Princess losealot

I just got back last night from eating chicken broth from a chinease place. I ate some... nothing.. ate some more.. nothing.. ate a little more.. then I just decided to stop because it was getting to be quite a bit compared to what I was having the past few days. When I got home, I FELT IT. I was SO full and felt terrable. I should have measured it out, but I didnt.. I hope I didnt do anything bad to my stomach or band. This morning I feel better, but I drank a little bit of milk, and I am stuffed again.... what happenes if you eat too too much.. do you usualy throw up or does it just sit there and take a while to go down?:thumbup:

I have had 2 fills so far. When I got the 2nd one a month ago, I felt so tight and thought there was no way I was going to be getting another for a long time. Now I am all the sudden I am able to eat more and dont feel that same restriction. Is this typical? I am due for another a few days before Christmas. I just hope nothing is wrong with the band. The only time I lose weight it seems is when I am on the liquid diet after surgery and fills. Then I stay at that weight till next fill. Im getting frustrated.

You all might be interested to know that sneezing is a symptom of acid reflux~ My husband just found this out at the doctors office last week. This makes sence to have sneezing eppisodes after eating and then sitting or lying down or just overeating can do it too.

17 pounds That was from the day of surgery to the 2 weeks of liquid diet afterwards. Now, the problem.. I havent lost any since.:cursing: I havent gained since either though.:cursing: > I was banded the 5th of August.~ > I have had 1 fill in the middle of sept. 4.5 cc's in an 11 cc band.~

Sounds like someone needs to hit the protein shakes. That will help you to not pass out anyway. That right there may be your key! I bet things will loosen up after a week or so.

I need a good online food jounal system. What ones have you had success with?

I have been banded for almost 2 months. (Aug 5) I lost 17 pounds on the "infamous" liquid diet right afterwards. That was great~ BUT thats where it ended. I have not lost nor gained any since then. I had my first fill a week and a half ago. (4 cc's in an 11 cc band) I still weigh the same. I dont get my second fill till the begining of November. I have to be careful, because I can eat a good amount, but don't feel that full feeling until about 20 minutes after im done eating. If I eat too much, then I feel yucky. Will that full feeling come sooner to me as I get more restriction with more fills? The nutritionist mentioned that usualy the weight comes off a lot easier after the second fill. I sure hope something more happens more when I get it. Has anyone noticed this to be true? I am getting realy discouraged. Not even my in-laws noticed any weight loss this weekend and they last saw me right before the surgery. I guess 17 pounds doesnt "look" a lot different. They still dont know.. I just figured something would be said about me looking like I have lost some weight. :smile2: Oh well~

Oh, I didn't get into this thinking one fill is all I was going to need. TRUST ME. I think what the dietition was saying was that you probably wont usualy begin to even start losing until you get the second fill. She was just letting those who have had just one fill know that it usualy takes more than that to get things going. Not that it was ALL you were going to need. My doctor was telling me, when I was doing the barrium swallow durring my fill, that I didnt have hardy ANY restriction at all before the fill. I think it's going to take a lot more cc's to get me there. Like I said, I think MY key thing I am after is the feeling of being "full" a little..er..a LOT sooner than I do now. I could do a lot of damage at the supper table in 20 minutes if I didn't stop myself, I don't know about you. :tongue2:

Thanks for the answers. We will see what my second fill does for me in November. Until then, Ill keep moving along the best I can.

I guess im just trying to figure out if it will help me to feel fuller quicker with more fills. It just takes too long to get to that point still. By the time I feel full I would have eaten too much. I need an earlier warning system.

yea, every day I walk. im not the type to sit around so much.

