How do you know if you are full................hopefully not by throwing up. I have never felt full or uncomfortable. Is this common after surgery or do I need a fill???? I am not due for one until Feb 4th..................:girl_hug:

I am the same way as a lot of you I get really hungry and I wonder if there is a band really in there. But then the one day a had to much of the wrong thing I sure didn't feel well. I guess it will take us time to get used to this new tool we have.

Well its official, I think. Tonight we went out to eat and I think I actually got full. I had about 4 ounces of hamburger steak, some turnip greens and almost all of a muffin. Then all of a sudden there was a feeling like something in my chest. I had a bite of muffin in my mouth, and I just stopped and said oh!? I put that bite of muffin in my napkin and stopped! I did not wanna go too far. I'm just so glad to know now that 1) I can in fact get full and 2) I now get full off of much less food than pre band.

I'm just so excited now.:rolleyes2:

I am bad, I kinda skipped right through the mushy stage and went to soft meats without any problems at all. I do measure out everything ,and I only have 1/2 -3/4 cup food at a time. However, I have not yet felt full. The good news is that I rarely feel hungry.

Thank goodness - I didn't know what was happening but I have had that pain in my left shoulder. I was banded on 1/4/08 and I am due for a fill on 2/14/08, I am permitted to eat solids 2 days prior so that my surgeon can decide how much to fill. I am thinking of getting it tight since it seems I can eat a lot of mushy food.

SHirley

Hi all...........I had that gas pain forever even with exercise. I thought it would never go away. I am 3 weeks post op and I'm still on my optifast shakes. I never felt full except that one time when I came home starving and ate the wrong thing and until yesterday had never had anything "stuck" I was wondering if I was banded at all....then........One of my pills got stuck and I was miserable........I will now always cut my pills up....:rolleyes2:

My Dr told me that before the fills you dont have restrictions. The band is just there its not working. He said the lig stage and small ammounts is to let the band heal in the correct place. Once you get a fill is when you will start feeling full from the band.

I am feeling much the same as everyone else that has posted here. I just feel like I'm on a diet. I'm not terribly hungry, but I feel as though I could eat almost as much as before the band. I agree with BensonRN, I think that you don't really start feeling restricted until you get filled.

Thank you BensonRN for the info. I never thought to ask my doctor that question.....I'm just now adding things like cottage cheese.....

I had my first fill yesterday, 4 cc's total in a 10 cc band, and I am feeling the restriction. I didn't even have anything last night, more than a few mouthfuls of Soup. I had a Protein smoothie in the late afternoon, and didn't feel hungry until around 9:00pm and had the soup, but really it wasn't more than 5oz, and I was full.

That is such a nice feeling, and now this morning, I have been nursing my Slimfast for nearly 40 minutes.

I have to stay on liquids for the rest of today, and mushy/pureed food Friday and Saturday.

I had a fill last week and did my liquid stage again, then mushy and yesterday I had regular food. I am feeling good and I get a full feeling. I eat really slow so that as soon as I start feeling it I stop because I really don't want to get sick. I guess it is the "eat until you aren't hungry, not until you are full" saying that sticks in my brain. It helps me. I had dinner at halftime tonight (ate my protein first) and am still pretty full. I love not being hungry all the time. Liquids DO NOT fill me up at all.