19 day out!

[2muchfun 8,927]

You only ate a cup of food a day? I was told 1/2 - 1 cup per meal.

Make that per meal, not per day.

[SolracSpree 133]

Make that per meal, not per day.

LoL Dont scare me like that!!

[deleteme 176]

I didnt lose any weight for about from week 2 - 4. Now I am at week 5 and losing again. I think my body had to kick out of starvation mode.

I also stopped losing after week 2. I held steady at 19 lbs. I just got a fill today and have 5 cc in my 10 cc band. My surgeon filled 4 cc during my "installation" of the band.

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[rmalikone 108]

In bandster hell myself! Banded 7/8/13 and 1st fill will be 8/27/13, thats a little more than 6 weeks (yikes). What I'm trying to do is Portion Control because I can't feel/know when I'm full.

[Ricksgal_96 24]

In bandster hell myself! Banded 7/8/13 and 1st fill will be 8/27/13' date=' thats a little more than 6 weeks (yikes). What I'm trying to do is Portion Control because I can't feel/know when I'm full.[/quote']

I guess this surprises me because I thought that it was supposed to be at 4-weeks.... Hang in there! I'll be pulling for ya!

[PrettyThick1 1,860]

I'm feeling very hungry and eating more then I have in the last few days! When do I get a fill?

My doctor had me schedule my first fill the day after surgery and it was 3 weeks to the day of my procedure. I think he nailed the timing because it was at that stage that I started feeling hunger again. What's more is that my weight is on a steady decline (3+ lbs. per week) and I can only think that getting the fill at the right time had a lot to do with it.

[PrettyThick1 1,860]

I'm almost 2 weeks out and my hunger has def increased in the last few days, and I've stopped losing (tho cals in remain the same in a range btwn 650-900). From what I've read on here that seems similar to many others' experience.

Good luck w the fill - let us know how it goes! I've got another cpl weeks before mine and I'm curious abt what it will be like.

Yes, you are nearing your time for a fill - 3 weeks is optimal. Don't worry about the slower weight loss, that happened to me but after a few days and a fill it kicked back in. Try to get a few more calories in, I think it makes a difference if you get at least 1000.

[Joenissan 0]

Hi all. I was banded on 7/9/13 and I'm starving! Lol. I know I wasn't supposed to start regular food yet but we had a sudden death in my wife's family and had to be out of town for a few days. Kind of difficult to stick to a liquid soft diet in those circumstances. Anyhow, I'm thinking I may need to move up my fill from mid August to a sooner date. My problem now is that I thought I was supposed to feel full faster but it seems I just get a weird feeling that comes on without warning while eating.....like its not going down. Luckily it last just a few seconds. And that's even while eating really slow and chewing the hell out of my food. Seems to be normal for some. I'm hoping a fill will help change that.

[2muchfun 8,927]

Hi all. I was banded on 7/9/13 and I'm starving! Lol. I know I wasn't supposed to start regular food yet but we had a sudden death in my wife's family and had to be out of town for a few days. Kind of difficult to stick to a liquid soft diet in those circumstances. Anyhow, I'm thinking I may need to move up my fill from mid August to a sooner date. My problem now is that I thought I was supposed to feel full faster but it seems I just get a weird feeling that comes on without warning while eating.....like its not going down. Luckily it last just a few seconds. And that's even while eating really slow and chewing the hell out of my food. Seems to be normal for some. I'm hoping a fill will help change that.

Doubtful? It would only make it worse. You're still swollen and since you've not been following the rules you could be even more swollen due to irritating the area around the band. You're already tight so a fill would only make you tighter.

My advice would be to go back to liquids but most of all, call your doctor's office and tell them what's going on?

[Joenissan 0]

Doubtful? It would only make it worse. You're still swollen and since you've not been following the rules you could be even more swollen due to irritating the area around the band. You're already tight so a fill would only make you tighter.

My advice would be to go back to liquids but most of all' date=' call your doctor's office and tell them what's going on?[/quote']

You're probably right and these next few weeks are going to be al screwed up now. Lol. I'll be on vacation this next week upstate and then I'm home for a week and down to myrtle beach we go. Until I have a chance to see the dr and get a fill, I'll have to go back on at least a soft diet. I find I'm hungry a lot right now and have to try and keep busy.