Hi,

I am 15 days out. Surgery was Oct. 11.

I feel like I have no restriction. I feel like I could eat a horse (well, not a horse-but you know what I mean)

The only thing I can feel different is that I seem to get a touch of heartburn each time I eat.

I want restriction dangit! My first fill isn't until November 26.

Ok, if anyone else is in bandster &$$#, please respond. Misery loves company....

This is getting somewhere. I like a good discussion not whining. I don't know about you , but I paid thousands of dollars that I worked haard on my feet for to have the band. Now that I have it I guess I am just .... well I don't know gratefull I guess you could call it. Whatever ma come will pass. I have read over and over on this site a lone. The band works if you follow the rules. It really works. I don't know if any of you remember the DReam away pills, tried them. Or how about the grapefruit diet? Didn't work ether. And didn't my mom and I look quite stunnin in our bodywraps(lol). I don't know I am just way to grateful to finally have something that finally can and will work to complain.

Yours Truly

Big Ben THE JERK:)

I simply think your judging some of us when you can not possibly know where some of us are at only 3 days post-op. We have all read, we have all listened to our physicians, we have all seriously thought out this step heck leap we took to get our lives back. To post 3 days after getting banded and telling us to get moving, eat right, blah blah blah is adsurd.

Good for you that you paid for your surgery but you paying for your surgery doesn't put you in any different boat than the rest of us.

Every single person on this board is different. We had different pains, we had different diets to follows, different hungers, and the mental struggles that have come with the things that lead us all to the BAND. The band is the only thing we have that joins us.

So why don't you think just a bit before you post and not tell us not to be hungry when your only 3 days post-op. I'd be willing to bet 3 weeks from now you might just want to EAT YOUR WORDS you'll be so hungry.

Hello All... In reading the posts on this thread I can attest that how quickly your appetite comes back varies from person to person. Myself and my wife were banded on 10/5, we started the liquid diet and within about 7 days my wife was able to eat solid foods with very little problem while I was still choking on liquids, our dr told us it depended on the amount of swelling how quickly we could tolerate certain foods. My wife told me she felt like she is starving and I am just reaching the point where I am getting hungry on occasions, she felt like she was failing but the fact is that no one is the same. Our first fill is next week. We have had to exercise alot of willpower and hold each other accountable to sticking with the regimen. We have started walking but I have been hampered by a fracture foot I broke a week before we were banded. I encourage everyone to keep focused on why we had the surgery, to obtain a better quality of life, as with life there will be highs and lows, gains and losses but in the end it will be worth the efforts.

Three weeks out she has loss 10 pounds and I have lost 21 pounds.

Best wishes to all Oct 07 Bandsters:whoo:

This is getting somewhere. I like a good discussion not whining. I don't know about you , but I paid thousands of dollars that I worked haard on my feet for to have the band. Now that I have it I guess I am just .... well I don't know gratefull I guess you could call it. Whatever ma come will pass. I have read over and over on this site a lone. The band works if you follow the rules. It really works. I don't know if any of you remember the DReam away pills, tried them. Or how about the grapefruit diet? Didn't work ether. And didn't my mom and I look quite stunnin in our bodywraps(lol). I don't know I am just way to grateful to finally have something that finally can and will work to complain.

Yours Truly

Big Ben THE JERK:)

why do you think that because we are here sharing our "pain" and seeking support from those going through THE SAME things we are that we are whining? you too will be here in a few weeks. but like everyone else has told you, everyone is different. maybe it wont be as bad for you as it has been for some, and that is ok and fine and great--for you! dont come down on those of us need the support that this place is designed for.

you think you are the only one who has tried just about everything out there? how about the cabbage Soup diet? south beach? atkins? diet pill after diet pill? i could go on and on and i am sure everyone here could add another to the list. it just goes to show that we are all here for the same reasons, even if they are different.

and, hun, you arent the only one who shelled out big bucks for this. why do you think that because we are here sharing our stories seeking support does that mean that we are not working this like we should? who are you to judge?

that said...best of luck with you band. i know i love mine so far...hard times and all. this is MY light at the end of a long tunnell, and yes, i may complain, but i will work this for all i have.

