Had my first fill on 10/7. I've been eating semi normally since about that Friday. They put in .2 ccs which puts me now at 3.2ccs in my band (my surgeon put 3ccs in my band at surgery). I've noticed I'm still the same weight give or take since I was last week. On top of that I'm not feeling full all the time. Sometimes I'll eat and I notice "whoa, I'm fully already?!" and others I'm like "stop eating, you're eating too much". I'm getting discouraged and so frustrated. I do zumba 3x per week and swim the other two. My boyfriend has been getting me to go do kick boxing a few times and I may get into that too.

Some people, I have noticed, eat every 4 hours and have a snack. I am not a real snacker. Today I am hungry but that is because I just had a fill Friday and was on liquids until today. I am having a nice dinner of salmon, mashed potatoes and butternut squash. I have to eat mushy until Thursday. My doctor does things different.

Call your doctor or dietitian and ask for help and ideas.

You have a few misconceptions as to what the band can do?

We don't look for "full". We look for being satisfied. Satiety is the goal. Being satisfied with less food enables us to eat less and be less or not hungry for 4-5 hours between meals. Some of us needed 6 or more fills/adjustments to feel the satiety to go 4 hours between meals. One fill seldom does it.

Weight does not fall off every day or every week. You should be looking to lose fat and when you lose fat, your clothes will fit looser. Sometimes we lose fat but replace that fat with muscle. Muscle takes up less mass than fat so our clothes fit looser. Early in your journey you will experience these short plateaus.

Weight fluctuations can occur simply because when you work out, your muscles store a lot of fluids to repair themselves. Good luck, it looks like you're right on track.

tmf

You have a few misconceptions as to what the band can do?

We don't look for "full". We look for being satisfied. Satiety is the goal. Being satisfied with less food enables us to eat less and be less or not hungry for 4-5 hours between meals. Some of us needed 6 or more fills/adjustments to feel the satiety to go 4 hours between meals. One fill seldom does it.

Weight does not fall off every day or every week. You should be looking to lose fat and when you lose fat, your clothes will fit looser. Sometimes we lose fat but replace that fat with muscle. Muscle takes up less mass than fat so our clothes fit looser. Early in your journey you will experience these short plateaus.

Weight fluctuations can occur simply because when you work out, your muscles store a lot of fluids to repair themselves. Good luck, it looks like you're right on track.

tmf

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Another thing you need to do is measure your food. You should never say stop eating you have eaten enough. Its a new life style now and until you can eyeball the correct amount of food your surgeon said is right for you, you definitely need to measure it and not go over that amount. This is not a race it is a forever thing. It's never ending and you have to do this for the rest of your life or basically be right where you started. Fills are never going to stop the amount you eat unless your band is so tight that you can't eat but that is no life to have either. You will have to do the controlling of everything you eat. Your not eating to get full.

I was banded in March and went through the same thing. I guess going in I had a preconceived idea that it would be automatic. I thought I'd eat small amounts, the weight would fall off and I'd be skinny in a matter of months. I'm on my fourth fill, I work out 4x week with cardio and conditioning (Pilates). It just will take a while and it's a process that takes about two years to reach your goal weight (what my DR said). Good luck!

I have had only 3 fills since my surgery August 31st 2012. My 4th fill had to be undone due to night reflux. It has been 3 months and wondering if I should try another fill. I am not losing wait and do feel hungry at times. Have not been able to exercise due to back surgery last year & now neck surgery a couple of weeks ago. Getting frustrated at being stuck in my weight loss.

I have had only 3 fills since my surgery August 31st 2012. My 4th fill had to be undone due to night reflux. It has been 3 months and wondering if I should try another fill. I am not losing wait and do feel hungry at times. Have not been able to exercise due to back surgery last year & now neck surgery a couple of weeks ago. Getting frustrated at being stuck in my weight loss.

Why do you think you're stalled? If you're not hungry, how many calories are you consuming? It's basic math sometimes. If you consume 1200 calories/day and burn 1800, you should be losing about 5 lbs per month? Or, losing 5 lbs of fat but adding 5 lbs of muscle for people who are active?