Second Fill No Weight Loss

[Wishingtobesmall 2]

hi,was banded in july11 and had my first fill September weight loss fab lost 4stone and a second fill in november and have not lost a single lb. Have great restriction but no loss. I am going for my third fill march 8 th. I have 5 cc in already. Can somebody please help me.

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

Many things besides your band could be affecting your weight. If you feel you now have great restriction and are consuming less calories than you burn through activity and exercise, then you should be losing weight...unless you're on medication or have medical conditions that affect weight. There is nothing in a gastric band that will automatically trigger weight loss. All it does is reduce your appetite and create early and prolonged satiety when you eat solid foods (preferably healthy ones).

Have you tried logging your food to see what you're really consuming in terms of calories and macronutrients? I highly recommend weighing/measuring your food and logging it, at least for a week, so that you can determine if you're really consuming less calories than you burn. Personally, I'm terrible at guesstimating food amounts. I cut myself a piece of chicken that I think weighs 2 ounces, but when I actually weigh it, it's 4 ounces.

Jean

[highland 168]

My first thought would be to ask does "great restriction" to you mean too tight? Some people get too tight and conciously, or subconciously begin eating sliders. If that's the case you need to make certain you're getting in lots of dense Protein. This will keep you full longer and help with the urge to snack. I can't think of any other reason you would not be losing weight with great restriction. Remember restriction is not the inability to eat, but the ability to eat most healthy foods and be satisfied on less of it for long periods of time. Best luck to you as you continue on this GREAT Journey!!!!

[Wishingtobesmall 2]

Hi Jean and highland have read your post and both r fab will start doing the food diary and weighing food to c wat will happen next week. Wat r sliders!!!!! No it is not too tight it is restriction as if I eat to fast r the wrong food I will vomit everything up. Thank you everyone.

[1shauna1 129]

Sliders are foods you can eat easily (and generally aren't too healthy for you, such as ice cream, potato chips, Cookies, etc.). Could it be you are still maybe eating too large of a portion? Keep your meals to a cup maximum. If you have the good restriction then this should keep you full for several hours.

[Wishingtobesmall 2]

O dear I have had sliders because I can keep them down but I don't go over 1200 calories. Thanks

[highland 168]

I've been told to stay away from slider foods and to eat dense Protein. By this they mean meat, chicken and fish, baked or broiled. Casseroles, Soups, and enchilada type foods will have a great deal more calories and less protein, vut will go down almost too easily. In essence you are working against your band by eating these foods. I am in the green zone and do not get stuck and rarely vomit. I am however able to go 6 to 7 hours without being hungry after eating a high proten meal. Hope something in this helps. Oh yes, definately journal your food! Good luck!

[Wishingtobesmall 2]

Yes all of it helps thanks a lot. Starting tomorrow I will go back on Soups, chicken,salads so hopefully the weight will start to drop like in the beginning. Thanks

[Cocoabean 430]

Vomiting should not be a normal part of your routine. If you cannot eat dense Protein foods, then your band is too tight. Are you certain you are not over 1200 calories? I used to estimate mine, and when I started journaling was shocked to see I was actually eating around 1700 a day.

[Wishingtobesmall 2]

Really not going over 1200 but will start keeping a tracker of food from tomorrow. If ur band is to tight do u loose weight.

[Cocoabean 430]

If your band is too tight, you generally stop losing weight because you tend to gravitate toward slider foods because they are easier to eat. Most slider foods have more calories and don't keep you satisfied as long.

For example, 1/2 cup of Tomato Soup has 90 calories, and 1 skinless chicken thigh has 109 calories. Which one will hold you longer? If you have the Soup, you will be looking for food sooner. So, you have more soup, because you cannot get the chicken to go down. Now you've consumed 180 calories, but you aren't satisfied. So, you grab a milkshake, or some chips, or Cookies. At least they have some substance to them, and they taste oh, so good. And chips and Cookies and anything highly processed goes down so easily, and is generally so much higher in calories than fresh foods. But even cookies and chips don't keep you satisfied as long as solid Proteins like chicken, beef, and fish.

And a tighter band can lead to erosion (where the band goes through your stomach wall to the inside of your stomach). We are far better off with our bands at a reasonable restriction level where we can eat solid Proteins without vomiting often (which can put us at risk of a slip), and have the solid foods hold us between meals without the need to graze.

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

Really not going over 1200 but will start keeping a tracker of food from tomorrow. If ur band is to tight do u loose weight.

Every time my band has been too tight, I either stopped losing weight or I re-gained weight because I was eating high-calorie, low-satiety "slider" foods. The band does not provide early and prolonged satiety unless you eat solid food. Your stomach has to expand and contract to digest solid food, and that action stimulates the vagus nerves that send satiety messages to your brain. liquids and sliders don't do that, nor do they keep hunger at bay for very long.

[Cocoabean 430]

Every time my band has been too tight, I either stopped losing weight or I re-gained weight because I was eating high-calorie, low-satiety "slider" foods. The band does not provide early and prolonged satiety unless you eat solid food. Your stomach has to expand and contract to digest solid food, and that action stimulates the vagus nerves that send satiety messages to your brain. liquids and sliders don't do that, nor do they keep hunger at bay for very long.

Thanks for the technical and concise explanation of what I was trying to say!