...until I feel somewhat full. Is that normal?

I have 1.5 cc's in a 4 cc band. Just got the fill last month with a lot of swelling afterwards.

I'd appreciate any input and thank you in advance.

THANK YOU ALL for your responses. My god, what would I do without you people???

I am eating PB&J on whole wheat, egg salad, soy burger or grilled cheese as my sandwich. No, I'm not losing weight. :-(

I remember being able to eat ALOT of food until I hit the 2.0 cc's in a 4 cc band.

IMHO there's a big BIG difference between having 1.5 cc and going to 2.0 cc's. At least it was for me.

I agree--for me the difference b/w 2.0 in my band and 2.7 was huge. At 2 ccs I could eat a whole sandwich, slowly but no way even a half at 2.7. Right now I am currently unfilled completely due to being too tight at 3.2 for a month and a half and I know I could eat two sandwiches if I wanted!! Not that I would......its crazy now that I am wide open I really arent' that hungry...I thought I would be ravenous but I guess I am just used to eating smaller portions from before. Its working so far. Not losing but not gaining either

~Liz~

03/10/06

241/168/160

5'7''

.... Its working so far. Not losing but not gaining either

~Liz~

03/10/06

241/168/160

5'7''

i'll say it is working...look at you! you are almost to your 160 goal!! i was banded three days after you,and i am filled to 3cc's and i have only lost 19 lbs, and two of those keep sneaking up on me, like this is some kind of hide and seek game.

Leenerbups - this is totally off topic, but I love the cowbell thingy!!! I have a t-shirt that says, "I've got a fever and the only prescription is MORE COWBELL!" I laughed my buttocks off when I saw that and had to e-mail it to a friend of mine that finds it equally hilarious! Thanks for making me laugh today!

As far as the whole sandwich goes. I'm almost 4 weeks out now and can eat a pretty good amount of food. I haven't been measuring but I have been stopping when I'm comfortably full - I'm sure I'm eating more than a cup and can so far eat everything but soft bread very easily - as long as I chew well. I've had 2 very small PBs on canned chicken breast that were immediately relieved with a very small sliming and urp. I'm not eating that crap anymore, but I have had pizza, shrimp and smoked sausage without the casings. My weight was pretty well stalled but has started to slowly drop since I've been eating regular food. I just chew until there's nothing left to chew so I figure it has to be going through the band pretty quickly. I worry about stretching my pouch because I'm a quantity eater and I like to feel full, but I'm really trying to listen to my stomach and not my head! It's so hard and I fully understand that the band is a tool and not a free ride to slim and healthy - sucks though!

I can only eat about 1/2 a sandwich ... and my level of restriction is on the looser side compared to what I know others can typically eat. From what you say, it seems like you could use another fill, but it would probably be good to get your fill(s) in very small increments since you tend to get irritated.

I have 1.75 cc in my band. I love the level of restriction i have. I can too eat a sandwich..But its not like i am binging..I eat and it keeps me full.

If i feel i've eaten to much i will just work out extra on the treadmill LOL

~Kristen

I have 1.75 cc in my band. I love the level of restriction i have. I can too eat a sandwich..But its not like i am binging..I eat and it keeps me full.

If i feel i've eaten to much i will just work out extra on the treadmill LOL

We're soul sisters, Liberty. I can eat a lot but not binge. If I eat too many calories in a day I work it off. I'm a big believer in being able to eat more and being more active. Of course, if I had that mentality a year ago I wouldn't need the band, right?

There is an old saying "Just because you can , does not mean you should", this is where the band and the head have to work together as a team, the band is not a cure all, we still have to do some of the work. I used to always say to myself even when I did not feel satisfied that I needed to stop eating because I knew I had enough food to survive nutritionally. I now eat only when Iam hungry, not when I think Iam hungry like I did pre band and without my band now this is a battle but a battle I am winning.

I too can eat a full sandwich, at times and only when the bread is very toasted. The amount I can eat and what I can eat is very erratic. I can't eat in the a.m. at all......not until at least 3 p.m. Then, sometimes I can eat a full sandwich, yet other times I can't eat much at all.

I have 8 cc's in a 10 cc band and most of the time I feel like I have reached maximum restriction but then it scares me when I read that some of you can only eat 4 bites of your meal or only 1/2 of a sandwich.

Carol