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Brandy~ help... how do i know when i find my sweet spot?

yep it is alot like kleenex... most people say kleenex even though it is a brand name. but a tissue is a tissue. the bands are very similar the way it was discribed to me the main difference is the lap band has different sizes of links to go around the band and the realise is more one size fits all for length

In my experience it is amazing... sometime i really do feel like i am failing because i was not really restricted until recently and even that is touch and go. The truth is though the weight is coming off and i didn't do very much to get there. it has been a very slow process and i have slipped up many times but i am still going down and it is wonderful. I am so glad i did it.

my dr will not add more than 1 cc at a time... and i basically had to beg for that when i wasn't seeing any results. i now have 8 cc's in a 10 cc band and just now (3+ weeks after fill i might add) am seeing a little restriction...

thanks, oddly enough i think my last fill is kicking in... I had it at the beginning of July and was just about to schedule another fill when i started having trouble eating all of my usual food... could only eat half a sandwhich that i could have easily finished the day before... it seems to be getting tighter and tighter so i am holding off again... still not loosing though.

what i do to try to break a craving... eating out is the easiest.. just imagine that the person making it dropped it on the floor, or spit in it or something. picture chewing dirt or it tasting moldy. it is still very hard, especially the pre op diet.. good luck

yeah i want to know that too... what is BPing and sliming?? lol i did have a fill when i started. my dr didn't realize it until i went in for my first fill. she said it comes with a little liquid not much and them managed to pull out 5 cc's she was so shocked she left the needle sticking out of me for like 10 min while they got another dr to come in and look it over. he said it was normal. but that was quite an interesting experience.

well i'll just go over my experience... i tend to think my dr was very cautious... i was only alowed Clear liquids for the first week, weeks 2 and 3 were heavier liquids like Protein shakes and milk. the 3 and 4 th week were mushy stuff like potatoes. I followed this closely.. except like a day or two before the mushy stuff i took a couple of bites.. I couldn't help it i was starving. I didn't have any problems. as far as fills my dr just said come in every 4 to 6 weeks as needed and i was doing it regularly because i still have virtually no restriction. I did have an over fill at one point and it sounds like what you discribed happend to you but i'm back up to that fill amount and still nothing... really

that does make me feel a little better. I think i am a wierd case because i just eat slightly less than i did before the band... and the last time i was up to 8 cc ( had it taken out and eventually re added) I had that pain feeling every time i took one bite... but i had to keep eating no matter how painful becuase i felt physical hunger. that is what i want to go away! lol. this time at 8 cc.. i only feel that pain if i don't chew as much as i should and early in the morning

hello, i have very little restriction as well.. can eat quite a bit and i have had like 4 or 5 fills ( can't remember now..) 8 cc in a 10 cc band and i can certainly eat an entire frozen meal... they keep saying well you can eat like 1 cup after surgery i can eat 3 or 4 times that comfortabley...

I am actually eating popcorn right now. I have had 4 or 5 fills (up to 8 cc in a 10 cc band) and i have no trouble with popcorn what so ever those 100 cal bags are my friend... though some people may differ

ahh thanks that is very sweet

dang! oh well i'll find one when i find one

I'm from Kansas lol a little Dorothy...

I want to find a husband!! lol

nothing to worry about what you are describing is delayed restriction... no idea why it happens but it does.. the third week after my last fill i finally felt a slight restriction, it lasted two days and went away . I know a woman who has had the band for several years now and has lost all of her weight and she says that some days she can eat anything and others nothing it just changes almost daily

Thank you! You will too! We will all be skinny Minnie's! And oh so healthy! Just have to keep the faith and push on.

Yeah i realized i had to do some work just wishing it helped a little more but i know i am not at my sweet spot yet so there is still hope. The pizza thing was a once in a year thing lol haven't done that before lol. i have basically no restriction, never had anything get stuck or anything. i did throw up twice right after a fill i tried to eat bread and then a tator tot lol. I have no idea what all of the PB ing and the sliming people refer to is. I am terrible at diets and that is why i am struggling and i'm a lazy bum lol. but i've made alot of changes and it seems to finally be moving down again so i guess were good.

my dr only fills every 4 to 6 weeks and i just had one... lol

I could not wear a bra for a month lol... that was very awkward... luckily it was winter and i just wore like 3 shirts when i went back to work. i had two cuts where the bra went.. as far as eating i have had .. i think 5 fills now. i lost track.... i also had one unfill but am back where i was before it was taken out and i can still eat alot of food.... way more than 1 cup. i do eat less than before usually half the sandwich i used to eat (sub like) but otherwise i can still eat alot. went crazy and had 5 pieces of pizza a couple of weeks ago... I am very frustrated in the fact i still have to really work at it and diet and that is very hard for me... but it is coming off little by little so i guess i'm doing something right. It has to be helping

yay i figured it out i was making it harder than it was i was trying to upload it lol. I couldn't loose anything before the surgery till i was on the liquid diet... and i'm litteraly having to work it off now lol. It just dosn't want to go. the first week i was a lump in a chair unless i had to get up... then its 100 % better and i still didn't work out for atleast a month.

yeah i got one on there but its not letting me put it in my sig. dang lol

I can't figure out how to get my ticker on here... lol but i was banded 11-30-07 and have now lost 42 lbs... 15 the 10 days before surgery that i was on the liquid diet and then 10 the first month. after that 25 it has been a very very slow process... how did you get the ticker on here? lol

well that helped me out alot... i was feeling very blue today too and that helped me feel alot better about where i am. I can still eat the sub... at 8 cc in a 10 cc band...

I am jealous lol... 8 months and only 41 lbs... yes that is very good i hadn't lost it before but i am really strugling. i haven't lost an average of 1-3 lbs a week its more like 1-3 lbs a month... what is everyone eating?? and doing for exercise.. I really feel stuck where I am and need to get it moving again. any advise?