Nope nothing at all!! And guess what my period is on ... ladies you know exactly what I mean!! FOOD CRAVINGS GALORE!! I just wish I could not eat as much ... of course my will power sucks! And I don't know what to do ... I was doing so good before 1500 calories a day and the nutritionist said that I should bump that to 1800 till I take some more weight off... But I just wish I wouldve known that alot of times first fills don't do the trick I mean I feel nooooooooooooooooooooooo restriction at all! :shades_smile: If anyone could please help me with this any in sight would be greatly appreciated! I don't know what to do ... I just dont wanna regain all my lost weight ... 2nd fill is in 3 weeks from now. But I need soome help I am really down! Thanks LOVE AND BLESSINGS APPLES!:success1:

Believe me, I know exactly how you feel!!! It is really hard not having restriction and each month when PMS hits and I loosen up and get really hungry it just gets multiplied. Even now, when I am at my sweet spot, I have trouble at my TOM because I can eat more and am much hungrier. I also gain like 2-4 pounds and then I get all scared and paranoid and think I am a band-failure. As soon as my period hits and I get mentally and physically back to myself the weight comes back off, I get extra tight to compensate for the looseness of the week before, and I settle down and behave. But right now you are in bandster hell and it is called that for a reason. Be patient...I know it's easy for me to say that and I didn't do such a good job of it when I was there, but trust me, you will get where you need to be. Just make sure you have 4 or 5 fills lined up and scheduled so you can get them as often as your doctor will allow them.

I had my first fill two weeks ago and I too got pretty much no restriction from it (not completely none like before as I do have a bit but I will definitely need another fill) and cannot get in to see my doc for another 2 weeks (total of 4 weeks from date of fill) and I made that fill appointment on the date of my fill. Just hang in there it's a struggle we all have to deal with *big hug* it will be worth it!!

Hi AppleSmith - I had to post and say that you are just so adorable! I have so much fun reading your threads/posts. I do not have any advice about being hungry all the time, that only happens 7-8 days before my TOM, but for those 2-3 days I can't seem to ever be satisfied...so I just grin and bear it and load up on my protein...but for the rest of the month I'm actually ok....sorry! I hope this next fill gives you the sweetest spot you could ever dream of!!!

I just wanted to throw my support your way as well. I had my first fill two weeks ago today -- 2.4 cc in a 10 cc band. As you can imagine, I'm so hungry right now I could eat my desk, and I just ate two hours ago. And, I just finished that TOM and boy did I have cravings (did I really need to eat that apple fritter?) They don't call it bandster hell for nothing, do they?

The way I get through this time is to remind myself that it's temporary. Just imagine how you'd feel if this was it -- i.e. this was our actual diet that we're supposed to be on and suffer through until we lose all of the weight we need to. I'd be depressed to say the least. Instead, this is simply a temporary period of time that we have to survive and in the end, God willing, we'll all have that "sweet spot."

In the meantime, I'm trying not to gain. If I lose any weight, that's just icing.