Just curious. How often are you hungry? Or are there moments when you're not even hungry at all?

About how much food can you eat at a sitting? Are you snacking?

I am wondering because I have 7.5cc in a 10cc band and I still feel hungry. The nurse told me the other day that I should be close to the green zone. Um, I am still hungry and still can eat quite a bit, less, but still more then I'd like.

Thanks,

Andrea

Anyone with restriction out there?

No one has restriction?!

Hi Hopeful!

I have what I consider to be good restriction- good restriction for me means being full on a small portion of food. I still get hungry, but know that I can only eat a small amount.

My band tightens with my monthly cycle and then I can at times struggle to keep solid food down and have to go back to Soup and shakes for a couple of days, but I still get hungry and at times like that have to forgo food I would love to eat as I know there is no chance of keeping it down and I do my best to avoid Pb'ing.

Sue

i have great restriction - i was banded april 22nd - had to have an unfill in early june, even tho i hadn't had a fill by then just what was put in at the surgery, finally got a fill 2 weeks ago. i have lost over 60 pounds - my dr said it was just on willpower since there was hardly anything in the band and now i am satisfied literally with 3-4 bites of food for hours. and in the morning i just have a glass of milk and it covers me for a long time.

katie

I'm pretty tight right now - I just ate 1/2 of a mcdonald's hamburger patty, and three french fries and I feel waaaay full.

BUT - I used to not have very much restriction at all...I am at 7cc's in my 10cc band right now and at 6cc's I was still able to eat at buffets!! Weird!

So did you feel restriction right away after your fill or did you start feeling it a few weeks after the fill? I eat and feel hungry shortly there after. If I notice the hiccups or any slight feeling of not being so hungry, I try to stop eating so I don't eat too much. An hour later though I'm hungry again, and I mean quite hungry. So I am assuming I don't have good restriction yet. My fill was just last Tuesday though.

I honestly felt restriction right away. I haven't really felt hungry at all...except a few times when I didn't eat for over 12 hours (overnight)....

This is really the first time I have felt "good" during the lap band...I mean...I DID get really upset because I just wanted to EAT and couldn't! But after a few days, I felt much better that I was actually losing weight. Also, I feel much more restriction right after a fill....as I lose weight it gets looser.

Hi Hopeful. I see that you posted this a few months ago. I just want to see how you are going now, as I am in the same scenario. I have 7.5cc in a 10ml band and feel no restriction. I can eat whatever I want and more than I would like. Did you get another fill? Did you get to the green zone?

Nope! Just posted this last week! Still in the yellow...

Really weird. I'm a little over 5.5 ccs in a 10 band and I don't think I've hit that green zone solid. I've skirted around it. But I eat 3 meals per day (small ones) and snack on good protein filled stuff in the middle.

Of course it is nothing like I ate before surgery but there are times I just feel HUNGRY. I've not really found anything I can't eat yet *knock on wood* and have only had one PB/slimming incident since surgery in December. I've also lost 65 lbs so I guess I'm doing all things right.

What I have been able to guess at is once my weight loss starts to level my stomach won't be shrinking anymore and when I hit that green zone it will be solid and won't flutter around.

Hi Hopefull there is a section on this website on alot of fill Q&A that has been very helpful to me go to the homepage and click on Fills

Hopeful what type of foods are you eating?

I've had only one fill - I'm not at my sweet spot but I feel like I'm only another fill away. I can eat 1/2 cup of greek yogurt with 1tbsp pb in the morning and it will last me for about 4 hours. I try to eat meals only, and snack on a high protein snack only when necessary. I can't imagine being so tight that I PB after each meal or can only eat a few bites of food.

Boy! I'm in the same boat! I was banded July 13th and just had my first fill last week. I still have no restriction, and STARVING all the time. I literally have to eat every 2 hrs in order to survive. I find snacking on my protein shakes helps me a lot. I was hoping that at least 1 fill would help a little and it didn't! Oh well, everyone is different. Atleast I haven't had a PB since surgery! Probably because I can eat anything still

I too would like to know more about the restriction. I can still eat anything I want, i.e., popcorn, meat, corn, any fruit, bread, etc. I just got my 7th fill and I have about 5.5 ccs in a 10 cc band and I don't feel any restriction at all. It is frustrating, I just got another fill yesterday but I still don't feel any restriction from it. Anybody?

Does anyone have experience w/ the band feeling tighter in the a.m.?

I just had my third fill recently, and that is the one where I am feeling the greatest restriction. I go in today to see if it's actually too much.

The reason why I ask is that I'll have protein in the a.m. (like one sausage), and I am wayyyyyyyy full to the point where I'm uncomfortable for hours. It feels "stuck" in my chest and my mid-back hurts until it passes through the band HOURS later. And I mean HOURS.

Since this recent fill, it's like I have to reconfigure what to eat/when/how much - because the restriction is so new to me. Up until recently, I was able to eat a lot more, in general.

Thanks in advance for your replies!!!