breeze32

You are doing awesome! I couldn't even do the 3 days of liquids they asked me to do after my first fill! I finally understand what wonderland is after my second fill. So excited to lose this weight!!! Woohoo!

Why do you believe your too tight? I am at 8ccs and I have not pb'd or had any pain but I have not eaten very much at all. I would say around 1/2 a cup of food for each meal sometimes a little more and sometimes less, but I can eat rice, bread, pasta anything I just don't eat very much of it and I chew FOREVER!! It is weird because i don;t fell like I am stuffed or that my pouch is full either, I am just done after a certain point. It is really odd not what I expected. I think I am one of the lucky ones who got where i need to be pretty fast considering my surgery was in May.

You need to get creative, once you can have creamy soups life will be much easier. I will tell you what got me through ws a balck bean bisque it is an organic boxed soup. I would put spicy cheese in it and melt it. mmmmmmm so good and really helped with my "food" cravings. You will get through it. Some people have no problem and others are chewing and spitting it out just to feel like they have eaten something solid. Which I have done on a few occasions Hang in there and look up some ideas others have had for the liquid phase there are some great ideas hiding within this forum.

Oh I forgot I am not on liquids I ate solid food right there in the office afte rmy fill.

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You and me both! It feels so good when the motivation kicks in. How many days were you on liquids? I had my fill 7/27.

We got our fill on the same day!

Just had my second fill and it seems perfect! 8 cc's and ready to roll Restriction seems perfect, I am chewing like crazy and eating 3 very small meals! Now if I could get my butt to exercise every day I would be perfect!

I finally get to start really losing this weight! woohoo!

Dr. SO was awesome and really spent some time with me to get it right, so happy with them.

I have 4cc in 11 band and i am RESTRICTED !

I have 8 ccs in a 11 cc band. 2 fills both done at the OCC and I have restriction. I ate real food afte rmy fill and the Dr.then waited 10 min after the fill and looked under floro again to make sure everything went down. OCC is awesome!! They really know what they are doing!

I was diagnosed with Hashimotos thyroid back in 1998,, I was banded in March of 2007,, lost 100lbs. The band will work if you want it to.

I have had hypothyroidism for several years, my levels are constantly off and the weight will come off just fine if your levels are somewhat balanced and you are not eating too much. I think with the condition it is hard because if your levels are off you feel tired and feel as if you need energy and food = energy...right? :)It will work fine many people have severe hypothyroidism and can lose weight.

I was just there in May and it was fine. I did not go anywhere though, it was not worth it to me to even put myself in any kind of position. It was fine and I feel safe as long as I am in the OCC, Marriot or shuttle. Here is the advise I have for you..... bring powdered broth!!! The chicken broth they give you at the MaRRIOT IS SO GROSS!! It is seriously the juice in the bottom of the pan after cooking a chicken. YUCK it made me hate broth forever! lol

Well I decided not to stay. My appt. is at 9:30 and my flight leaves at 5:30 pm. Enough time for me to eat something before I leave. I would rather have the OCC do my fill as no one around me does fills with Flouroscopy (sp?) If I need to be unfilled I will go to a fill center. I am crossing my fingers that all goes great and I end up lucky with perfect restriction. Thanks for all of the advice.

I will be down there on 7/27 for my second fill! Hoping it puts me right where I need to be.

I have never stayed there I have my fill frist thing in the morning and right back across the border i go I do stay in san diego for luch just in case if alls good back to arizona I go It always worked for me. I do follow the rules DR. SO gives me.

Hope this helps

That is great info from both of you. thanks. I was thinking I will eat at the occ that way I don't have to go back over the border.

Thats great info

how far do you live from the OCC?

I am in Colorado

I am heading down for my second fill 3rd week in July, It is not easy to spend the night there because I have 3 kids and a husband who can not take off of work right now as he is starting a new job on the 6th of July. I had 5cc put in about 2 weeks ago and I have no restriction at all. I can get to the occ by 9:30 am for one of the first fill appts and hang out there all day, then catch a plane out at like 9pm. I should be able to have a small breakfast and late lunch at OCC.

Do you think that will be good enough? Or do I have to stay the night? Any advice would be appreciated. I keep going back and forth and I am driving myself crazy!

Sit back and think about what you have really lost..... you have lost 23 lbs in seven weeks That is more than 3 lbs a week!!! That is awesome! Imagine if you continued to lose weight at that rate. I think you are doing great and should be very happpy. I am happy with 1.5-2.0 lbs a week.

Hi Heidi, I was there with you yesterday, I got my first fill. That really sucks but maybe you are just adjusting, I would give it a day or two, unless your throwing up everything.

On the bright side you obviously have some restriction!! I am struggling with the damn liquids! What is the purpose of the liquids after your first fill???

Hi All,

I had surgery on April 12th. Got my fist fill on May 25th at 5.0 cc's. I really had no restriction. Yesterday, I got another fill at the OCC and put me at 8.0cc. So, I had a couple of pieces of watermelon this morning and it really hurt going down. Do I need to chew better?

For lunch I just took about three bites of left over pasta and it got stuck. I threw up about three times and it was slimy. So, now I know I can't eat pasta! Do you think the band is

too tight or I just need to learn to eat slower and chew better?

Thanks!

Heidi

They say start day 8, but if you are totally starving they say day 4. I started day 7 or 8. Oh and I drink out of a straw all the time. I seem to get less air that way especially with water. I am able to drink much more water that way. I am not sure if that will change with fills as I was just banded 5/10, but as of now it is better than gulping down out of a cup or water bottle.

I am planning on going for my first fill on 6/22. I am debating on whether to stay the night. I really don't want to and unlike others who shop and go see movies in TJ. I don't like being there and can't wait to leave. I will be by my self and it makes me uncomfortable.

To leave that night or stay? I am driving myself crazy!