Newly Banded! Caloric Restriction & Amounts

[Soul Eating 0]

Hi all!

I was just banded on 8/3 and even though I spent 2 years studying and going to support groups and learning everything I could learn I still have questions that I feel I should already know the answers to

Here are some figures:

Starting weight Nov '07: 333

Pre-Surgery Weight: 292

Banded on 8/3/09

Current Weight: 281.5

My concerns now are that since it seems I'm done loosing Water weight, I need to enter into a more aggressive stage of calorie restriction which is proving to be very difficult as my Protein shakes are on the high end (200) calories per serving and yet I am still missing my Protein requirements by ablt 10 grams. I am already in the process of selecting new shakes. However I am concerned about not getting enough calories and forcing my body into starvation mode.

My other issue is that now that the swelling as gone down restriction is rather minimal I can down a good deal of liquid before feeling satisfied. I had a whole can of Soup prepared and finished it over the course of 3 hours (it was very watery, but tasty!) Is this something that should be expected prior to my first fill? I tend to be a very fast healer, how long did it take for others before they were comfortable taking in more liquids?

Thank you all for your time and advise!

Claudia

Soul Eating

[tmbowe 1]

I went through the same thing. I was told that the first 4 weeks are devoted to healing and that you are not trying to lose weight in that time frame. So you want to keep drinking your liquids. As soon as I got my first feel at 6 weeks post op The feeling subsided somewhat but not completely it actually took me 4 fills I am now at 6.3 before I actually got that full feeling. I would just try to be patient as we are all different and the band works differently for all of us. I think once you get a fill you will feel much better

[RestlessMonkey 7]

I drank easily from recovery on. I had no fill in my band (except some primer) during surgery. Many who have issues post op find their surgeon filled their bands some.

And yes the first 6 weeks or so are for healing. Your body was traumatized even if you don't realize it and is using calories etc to heal. Now is not a time to lose. My doc recommended a specific shake for me and that's the one I used. AND I didn't even GET Protein week 1!

Don't worry about caloric intake, loss, gain, etc right now. Just heal and get that 64 oz of Water in each day.

[Soul Eating 0]

Wow. Haven't been on this site for a full day and already I've gotten advice that put me at ease :drool:

Thank you so much for the sound advice. You are right. Hydration and Protein are paramount right now.

*goes to have some more soup*