Hello everyone I am new to this site so please bare with me as I try to get use to it. I am 3 weeks post op and only 16lbs down. I got my first fill yesterday due to I was hungry all the time. But I feel no restriction :thumbup:. Please someone tell me if this is normal. I am really trying to work hard at this and I am already feeling like I failed. When I went in for my appt. he filled me a little but after reading the X ray he decided to give me a little more. After drinking some water I began to burp it back up so he took some out. Now I feel just as I did before. I know I am suppose to be on liquids for 2 to 3 days but its just not cutting it! So what did I do I ate ... and I feel normal. I wish I felt bad physically but I only feel bad mentally cause I ate. Hell I feel as I did before I got the lap band...mentally bad, emotionally bad cause I am eating. I want to fell the symptoms that I have heard so much about. I WANT TO FELL FULL!!!! Please someone help.:wink_smile:

ELF

I got my first fill last week n I too feel the same as I did before. I got 3cc put in, n it is not working. I called the doc to see if i could come in before my next apt. which was not till 4/09 and I got it now for next Friday. And I also did not follow the fill diet. Mine was got filled on Wed. n had to stay on liquids till Monday.....well that did not happen! I had to eat on Thur, but I do only eat lil portions..........idk were in the same boat! Best of luck to u!

yoco28

Thank you soo much!! Its good to know that I am not alone. The only bad part is that my doctor is out of town for 2 weeks.

I did the same as you did, they put in 3cc and i started burping one right after another when i drank the water, so she took out 1/2 cc. I am eating a pretty good bit but try to stay under 1,000 calories and i am losing about a lb or a little more a week. I am eating no sugar and very little bread or starch. I drink crystal lite and eat a lot of 40 calorie fudge sicles when i really want something sweet. I go for a fill tomorrow and am hoping that i can eat a little less. Even now I am eating about half or more than i used to eat.....so good luck

This is the great thing about LBT...I'm preband and I know not to expect to get to my sweet spot until 3-4 fills, maybe more, maybe less. Some have little or no real restriction until that point. I've seen several here who had no restriction until a year after banding. Remember too that fills sometimes don't kick in until 4 weeks later...not sure why, but some see restriction that far out (that's why docs space fills that far apart). Be patient...we'll all get there!!! ...and welcome elf to LBT! -BG

I have a VG 10cc band with 6.5 cc and I dont feel restriction

Hi Elf,

I had my surgery on 10/29/2008. I got my first fill on 11/24/2008 at 4cc's, my 2nd fill on 01/05/2009 at 5 cc's, and 3rd fill on 03/05/2009 at 5.5 cc's. I have a little restriction but I have another appt today to get another fill. Hopefully this time, I'll have full restriction. I've lost 37lbs so far so I guess its working but not quite like I expected. I think everyone's different based on the band they have. I have the Realize Band which can fill up to 9 cc's.

Just an update!!

I returned to my doctors’ office today just to tell them how I had been feeling and I actually left with some good advice. The first thing was that I had been forgetting not to drink while I was eating. That I was only washing down the food I had just consumed. I had been doing that a lot and not really realized it. It sooooo hard to break past habits. Second I was told not to freak out that I had eaten bread or that I had even eaten before I was suppose to. That it was ok! (I did not wait the 3 days cause I wanted to see if the fill made me feel fuller…. It did not). That I had to give it some time & that I had not damaged the band or stretched the top stomach. But to try and get back on track and not to be down on myself. After my visit to the doctors’ office I felt better, but after reading the previous post I feel a lot more encouraged. I really appreciate everyone taking the time to respond to me. Its lets me know that I do not walk this walk alone. Thanks

I went to the Dr to get a fill today and they weighed me first-i had lost 12 lbs this month and was totally shocked!!! My scales were 6 lbs off and i thought i had only lost 6...She wouldn't give me a fill since i had lost that much. I thought that my first fill didn't do any good-boy was i wrong-something must be working right-so i am going to keep on doing what i am doing which is having coffee and a granola bar for Breakfast, a childs plate at Western Sizzlin which i get for 1.91(they give me the bar but i get charged for the side salad), then when i get home i have a hamburger about an inch with a slab of melted cheese on top. I dip this in mayo and mustard mixed together. Thats about it except that sometimes i eat cereal in the am or scramble eggs. I am still in total shock and can't believe that i am eating all this food and still losing weight.