MaureenJohnson

That's the beauty of the band. This is long term. Don't beat yourself up over a small setback. Be patient, and hang in there.

What did your doctor say?

Hang in there! I admire your ability to stay positive. Have you tried consulting a nutritionist? It could help you with choices. Good luck.

I am nine days past my first fill and I believe it was not what I had hoped it to be. I feel NO restriction or anything really. No difference. I hear it takes some people a few times to get the right amount but I have to wait at least a month until my next appointment. Honestly, I am not looking forward to that experience for a few weeks. I am still slooooowly losing 1-2 pounds a week so I can't complain. I just wish I could speed things up a little without using all my willpower.:blushing: Has anyone else really slowed down?

Thanks for the tech info Lena! I eventually figured it out! Maureen

For breakfast I had about 1/2 of a vanilla Yoplait FF yogurt. I got hungry about two hours later and had a Diet Ice Tea Snapple. For lunch I had 2 oz. of canned chicken mixed with lowfat Mayo. Since I had my first fill yesterday I thought I should stop. Is everybody counting calories? I haven't been keeping a strict count. Should I? :thumbdown:

Hi- I was banded on Jaunary 8th and had my first fill yesterday. I am in Germany so I think things are a little different. In every blog I have read, no one had any pain. I did. It hurt when they pushed the needle through the skin and muscle but stopped after it entered the port. I hate to be graphic but that is the way it happened. After that it didn't hurt at all. The doctor put in 4.5 ml of Fluid. I could feel my stomach being squeezed. That was weird but it didn't hurt. After drinking the liquid to make sure that there was still room for food to go down I was done. The whole process took around 5 minutes. Mine was done under x-ray so the fluid I had to drink tasted bad. I was very hungry before the proceedure, but not after. I skipped lunched and just had a very small dinner of meat sauce and not the spagetti. I am too scard to eat until I feel restriction because I don't want the side effects. My weight loss has been a steady three pounds a week which is my goal. I am curious to see if the fill makes any difference. Please don't be worried. It is just one more thing we need to make this band work and to have long term SUCCESSFUL weight loss. I have no idea how to update my ticker:mad2:. Another victim of technology.

Thanks for the info! It took me a while. All that work caused me to lose another pound!!! I hope it works.