Is something wrong???

kasondra123
on 9/16/10 9:02 am - CT
I was banded on July 29th... I had one fill so far and will be seeing the Doc on momday. I'm not getting full and I think i'm turning into a grazer.lol. Is this normal i'm sure i'm eating more then 2oz of food,I can eat my food and still keep going. Did I maybe stretch my band? Had this happened to anyone else?

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rainbow_runner
on 9/16/10 9:24 am

Sounds perfectly normal.  Usually one fill is not enough to bring you to restriction - it certainly wasn't for me.  I was able to eat waaay more than I should have after my first fill, but I deliberately did NOT eat any more than the calories per day that I was allowing myself (1200).  Try controlling your portion sizes right from the start and it sets you up mentally in a good way for the way you will eat when you DO reach proper restriction.  I reached a good level of restriction after my second fill in May, but am now finding I am getting hungrier and know I could eat a lot more than I have been.  So I have an appt for another fill in October.

See how you feel after your second fill, but if you still don't have restriction at that point, then most definitely get another one.  That's how you work this band - adjustment, adjustment, adjustment - PERFECTION!!

    
tplumm
on 9/16/10 10:47 am - Maybrook, NY
wow, no wonder you are hungry i am sure we all have different doctors but my nutritionalist always told me to eat between 3-4 oz(in a meal) and 3 oz of veggies, 64 oz of water a day...so if all you are eating is 2oz...and thats it, then im sure anybody would be not only hungry but starving, but like we discussed, we both are doing our band different but im just saying 2oz 3x a day cannot be enough...maybe another bandster has a different opinion....
Guernica Loser
on 9/16/10 11:55 am
On September 16, 2010 at 4:02 PM Pacific Time, kasondra123 wrote:
I was banded on July 29th... I had one fill so far and will be seeing the Doc on momday. I'm not getting full and I think i'm turning into a grazer.lol. Is this normal i'm sure i'm eating more then 2oz of food,I can eat my food and still keep going. Did I maybe stretch my band? Had this happened to anyone else?
not strange at all.  it took me at least 3 fills to feel a little tiny bit of restriction.  Right now it's about getting used to your band and try really hard not to graze.  Keep up the good work.
I've been on prednisone and chemo for over 7.5 years.  Gained over 160 pounds due to pred. Highest wt. 410. Surgery wt. 365. Current wt. 299
See ya,400s, 90s,80s,70s, 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s, 20s, 10s 300s!!!!  
                                    
             
Guernica Loser
on 9/16/10 11:56 am
oh and 2oz is not nearly enough right now.  Try 4-5oz of dense protein.  That kept me satisfied for a few hours.  2oz is nothing in the beginning since you barely have restriction. 
I've been on prednisone and chemo for over 7.5 years.  Gained over 160 pounds due to pred. Highest wt. 410. Surgery wt. 365. Current wt. 299
See ya,400s, 90s,80s,70s, 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s, 20s, 10s 300s!!!!  
                                    
             
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