Anyone getting banded on this date? I would love to have a banding buddy!

I was also banded on 3/18/09.

Same here! How are the two of you doing?

I'm doing pretty good, i'm just finding the "mushie" stage pretty hard.

I'm doing really well. I had my first fill today. So now it's back to liquids. The fill was so quick and easy.

I have 4cc's in my 10cc band.

My first fill isn't until May 5th. I really didn't want to wait that long, but my surgerons office is quite busy.

Hey All,

I was banded on the 18th of March and had my first fill today. My starting weight was 281 and now I am down to 254. I got a 4cc fill but wish I could eat some fish. I am so hungry this evening. Cant wait until I can go back on solids again!

Glad to see everyone is doing well!

Wow, I can't believe a couple of you got such large first fills! Are you getting stuck like crazy?

I was doing pretty well at first, but ever since I hit soft solids, the scale came to a hault. I've lost a pound in the last two weeks. I'm super frustrated because I feel like I do have restriction. I log my food every day, and I'm staying within 900-1300 calories and watching my breakdown of carbs/fat/protein. I cannot eat anything close to what I was eating before.

As for my first fill, my doctor waits until six weeks, so i have two more weeks to go. He also knows that I want conservative fills (no desire to get stuck or have no no foods), so at my last appointment, he said he wouldn't even fill me if I continued to lose steadily...which I'm not, so I'm thinking maybe between .5 and 1cc? Although I'm confused as to what good a fill will do if I'm eating my caloric goal currently.

I know it's common to not lose during this "bandster hell" period, but I'm not really experiencing that. Anyone else have decent restriction but not losing?

Soxaholic,

Fortunately I havent been stuck at all. I chew my food really slowly and make sure its down before I take another fork full. Dont get discouraged about not losing anything now. Remember this is a lifestyle change and just keep up the good work!