September Lap-Banders!

The September RNY-ers are WAY ahead of me in weight loss. How about you lap-banders? I've had one fill, and I don't feel like I'm experiencing any of the effects of the lap-band yet. Anyone else feeling this way? i'm drinking a protein drink for breakfast, a chicken lunch (3 oz chicken and 6 wheat crackers)....and a dinner based on protein (like a piece of chicken or fish), but I might take 2-3 bites of potatoes or whatever side dish is around. I can't eat any green vegetables due to being on blood thinners. I am getting in 100 oz of water everyday. But...at this time...I feel like I am dieting just like I have been all of my life....and not feeling like the band is helping me at all. Pre-Op Weight = 279 Op Weight = 264 Current Weight = 252 (pathetic, isn't it!!...yikes!! ) Next fill is MONDAY!!! Looking forward to it!

Hello, I had RNY a little after you & have lost about 30 lbs. It comes off VERY slowly. My Doc says I am doing fine & I'm just happy to see the scale moving downward instead of the opposite direction. Weightloss has to do with many things, as you know. I try not to compare myself with others. Sooner & more would be better, but it is what it is. I'm also not too eager for loose skin, so this rate is okay by me. So ask your Doc's opinion. Perhaps a nut also. 100 oz. of water seems like an awful lot. No green veggies because of blood thinners? Not familiar with that. Good luck! Islander

Hey, I have had 2 fills so far, my surg date was 9/7 so a bit b4 you. preop weight was 260- Surg weight-242 today-213 so there ya go. It will come off, slowly but surely.

Just had my fill today...so I am hopeful!!! I am looking forward to shunning the food and saying things like: '...I just can't eat another bite!'

And? How's it going after your fill?!

For 4 weeks following my December fill...I lost perhaps maybe 1 pound. The fill did, for the first time, give me a negative reaction to food intake. On two occasions, I ate some bread (whole wheat), and then I would be in extreme pain...and feel like throwng up....which would last until I burped. Which was actually great...cause I don't like that feeling, and I certainly don't need to be eating bread. So there I was, not eating anything with bread, no sweets, having a high protein intake and for two weeks of that 4, I began vigorous exercise 45 minutes 5 days a week....and the total weight loss over that 4 week period was ONE pound!!!! And I constantly still felt like I was on a diet...having to have will power to turn down food. Over the past 2 weeks however, someone talked me into trying Imelda Perfect Slim capsules, and I have taken 2 each morning. Over the past 2 weeks I have lost 9 pounds!! And on top of that...the pills make me actually forget about food!! I always have been consumed about thoughts about food, and somehow, this little capsule makes me less impulsive about wanting food just because I see it. I can see people at work with birthday cake...and I don't care to have any..I DON'T FEEL DEPRIVED like I did before. I have not scheduled another fill....as I am currently being very successful, but I sure don't feel like it is because of the lap band!!! In my mind...right now, the two are working very well together and so I will just focus on that. I now have HOPE!!! Last week was a full week being able to maintain less than 250 pounds...and now I am down to 243! Can't wait to get on the scale on Monday!!!