Is my band too tight?

[countrygrl 175]

Supposed to rain here too. You're in the woodlands? I'm in Dallas!!!! Yeah fellow Texan!!!!

Hey lady I also am from Texas

[sherry44 7]

I have been thru what your going thru and I think your band is to tight and you have to eat very slow and chew chew and chew try gettin a 1/4 removed it will help good luck!

[New Nina 40]

Returning to coffee helped my headaches. I had stopped drinking coffee because i use half and half. Now think about it...was a couple of glubs of half and half making me fat or was it the pound of Pasta? Have a cup of coffee.

[dawalsh 919]

Hi. I'm Terri from TX!!!

I got my band 2/13 of this year (made for a sucky Valentine's day lol). I went through True Results here in Dallas' date=' and so far it's felt very much like a "herd them through, get them banded" kind of thing. I didn't really receive any support from them, just a packet telling me the dos and don't.

I should explain that I'm not exactly new to the weight loss surgery game. I had gastric bypass in 2005 and lost about 100 pounds. But after gaining 45 pounds within the past two years, I saw an ad for this place and am now the proud monthly payment plan payer of a band. I'm really hoping that this helps me lose, but at this point I don't know.

My surgery weight was 208. When I went in for my first fill, they couldn't do it. My incisions took forever to heal, so we waited an additional two weeks. So that was about three weeks ago. They said my band was filled with 4 ccs at surgery time, but honestly I felt no restriction after surgery whatsoever. At all. I lost no weight during this period whatsoever.

They gave me an additional 1.5 cc fill three weeks ago. I took a sip of Water, everything seemed fine, and I went on my merry way. Since then, all I really want to eat is chips, Soup and things that crumble or that are soft. chicken and even fish are really hard to get down, and I just end up pukefesting it. But part of me thinks that's just me not chewing enough, which is a huge complaint.

People talk about the sweet spot as far as banding goes. What's that like? I'm hungry all the time. I eat Soup now most meals and even though I know crackers and chips aren't good - I feel so freaking hungry now, just like before the fill, but with more discomfort. I eat a lot of fresh seafood since that goes down fine, but anything like grilled chicken (I haven't had beef at all) just comes back up or feels stuck. Really - everything except soup feels sort of stuck and it just basically always feels like a have a ball stuck in my throat. I make weird gurgling sounds just sitting at my desk. I am pretty sure it's too tight, right?

We went to Louisiana this weekend. While I can't eat much at one time now, we got comped one of those casino buffets. I had steamed broccoli...up it came. I chewed the heck out of that thing and up it came. I had some fresh steamed crab. That went down ok. I had some soup. That was ok. I tried to have some lettuce and tomatos with some vinigrette....up it came. I think I'm the only person on the planet that left the buffet more hungry then when they came in. My packet says if I throw up not to eat again for 24 hours. How the heck do you do that? After I throw up I feel like I never even ate!

Sorry to whine. I'm just new to this thing, and the fear of failing yet again just sucks. I go in today for another visit, and I know they are going to probably take some out, so I'm just concerned I'm going to be hungry forever.

Any thoughts? Besides the thought that I'm a complete motard that's doing this all wrong?

ps....I've been working out (we have a gym at work and I do a class for 40 min each day, plus a bunch of stairs everywhere) and in the past two weeks I've lost about ten pounds. I was at 208 last visit and I weighed last week and was at 196. I'm going to say 10 to be safe.[/quote']

Congrats on your 10 lb weight loss!

As far as food goes on my forbidden list are fresh asparagus and broccoli, something to do with the stems being hard to digest. I can't do lettuce anymore unless it's chopped up really small. I don't like chopped lettuce but I can tolerate chopped romaine lettuce. I love, love love salad but have had to refrain. Mashed up cauliflower is good mixed with some shredded cheddar cheese. I was doing Soups for awhile but I'm mainly on Proteins and I'm getting used to eating poached eggs and boiled eggs for Breakfast. I also like Greek yogurt so I'm trying my best.

Since my port has flipped however I'm feeling no restriction so I have to be so careful portion wise. I get my revision on May 10th and hope I'll be in the green zone eventually.

I hope you start to tolerate your foods better so you don't have to throw up. Good luck to you!

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I'm feeling pretty good, although I think the .5cc unfill was too much. I feel the tiniest pit of restriction, but I'm excited, because that means (at least I think it does) that somewhere between here and there is my sweet spot!

I had a diet soda yesterday and it hurt bad. So I'm trying to stay away from them completely. I don't really like plain Water, so I'm doing black iced tea and I had some coffee to ward off any headaches.

I'm really practicing my chewing this morning. I'm having some eggs and bacon actually as we speak and I've got my timer here. Any of you have problems chewing things for a minute like they tell you? It's just instinct for me to swallow after like ten seconds lol. It feels so weird chewing so much. But I eat less I think - mainly because it's tiring!

Monday: new beginning. Wipe the slate clean!

[hockeywife91 106]

I'm not a big fan of plain Water either. Don't get me wrong though, sometimes I crave a big glass of Water, especially after I've worked out. What helps me is using water flavoring, like crystal light or mios. I love the raspberry ice and the pink lemonade that crystal light puts out. I also like the blueberry lemonade that mios makes. It definitely helps by making water a little more enjoyable to drink.

I'm bad about the chewing also. I really have to think about it more. I'm like you, I think with the doctor taking out the .5 cc's was a little too much, so somewhere close is that sweet spot. Can't wait to get there!

[SueBee01 630]

I'm feeling pretty good' date=' although I think the .5cc unfill was too much. I feel the tiniest pit of restriction, but I'm excited, because that means (at least I think it does) that somewhere between here and there is my sweet spot!

I had a diet soda yesterday and it hurt bad. So I'm trying to stay away from them completely. I don't really like plain Water, so I'm doing black iced tea and I had some coffee to ward off any headaches.

I'm really practicing my chewing this morning. I'm having some eggs and bacon actually as we speak and I've got my timer here. Any of you have problems chewing things for a minute like they tell you? It's just instinct for me to swallow after like ten seconds lol. It feels so weird chewing so much. But I eat less I think - mainly because it's tiring!

Monday: new beginning. Wipe the slate clean![/quote']

I hope you don't mind, but I am going to give you a couple suggestions. I am so happy that you got a slight unfill. Try measuring your foods, but changing it up a little. 2-3 ounces of meat, 1/4 cup of veggies and 1/4 cup of good carb. I did not eat salad for a year. It just doesn't stay with you. There are so many other veggies that would probably stay with you longer. Don't be afraid to have a healthy snack between meals! I would do that and then see how long it is before you become hungry. You should feel satisfied, not full. So glad you are doing better!