So I've been really lucky to have healed really well from my surgery with absolutely no complications. I never had gas pain, nausea or anything else that I've heard so many people suffer from after their surgeries.

That being said, I DON'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTION EITHER! If I let myself, I could keep eating and eating, and I could probably guzzle as much Water as I wanted to. I am still losing about a pound a week, but I'm afraid that will stop when I go back to a normal diet.

Anyway, anyone else in Bandster Hell? From these forums I've read it's pretty common, but I am wondering if there are any fellow August Bandits out there who are going through the same thing as me?

I can't wait for my first fill! Hopefully I'll feel at least a little restriction.

I'm right there with ya! I have NO RESTRICTION! I am hungry most of the time. Supposed to be doing three 2 oz. meals/day. Emailed my dietician and she says to now do six 2 oz. meals. Wish I could just do 4 oz meals three x's a day! Next week is my 1st post op and hopefully the doc will schedule me for my first fill! Good to know that I am not the only one in Bandster Hell!

BTW - I originally lost 18 pounds the first 2 weeks post op. I've put 3 back on but am holding steady now.

i dont have restriction either... the scale is slow... im afraid once i start reg food it will slow too. I guess why they say lapband isnt the easy fix... we still have to eat right and excer. i got to a sat support meeting.. some bypass patients have lost fifty pounds already. But in three years... we will be at goal..and they MIGHT be gaining.. thats what i hear anyway :w00t:

Glad to know I'm not alone. I was beginning to feel like I was the only one! Maybe we are just really good healers :w00t: Anyway, if it helps I read in a forum that during the time we are in bandster hell we have to work for our band (i.e. self-control), and then when we get to our sweet-spot our band will work for us. I'm trying my hardest not to go crazy, but I wish the pounds would shed a little more effortlessly, ya know?

effortlessly would be amazing... especially because i feel.. that i went the extra yards to have WLS if i had to work it as much.. whats the use..LOL....

I'm two weeks today, and while I feel like if I sat and ate I could keep going and going, if I keep what I eat to a min(I usually eat 1 can of cream of chicken soup with different spices, twice a day) I feel full all day long. I get to switch to mushies today, so I don't know what I'll be eating now, but I had a 20g muscle milk light for breakfast around 8 a.m. and am still full and it's 12:30 right now. I know I can eat and eat because my wife got soups and salads for everyone the other day and I ate 3 good size soup servings and probably would have kept going but we ran out, I felt like crap about 20 minutes later but while I was eating there was no restriction at all. I've been losing steady, I'm down 20 pounds since surgery and 46 from my top weight, so I'm not too discouraged yet, I just wish I felt fuller sooner.

I'm with you as well. I'm STARVING! I'm tired as well from eating so few calories.

I had my 1 week post op check up and she said she would give me a fill in 2 weeks. These next two weeks are going to be soooo hard!!!

Today is my 1 week anniversary of getting my band. I think I'm doing OK. I find after about 60 - 90 minutes my belly begins to growl but if I have a little bit of liquid, even Water, it feels better. I'm just making sure I get at least 80g of protien every day.

I don't think we're supposed to have any restriction yet. Reading through some other posts it appears that it takes many people 2-3 fills until they really feel any restriction.

I find I'm getting about 600 - 700 calories a day on the liquid diet. (My doc wants me on that for 3 weeks before mushies.) Does that seem right to you folks?

Hey Abby.....

I'm with you babe! I've crept on about 2-3 pounds since I was able to go onto regular food..... however, those two gyro's on Saturday, at a food, music and art festival I went to on Saturday didn't help! I ate one there (took my time..... took me 4x longer than everyone else to eat it) and then we all got one for the road..... I ate mine hours after everyone else.

Anyway..... I'm not feeling restriction right now either.... I can definitely eat 2-3 cups of food at a time if I wanted to! However, when I ate the gyro, I certainly felt full. And stayed full for a while. Didn't stop me from eating chips and dip later though....

My fill is next Friday, and I can't wait! No restriction sucks!