I'm 4 weeks out and don't get my first fill for another month! I'm eating everything in sight. I just had 3 cookies! Of course I inhaled them and took them while nobody was looking. Why is it food tastes better when you sneak it? I feel like I'm going back to my old pre-banded ways. I'm so afraid of gaining back the weight I already lost but I feel like I have no will power. So depressing!!

That is weird. I wasn't hungry at all the first weeks after surgery.. can you ask your doctor for an earlier fill. he gave me a fill after 18 days as we are planning fills for when I have to be gone all of June.. So it is not unheard of. Just before my next fill last week I was getting very hungry but now I can barely eat anything that is not mushy.. Good luck..

Berry--I think we all feel that way from time to time. I just got back from Texas Roadhouse and while it could have been worse, I ate an entire 6 oz filet mignon, a few bites of salad, and a few bites of green beans. I am so stuffed right now! It was just so good I couldn't stop, even though I knew I had had enough. The band certainly doesn't fix the emotional aspect of eating for us, does it? I'm sorry you have to wait so long for your fill, but in the meantime, just try to be strong, and maybe next time you feel like eating something you shouldn't, go for a walk, or call a friend, or get on the boards here. You'll make it--and you will feel so much better after you have had a fill or two or three.

Hey girlie...a slip is just that a slip. It doesn't mean that it has to stay that way. We tend to beat ourselves up when we make these mistakes and they really are just that, mistakes. Get up tomorrow and start fresh. Make a new day and a new start, its really the only way. Forget about what happened today and move on. I have beaten myself up time after time and its to no avail, you aren't making things any different or any better being hard on yourself. Just try not to make the same mistake again. Good luck....POPT

I agree needing a fill is depressing, I have gained back 4 lbs and that was of a few days ago... who knows how much more I have gained! :angry I get my 1st fill in 1 week and a half! I really need it now. I hope that I get good restriction with my 1st fill, some poeple take several fills to get good restriction... but for now I just want to eat everything I can get my hands on!:hungry: I know I need to have patience but it is so hard! I guess I better start walking more...:faint: Well Tomorrow I will try to eat better and exercise! Good bye for now! I'm going to bed!:notagree

IM IN THE SAME BOAT WITH YOU !! im was banded on the 4th and im starting to get hungry. I havent major cheated yet but i feel it coming . . . . i have a Dr. apt on Tuesday and im asking for an earlie fill

Berry, take it slow and easy. Try to keep you calorie intake to 1k a day before you get your fill. You should lose that way. Julie

Yeah, I'm in the same spot you guys are. I was banded on 3/30 and now I'm hungry all the time. I over ate at the movies on Saturday so I went back to liquid/mush yesterday and felt ok, but by the evening I was growling. Today I am trying to hard to be good at work, but again...the stomach just won't stop talking to me. :-( I'm not suppose to have a fill till May 25th and I just don't see how I'm going to make it. So much hate for an appetite..!! Someone suggested coming to the boards when they are tempted to cheat...I actually do that and it works really well. I need to start the walking thing, I think that will help too. It's so nice to have this awesome group to come and cry with. :-( I've been really snippy at my husband lately too and feel bad for that...but just had to remind him when he would "bite back"..I'm also going through an addiction withdrawl. This is hard. He agreed he hadn't thought of that and agreed to be more sensitive and understanding. I can't wait till this part is over and I've made it over this hump in the journey.

i feel your pain!

i could eat anything, so i did. i always had something in my mouth. i was so dissapointed in myself that i hid from this forum... i was ashamed! :cry

i got my first fill and am excited to get back on track... it turned out that i only gained 4.5lbs from the time i went on solids to the day of my fill. i'm actually pretty happy that that is all i gained!:rolleyes

i'm a little worried, to tell the truth though... i'm on 3 days liquids and can go back on solids tomorrow. i can drink with no issue (as my doc said i should be able to) but i am hungry almost all the time. growling belly is NOT FUN. :cry

until you get your first fill, just try to take it easy - if you've ever done weight watchers, maybe try to stick to points. i know it's hard - i failed.

GOOD LUCK!!! :clap2:

Don't feel too bad! Help is on the way. It won't be long until you get a fill and then the real fun begins.

As I recall, I was starving not too long after I woke up from surgery:rolleyes: !

I kept asking if I could have juice or a popsicle or something. I stayed HUNGRY until my fills kicked in.

You didn't get banded to feel the way you do right now. It is an adjustable band, and when it is adjusted, you will get the relief you seek.

By the way, as much as we all want to think our lifestyles have changed, take away the band and we will all be starving.

Hang in there and good luck!!!

I got my first fill @3 weeks ago, I do not feel any restriction and want to go back tomorrow. is that stupid or should i wait a week? i need advice because patience is not my strongest quality but I really want to start using my band the right way. Advice anyone?????????thanks, nancyotr