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I had my second fill a week ago. The first few days I really thought that my band was too tight because everything I tried to eat came back up. After about four days I was able to eat normal again.... a lot of the problem is that after the fill your stomach is swollen so you need to be careful with what you eat until after the swelling does down. I haven't got sick since those first few days. My problem is that I don't feel anymore restriction then I had before. Hopefully I am just "thinking" this and that really I am not eating as much as I think I am.

Never again.... ....will I be the "fat chick" ....will I be embarrassed because I can't fit on an amusement park ride ....will I be the fattest of all my friends ....will I not be able to shop at the GAP, AE, Holister, ec ....will I constantly be looking around when I enter a room to see who is making comments about my weight ....will I feel not good enough for a man because of my weight ....will I brake a chair because I am too fat ....will I wear big baggy clothes to cover up myself ....will I be ashamed to wear a bathing suit in public ....will I let my weight hold me back from doing the things I want to do ....will I get too tired chasing my little cousins around ....will I cry myself to sleep because I feel unworthy ....will I be a fat unhealthy person! My surgery is this Friday, Aug. 7... I am starting to get nervous but wanted to write out what I WILL NEVER AGAIN be! This is my motivation to make this change in my life! I challenge you to write down what you never again will do/think... or what you have already excluded because of your weight loss!! Good luck to all!!!!!

I understand where you are coming from with the ride... this has happened to me THREE times in the past. Two times with a guy I was dating at the time (how humiliating) and one time at a work outing, with all my co workers watching. I was so upset. Never again am I going to need to even worry about this. When I get down I just look back over my "NEVER AGAINS" and it totally gets me back on track, because I know never again do I want to feel that way. Keep up the good work everyone!!

Don't get discouraged, I am right there with you! I am almost 3 months post op and have only lost around 15lbs myself. I have had one fill so far, and at the fill my doctor filpped out and said he couldn't understand why I wasn't losing. It really pissed me off, I am doing everything I can and the weight just isn't coming off. I eat about 1200 calories a day, I am going to have to try and cut back to 1000 and see if that helps. I go to the gym every other day... I just don't get it, BUT we can not get down on ourselves. We have got to believe that this is going to work for us.

You can't beat yourself up over a mistake... you've just got to learn from it and move on. Don't deprive yourself... next time maybe have one small piece of candy if you feel you need it. Little Debbie's now makes 100 calorie packs of sweet treats... they are so much cheaper then the other brands that were previously out. They really help my "Sweet tooth" craving when I get one, and hey, it's only 100 calories! I know what it's like to have a bad day of eating and beat yourself up. I am doing that to myself right now, but it's not just a day of eating unhealthy, it's a week! The last week I have been eating so shitty. I basically got discouraged because I have been working my butt off excersising and eating really healthy with no results. I Guess I got down and felt like what's the point. BUT I can't have that attitude. I have got to be strong... this is the hardest thing that any of us has had to do but I know we can all succeed with the support of everyone here!!

Hang in there... bandster hell sucks!! I am 11 weeks post op and I am going through some hell myself. I just try and turn to this message board when I feel like giving up. I really needed to read the last thing you wrote: I will stay true to my fitness plan and my diet! I have been doing bad this last week just because I am very discouraged. I have been working my ass off and harldy eating anything but the weight just isn't coming off. Ahhhh we all just need to stick together and know that we have got to make it work!!!

I hate how every doctor is different. My doc swears that if I drink beer I will end up causing my band to slip... man I could use a nice cold beer!

They didn't warn you that drinking beer can cause the band to slip?

For the last 3 weeks I have been eating cereal everyday. I eat the Special K with extra protein. It has 11 grams of protein in 3/4 cup, that's pretty awesome! It totally keeps me full for about 4-5 hours, just 3/4 of a cup with some skim milk. Now, it really doesn't have much flavor but if you add some splenda or fresh fruit it touches the taste up. It's for sure worth it for the protein!!

