Hey All -

I've just had my third fill and now have 6.25cc's in a 10cc lap band. After my second fill I had great restricion for about 2.5 weeks and then it all but disappeared. That was at 5.5cc's. With this fill I definitely feel a bit of restriction when I drink - you know the Water cooler feeling. My question for you is this. I was on liquids for two days, now I'm on day 1 of 2 on mushies. I had coffee for Breakfast - too tight to eat, and then 3/4 cup refried Beans with weight watchers cheese for lunch. Less than 3 hours later I was hungry. And not head hunger, but stomach growling hunger. Does this mean that the fill wasn't enough or is it too soon to tell and I'll need to wait until I'm eating solids to really know?

Thanks in advance!

Jen

Definitely too soon to tell. I did go back within two weeks for an additional fill when I felt next little to no restriction. They did that one under fluoro just to check my band out, and it was fine, and they pumped me up a little more. Sometimes, it takes up to two weeks to feel a fill for some reason, but at the point I went back in two weeks, I wasn't even close to good restriction.

Also, a better indicator of how well you're doing with restriction will come when you go back on solid meals.

Unless a fill just makes you too tight right away, if often is a delayed effect. After 2 days of liquid, going to mushies was a beginning, but yeah, it's not so uncommon to feel hungry after 3 hours. Just pick what you eat to assuage that hunger. A bit of protein (like say a bit of tuna or egg salad made with low fat or FF mayo) will go alot further than other things that tempt you.