lisafitz

Thnak you all very much.....I guess this all just plays with your head. The thought of finallt losing weight....sounds so good and I know it will come. I do think I need another fill. I am going to wait another week and then call my doctor. I do eat right I have always been on the more heathly side of food.....it's portion size for me and if I am at a party or something I pick. Learn to stop that. But being filled has stopped me from using a big dish and eating seconds. I eat to fast too. I have almost learn to slow up getting there. I just want to see weight come off. It drives me nuts.

I guess I should get in the habit and write down. I really hate it. I should try. I'll have to get myself a journal. I guess and keep it with you always. I am not good at this part. I feel like I should have been down more weight then only 20 lbs. Since I was banded August 5th and First filled Oct 3rd. So I feel I am doing something wrong and I know I can over eat. That I am eating the wrong foods. I do workout. I have lost allot of inches. I know me and I know I am not doing what I am suppose to do. Couple of weeks ago I let myself go and started back on the wrong road. Well I guess I need to pay more attention to myself. I need to write my food intake and calories down. I just never really feel full.:biggrin:

I have not counted how many calories I take in. Maybe I should. I feel like it's taking me forever to loss weight. Banded Aug 5th and first fill Oct 3rd. Only down 19 lbs and I feel like I am eating good. But maybe I am not.

Amy, Thanks I wasn't sure really. Everyone can see the difference but I feel like I really haven't lost allot of weight. Down under 20lbs since Aug 5th, and I know it is good and I have lost inches. I don't know I feel like it should be more. I can eat up to a 1 cup 1/2 half of food which is what I am suppose to eat. Some things I eat get stuck so I know I am restricted. I was filled Oct 3rd. The doctor said this might be all I need. That I might need another fill. I see some people on here get way more then one. I am afraid to stretch the pouch, so I am careful. Sometimes I can eat...allot for having a band but not from how I could in the past. So i guess at this point I am fine and I don't need a fill...I will wait and see. Thank you

I had my first fill Oct 3rd Somethings I ate use to get stuck and now they don't. How do you know when your ready for another fill? I can feel food go down sometimes it's tight other times it fine. I feel like maybe I should call the doctor and let him know or is it just me.

Breakfast: one slice 12 grain with cheese Snack: Choc/banana protein shake Lunch: tofu with rice and veggies 1 cup 1/2 Snack: cheese (string cheese stick) Dinner: steak, mashed potato and veggies (but couldn't swallow this meal I brought it back up...too hard to swallow) so I am having a protein shake instead. since my fill certain things will not go down. down 22lbs banded Aug 5th

Breakfast: one slice 12 grain with cheese Snack: Choc/banana protein shake Lunch: tofu with rice and veggies 1 cup 1/2 Snack: cheese (string cheese stick) Dinner: steak, mashed potato and veggies (but couldn't swallow this meal I brought it back up...too hard to swallow) so I am having a protein shake instead. since my fill certain things will not go down. down 22lbs banded Aug 5th

Breakfast: one slice 12 grain with cheese Snack: Choc/banana protein shake Lunch: tofu with rice and veggies 1 cup 1/2 Snack: cheese (string cheese stick) Dinner: steak, mashed potato and veggies (but couldn't swallow this meal I brought it back up...too hard to swallow) so I am having a protein shake instead. since my fill certain things will not go down.

Yeah I only lost a little over 20 lbs since Aug 5th when I was banded I still weigh my food out and I go to the gym and it seems like I am losing nothing....I did lose allot of inches which is great. What is the "sweet spot" ?

breakfast: choc protein shake w/banana lunch: 1/2 crab wrap snack: sugar free choc pudding cup dinner: tuna steak (husband fishes) veggies and rice if I have a snack I make extra of my shake in the morning and freeze that for my snack at night, or I juice veggies and drink that. for my meals it's only about 1 cup to 1 cup and 1/2 of my food, no more then that I get to full, never finish anymore.

