:help: I was banded 10/05 and I have lost 55#, which is ok but I really feel like I should have lost more. I have a 4cc band and 2.5 cc's in it, I have restriction, but I am not sure I have enough. The problem is that I am scared to get any more fills because I am afraid it will be too tight. I can't eat anything in the am until about lunch time, then I can usually eat a whole plate of food with minor restriction, but I am diabetic and my sugar bottoms out at night and I have to get up and eat or drink and usually end up purging because it will not go down, and I am unable to throw up. What should I do?

Well, I have the same 4c.c. band and have about 2.7 c.c. and since I started with 2.2 C.C I had trouble mostly in the mornings. I start drinking liquids very slowly, once I feel liquid passes I eat something solid. Some bandsters said the usually drink hot liquids; cold liquids work better on me. When I had 2.2 C.C. once I could let liquid pass I could eat anything I wanted, since I have 2.7 C.C. I open the band with liquid, but eat very little. Sometimes you have the same restriction at the beginning no matter how many c.c. once you can pass liquid, the solids make the difference depending on the c.c. variation.

For me it is very difficult to eat on every meal, cause of the proccess I got to do with the liquids ( its worst on mornings ). Sometimes I do not eat dinner, just a glass of milk.

Hope this helps!!!

So exactly how much weight do you have to lose? Were you banded in October of this year..........a month ago? If so, 55 lbs is a heck of a lot.

Some of the problem us bandsters have is that even though the band restricts us, we still have to use some form of mind willpower because the band doesn't kill the head hunger. You need to make sure you are getting enough to eat? If your body is not getting enough nourishment it will go into a starvation mode and hold on for dear life to whatever it can.

:help: I was banded 10/06 and I have lost 55#, which is ok but I really feel like I should have lost more.

Ok, I have to ask...Did you possibly enter in the wrong dates. Because if you were banded in October of 2006 and have lost 55 pounds, I would not be feeling like I should have lost more, I would be at the doctors office demanding to have tests run because I must have some major medical issue wrong with me to have lost that much weight in only 4 weeks.

Yep my eyes were wide open and my mouth down to my chest on that loss in a month too...I looked on her page and its 10/05...I was about to pass out...lol

:help: I was banded 10/06 and I have lost 55#, which is ok but I really feel like I should have lost more. I have a 4cc band and 2.5 cc's in it, I have restriction, but I am not sure I have enough. The problem is that I am scared to get any more fills because I am afraid it will be too tight. I can't eat anything in the am until about lunch time, then I can usually eat a whole plate of food with minor restriction, but I am diabetic and my sugar bottoms out at night and I have to get up and eat or drink and usually end up purging because it will not go down, and I am unable to throw up. What should I do?

You lost 55 pounds since 10/06 and you are questioning the band>? You are wonderful and seem to be doing all the right things. If the band is working, do not fill it as the consequences are messy with pb'ing and the need to remove some liquid. You are wonderful. Be well.

Fran:clap2:

I was banded 10/06 and I have lost 55#, which is ok but I really feel like I should have lost more.

Umm... really or are you kidding?

So exactly how much weight do you have to lose? Were you banded in October of this year..........a month ago? If so, 55 lbs is a heck of a lot.

Some of the problem us bandsters have is that even though the band restricts us, we still have to use some form of mind willpower because the band doesn't kill the head hunger. You need to make sure you are getting enough to eat? If your body is not getting enough nourishment it will go into a starvation mode and hold on for dear life to whatever it can.

I am sorry, I meant 10/05, I want to loose 50 more pounds. Thanks for the reply:)

Ok, I have to ask...Did you possibly enter in the wrong dates. Because if you were banded in October of 2006 and have lost 55 pounds, I would not be feeling like I should have lost more, I would be at the doctors office demanding to have tests run because I must have some major medical issue wrong with me to have lost that much weight in only 4 weeks.

Sorry, I meant 10/05. Thanks for the reply

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You lost 55 pounds since 10/06 and you are questioning the band>? You are wonderful and seem to be doing all the right things. If the band is working, do not fill it as the consequences are messy with pb'ing and the need to remove some liquid. You are wonderful. Be well.

Fran:clap2:

It was 10/05, opps

sorry, I put in the wrong date, 10/05 was the date.

Umm... really or are you kidding?

sorry, wrong date, it was 10/05.

sorry everybody, wrong date, I was banded 10/05, opps.

I was banded on Sep 18 and had my first fill, 1cc, a week ago on Oct 31. I lost 18 pounds right after surgery but have gained 2 pounds back in the last 2 weeks. Even after my first fill I don't feel restricted (not even a little). I'm anxiouse to go back for my next fill so I can start loosing weight. Any advice on how long to wait between fills?

I think I have 2.7 in my 4cc band (i've lost track) and I still could use a lot more restriction - being banded for me is a LOT about using willpower, dieting the traditional way and exercising an awful awful lot, the band does not just automatically make me eat so little that I lose weight without trying, apart from the first month or two. What it does do is when I'm not so perfect, I jsut cannot eat enough to gain weight. I have to do all the hard work, the band means I can maintain it. I dont ahve to be perfect all the time.

I'm happy with that balance. Its important to me to feel that I'm doing something because if I ever had to lose my band, I feel as if I have made the effort to make serious changes in my outlook and behaviour concerning eating. I think the band probably does more in terms of killing my appetite than I realise though, and I dont kid myself that if my band were removed, I'd effortlessly keep the weight off. Its doing something. But real hard stops every time I've had half a cup of food - nup it doesnt do that for me. Stopping me from eating 4 pieces of pizza, it does do that.

I think that I have "enough" restriction. I tend to think that being tighter puts you at greater risk of erosion and slippage, and that you can end up pouch packing on much smaller quantities of food without even realising it. Those are just my feelings on it, its not fact by a long shot, but I choose to use my band that way.

I'd prefer to run regularly like I do than have more fill and not be able to lead a completely normal lifestyle that includes eating out, never PBing, not having to worry about menus being appropriate etc.

Yes, I agree with you regarding having enough restriction that keeps you from overeating and gaining weight; but you still have to use some will power and exercise to move the scale down after a few months. Of course, that also depends on your age and how much you have messed up your metabolism over the years. At this point, I have decided to go with a little lessor fill and stop my recurring reflux issues and slippage problems.

Maybe after a few months at this fill, I might try a little more. I have had my band for one year and have lost 50lbs. which is less than some people; but I'm 25lbs from my goal and hope to get this off next year.