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<HR style="COLOR: #d9d9d9; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d9d9d9" SIZE=1> Hi everyone!! I've had 3 fills now....the last one 2 weeks ago. I lose well for a few days and I have good restriction but i always seem to overeat on stuff that goes in easy. chocolate, cakes, biscuits, icecream etc and I just can't seem to stop myself. Eating good healthy food isn't a pleasurable experience at all. Yes it goes in if I chew well and go really slow but the pleasure i get from food is in the bad stuff. I don't know how to stop myself. I've lost 28lb but know I could have lost more if I'd been good throughout. Wondering now if I've wasted my money on the band and should have gone for the bypass....would only have been a couple of thousand more... HELP!!! Amanda xx

It was warmer than here lol It wasn't actually Boston....My friends live in Hope Valley, Rhode Island. But we were close enough to check out Boston. They used to live near NY.....so visited there a good few times too Amanda :cursing:

40lbs gone forever!! It's taken me a long time but I've been fighting the chocolate demons!!!!

It's been a while....but I'm still here!!! I've never PB'd on a cookie but I nearly have on a muffin!! I flew over to Boston a couple of weekends ago to visit friends. Whilst out shopping we stopped for a coffee. I decided to treat myself to a pumpkin muffin. Well it took me about 4 hours to eat half of it!!! I wasn't going to give up on it though lol It was on my friends kitchen table and I kept having a nibble. But onlt til my friends husband came home from work , saw it was a nearly finished muffin in a dunkin donuts bag....and threw it in the bin!!! I was mortified lol But good really cos it would probably have taken me another 3 hours to finish it!!! Amanda

Good Morning!! Been a while since I've been here but I think I've cracked it at last!! Weightloss isn't brilliant still but that probably cos I keep having nights out in the pub!! I also visited Boston Mass a couple of weekends ago......a perfect weekend with some perfect friends!! food is less and less of an issue these day....I just eat what I need/can and rarely bother with the choc etc And the less you have it the less you need it....I get my fix from a low cal choc drink now. I think after all this time I'm in control Amanda

I had my 4th fill on saturday. Saw Dr Chris de Bruyne this time instead of Dr Marc Forquet. I was meant to have 6.5cc in my band but he only managed to get out 5.5cc.....said it was very clear so no worries about leakage. He added another 1cc so back to 6.5cc now. Told him how I'd been eating too many extra ie chocolate and chocolate biscuits. Told me to have 4 small meals a day instead of the 2 I've been having. So after 2 days of liquids I decided to make porridge for the kids this morning and have a little of it. I got myself 2 heaped tablespoons in a bowl but only managed half. It was very sloppy and thought it'd go down ok. The pain was starting in my chest...(you know the feeling) so I stopped. It's now half an hour later and I'm burping well and full!! I hope its cos I'm still a bit swollen from the fill on saturday!!...surely I gotta be able to eat more than that!

Hi everyone!! I've had 3 fills now....the last one 2 weeks ago. I lose well for a few days and I have good restriction but i always seem to overeat on stuff that goes in easy. chocolate, cakes, biscuits, icecream etc and I just can't seem to stop myself. Eating good healthy food isn't a pleasurable experience at all. Yes it goes in if I chew well and go really slow but the pleasure i get from food is in the bad stuff. I don't know how to stop myself. I've lost 28lb but know I could have lost more if I'd been good throughout. Wondering now if I've wasted my money on the band and should have gone for the bypass....would only have been a couple of thousand more... HELP!!! Amanda xx

hiya!! Been missing a while but I'm back!! Had my 3rd fill yesterday...another 1.5cc added to make it 6.5cc now. I'm just hoping it'll do the trick...been struggling so much in the last month. I end up not losing anything for days on end ever when I'm being so good...then I give up for a while and eat crisps and chocolate! I know I shouldn't but I was getting disheartened. Yesterday and today I've just been on liquids...tomorrow soft food....please please please let me have some restriction Amanda x

Hiya!! Had to say hello!! I was banded in Prague and go to Upper Wimpole St for my fills with Dr Marc Fouquet. After surgery I had a good loss for a few weeks then everything came to a standstill. Had a fill then lost a few more lbs. Went on an all inclusive holiday and as I had so little restriction I managed to gain 11lbs ( ...pretty good for me...last year I gained a stone and a half in a fortnight!!) Went back for another fill within a couple of days of getting home and I've managed to lose 1 stone 4lb in 3 weeks!!! (the holiday weight I think was mainly post flight water!) I still don't have enough restriction I've got through these last few weeks on will power alone. I go for my 3rd fill on sept 13th and can't wait!! Hoping to hit my sweet spot then :tt2: Amanda

Hiya!! The reason I ask for a UK buddy is that half the time I don't understand the food, you wouldn't think it would be so different!! I'm 2 months post band, lost a good amount fairly quickly but now I seem to have lost motivation. Just had my second fill....hoping this will make me a little more enthusiastic! Amanda