Hello, Friday will be my two weeks of my first fill. I am still learning on eating slow and chewing and getting better with all that. Drinking is something I need and I will wai until after I eat but I do take a couple of sips. I am to thirsty not too and it drives me nuts. I have to drink. I am learning of certain foods I can not eat, they get stuck. It's weird I went to the diner and had Breakfast with my sister in law after the gym and I had a omlete w/spinach no toast no has browns but I did have the cheese. I ate very slow and chewed no problems with eating that. I make scrabbled eggs at home one egg one egg white no cheese just plain and it gets stuck, I just don't get it. I have to really take take small bites and chewed them good and wait awhile before the next bite, then I am full. But I guess that's how it is.

Hello Blanca, Nice name. I was banded on Aug 5th. I didn't have to diet before at all, and I didn't I ate what I wanted up until three days of my surgery. I was fine after, very sore. My port was sore for a long time. I dropped 17lbs before my first fill. I was just over 200 lbs when I had my band put in, just made it with ins. By the time my 6 week came I was hungry just like I never had the band put in. I went to see Dr. Balsama to see when my first fill will be on my 6th wek and I had two wait two weeks because he was on vaca err. I was a wreck, I was hungry and unhappy. I delt with it but I was nervous I would eat and gain weight. But I did it I actually lost another 1 lb 1/2. Oct 3rd I was filled at Kennedy Surgical in Washington Twp. It was great and everyone was great. I was scared and didn't know what to expect. But it was so nothing getting filled it was great. All the nurses and Dr. Balsama had me laughing and they all made me feel so awesome. I waited for my turn longer then my fill time. I have lost inches allot of inches for the first time...I don't have a scale just WII Fit lol and I haven't weighed myself. I think I am going to wait until this Saturday to see what I lost. I really hate the scale....if I have one here I will weigh myself everyday and every time I look at it lol. All my clothes are big on me....I don't wear an XL shirt anymore, of course my boobs went down lol but oh well. I go to the gym a few times a week too. But losing inches that was allot for me, I haven't lost inches in so long. Is your port sore? it took me a long while before it stopped being sore....I can feel it...I feel it all the time. Weird to have that in you. I found out that I am the fastest eater ever, lol This is a big learning process for me. I got sick like three times from not eating slow and chewing very solw and there are stuff you just can't eat. You will see but it's great. Let me know how you are doing. You can email me on my email if you want. Lisa

Hi Lola, I love Dr. Balsama lol he is great he is so young and he is cute lol Everyone at Kennedy treated me so awesome. You were just bamded, right? How are you feeling? I feel great just getting use to my first fill and on my second week of it and learning to chew chew chew and eat so very slow. So when you read about eating slow and chewing believe it....I already have eaten to fast and my food has been stuck were I had to bring it back up. This week I am doing better, even though it's just Monday. I have allot to learn on eating slow. Hope your doing well. Lisa

I am on my second week of my first fill and doing better but still forget that I have to take it so very very slow I am learning it's crazy. I guess this all takes time.

I read and I read all of this before I was filled and now I know tiny bites and chew, chew, chew. It makes all the difference. I had food come up on me three times and it hurts. I am learning slow...very slow. I am a fast eater and I slowed up after I was banded and thought I was eating slow and chewing. No! I needed to go even slower and take smaller bites. Makes a big difference. No one likes to "Puke" or have all that saliva come back up in your mouth. EWW! So listen to yourself....tiny bites...chew chew chew lol It's all true :thumbup:

How are you feeling Julie? I am better now that I am filled lol finally. Learning to eat slow and take tiny bites so I don't bring it back up. I don't have scale (have to buy one) yet. I know I was down 17 lbs after surgery that was 8 weeks, just past my nine weeks. My clothes are getting big. It's been the best thing I ever did for myself. I hear more and more people getting The Lapband now, so many people. Have a great weekend everyone

I am not sure how much I have in me but it is hard to get down tiny pieces. I have to find out I thought he said 2cc but I wasn't pay any attention just looking at my insides

Yeah I rush when I eat and I don't pay attention either. I am learning it's so hard. It's good for me too, at least I can relax and enjoy what I eat instead of rushing and never tasting. So this is good, I didn't even realize how bad I was with eating fast. I believe I had 1cc in me and I was filled 2cc not sure I was to busy watching the ultr sound machine and my insides then pay attention to my doctor. lol Lisa

