thinner_me

Thanks!! I think my face is the only thing that has lost some weight! As long as I don't look down, because then my "double chin shows!" Since I got my fill last week I have lost 2 pounds, with a total of 22 pounds so far. My clothes are getting looser which is exciting. I am ready to go down a size. I need to lose A LOT of weight! My goal is to lose around 130 pounds. I had to do a look up to convert kilos to pounds and it seems you are doing really well. Now that I am able to get fills I am hoping I will start seeing better results. Have you run across any foods that you are unable to eat? After getting this last fill (finally!!) I have noticed a lot of restriction... I have to eat very carefully to avoid it getting stuck and having to throw up. I am finding there are a lot of things that I cannot eat right now. I wondered briefly if I had an overfill and should get some taken out but after discussing with my husband we decided to leave it as it is. I am really hoping to see a good weight loss this time. I go back in for another fill in 2 -3 weeks. I will probably wait the full 3 weeks since this one was so tight.

I think motivation to eat healthy was a major factor for me in the beginning as well! Especially when I was not getting any fills!! Getting over my cravings for the foods I used to eat took getting used to. I can no longer eat anything doughy or bready which thankfully lasted throughout most of the time w/out a fill, but I was eating Nachos like crazy. They have since lost their appeal to me as well as most fast food items. I am now trying to find things that I like that are healthy for me to eat and that I can eat with ease. What have you found works for you?

I was banded in October of 2007. I have lost around 20 pounds since the beginning of this whole procedure. I feel like I have not lost that much with the band....but my port "Flipped" or was standing up and had to get surgery to get it fixed. I went from December until just last week without getting a fill! The band for me has definately made eating out less desirable. I do not have the cravings I used to have to eat at fast food restaraunts. How are you doing??

The very first time I went in to get a fill, they had a difficult time finding the port. I had to go to the X-ray room and do it that way. Every time I came in after that it was the same thing. The nurses told me my port had probably flipped and it would probably straighten out on its own. It didn't..... I went in for my fourth fill and they were unable to locate the port. I had to go back to my Dr and have him correct it. He said that normally the port does not "flip" but rather stands straight up instead of laying down. In my instance for example the port slipped back into the hole that it was threaded through..... The doctor said it wasn't anything I did, it just happens in a rare number of patients............ In the beginning I had some sharp pains at my port site. The doctor had said this was probably the stitches dissolving. this was of course prior to my first fill.