We were banded on the same day. Go Aug. 5th!:biggrin: I had my first fill a week ago, and I notice a little difference, but not enough. Im stalled out at 20lbs. since surgery and havent lost ANY in the past week. Its so frustrating! I have an 11 cc band. I got a 4 cc fill. I am trying.. I am. I hear it doesnt start to come off until the the 2nd fill usualy. Heres hoping. I have to wait another month before I get to that though. UUHHGG~:mad:

Im having a time with tearing myself from the nuts. I have a big bag I have been snacking on all week. I need to watch eating too many. Snacking for me is a bad habbit and hard to break. Im trying, but not quite there yet. I got banded the 5th of Aug. and was 230 at the time. I am now at 212. Im 5'1. I would be happy to see something more come off a bit quicker. I got a fill of 4 cc's in an 11 cc band last week. The nutritionist mentioned at our support meeting to not expect much to start rolling off until after our 2nd fill. Here's hoping:thumbup:

I just got my first fill last wed.. I have noticed a "little" less feeling of being hungry so quickly, but not a lot of help in the restiction when I am eating. I went to a support meeting on Thursday, and the nutritionist said to the entire group that we will start feeling a lot more restriction once we got the second and third fill. Thats when we will start to see the weight come off more. I hope this to be true. Until then, just work on protein and less carbs. Even the sugar in your coffee can add up to a lot of carbs. Thats a sneaky way for the carbs to get in to your system. Hang in there!

I just had my first fill done yesterday. At the time of the fill, I didn't feel much different. In fact, I was hungry when I went in for the fill. But later, I had an upset stomach and overnight I did as well. This morning, I feel a lil off. I don't feel like I could handle eating much right now. My stomach is still gurgling away. Im on liquid for today as well anyway... I will be on soft food tommorow. I hope to not have an upset tummy EVERY time I get a fill. That was not fun.

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I had the same issue. It was right behind my knee's. One leg was worse than the other, but BOTH had some stiffness and ache to them. I noticed it more when climbing the stairs. It lasted a few weeks for me. I don't realy feel it now. I was worried at first too. It was having it in BOTH legs that told me it was probably nothing but muscle issues. I think I would have worried more if it was only ONE leg. Just massage your legs and stretch them out. I found charlie hourses were easier to get the first few weeks after surgery too. Be careful when stretching. :laugh:

Sounds like that 18 pounds and holding is the magic # for those at the one month out time period. I am at that point as well. I am trying to make sure I dont overeat. I dont feel the full feeling for a little while, but by the time I feel it, I have eaten a bit more than I am comfortable with. I find even though I am on regular foods now, I still find mushy foods to be a little easier to eat. I can manage the regular food, they just take a LOT more work while eating. I get my first fill in a week and a half from now. I don't know what to expect from that. I guess we will all be seeing soon, eh~

Thats a big ol NOPE. They are quite specific on the people they sign up. The lapbad is an auto NO~ You can do lots of other things though. Good luck!

I had celery since the first day of mushies here. I have done fine. I am sure it has a lot to do with the fact its always been finely chopped in the food processer. I wouldnt try it any other way at this stage.

I had surgery on Aug. %th, and I am finding I can eat quite a lot too. In fact, I found myself at a situation yesterday in an amusment park. I was feeling yucky cause I had not eaten since the morning. I needed something. There werent many "mushy" things to choose from. I ended up with roasted turkey. I dipped into marinara sauce and cheese sauce just to get it creamy so I wouldnt have trouble with it. I had NO trouble at all. I only have less than a week until solid food at this point anyway, so I guess its not SO unexpected that I could handle it without any issue. Im just saying, your not alone. I was waiting for some issue to arise and it didnt. I think the hunger thing is normal to for that matter.

woa, I was completely dressed for my pics. I wouldnt be OK for someone to take pics of me like that. I think even a swimsuit should be OK. Good grief. What good comes from that... REALY?!

If only we could take that protein in a pill and be done with it, eh. I also dont like the shakes smell so much. I cant say the taste does anything for me either. I know what your saying. I feel like I could just gag when I think of drinking one right now.

Yep.... They keep it in my file, and show it to me when I get to goal.

Be careful with scambled eggs. I just had one this morning. Its sitting kinda heavy in my tummy. Im sure its not the same for everyone, but take it slow!