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I was banded on march 27th and everything was going really good until this past week and i am eating everything! I go for my first fill in a week! Tell me this goes away and gets better!:smile:

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I just got my first fill today but yes, I am sure it does get better. Good luck and wow your weight loss is great!!

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OK... it gets better.

Seriously, this is perfectly normal. Do some LBT searches about Bandster Hell and you'll get a good understanding of what's going on. Once you achieve satisfactory restriction it will get much, much better. BUT... that may be awhile. It took me until my fourth fill to get there. Everyone is different. It will take a lot of will power and committment on your part to achieve weight loss during this period. Best thing for you is to get exercising as soon as your doctor allows.

Good luck and stay focused!

Brad

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Yes, it does get better. The next couple of months may be hard, but after 2 or 3 fills you'll notice you're not as hungry. For me it was gradual and the loss was kind of slow, but now I'm doing great. Right now I'm down 38 lbs. I've had 5 fills and this past month I lost 7 lbs.

You are still healing so be patient with yourself, and do the best you can with your eating plan. Get some exercise, and be sure to drink plenty of Water. The water helps ALOT with slowing the hunger.

Wishing you all the best!

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Hi Im in a similar position as you , now swelling gone down Im feeling to start getting hungry after an hour or so eating , Im trying my best to eat slow release type foods , things like porridge oats , maybe stick a banana in there and a strawberry too .. this I find helps.

In between meals when hungry Im trying to just eat fruit .. its difficult to keep calories down , Im supposed to be on 1200 .. but there isnt a lot of eating in 1200 calories , with what I call standard foods ..

Ive tried to do a lot of researh on food nutrional and calorific values , so basically I can eat as much .. ie in volume as I can , and still try to keep to my calorie limit.

This is pretty easy for me and my wy of coping , Im lucky though as there is much really I wont eat and I do like salads etc etc ...

eg. one can eat a lot of cucumber , tomatoes , mixed peppers , Beans , onion , fruit .... all chopped up along with lettuce , throw perhaps a boiled egg in or a little chick, smoked salmon , some balsamic vinegar and olive oil ... give it a good mix , and one gets a nice plate full of food , full of Protein , low in cals ... it does satisfy me , I feel full ..

a good site is fitday.com , here you can enter food types and it gives you calories and nutrional values , that and a set of kitchen scales and you may be surprised .. ( again Ive also found what I used to consider as good foods , have found in some instances very high calories and gotten a shock )

anyway I think its a suck it and see and learning process at same time ... wish you well , and hopefully following my doctors visit tomorrow he will give me my first fill ...and I can get on the road to more weight loss.

Since post op my weight loss has now come to a grind halt .. its not gone up , but lost nothing , so maybe I should t complain to much so early in to the programme.

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Many people rely on that calorie limit number way too much, while neglecting to see where it fits into the whole picture.

I've found it's a whole bunch easier to get the necessary calorie deficit (burning more than eating) by dividing it up between your food intake and your exercise output. However, this probably requires you to take your exercise routine to a whole new level (which you'll thank yourself for later on when you look in the mirror and don't see flabby hanging skin!)

This allows you to gradually raise the number of calories you eat, which not only makes the journey much more tolerable, but it allows you to adopt a more sound lifestyle - which is the long term goal anyway. It may seem strange, but the more food you eat (good choices) the more your metabolism will crank up. Especially when breaking your meals down to 5 - 7 very small meals a day, eaten about every three hours if your schedule is this flexible.

Only word of caution is that, IMO, not all calories are created equal. For example, 100 calories of chicken breast is not going to generate the same metabolic and hormonal response as 100 calories of chocolate Syrup. So it's not just how many calories you eat - but also what they consist of! The "a calorie is a calorie is a calorie" mentality is bunk IMO.

Good luck and work hard!

Brad

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very worthy comments Brad , empty calories my doc calls those types you speak of , I personally havent return to the gym yet , but am looking forward to it , prior to my surgery I used to do 30 mins on treadmill at fast walk , giving a couple of miles and 30 mins on weights, I used to do this 3 times maybe 4 a week , a day on a day off , how would you compare this type of activity fitting in now a calorie restricted intake and of course now having the band. I have doc tomorrow so Im hoping he will for me give me the thumbs up to return ..not that I liked it LOL , more the 30 mins Jacuzzi and 30 mins Sauna afterwards makes it bearable for me .... just on the thinking time alone .. no wife , no kids and no noise .... hahahaha..

anyway would appreciate your further comments

and I do apologise to the OP , if side tracking a little on the thread , just relevant I think also

Nick :)

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