Fills

[tish76 0]

How many fills does it take until you really start to notice the weight loss?

[kimaly 57]

I started losing weight right away because of changing my eating habits, If your asking when you get restriction that depends no one can really say because everyone is different and also get different fill amounts.

[RestlessMonkey 7]

The question is really hard to answer. I agree with Kimaly...do you mean when do you hit restriction? When do people ON AVERAGE start to lose? Weight loss isn't just tied to fills.

It took me 7 fills or so to get restriction. I found my "sweet spot" at fill 8, and that's when i really started losing. I started eating less with the first fill. I was told by the NP at MY surgeon's office (based on his patient base and how conservative/aggressive he is with fills) it takes many of his patients 6 months or more to start losing.

That's just for me though; it really doesn't apply to you. You may have an aggressive doc, you may lose without any fill, you may take longer.

[tish76 0]

Thanks guys for your responses. I guess I was asking when do u start to feel more restriction. I lost thirty pounds the first 4 weeks and since things have been slow.. I've had two fills already with a total of 4cc and I only lost about 4 pounds since I started receiving the fills. Starting to get frustrated because I do eat right and exercise.

[RestlessMonkey 7]

It's a process. It can take a while. Just be patient! (easier said than done I know but many of us have been there and that's all you can do!)

[tish76 0]

Thanks guys!!

[loser4life 0]

It sure does take patience!! I think my fill last week has me finally at where I want to be on restriction - and to the point I was thinking I would get to at the time I got started on the whole surgery effort !!

I'm at 10cc in a 14cc band and took a long time to get here. Before the fill I could eat most anything. Now I am eating very small portion and stuffed. I had one incident that I think was a "PB". What needed to come up came up in one "burp". I think that must be the difference between PB and actually throwing up ... once and done is PB - repeatively in the same time frame is the other. (sorry to be gross).

(need to add 1cc on 7/30/09 for total of 10cc in below tracking).