MelissaNY

GOOD TO HEAR ~~~~ had my 3rd fill today !!! now i have 7.5 cc in my band, hoping to fill some more restriction !! Can i ask A question, do you have a special diet for fills? do you follow it? we are told Clear liquids for 2 days, shakes for 2 days, soft foods 2 days, and then normal food> Anybody else?? and if not what do you do after fills ??? Thank you =) Melissa

Hello Everybody, new bandsters and old =) here is my diet, exercise, and daily stuff I just wanted to share my success and ups and downs so far. i was banded on 3/32/2011. at surgery i had 5 cc's in. i have had fills and now am at 6cc's. i think that may just be the right spot, not hungry at all =) my food has been : 730am coffee with equal and cream ( i never skimp on the cream) my chewable muli vitiman 830am Water with flavored benefiber 1030am water 1230 Breakfast , 100 cal muscle milk light, I have tried the eas advanage ones, but for some strange reason they make me hungry, so now i only have the mm light 230 coffee with 1/2 and 1/2 330 water with benefiber 430 lunch mm light 630 water with benefiber 830 dinner, 1/2 head of romaine lettuce, i small tomato, red onion, feta or gorganzola cheese, garlic expressions dressing 1/2 cup chicken salad ( light mayo, canned chicken, red onion) or fish, chicken brest, OR veggies are my fav , stema fresh garlic califlower smashed up with a laughing cow french onion square mmmm I also have sf popcicles at night and sometimes snack on almonds. i found i could eat a lot more till my last fill ( thursday) and now it def seems like im really full after less food so i guess that is right =) my exercise is walking my dog every am, up and down some big hills, and i sell cars so im pretty active through out the day. I can feelmy port now, weird. and so far it had been great, i wish i did it when i wa in my 20's instead of my 30's. i started at 267 and now at at 230, my goal is 150. I have not been stuck, in pain, thrown up, had a slimy or anything bad, just my first fill i had a Vasovagal attack , which was scarry, but 2nd fill was fine. I have been up and down my whole life, highest weigh was 300 and lowest was 180 so im veryy happy I had my lapband put in. i regret not doin it sooner !! i did have a ice cream sunday at outback one night, but for the most part i do not eat many carbs and eat one meal a day. i still do have bad cravings when i am pmsing, and will eat a small piece of dove chocolate , or 2 lol and today i had a 1/2 of a 1/2 of subway 6inch turkey flatbread with avacado, just to test out my new fill, and it worked, full and not wanting any more if anybody has any questions feel free to email me. i love this talk page, its geat for all of us

Thank you !!! Ill grab a sf popcicle =)

I also agree !!!

i am sitting on the fence about my 3rd fill. I can go 4-5 plus hours all day long with out hunger. I have 6 cc in a 10 cc band I get full at dinner after my salad. BUT at night about hours after dinner the snacking begins to call my name, I have almonds or cheese. and once in a while a few pieces of chocolate. Does anybosy think a fill will help me at this time> I do not want to be to tight, ive never had any stucks, thro ups or anything, any opinions >>??

Yippy !!! you wil be soo happy !!! glad for you, i was banded on 3/23/11 , the pre op diet will def help you after surgery, its kinda like getting you ready for after surgery, hang in there !!

i had to wait 6 or 8 weeks i think b4 a fill, it takes a while b4 u can have the first one, just try to be good, its a long orocess, you will be great for August !!!

I did for my first fill, after the swelling went down from my surgery, i def noticed a change, could eat more, snacking, looking for food, i asked for one !! after the 1st i still needed a little more,now with my second im almost there ~~~ also pay attention to what u are eating, i noticed that eas carb advatange shakes made me starving, strange but they did, now with just the muscle milke lights its better

i want a coochie car wash !!! This is a great thread, cheers =)

Turkey burgers seasoned up really good mmmm and steamfresh garlic califlower whipped up in the ninja to taste like garlic mashed potatoes !! and added laughing cow french onion's added in the smashed califlower mmmmm

I drink a lot of my water with benefiber, flavored Fiber, it is really good. Cherry pomergranate, citrus, kiwi strawberry. I have 3 a day and its not bad for you, then the 4th and 5th bottle i have one the way to and from work, its like a race to drink the water b4 i get home lol hope this helps

No never before , it was very strange, i think it may have been a combo of things, my first fill, nerves, and of course the fill itself, my nurse on thursday told me that when the lap band is placed, they try to get it right around our vegas nerve which has to do with hunger, The fill must have just stimulated my nerve and hence my attack, I did not pass out but sure felt like I was going to. My best freind is a nurse, after i told her what happend she right away said it was a vasovagal attack, she said it could it may never happen again or it could, no way to know. =) to avoid it i was told that raising my blood pressure, and laying down so my blood is not rushing from my head. also to clench fist really fast, to bring my blood pressure up. hope this helps =)

thanks for sharing, i too find myself at times with mind hunger not body hunger, the TV is def a trigger. At times my bodys is not hungry but my mind see something and wants it, thanks to my bad it is much eaiser to resist thoose thoughts, i just take a min and ask my self, am i hungry? Do i need to eat that to live? and then it is a NO, and i drink some Water !