Hello....banded Aug 5th First Fill Friday 10/03. So far down 17 lbs. Not weighing myself Until one week has past. Anyway after being filled I was fine, little sore. But when it comes to eating that's something different. If I eat chicken, turkey, beef it comes back up. If I eat certain veggies they come back up. Mashed potatoes go down yogurt soft foods. Not all the time but I guess it will take time to eat slow, chew food slower..just enjoy and take my time. I am learning. But now I know when I read about fills and the BP's and the saliva and all that...it's me. I really have to pay attention to the size of food and how I chew. Does this come to an end or is it how it is when you are restricted? I mean I know this but does it get easier? I am glad and very happy with my band I am just waiting for the weight to come off and I really use to like to eat but with food geting stuck I find myself not wanting to eat. (sometimes) I guess this is normal. I have a shake (protein) in the morning...small snack tuna (which will get stuck) my lunch which is a meat veggies, mashed potatoes, or rice. Maybe a cup of food. sugar free pudding..dinner which is almost the same as lunch...I eat allot of tofu. I freeze half my shake for a treat at night. But the tuna gets stuck, chicken, turkey, beef so I find myself not wanting it. Carrotts even cooked get stuck, broc too I am finding things to eat but it takes me forever to eat. I think I had 2cc and it was done my ultr sound so I watched the whole thing (pretty cool) But the first sip got stuck and the doctor took some out and the next sip went down fast I asked him to add a bit more and that sip went down slow. But that's what I wanted. Oh well I will go on and on. Lisa

Had mine 8 weeks out....I had an ultrsound done with the nasty drink. Went to the surgical center and the night before I had to stop eating after misnight, just clear liquids. Had to lay down on surgical table...numbed me and put the needle in. I had to stand up and they put the ultrasound machine around me. It was the coolest ever I was able to see inside me...loved it. Standing with the needle in me lol (Pulp Fiction moment) I had to drink the nasty stuff and it got stuck, so he took some out took a sip and it went down fast so he added a tiny bit more and perfect. I am just learning small small bites and wait inbetween each one so nothing gets stuck. It hurts when it gets stuck. I was down 17lbs since banded and I will weigh myself on Saturday to see what my first week of my first fill weight loss is. I really haven't eaten much. :eek:

I can't eat peanut butter at all it gets stuck Breakfast: protein shake snack: small snack can of tuna (which is taking me an hour to eat) lunch: 1 cup egg salad snack: sugar free choc pudding dinner: marinated tofu, veggies, and mashed potatoes only will be 1 cup an 1/2 snack: froozen protein shake I freeze 1/2 of my shake in the morning so I have a snack at night just was filled first time on Friday will weigh myself saturday coming.:redface:

Had my fill on friday it was so cool I got to watch everything. I had ultra sound done with the nasty drink. lol I also watched it. I laid done first he numbed me....then I had to stand up with the needle in me (Pulp Fiction moment) and I drank the stuff and watched it go down and get stuck, so he let some out and it went right down....I wanted it a little tighter so he put a tiny tiny more and then I drank and it went down slow and that was that. No pain at all. But I have to take kitten bites and really chew chew chew....getting food stuck does not feel very good. I am learning....I am a fast eater so this is a learning thing for me. But very happy...takes me forever to eat but that's ok....got sick once so far took to big of a bite Lisa

I here all these stories on the first fill and it hurts.....they had to poke a few times. What's the deal? I go this Friday the 3rd of Oct. I took off from work have to do the ultrsound and drink nasty stuff. Is there questions I should ask? Something I should know about the "first fill" ? Will I feel restricted? I need to I am hungry now it's 7 weeks from my surgery and Tuesday will be 8 weeks. My doctor was on vaca this week or I would ahve been filled. I am so scared.

Today is first fill so all liquids until tomorrow then mushie I believe

Hi, I grew up in Marlton. Lived there my whole life. Moved in with my husband then got married and living in Runnemede now for 20 something years. I go for my first fill today at 11:30 am I can not wait. Back to eating normal for the past week in a 1/2 and not happy about it. 8 weeks from banded. Doctor was on vacation or I would have gone last week. But I am ready and excited. Had my surgery at Kennedy in tratford with Dr. Balsama he is great. Young and cute lol and so very nice. I will see him today.