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Ok, I need all of your help. I keep reading what everyone is writing. As far as drinks go, I don't see any but coffees and protein drinks. I am drinking juice (capri sun) and am wondering if that is why I haven't lost any weight since the first 20 pounds post surgery diet in March? I also eat chocolate. Probably like 1/2 a bar a day. BUT I work out three to four days per week. Cardio 45 minutes each time. I do a low carb, high protein diet but maybe there is too much sugar in my diet so that is why the scale won't go down. I have been the same weight since March! But I feel that with the tiny amounts I am eating, plus low carb, high protein, what the heck is the band doing? How is it helping if I am supposed to do everything I used to do to lose weight before? I feel like everyone is pretty much doing Atkins, so we did we get the bands????? Help!

I have had two fluros and also had all the fluid taken out and put back in. This is when they realized the other doc missed my port a couple of times. So hard to keep the faith. I feel like I am just doing it on my own. I wish I didn't feel like eating. But even at that, I don't eat as much as I used to for sure. How little can a person eat? NJGirl32...how much do you eat in a day or did you eat when you were getting adjustments?

Oh, and my band is 14 cc. I was wrong on that in an earlier post.

Hi Everyone, so an update. My doctor took all the fluid out and found out I only had 6.5 in my band. The last guy who did my fills missed my port a couple of times. Well now I have had three more fills and still haven't gone into the green zone or even lost one pound!!!! I am so frustrated and want this thing out. My doctor only does .5 at a time. Sometimes if I eat regular sized bites and eat fast (forgetting I have a band) I will get stuck and throw up but then can eat. I don't know what to do. Am I too tight or just not there yet? I never thought it would take this long. I was banded March 15, 2011 and have only lost 20 pounds and that was before and right after surgery. Are there people out there that never lose weight with the band? I am going to ask my doctor if I can take an appetite suppressant at this point. So incredibly frustrated. And yes, I have been working out. I was doing cardio for 30 minutes so my doctor said do it for 40 minutes and don't do 30 on the treadmill and then switch to the bike for 10 minutes as my heart rate will apparently go down just walking to a another machine 5 ft away. I work out three to four times per week. I might as well have just gone on a diet on my own! Help! I need advice on hitting that green zone. I feel like I will never find it. I have had 11 fills now!

How long does it take or how many fills before you hit your green zone? My band is almost all filled up!

Thank you everyone. I will eat 4 oz of chicken or steak, have not had bread since being banded in March. Never drink soda, never have pizza anymore. I still have chocolate but very little. I still drink alcohol but not often. I do cardio and weights and switch off on different days. I have salad and the occasional two or three french fries but that is all. I eat cheese. Except for cutting WAY back on carbs, I eat the same but less but no movement on the scale. I have noticed inches but the scale won't budge. I never seem to be thirsty so I am working on that. I eat a lot of eggs. Should I only have eggwhites maybe? How would I take Hoodia? Aren't they big pills? I am still crushing some or opening capsules since my doc said I may have to do that indefinitely. Can you crush or open hoodia? I have a ton of natural energy so I don't like taking things that may make me wired. If I have coffee, it is always decaf. I have never been able to drink any caffeine at all! What do you eat when you drive around all day from client to client (bookkeeper)? I don't want to rely on fast food. Not that there is much I can eat.

I can't believe how much weight you have lost!!! I was needing to lose 70 pounds too but only lost twenty (5 before surgery and 15 right after). I feel like I have go back to not eating at all! All I feel is food getting stuck in my throat. So I chews and eat smaller bites but never have that feeling of fullness that i had the first month. I would love any more advice you may have! Congratulations!

Thank you so much everyone for the input. This helped me a lot. I just wonder what the normal number of fills is before getting in the green zone? Six fills seems like a lot. I have 10cc in a 12cc band. I don't have much room left. This is so frustrating.

I have to admit that i eat after a fill sometimes. I can't go 24 hours without eating. It kills me. I have had 7 fills and not losing weight. Could it be because I don't wait the 24 hours to eat?

I eat normal foods, but much smaller portions. I know I don't drink enough water. But I thought this was going to be easier than dieting and exercising alone. What is the point of the lapband? I can't believe you got banded after me and have lost 104 pounds already? The doctor says I am not to my sweet spot yet. It just keeps getting smaller and smaller but I see no real progress. What do you eat?

I was banded March 15, 2011. I lost 20 pounds during the pre and post surgery phase and nothing else. I have 10 cc in a 12 cc band. I have had 7 fills now. Two fluroscopic and the doc just thinks I am not tight enough yet. It has been 6 months! I never thought it would be this way or I wouldn't have had the surgery. Now I am thinking, what did I do to my body?! Just to lose 20 pounds. Has anyone else had a problem like this? I never thought it would take this long to lose some weight. I have been working out too 5 days per week and recently gained a pound and a half. I eat less than before but not a ton less yet. Definitely can eat more than the 4 ounces. Any advice? Did anyone take forever to get to their sweet spot? I would love any advice.

was banded 03/15 and am eating small bits of chicken now and mushies. The problem is for the first 3 weeks I wasn't hungry and now my hunger is really picking up and out of the weight I have lost, I have gained two pounds back no matter that I am still eating very little. This sucks. Does it get better with the first fill? I miss that full feeling where I wasn't ever hungry. Any March bandsters have a first fill yet? Does it help. I am dying for a fill and wish I didn't have to wait the full six weeks.

I was banded 03/15 and am eating small bits of chicken now and mushies. The problem is for the first 3 weeks I wasn't hungry and now my hunger is really picking up and out of the weight I have lost, I have gained two pounds back no matter that I am still eating very little. This sucks. Does it get better with the first fill? I miss that full feeling where I wasn't ever hungry. Any March bandsters have a first fill yet? Does it help. I am dying for a fill and wish I didn't have to wait the full six weeks.