Had my first fill two years ago,have lots other medical problems.Changed diet big time,went to gym 6 hours week,lost 50 lbs in short time.Big problem is lap band did nothing for my appetite was losing so much weight dr wasent in hurry to fill band.My mom had big bday to family took her too alantic city in September,i ate 5 plates of food at buffet,i didn't mind cause would work it off.I had appointment for fill 2 months later and my doc says gee you souldnt of ate so much,im like true but reason I got band so I wouldn't be able.Now I have nevrge damage and cant go to gym so now I really need band to work,i have had 8.75 put in,and have appointment for more fill in 2 hours.Like I said it two years and two weeks since my first fill,and have bt on 25 lbs and all my dr has to say,well that why they call it ADJUSTABLE LAP BAND.So today will have 9.25 in a 14.00 mil band nd suggestions?

You assumed the band would do all the work and keep you from eating too much. That's not how it works. The band helps us to feel satisfied with less food if it's adjusted properly. But it requires a lot of self awareness to work it's magic. That means you have to look for the soft stop signals and obey them. Most all of us can eat plates of food. The lower stomach is still there and if we ignore the satiety signals, we can continue to eat.

This will require much more discipline and attention on your behalf if you want your WLS to work? Soft stop or satiety signals are:

Runny nose

burping

hiccups

sighs

And of course the biggy, you're just not interested in the food your eating!

Rationalizing you can work off huge meals isn't going to work with the band. Once your band is filled properly you can cause pouch or esophageal dilation and band slippage. Hope this helps?

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@@richard mazzari I agree with what @@2muchfun said above. Now that you have a large fill in your band, it could take a couple of weeks for you to feel the full affect of it. So don't over eat and stuff that pouch because you could cause some dangerous damage to your esophagus and stomach that could result in losing your band and irreversible damage.

Keep going to the gym and limit your intake to band size portions and you should do great!

very sound advice

Weell guess it was mistake for getting band 27 months they still filling it,dr tells me last week,oh you thought band would give you full feeling? it wont

Edited July 10, 201412 yr by richard mazzari

Not sure what the mistake is in regards to getting the band Richard?