Bucky

Hey all, I'm new here and just had my band surgery one week ago on 8/19/09. I feel like I am doing alright although it seems that I can eat quite a bit. I don't feel like at this time there would be any issue eating many things, but I have stuck to soup, jello, mashed potatoes and poached eggs. I also have had some fruit. I have lost 11 pounds in this first week, loosing about 2lbs a day for the last 3 days. I have already experienced eating too much or too fast, having to burb stuff up until I was comfortable. Not that I wanted to do that but your mind doesn't know the new stomachs' limits and it's hard to recognize when to stop at first. My question is when do you get your first fill and does anyone ever go without ever getting a fill, just the band itself restricting intake enough to do the job? I started at 275 with a goal of 200. Is this a reasonable goal> Thanks for the imput and it's nice to be able to ask someone "in the know" real life questions. Thanks, Bucky

Thanks for the reply! I for sure have restriction with just the band in place. My follow up appointment with the doctor is 9/13/09. I am not sure what my BMI would be at 200. I am 5'9" but am very broadly build and the ol' average scale just doesn't appy. I would be at my highschool senior weight at 195 and that was at about 12% fat or so. My doctor said he thought I'd on average loose about 69 pounds from the experience of his previous patients so that's close enough for me to work hard to do the rest. Thanks for the reply!