I was banded may 9th and after I hit 2wks I could eat like normal. I am hungry like before surgery and find it hard to stay with the lowcal diet on my own. I am ready for my first fill which is not till June 10th and I am gaining all the weight I lost with the surgery back and I am getting depressed about it. I have not pushed it to try bread pasta or rice but I'm eating pretzels chicken shrimp etc. I am just curious if anyone else is going through this. I know this is the healing stage but I am not getting full on soup yougart etc. I have not had any stomache problems with what I am eating. I am really hoping that when I get a fill I will get the full feeling so I won't eat so much. I'm really worried that I am not going to lose weight.:sad:

OK, this 2nd fill has done the trick so far. I am restricted and feeling it. I have never really been hungry since being banded though. Not like I was before the band. I have to change my habits. Instead of mind over body; its now body is controlling the mind. I see it and want it, but can't have it--physically can't have it. The chest pain is unbearable and lasts so long. Now if I don't chew well enough--it has to come back up. There's no other way. But then if I eat too fast or eat too much, I am still totally miserable. It lasts for 1-3 hours depending on what it was I ate. Dense protein is the worse. The hard part is knowing how fickle my band is -- sometimes I can eat and sometimes I can't.

Yeah, I am eating normally again...time for another fill. I have had 2 fills of tiny amounts. I know I need another one, but I don't want to see my doctor as he will weigh me. However, maybe making the appointment will make me get into gear!

I am going to the doc today for what will be my 4th fill but am really conflicted over if I should get one. Some meals I can eat a fair amount probably more than I should yet there are times after 2 bites I am full or start to get that chest pain and twice in the last month I have full on vomited after eating and I hardly ate anything but I think it might have been too greasy, once was breakfast sausage, once a hamburger no bun which I ate about 1 oz of if that. Any advice out there?

I haven't been on the site in awhile. I was feeling discouraged. I was due for my 3rd fill at the end of october but after meeting with the nutritionist she thought it might not be a good idea. I have of trouble w. frothing & full on vomiting after the majority of meals which encourages me to eat "easy " foods like sweets or certain chips. I haven't been exercising consistently which also doesn't help. I'm hoping that getting back on this site actively will be a step in the right direction!

ursa first of all you are losing weight before the band weren't you finding yourself always putting on a pound or 2 when you got on the scale? That alone is a success story! Perhaps you are vomiting and sliming after eating because you are either eating too much or NOT chewing well enough. I have had 3 fills and if I take too big of a bite or eat too fast I am sliming or vomiting so I need to make a real effort to control HOW I eat not what I eat. Good Luck.

Well, I am totaly disappointed with my 4th fill. I finally have some changes, but it's definitely not what I expected. I have a lot of discomfort and a some pain. It happens with the first couple of bites. I also PB after the first few bites. I end up having to spit out a lot of what I have eaten. I'm starting to feel like a bulimic!

I am also not feeling full. I have asked other people if they feel satisfied or just uncomfortable. They say they are satisfied and not hungry for four hours. All I feel is discomfort or pain, and I am starting to fell nervous whenever I eat. I guess that alone will keep me from overeating! I know I will be losing weight after this past week post-fill because I can't really seem to handle eating.

I plan on speaking to the nurse next week, but I was out of town all last week and so I didn't have a chance. I can't imagine that I am filled too tight because if so, wouldn't I feel full?

I had my fifth fill and I don't think it is my sweet spot yet. I can still eat a whole Lean Cuisine. The problem I have is eating chicken or turkey. I can't seem to chew it enough and boy is it painful. However, if I eat a Lean Cuisine with chicken or turkey it doesn't bother me. I think because their chicken and turkey isn't as dry. The nurse said that they have a lot of patients that have problems with chicken and turkey.