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Hello! I was banded on Feb 16th and I'm down 28.5 pounds so far (this includes 14 pounds that I lost on my 3 week pre-op diet). I had my first fill on March 9th so I have 5.25 cc in a 10 cc band. I already had 3 cc in the band from surgery so I didn't really feel too much of a difference after my first fill. I still have no clue when I am full (although I am suspecting that the small hiccups I start to have about 20 minutes into the meal may be a sign). I too am having difficulty not drinking with the meal, but I have yet to give into the urge. My next fill is April 14th, so I'm hoping that I will see a difference with restriction then. I must admit that I can eat very little now, and I'm steadily losing inches and pounds so he may not fill me then. We'll see. Good luck to us all!

Hello! I was recently banded on February 16th in Ft. Worth by Dr. Ferrara. I wanted to introduce myself and just say a general hello to all I just had my post-op appointment today and all went well. My incisions are healing well and the scale recorded a 20 pound weight-loss from my first visit prior to starting the preop diet til today. I'm really excited about that. This first week wasn't as bad as I had imagined, but I did deal with alot of hunger pangs and gas pains that are starting to resolve. I was given a new list of allowable foods today and I was a bit surprised with my new liberty. I get my first fill two weeks from today and then I get to return once a month for another fill until I get to good restriction. I've decided to just take it one day at a time and see how it all goes. At the moment, I'm enjoying a fruit smoothie packed with Protein and feeling absolutely wonderful. I heard about this forum from other people at the post-op meeting today and thought I'd look into it. I'm going to need all the support I can get! Thanks, Venessa

Oh, and thanks for the welcome GuyMontag :w00t: This loss so far has given me hope!

Hello :w00t: They placed me on a 2 week South Beach type diet. Basically, high-protein/good carb diet. No simple sugars or starches at all and they told us to stop drinking carbonated drinks since they will be off-limits once banded. If you could not stick to that diet for the whole two weeks, then you had to do a week of a liquid diet prior to the surgery. I lost most of my weight so far in those 2 weeks. Hope this helps.