Question for ALL Bandsters.....

fotogurl · June 3, 2008

I posted earlier today about problems I've been having with feeling full, nausea, etc. So yesterday, I could drink about 2 oz's and I felt SO FULL, but today, I can drink an entire 11 oz. Protein drink, and I'm just barely full. I know that each day will be a little different, but is that normal to be such a BIG difference is just one day?? I almost feel like I don't have the band at all today. Anyone else had this experience??

So I have a question for all bandsters, how much can you drink/eat at once until you're full and how long have you been banded??

gone 4 ever · June 3, 2008

Foto....you sweetie are in what is called bandster hell. Until you have fills and hit your sweet spot just try to enjoy and not panick.

LundyLane · June 3, 2008

I was banded 6 days ago and I know what your talking about. First couple of days I got full quick.....now it takes more and if it wasn't for the pain in the port site (not bad) I would not know I had anything.

I understand things are gonna change so I am keeping track of my calorie intake using FitDay.com and still easily able to keep less than 1000 calories a day, which I could not do easy on the pre-opt diet eating 1200 calories I was still STARVING :lol: .

Looking forward to the swelling or the thick feeling in my stomach to go away and to getting my first fill. All is good! :lol:

fotogurl · June 3, 2008

Hey, just read your post. How in the world are you getting in around 1000 calories?? I feel like I'm drinking all day and I'm getting in around 500-600. Each Protein Drink is 110, so I'm having 3 a day, chicken broth, crystal light, Water, which hardly have any calories at all.

sally123 · June 3, 2008

I have been banded 5 months. Some days I can eat a lot and other days, very little. My experience is that every day is different and totally unpredictable.

heatherlynnTX · June 4, 2008

yeah, i was like that even before the band. some days i could eat like crazy before my cycle. some days not even eat hardly a thing. but with the band i've felt that too, sometimes i can eat just about 6-8 bites of mushies and be stuffed and full for hours, then the next day i can eat quite abit more and the fullness gone shortly there after. i think it depends on your activity level, the texture/density of what you are eating/drinking and who knows it could even have something to do with the barometric pressure----you just never know when it has to do with the human body and a man-made object. i'm just glad that now i can't go off and eat the whole darn kitchen when i'm on a hungry jag. lol

Edited June 4, 2008 by heatherlynnTX

poodlecamper · June 4, 2008

I've been banded 4 1/2 monthes, and up until last Friday felt I could eat way too much---I had to use more self-control than I had anticipated to keep my calories down. Now, things are very different--and variable. Yesterday 1/4 of a hamburger barely went down. Today, 1/2 cup spaghetti and 2 tiny meatballs went down easily. Even liquids have to be swallowed slowly, like going down a backed up drain. Before I could down 12 oz of Fluid in a few seconds. I guess it's just a series of fine-tunings. I'm giving this 2 weeks--to see if I need to have some taken out. I'm happy though, losing weight without that hollow, starving feeling. Wish i could've had it done 20 years ago!!

ssdown · June 4, 2008

I had the same experience as poodlecamper. Last month a got a fill and was very tight. After two weeks it lessened and now I'm still tight but it's a bit more manageable. I've definitely lost weight which is what it's all about! My pants are much looser. I get weighed tomorrow. SS

skierhj · June 4, 2008

I'm at 13 days and I'm all over the place. I'm on mushy foods and sometimes they go down really easily then the next time I try something I can't get anything down. I will say that if I keep to pretty bland foods I seem to fill up right away and stay full for hours. But if I eat something really tasty I want to eat more and savor the flavor. I'm sure that's in my head because even so my portions are way smaller than I've ever eaten. I am having trouble not drinking Water while eating because that's what I've always done.