Morning! I had a trip into London yesterday and had my 2nd fill. He put in 3cc's taking me to 5.5cc's but it was too much.....strange gurgling sounds were coming from my throat when I had a drink of water....felt really weird. So he took 0.5 out again....hope this will give me the restriction I badly need now. I put on a few pound in the last few weeks(but not changing my ticker) On liquids only yesterday and today then mushies for a couple of days!! Amanda

Hiya Strangers!! Just got back from Turkey this morning and I'm sooo tired. I was all inclusive and managed to put 9lb on in a fortnight!! Argggghhh!!! Looking forward to my second fill on saturday...hope that'll sort me out!! Amanda xx

Hiya I live near Cambridge, banded in Prague and going for fills in London I get about lol Amanda

I'm a little confused!!! I understand that when you're filled correctly it'll stop you eating too much but what happens when you can only eat a cup of food at each meal. How then do you get in enough calories to promote weightloss?? Cos aren't we meant to be on more than 1000 a day to be able to lose weight?? Then they tell you 3 meals a day and no snacking.....but that means 2 300 calorie meals and a 400 calorie meal..... 400 calories makes a meal bigger than a cup doesn't it??? I'm confusing myself even more now lol Amanda!! :tongue_smilie:

A fiver?? to pay your house off....lol...if only eh?? Yes the exchange rate is great for us at the moment. Maybe I should get saving a bit extra for some gambling in LV too then!! My ex went there a few years ago and loved it....I should make it happen!! Amanda x

I'm in England so if we're having a meet in Las Vegas I think I'd better start saving .....and soon lol Amanda :ohmy:

Hiya!!! Had my first fill last friday and booked my next for september 13th. It's so long cos I'm on holiday then the docs on holiday and that was the first chance we could get it together!! Now I've been told they've added an extra date. So I'm booked in for 2nd fill on August 16th...just 2 days after I get back from my holiday in Turkey!!! I was filled to 2.5cc last time and Doc said he'd do the same the next. Then if I need it appointment still booked for Sept 13th for 3rd fill and will get a bit more!! Hopefully then the real weightloss will start!! Amanda :tongue_smilie:

Well had my fill friday....how easy was that!!!!! He put 2.5cc in and after, while having a drink I did feel a little restriction but not sure now. Yesterday I has a protein shake, one weetabix in a LOT of milk so it'd go really mushy, A little cottage cheese with tinned sardines then later a yogurt. So not many cals and I did feelt full after the fish and cheese. Time will tell eh!! Cost of my holiday then the doctors I won't get another fill until mid september.....2 whole months!!! Amanda xx

First fill for me tomorrow :thumbs_down: Finishing work early and taking the train into London. Will have to have a wander around the shops and maybe go for a small coffee somewhere....hopefully the weather will be as nice as it's been today....would be nice to sit outside a little cafe and watch the world go by!!! Not off to the Docs til 5.15 so hopefully get home about 8pm... Looking forward to it!!! Amanda xx

Georgina don't worry!! I was banded about the same time as you and had only 1lb loss in the last week and a half. Every diet I've ever done 3 week is a bit iffy. It's just your body taking a bit of time to adjust to whats going on. As you're having less than 1000 cals a day try upping it to about 1200 and see if his makes a difference. It might just give your metabolism a kick!! Keep up the good work and you'll get some off soon I'm sure Amanda

OOOh it's horrid!!! Made myself a 2 egg omelette with a little onion and a couple of slices very thin chicken. Ate about a third when a weird feeling started in my chest. Started feeling queasy so went to the downstairs loo. A couple of PB's came up...then I saw stars and started sweating. And I mean big time sweating. I was so hot I pulled my t shirt off and beads of sweat appeared all over my body. I was beginning to panic and knew I had to keep calm. Breath in through the nose and out through the mough I kept telling myself. Part 2: 15 mins later.... 2 more PB's and heavy breathing. About 20 burbs and a phone call to my friend (who was banded a week before me) later Feel a lot better now.....the omelette is in the bin!! WHat do I do now? Dare I ever try eating food again????? Amanda Warning: Chew and chew and chew....you really wouldn't want this horrble feeling!!

Hiya!! In hindsight I think omelette my have been too dry. Boiled eggs seem to slip down a lot easier! Been gently burping all day long today but feel ok. Had Soup for lunch so taking it very easy today Amanda :smile:

Nose is fine....I feel fine in myself. Didn't have toast today....just a bit of the omelette. Could have been from the salad last night...but have felt fine since. And nope....no hangover...I was on water!!! lol I'm not having omelette again....gonna stick to the boiled eggs....but not for a few days :biggrin:

I've had eggs for the last week. Mainly soft boiled on a slice of toast. Last night I went out and had a plateful of caesar salad....no problems either time. I just don't understand ??? Did I read somewhere I should go on full liquids for a couple of days now. Don't want to risk it happening again....it really was awful!!

only 1lb gone this week!! No idea why.....been on 1200 cal or less every day. Hope next week will be better Amanda