask questions about your own issues within a thread, only a handful of people will see it. If you post/start your own topic, hundreds will see it and respond. You'll get much more exposure this way.

What happens if you eat Soup? Do you fill up fast or can you eat a lot of soup? I ask this so we can know that you are eating small and chewing big? If you're getting stuck on soup, you may be too tight? If Soups pass right through the band, and you can eat 8 ozs or more, you may not be chewing your food enough? We bandsters are stubborn about our old eating habits and it can take many of us months or years to re-educate ourselves to eat properly.

tmf

I'm at the doctors right now waiting on my 3rd fill. I have yet to feel any restriction and iam the same exact weight as when I started. Maybe after today i will notice a difference. I've been so down on myself and feel like the band is not working for me. I have been eating like I should.. lacking on Water and exercise as of latley (because i feel discouraged). Any encouragemeent and advise is welcome.

Female

Weight 240 on the dot

Somewhere in my fill process I GAINED weight...my Dr. assured me not to get too upset, the whole point was to get the band working and not ill then it will not be all roses......

I am in the same boat! Banded in January and lost around 15lbs while healing. Then the weight loss pretty much stopped. I will be going for my third fill Monday, which will be the first time since surgery that I've seen my surgeon. I'm hoping he will get my band where it needs to be.

I've also been quite discouraged and have gotten into some bad habits as of late, including slacking on exercise and having too many liquid calories... Not good.

I think we need to track our calories in/out and talk with out doctors about band adjustment.

Stay positive! We can do this!

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