So it may be becasue I am in Bandster Hell and eating what I want and not seeing the end of the tunnel. I sit here and think how do these people lose the weight, if all it takes is the will power to eat right and eat the right foods then why couldn't this be done pre-surgery?!?!?!?!?!?!?! So then I think ok the band must really help alot, but what if you are a picky eater like I am, will I fail because I can't eat the "right" things. Or is the band really going to crack down on the portion control. Being in bandster hell has really got me depressed thinking this cannot work for me in in turn making feel like maybe I made a bad decision for myself. I go for my FIRST fill next week worried of what it is going to feel like, I want to be able to eat and feel full, I mean actually feel full without eating a whole plate! this is work I am telling you.

But as I read someones blog this morning she stated the band is in place but without a fill I am not going to actually start my journey of losing weight until then, it's like having a flat tire on a car it won't move until it is fixed and has air in it.

So having a fill is alot different I am sure please re-assure me that when I get fills my appetite will be less or how is this going to work. Encouragement needed over here can you tell????? :biggrin:

Edited July 24, 200818 yr by rcruz

u know i was going to post something about this today.... I have had 2-fills and my first fill came with my band. Now i do have a restriction, but this is truly a mind over matter thing... and u have to workout... My elliptical trainer broke and i am so upset that it did because i can't workout like i want to. I have been stuck for the past month or so. I know there is more i can do at home to get myself back in order and i will do just that but at this point i have 6cc's in a 10cc band and i hope that by the time i get my next fill i will only be able to eat a bite her and a bite there so i can start to loose weight like i want to... i know it might now be healthy but damn... i never imagined it would be this slow... I know the health risk with the weight coming off too fast with gallstones and stuff but this is crazy... just hold in there because i am going to do the same and just start to make better food choices and get some sort of excercise in and or start going back to the gym at least 3-days out of the week.... something has to give.... keep yr head up.. we are all in this together....

I am so looking forward to my fill!!! Hopefully, I will go back to what I was like after surgery. No hunger desires! Didn't want to eat, didn't think about eating. Now that was great.

Barb I am so sorry your feeling thsi way. I am on the other hand the total opposite I mean when I am stressed I will NOT eat, or if I am upset I will NOT eat. I am having marriage problems and yesterday I hardly ate at all which I think is worse my body starts to go in starvation mode :smile: It's a catch 22 for me at times!

I hope things get better for you.

For me after my 2.7 fill I have no restriction at all :wub: so I have to wait till my next fill I guess, I keep saying this is a PROCESS and I have to deal with it is all...good luck to all of you!!!