I saw my doc yesterday. He makes all his patients wait 6 weeks for a fill. But he did tell me that I will be getting a 4cc fill! yee ha!

I'm struggling too, I don't get my first fill until 11/15 and am still on liquids. I am hungry all the time. I'm sick of drinking Slim Fast and would LOVE to be on mushies!!!

You guys are in good company!!

Becky

I haven't made an apt. for a fill yet. After being too tight after surgery, I am afraid of a fill. Rarely hungry yet, so I'll coast as long as possible. I'm wondering if the hunger beast is ready to pounce any day now?

Let's play nice, y'all. Truth is (and we all know this): it took us years to do this to ourselves. It's gonna take a little time to take it all back off. Patience. Persistence.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMEEn!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO I'm off liquids!!! Is mushies still considered Banster )(*$^%?

I get mushies for a full week, then I go for my FIRST fill on Thursday. It is really nice to be able to have 'food' again :clap2:

Cheers!

Becky :ranger:

I was banded on the 24th of October. I thought I would never be hungry again. I even posted a thread asking if it was possible to have restriction without having a fill. It is possible!! It's called swelling!! As of yesterday I am HUNGRY!!! I am on mushies and ff refried beans and ff sour cream are saving my life. 4 days ago I thought I might not even need a fill for awhile, but this morning I am counting the days until November 20 when I GET MY FIRST FILL!!!!!!!! You don't have to wonder if you are in bandster #$^&%$#. Whe you get there you know it!!

Hang in there - I'm getting to the point where my rumbling stomach is becoming my best friend. I take that as a sign that I am burning fat and getting rid of all this excess around me. Then I drink Water to flush it out.

Granted, it does keep me running to the loo, but then, that's expending even more calories. I'm not crazy about feeling hungry, but I'm trying to learn to cope with it.

This is my new life now and I'm trying to embrace it. Some days are diamonds and some days are stones!!

Hang in there, you're not alone!!!

Becky :ranger:

Wow. I should have read this thread before I started the new thread "Banded - now what?" Looks like I'm not the only one in bandster hell. Banded, hungry, discouraged, feeling like a failure, frustrated, etc. Actually it's a comfort to know this feeling is so common. But you don't see it in people who have good restriction - so this too shall pass. It will be a lot more fun to read our posts in December, and how about those New Year's resolutions? It's going to get better, I am sure of that. It's just really hard right now with that fear of the unknown "Did I ruin my new band by overeating? By going off mushies too soon? Am I a hopeless case? Will I ever get my act together? Is this band going to work? Did I just throw thousands of dollars down the drain? ...."

I'm just glad to know I'm not alone. Great posts everyone, awesome support, much appreciated!

I have the rumbling stomach and scared to eat. It has only been a few days and I am still very sore. Not such if the sounds from my stomach are hunger noises or the swelling going down. I am trying to stay on the liquids but ate some chicken soup and so far so good. I kno wthis stage will pass and I will feel better. Right now I just want to feel normal?!?!? and don't know what normal will be with the band!:help:

I was banded 10/26 had 1 week of clear liquids (if I NEVER see chicken broth or SF jello again, won't be too soon) and now I am on Full Liquids but only the ones the doc says...thin cream soups, protein shakes, carnation instant breakfast ONLY for the next week...then I can have a combo full liquid/pureed limited menu (cottage cheese, yogurt, malt-o-meal, oatmeal, mashed potatoes) for the next 2 weeks so its going to be a month before I can even get to MUSHIES!!!! I am sooo bored with the food choices right now!!! I am thankful I am not too hungry or I might be tempted to "push" it. I can't believe they are being soooo conservative!!!