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I'm no expert on this-- But I would ask the doctor if you can try to go without getting the unfill first, and if it presents a problem you can get it unfilled. I thought that's how they generally go about it anyway?

Another good point. I'm frustrated right now at my lack of restriction, but the plus side is I'm not gaining. And I know for a fact from past dieting, for every 1lb I could lose, I gained 5lb more. I gained nearly 80lbs in one year before I decided to do the band (after losing quite a bit from Atkins), and it was only getting worse. Even on my bad months, right now where I'm not restricted and losing, I'm not gaining. That's a bonus. My great g'ma was morbidly obese and bed ridden by age 30. She weighed around 500-600lbs and died by age 35 from diabetes. I felt like I was heading that way with my gross weight gain and predisposition in my family to be diabetic.

I just went to vent to my mom about this.. she said when I came out of surgery, my doctor told her the band he put on (the smallest) fit pretty snug and it should only take 1-2 fills to get me proper restriction. So, maybe this is why he's so slow to fill.. but since that ended up NOT being the case, why won't he just be aggressive with fills? :faint:

Where is Judy? She on a trip and I missed her post??

Terri's right.. Your doctor will let you know the risks, and while you shouldn't ignore them, I took it with a grain of salt. Of course there's risks, no need to dwell on them. Until I was post-op, I did not read any of the threads in complications here. I avoided any negative information, because I didn't want to scare myself out of it (I probably would have!). And I'm very very thankful. Now if I could just get a good fill!

I *CAN* eat way too much. Even with my will-power not to do so, I can eat more than I want to be eating. My restriction hasn't kicked in yet.. feh.. I eat about 1/2-3/4 of what I did pre-band, and the goal (for me) is 1/3 of pre-band.

I haven't had any public PB's, but at home I use an empty plastic cup and when I'm done with my episode I go pour it down the toilet. I would think in public, you could spit into the cup.. people will think you're just chewing tobacco

My psych evaluation talked about the movie The Kid (never seen it), about how Bruce Willis meets his child self I guess.. so he asked me what Laura NOW would say to Laura at 13 years old (back when I was goin thru 'problems' that in retrospect are just normal adolescent thing..which I told him), and I realized he wanted me to say something extra nice and special lol. Then he asked me if I would hug my 13 year old self. Honestly, I think HE had some issues. Just don't sound like a looney person!

kat- Have you tried Head On? I haven't because I forget about it when I'm at the store, but it looks worth checking out. I think I have no restriction anymore.. I feel like when I was in bandster hell. Less restriction than I had last month, and I'm really miffed about this. I am going to get another doctor to do fills after my pre-paid fills are up. Found one that is 1.5 hours closer, and heard good things about him.. he doesn't charge for monthly visits, only charges if you do a fill, and my insurance will pay for the hospital fee. I hate that, because I love my surgeon, he's wonderful. But everytime I go to get a fill, I am very disappointed in his baby steps at them, and like this last time, he re-filled me to where I was already?! He drained some out while poking around, then re-fills me to where I was. So either 1. I shouldn't have been poked & prodded 2. I should have had MORE saline put in. Just, grr.. what a wasted month for me. I incorporated a new workout into my nightly routine, doing some weights, if any of you saw my post on the exercise thread.. want to get my love handles tightened up, they are getting ridiculously flabby.

Terry- I got my bracelet today! It's wonderful, thank you!!!! The doctor that did the metabolism breathalizer thing, was a bariatric surgeon, was one of his pre-op requirements. I backed out on this doctor because I was really upset by how they run their office, so ended up with another doctor. But I got a metabolism test out of it! On that note, I rebought a scale tonight.. stupid me, I remember now why I threw it out last time. 291! FEH! GRRRR. It's the steak & shake I tell ya. Kat- tea didn't help? And as much as being called Mrs. was at the wedding, to this day all my customers and anyone who calls me, I'm still 'Ms. Laura MaidenName". But I agree, I wouldn't want you to shortchange the excitement Tracy I ended up shortchanging mine, by doing Vegas instead of the elaborate fall wedding.. but we made it a lot of fun by going to Vegas and less formal and stuffy (which I don't like)

I threw my scale away in July... I was obsessing and getting mad. When I went for my next fill in August, I was pleasantly surprised. Well, tonight I broke down.. I've been going crazy wondering what I weigh.. so I just got back from Wal-Mart with a new scale.. And now I remember why I threw it away in the first place!!!!!

