Those who can't lose any weight after the band first few fills

[liese 0]

I'm pretty jealous that some of you can drink carbonated drinks. I miss cola and beer and champagne! My doc said if I was craving it to take a sip and spit it out, and he's pretty insistant about it. I think his reasoning is that the carbonation will stretch out the pouch above the band, but I'm not sure. Since he feels so strongly about it, I'm going with it.

Im so jealous!!!

[PuppyBandit 2]

Thank you for your post I'm so glad you are happy with your band and found that sweet spot It gives me hope that I will find myself losing soon.

I'm still in search of the sweet spot, I've not lost any weight in about 2 months. I got another fill today and hope to find my sweet spot soon. This period bettween the band and getting restriction is depressing me.

[bwhitty 1]

Thanks for this post! I'm only at fill #2 and feel more restriction then fill #1, but I'm still not there yet. I feel as if I'm close but during fill #1 it was hard to not get discouraged. I think I spent those 3 weeks trying to figure out what I'm suppose to be feeling, its like playing a guessing game and I don't like those

As time is going by I feel I'm getting to know the band more and how I should be feeling. With my morning shake (which I'm getting about 38g of protein) I can go 5-6 hours without hunger. I have noticed that at some points when I was grazing I wasn't even hungry I just was doing my usual habit. That is the hardest part to break.

For me the eating right/dieting is the easy part, its the mental part that is extremely hard.

Keep up the work everyone! It pays off eventually

[Msbandtastic 1]

Thank you. I got your message and agree that it will be inspirational for people. I was one of the lucky ones who started losing weight right away but there are those out there that need to hear your message that if they can get through the period known as "bandster hell", there is hope out there for them.

Thanks for the messages. Answering or commenting on the few issues.

pizza and Soda: I have to be honest here. I was eating that and believe it was going down fine. You do not realize till (now) that it was woowww. Today we went to pizza hut with the family and all I could eat was top of a single slice in 30 minutes. What I wanted to show is that there are people like me here who do continue their old eating habits and portion size and after you finish your meal (unfortunately only after:))) you feel guilty and ask why you still do that after the band. I call this "magic pill phase" as many like me thought band will change things day 1.

Hunger and eating: After my visit to an experienced nutritionist, she in fact suggested that to me same did my doctor. Eat only when you are hungry. Not when you are starving. But do differentiate when you are really hungry or eating from other reasons such as socializing with a lunch with friends, family dinners, etc. I started using their advice. I did not cook or always prepared and eaten my food before I did enter the kitchen. Unfortunately I was not at the dining table for a while, etc. And immediately 10 kg (20 pounds) was gone. I was not hungry at all.

Sweet spot: ElfiePoo; sweet spot is the phase when you do not eat like before and you are very much restricted. If you can still eat like before or way too much than you might need another fill. At sweet spot hunger is almost diminished.

Purpose of my message is not start a discussion on eating habit but give hope to people. Cause I lost hope at one point.

[Yetta2u 3]

Well. It was nice to read that Iam not alone in this journey. I am not loosing weight and it is very depressing. I have no fill and cant wait to get my first one.. But it is discouraging to know the first one may not do the trick. I am starting to feel like I should have had the gastric bypass...

[rktaurus71 4]

THANK YOU, KERIM! YOU HAVE GIVEN ME HOPE! I have had 3 fills and feel NO DIFFERENCE. I realize I need to be patient. I am so pleased to hear you've hit your sweet spot.

I wanted to reported this here as it seems we either say something when we panic or when we finally lost lots of weight. I have been banded August 2010 in UK (single incision surgery from my belly button). I was very much scared from the surgery but all was fast and ok. I got my belly button infected so it was my first disappointment but finally it went away and healed perfectly. I am on a 14 cc band and 1 cc was in the band when they placed it.

I got my first fill 1cc fill in October 2010. It did not effect my eating much except instead of 2 large pizza and 2-3 large coke, I was down to 1 large pizza and lots of coke. I was demotivated and asked myself if I did the right thing. Now there was something in my body and if I wanted it out I needed another surgery. After 1 month, there was almost no change in my weight. So I got another fill. again more chock episodes but everything was down one or other way and no weight loss at all. second fill, third fill, forth fill. etc. Imagine after each fill NO CHANGES. It was frustrating. I was reading here people having no fill and losing lots. Anyways as of Jan 2011, I got my fifth fill. Yes it works:)). I am at my sweet spot. I feel never hungry. I can not eat more than handful of whatever I want, soft mainly mushy. I can not drink fizzy drinks. And it feels different. I also started seeing many stretchmarks and started gym a month ago.

For those who are like me, after so many fills you haven't seen much difference. Just be patient and wait. You will definitely find your sweet spot. And one tip. never ever eat if you do not feel hungry, just because its dinner time and everyone in the family is around the table. My rules in losing weight:

- Do not eat anything in the morning till a moment you really really feel hungry.

- If you have a partner, let him/her prepare family meals. stay away from food, kitchen or supermarket.

- Wait till you will hit your sweet spot. You can definitely not eat a bowl of rice.

- Do enroll at a gym. Believe me even in 1 month, it does wonders. You will not lose weight as you wished because you are gaining muscles (for men and for those who are more into weight training like me). But you will lose inches.

- Remember it worked for soooo many people and will work for you.

- Ice creams, candies, anything you can suck or melts in your mouth is your enemy. Make a drastic change.

Kerim

Was 129 kg in Aug and now 110 KG: 19kg lost which is almost 40 pounds

[PuppyBandit 2]

Thank you for your post I'm so glad you are happy with your band and found that sweet spot It gives me hope that I will find myself losing soon.

I'm still in search of the sweet spot, I've not lost any weight in about 2 months. I got another fill today and hope to find my sweet spot soon. This period bettween the band and getting restriction is depressing me.

Wanted to reply to my own post lolol

It's been 5 days since my 3rd fill and I am finally knowing what the lap band is supposed to be like. I'm not hungry all the time, I can eat a small amount and be full. So far I've not got any food "stuck" and am eating slowly. A Protein shake in the morning and 2 small meals is making me satisfied. Which last week I would have been starving. Yay lap band!

[Keia 4]

Purpose of my message is not start a discussion on eating habit but give hope to people. Cause I lost hope at one point.

Your honesty is appreciated. You're right, there are a lot of us who are still struggling with old eating habits that didn't disappate just because we got banded. It takes a lot to be honest because so many people here want to pretend they're perfect and criticize others instead of being supportive.

I joined LBT because I knew I couldn't do this alone. I need help, ideas and warnings from others. Thanks for your post!

[DRP 2]

Kerimhann,

Your post is helpful! Although I have not eaten a whole pizza or drank soda, there are times that I have not made the healthiest of choices in this journey. My weight loss is very slow...at about a half pound a week, if that, but it is still very slowly coming off. I still eat more than I am supposed to, but not nearly like I used to eat. I also make better choices at least 70% of the time. I have my third fill today. Before this fill today, I have 2 CC in a 4 CC band. I am hoping that this one helps me find this sweet spot that everyone speaks of. Good luck to you! It seems like for me I can stay fairly focused for a week or two and then I have a couple of really bad days, and then I get myself back on track. It seems to be a vicious cycle with me! I am far from the perfect bandster, but I think that I could be much worse!

DRP