kittykat

I got mine end of august 2005 I lost about 26 kilo's, but since 3 months I'm so hungry and stay hungry even when I have just eten. It drives me nuts and I still do not have a feeling when I'm full. I already had it filled up with 3 ml but I got stomack aches so we removed another 1 ml. pain gone but still very very hungry. I already had a check up but everything is ok. Does this sound familiar? Kittykat

Sorry it worked this time fine, I don't know why it did not the previous time. Thanks, Kittykat

Thank you for you replies: I'm not a diabetic but it I will be, if I do not loose weight, and that is something I try to prevent. Besides that I Have a slow working thyroid, I do get medication for that, but I had to get of the fat anyway so after I year Of discovering that, I got my lapband. Anthony: I just started to eat more Protein in the form of smoked fisch, I still feel hungry but not starving hungry anymore. Yes proteine can work to. babsintx3: I have absolutly no difference what so ever in a non filled lapband or the 3 ml(which was way to much) or the 2 ml what is in it know. I think maybe it is not the lapband but my metabolism and my body fighting you because a body wants to preserve your fat( for bad times) instead of burning it. So it will fight you. I'm doing some research now over the www, what happens in your body if you lose a lot of fat! leatha_g: I eat only solid foods, everything you do not have to chew on is forbidden. No sugar in any form. I drink Water, herbal tea, broth/clear Soup, no exeptions. No Pasta, rice etc. But I sometimes do eat wholemeal bread. I have been able, pre lapband time, to stay on the same weight for 2 years, I did not stuff my self full for a long, long time. If I was able to have a stable weight, I would not have started with the lapband. Besides losing weight was staying on that weight al so a problem. So I was glad I got that part straight. When I'm hungry after eating it is a silent hunger, but it makes me think of food all the time, and that makes it so difficult. Don't worry I loved your reaction Is this the correct link? SouthTX LapBand: Yes I know I lost a lot but i have to go anoter small 40-50 kilo's. The first 3 months went very fast, acually it was peanuts:) Lapband D-Day 25 aug 143.5 kg 30 sep 2005 -10.8 kg = 132.7 10 nov 2005 - 6.3 kg = 126.4 22 dec 2005 - 2.8 kg = 123.6 1e filling +3ml 10 jan 2006 - 1.5 kg = 122.1 stomack ache-> bloodwork and swollow pics? -1ml 16 feb 2006- 5 kg = 117.1 Total -26.4 kg. And I'm very happy with it. Thanks. ---------------------------------------------- According to my doc. he says that with a normal weight person glucoses is directly used for feeding the the muscles. If you have serious overweight glucoses will be stored/feed to you fat. So If I(overweight :-) ) eat, my glucoses turn into fat and then need to be burned to feed for example, a muscle. This is not only for me, but everyone who has a lot of overweight. This will change if you loses 50% of your overweight. At that time your body will no longer store glucoses into fat but will be used directly. For me this means a change will hopefully occure about 107 kg bodyweight. So my cravings for food hopefully will drop then to.

Don't get me wrong I'm glad i lost the 26 kg, but that is not the issue here. On nearly every Homepage or you lapband doc tells you the benefits of a lapband are, you get that feeling full feeling back and hardly any hunger. And by me that is absolutely not the case this started after 3 months. And that feeling full feeling I never had that. I talked with my doc about it but he blames me for it, you get advice: eating 45 min about a slice of bread or when you are hungry(and you are not suppose to) start doing exercises that would stop it, but it is all not true. The only thing I hope for is that when I lose 50 % of my overweight my insuline will start working normally again, that means losing another 10-11 kg, so I will try that to.