banded 5/20/03 have lost 37lbs. I have had one fill 2cc. I can drink during the am and I am able to eat at night soft foods like pasta. I try to eat weight watchers meals and drink protein shakes during the day. I am a little worried because my weight loss has been slow. I don't think I need another fill but I'm not sure, I can eat a whole dinner and pudding after as long as it is soft. I can't tolerate chicken unless it is past 8pm. any suggestions would be helpful. thanks.

Hi MLB,

The more solid your foods, the longer they will stay with you. Soft foods such as Pasta and especially pudding will slide through your stoma.

Try eating solid stuff and see if it helps.

Good luck

Your loosing at a great rate, We are only suppose to loose at a rate of about 2 lbs a week.

Don't worry about it!!

Watch out for starchy foods like pasta, they are high in carbs and can keep you from losing weight as quickly. Also, I recommend NOT eating your dinner after seven in the evening - or only allowing yourself only one small snack if you do. You might also try switching yourself around so that lunch is your "biggest" meal of the day and keep dinner light. That way the calories you consume are more likely to be burned off around the time you eat them. Food late at night does not get burned off because you go to bed and are immobile, during the day you are at least walking around and moving.

Try to get away from the softer foods that dont go down so easily, and be sure that you are not drinking lots of fluids with your meal. Both of those things allow you to get more in than you may realize you are eating.

I hope that helps.