Hi Mandy- Congratulations on your surgery =) I do remember that, my surgeon had me on 1 full week of clear, 3 full weeks of shakes, and then mushies wich were no carb, Also after a fill its like just being banded for a few days after again. I love sugar free popcicles, they really get me through the tough times if i have them. You will do great !! there are so many different diets and ways of eating, your surgeon will have you do what works for you. Keep up the good work, and stay strong, liquids are def a tough time, but in no time at all you will be chew chew chewing again !! I

i was banded on march 23, just had my nd fill today, the hunger never goes away, it just does not last as long. Band or no band our bodies will always be hungry, the difference is eating to live, not living to eat. it will pass, my tum tum was growling when i was out of surgery, sometimes its not hunger , just your tum getting used to the band, kinda of like it s fighting it lol

How much weight ave you lost? i have lost about 34 lbs =) What is your band and how much do you have in it? i was filled to 5 cc at surgery, had a fillnow at 5.5cc (may need a bit more) Do you exercise? How much? i walk my dog for a hour twice a day , we live in a hiiily area so its all up hill Do you eat properly? 3-5 time a day? i have shakes a day, sf ice pocs, tons of water, add benifiber to it mmm, and 1 meal a day ,protien and veggies no carbs What kind of foods do you eat? i make chicken salad, salds, garlic mashed califlower, it tastes like mashed potatoes lol, talapia, stir frys, no carbs, snacks are maybe a string cheese,,but rarely snack Any regrets? that i did not do it sooner

i buy muscle milk 100 calorie shakes. they stay warm and then i put in the fridge b4 i drink them, they are small and portable. I also keep them all over just incase, my car,at worl ect. they are good, i have chocolate and vanilla. i get them,buy the case at BJ's

Im glad also to see that there are others, i was really scared lol. It just worrys me that nobody in my Dr office knew what was going on, I just think that with this type of surgery , and that nerve that they would be a little familiar, but who knows. Im also going to try the salt, and I also didnt have anything the am of my fill, wanted to be lighter on scale, but next time ill have a shake Lets all keep eavh other posted on our fills

for mine i was lying down, and raised arms, im glad to find out i was not allergic to the lidocaine, i wonder if it will happen again next fill? I guess i know what to expect now, also i read clenchig fist helps. I just thought that my nurse would have suspected this is what was happening, but i guess ur right

Ok so today i went to get my first fill, and i guess im allergic to the numbing stuff the give us, my NP uses lidocaine. After the fill i stood up to go have my upper GI , i was really dizzy and felt like i was goin to pass out.I got to the room and i had to sit down, i felt like i was on fire, my whole body was sweating, i was soaked but i was freezing at the same time. I asked if its normal to feel like this and they had me sit down, i felt like i was going to throw up and the room was spinning, my by dropped to 82/60 and they said i was pale. everything was going really slow and i must admit i was scared. after a few minutes it passed. I had a few sips of water and stood up and felt better. Has this every happened to anybody? they said I must be allercig to the numbing stuff they give as a shot bf the fill needle, i dont know. They also said from now on for my fills i will not get any numbing stuff, ( thank god) and i will have to deal with the pain. Does it hurt with out numbing stuff? and has anybody ever heard of this? I am now at 6.5cc can anybody please respond if they know of this reaction as a allergy? thank you

yes thank you so much, when i told my best freind what had happened she knew right away waht it was, then i came home to look here and you posted the above, im tahnkful you and my best freind are smart lol She is going to give me a list of questions to ask, and also said i should see a different nurse just in case. I still do not understand if its a good or bad thing, lol i thought i read that the band is placed on a nerve so that it does contrill hunger, if that is the case isnt my band all ready stimulatin my nerve> who knows , but at leat i have a clue what happend, im not sure if it will happen again, or if i should be conserned. I guess i wont worry, Im not in pain, have not thrown up , and it happend once =) thank you soooooooo much again for posting!!! im going to do some research

Thank yo for the info, im thinking that when i had my first fill yesterday, that my vegas nerve was stimulated, i ahd all the symptons, =(