So, I am very discouraged and upset about this whole lap band process. I had surgery 9 weeks ago and have not lost anything. I went 2 weeks ago for my first fill and the doctor flipped out on me. He told me that he has never seen a patient not lose weight after surgery. I was so upset, he made me feel like a total jackass. I was doing what I needed to be doing, but I was HUNGRY. There was nothing in my band before my first fill. So... I got my fill 2 weeks ago. I have 3.5cc in the band and NO RESTRICTION! Ahhh it's really bringing me down. I am trying to force myself to avoid the hunger. Been trying to not eat more then 1200 calories a day, which really is too much to lose. I also go to the gym every other day and I have not lost anything! I am so upset, what am I doing wrong? I don't want to go back to see him in 4 weeks and have him flip out on me again for not losing weight. I am beginning to think this lap band was a bad idea for me. I was so excited and really thought it would work for me but I am not having any sucess. Please help me... I am lost and blue! I am so stressed out over this and I jut sit and cry about it. I am in need of support or something!

Thank you all for your support! It's exactly what I needed... I am going to keep on doing what I am doing (because I know it's right)... hopefully the weight will just start coming off. I physically feel a lot better then I use to, so that's a great advantage!

I knew it wasn't going to be an easy fix with quick results.. but I am guess the reason I am stressing about not losing is because of how my doctor treated me last time:(

I am a CNA and do 100% lifting... my doctor said I could go back to work after 2 weeks but restricted to 15lbs of lifting. My job said "no way", they told me I would be of no use, which makes sense cause every day I am lifting thousands of lbs total... so I had to be off for 4 weeks until I was aloud to go back to full limitions.

When your surgeon feels your band, how do he tell where it is? Like mine just felt around and put the needle in, but seriously how does he know the saline actually went in the band? Like it could have just been inserted somewhere in my stomach?

I totally know what you mean about being afraid of failing with the band. I feel that way too... I have not lost any weight since surgery, actually gained about 4lbs. I just don't understand it, I am hungry all the time. I just had my first fill yesterday and I serously wonder, how do I Know that he actually put the saline in the band? How does he even know exactly where to put it? Ahhh I am so upset right now.

I was banded Aug. 7 about 8 weeks ago and just had my first fill today. I am very discouraged and emotional about this whole thing. The doctor flipped out on me today and told me that he has never had a patient gain weight after surgery, I gained about 4lbs. I hear from other people that their doctors say most likely you will gain weight before your first fill. He really pissed me off, ahhh. I would be losing weight if I wasn't hungry all the time. I now have 3.5ccs in my band and to be honest I feel no restriction. How can I lose weight when I am not feeling restriction? ahhh I just hope that things start working out with this because I am getting very discouraged.

I had my first fill today... eight weeks after surgery. My doctor said that they don't like to do fills before 6-8 weeks. I am very disappointed. He put 3.5 ccs in my band and I have no restriction, I have been starving all day. I am so emotional because I have got to start losing but how can I when I am hungry all the time? Ahhh.. my doctor yelled at me today because I had not lost weight since surgery, I am motivated to do this but I need my hunger to stop.

I just got back from the doctor's, it was my first fill. I must admitt I thought it was going to hurt more then it did, just a little uncomfy. I am in a real pissy mood now though. My doctor said to me, "I have never had anyone in my history of lap band surgery gain weight during the first eight weeks." I wanted to cry right then and there. I don't know why my weight went up, I am back up to 335, was down to 328 or so since surgery. I have been down on myself enough because I don't understand why I am not losing. I told him that it was hard for me to not eat as much as I use to because my band was not filled, I only had about .25 cc's in it after surgery. I know he wasn't trying to be hateful with what he said but it really hurt. The only person I can be mad at is myself. I have got to get more serious. I NEED to excersise and make healthier food choices. I refuse to let him look down on me again... NEVER AGAIN will I allow my doctor to make me feel like I am not making a difference with the band!

Don't let anyone talk you out of it! So many people tried to talk me out it, telling me tha it was the easy way out and I could do it on my own BUT those people don't know what it's like to really not be able to lose weight on ur own. We have all tried diets, excersise, ect and we all were at the end of the rope, other wise we wouldn't have had the surgery. Best of luck and keep your head up!