Dear Bandster friends,

I went to my doctor for my first fill today. My doc tried 6x to fill with 1.25 cc with no success. Said I would have to go to hospital for him to do it there with flouroscopy. I was so depressed.....Waaaaaah! Although my progress has been good, 31 lb in 7 weeks, it has been based solely on willpower and exercise since I have no restriction whatsoever. ANy suggestion on what I can do til fill time. I am getting hungrier and hungrier!:think :sick :sick :think :straight :cry

I just want to encourge you to keep the faith. I read that you have been doing it on willpower but that is all we have anyway. Even with perfect working bands we can still eat aroud the band and you have been losing. Yippie!!.

I got banded 16 days ago and feel like I can eat anything or nothing depending on my tummys mood! Still I hav lost. I hope to have a loss like yours when I am at 7 weeks. You can do this.

Eat Protein first. I heard at a support group meeting 80% protein, 5% carb and the rest fruits and veg.

Keep up the good work.

Susan

Keep the faith! Believe in the band! Weight loss WILL continue to happen. It took me 6 fills over 7 months to acheive a good level of restriction. Everyone is different. I lost 20 lbs. from the post-surgery liquid diet. I slowly lost 10 lbs. between fills 1 and 5. After fill 6, which was 2 weeks ago, I have lost 10 lbs., for a total now of 40 lbs. lost since December. I am very happy about this! I am not worried about how long it will take, I know I will lose the rest of my weight. Look at this long term, and have patience! You have this band for the rest of your life.

Mary in Sacramento