Need Lap Band Buddy / Mentor Slow goin'

[Girliesmoml2003 0]

Help! I was banded with the AP band on 7-22. Lost 10 lbs before the surgery, 5 more during the first week and none since. I've been adjusted about 5 times. My surgeon claims he can pull saline back out and there are no leaks. I'm restricted for SOME bread but other than that can eat pretty much anything. I find I can eat literally 6 cups or more of fries, popcorn, chips, candy, but 1/8 cup of eggsalad on bread. I need a mentor! I'm losing hope and losing motivation but gaining a huge appetite!!! ~Lynn:sad_smile:

[hpegg 0]

I know that you said you have had 5 fills already but obviously, it is not restricting you if you can eat 6 cups of anything. Maybe you can ask your doctor to completely unfill you and then fill you again to see just how much you have in your port. You should be eating at the most one cup of any food so it sounds like you really do not have any restriction.

In the meantime, how about going back to basics? What kind of diet were you on before the surgery to lose weight? How about jumpstarting yourself with a week of a liquid diet or a low car diet? Once you start losing weight again, you will probably start feeling better about yourself and not eat all the starch and sugar you are doing right now. Remember, we are food addicts so we always need to get back on the wagon.

Helen