Terri- this wasn't one of those calorie calculator things (which some have said I can have as much as 4k calories to 'maintain' hah), but an actual metabolism test I did at the doctors office.. had to fast and then breathe into a tube for 30 minutes.. which was oddly harder than you'd think..felt like I was suffocating.. Anyway, at 333lbs, that thing said I could eat 3,400 or 3,500 calories to maintain. I know it's down now, but if I stay under 2,500 I am generally happy..like I said, those are my 'bad' days. My normal days are 1200-1600. But yes, with places like steak & shake...and they aren't alone, it's no wonder at all that america is so overweight. I was looking at a kids happy meal at one of the restaurants, might be McDonalds, and the burger alone was 400calories.. I know kids don't need all that many calories! Saw an article in the paper, said Alabama is number 4 in the top obese states.

I thought about having that also, not sure if it would work with both rings together now.. but my husband told me (the jeweler said it was 10 bucks), the metal they use is 'fake metal'.. which I'm highly allergic to, I break out in rashes unless it's real gold. Do you know the content of them? If they are hypo-allergenic I wanted to try those. Otherwise, I think I'm going to end up tying a string in there.

Sliming on cottage cheese?!??! DAMN, I NEED A FILL!!!!!! That's crazy.. I had a lettuce wedge for lunch, with 1/2 the dressing. Had a 16oz bottle of water, working on 8oz now.

When I went to the gym, I would go on my lunch break and eat lunch at my desk while working. We have a gym at work, but if we didn't, we have gyms within 2 miles of work all over.. is that an option for you?

4 months out, self-pay of $15,000.. 43lbs down.. my chronic back pain..100% gone. All worth it to me already I don't have a lot of problems, but I'm also not as filled as I need to be, my restriction wanes a lot. When I get 'stuck' it's not a big deal, it hurts and is uncomfortable but it passes relatively quickly...and I just don't want to eat anymore.

I just got married this year, and I've never had my engagement ring or wedding band fit.. I had a snuggler thing on the engagement ring, and the wedding band is a guard, which is a size smaller, so I thought it would hold it all in place till I got to goal--when I plan to resize them both.. But now, they are both far too big and spin all over the place. Due to the problems with diamonds in resizing, I am waiting until I am closer to goal to resize.

Exercise is generally a foreign term to me. I tried the gym but it was too much for my body right now.. I do walk away the pounds, and walking my dog.. Anyway, since I've been losing weight, I am a top heavy person, HUGE stomach.. but now my stomach sides, the 'love handles' which have always poked out bad, especially when sitting (and toppling over my pants).. seems to be getting worse with the weight loss. When I'm standing up, it looks pretty good from the weight loss, but when I sit down it seems 'squishier' and more loose.. Anyone know any ab/love handle specific exercises that are not too intense for someone still 100lbs overweight? I want to be able to do them on a daily basis, and something meant just for those.. without having to buy fancy exercise equipment.

You explained it well, I know what you're talking about. Will have to get weights tonight to try this out.. Have you noticed it making a difference?

I'm not hungry at b'fast, and I've found if I EAT b'fast I am hungrier throughout the day.. so due to a suggestion I'm now trying a protein rich b'fast to try to curb the hunger (normally I have banana, yogurt, or oatmeal for b'fast which is a good count of carbs).. But I normally just have coffee or milk for b'fast due to my disinterest in food then. I am tighter than normal in the morning. I know we're 'suppose' to eat b'fast, so I'm working on making b'fast a better meal for me.. but I am in your same boat

Lean cusine has good small frozen dinners that a lot of people here at work bring. They have the ones under 300 calories, would be a good idea, I don't know about the protein content, but worth checking out. I bring soup sometimes and heat it up in a styrafome cup. And like today for b'fast, I wanted to try a high protein start on my day.. I took a shot of the 25g test tube of protein and a glass of milk. Maybe if something you like isn't high protein, try taking something with protein to balance it out? I'm not sure if you're suppose to do that or not, but doesn't sound bad to me.

I've been doing good, keeping up with my myplate.com thing, to track food intake. Even on my 'binge' days when I'm craving all kinds of CRAP, my highest calories is 1800-2300. Since my metabolic test from my first surgeon said 3400 calories to maintain my weight, I don't beat myself up over it. Yesterday though, we were on our way to a steak house, we passed Steak & Shake and DH wanted to go there.. said he hasn't had it since it opened in our town (which is good IMHO), so we went. BOO!! OMG.. I was putting it in myplate today, I had 2800 calories yesterday.. ALL BECAUSE OF STEAK & SHAKE. I told him, the food wasn't even good enough to justify that kind of calories (They made up for about 2,000 calories I had yesterday).. ridiculous.. absolutely ridiculous. So yea, no more S&S ever again for me.

Tracy- Do it! Adorable- You can over-fill your bands, I forget the numbers, but I think 4cc can be filled to 7cc--safely.

Kity- There ARE quack doctors in Mexico (just like USA), I was talking about the prominent doctors, but they believe they're all quacks due to the hype you see on TV about the mexican doctors that butcher people.