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I have no problem with my weight loss at all. The reason i need a small fill is simply because im hungry between meals, a fill would help me stay satisfied for a little longer. It feels great to be under 200 pounds. I havent been this happy in a very long time.

I have an appt with my dr's PA on Friday. She is one tough cookie, but im hoping i can get a fill. I have tried and tried and she turns me down. I cant wait until december when i can confront my surgeon on this issue.

Thats great at least you didnt gain with eating more. I have no clue how many steps i walk each day. Congrats on your weight loss so far

Well thank you. My 6 month supervised diet is included in those numbers. Total loss since banded is 37 pounds!!!

I agree with the weights. I go to the gym and there is not very woman that go to the weights. Mostly men. But i do have 2 25pound weights at home that i could use. I just think my arms will be flabby no matter what. They are already flabby so not.much i can do about that . I would rather do 20 more minutes on another machine than.lift weights lol

Well thats great. I would think you are very close to green. I dont do weights just yet. I sometimes play around with them at the gym for literally like 2 minutes. They are very intimidating!! But i no i need to start. Im not at all complaining about the.weight loss. It is a great feeling to lose. I just know my body and i think i need a fill and that might be the extra boost i need, although the PA does not agree. I still follow the rules. I log everything on MFP as well and weigh.myself each week.

Thank you!! I go to the gym 3-4 times each week and work my butt off. Although i only lost 37 pounds since being banded, my total loss since my 6 month diet starting in january is 66 pounds. Yes my PA is very very strict....there is also someone else that goes to the same PA and is having the same issue with fills. This is why i set up an appt with my surgeon. I dont like the fact that i never see her. It seems that everyone here see's there surgeon but i have to see a PA and im pretty sure its billed the same way.

No not in the green. My PA will not fill me. She thinks because i am loosing 4-8 pounds a month i am "fine" i have an appt to see her on friday and im going to ask her for a fill. Everytime she says your band is fine. She also said they dont like to fill bands past 5cc. I have 4cc in my band...this is very discouraging. I think she tortures me because i am still hungry between meals but she doesnt care. I have an appt with my surgeon in december to get her take on this.

Its probably just because your on clear liquids and have no real food in your belly. It should get better. Congrats on yr band.

Congrats!! You look great.

Great info for newbies. Thanks for sharing

Im jumping in on the convo...surgery june 18th down 37 pounds since surgery with 1 fill of 4cc

Is there any Fluid put in your band at surgery? How long for a fill after surgery? What brand band will be used? (After surgery question) If there is a limit on how many cc's are filled in your band

That is awesome. I actually saved some of my favorite jeans from when i was in a 12 i have not tried them on yet but man do they look tempting in my closet.

My psych eval was a general chat and my nutrition consult was easy. Both were fine.

Congrats!! And good luck see you on the other side. You will be fine.

I only had one fill but this is how my PA did my fill.

I didnt have a preop diet. I ate light the day before surgery just because. I was 230 when i had surgery.

I only told my bf sister and a friend at work. Plus all of the people on here. I told my boss i was having a hernia repair. No one at work knows. I dont like sharing my business with many.people. There have been some questions at work like you lost weight what r u doing and i say exercise like crazy and eating right. That is the truth.

The PA spends alot of time with me i think about 30~45 mins. She looks at an entire month of mfp logs and goes over each day. I get hungry in between.meals because i eat low cal everything. My meals are typically 300 cals each. She wanted me to increase my cals, but its kinda hard because i eat the same thing basically everyday. The only thing i thought about was getting a higher calorie yogurt i currently eat the 80 cal 2~3 times each day. I just dont see the point in eating extra cals in yogurt when you can get the same amount of Protein for less cals. I have phone calls to.make monday morning for sure. This is my typical day Breakfast Yogurt String cheese 1/4 cup granola (not aloud anymore) lunch 4oz turkey breast Flat out wrap String cheese 1/2 cup fruit dinner 4~5 oz chicken breast 1/4 cup bread crumbs 1 cup.veggies Snacks Yogurt String cheese 1oz pretzels (not allowed anymore) I do not eat more than 12 oz at one time

Ok so today i found out that i have this brand of band. I thought my surgeon told me i had a diffrent brand, but i guess i was mistaken. But the PA said they only fill this band to 5cc but it can hold up to 9 she said. So i did some research and found some info saying it actually holds 11cc. Anyone have this band or insight?

I will call and see. The NUT is at the same place as the surgeon, they want everyone on the same page. So she might say the same thing but ill give it a try. I just dont see how a 1/4 cup of granola in my yogurt "messes" with my hunger. Oh well. Thanks for all your help.