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I was banded on April 6, 2009 and have only loss 20 pounds since surgery day. I receive two fills and no restriction at all. I have 3cc in my band and today I was able to eat a whole chicken sandwich from chickfila. I'm so disgusted I don't know what to do. I exercise 4 days a week 60 to 90 minutes what I'm doing wrong. Please give me some advise I feel like a failure.

Whoa, hold on a minute!!! Who’s a failure? What guidebook is telling you that losing 20 lbs in 2.5 months is a horrible thing? None, because in reality that is just fine, right in the ballpark in fact. Plenty of people don’t lose any weight till restriction. For some lucky losers, they have restriction right from the beginning others don’t start feeling it until 4 or 5 fills. If you don’t have any restriction you are essentially like an unbanded person and are dieting on willpower alone. Keep your chin up, stick with whatever you are doing (cuz believe it or not its working) and keep going in for fills. Pretty soon the restriction will hit and you will lose even faster. Stop beating yourself up, you are doing great.

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6'0" 285 38.6BMI Pre-Op
Surgery 2/18/09 in San Diego, Currently @3.6cc
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Weight Goal = 184 lbs - 24.9BMI (done 10/6/09)
Ultimate Goal = <13% Body Fat (done 3/18/10)

Happily maintaining below 180lbs, under 25 BMI, and less than 13% Body Fat

Thread Starter

Thanks for the encouraging comment. I go for my 3rd fill on July 7.

KartMan said it all!!! You are doing fine. Great in fact. Restriction is coming as soon as you get some fills and it will be even better.

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Banded: 1/15/09!!!! Revision to unbuckle the band on 1/16/09 due to swelling. Revision to re-buckle the band on 3/12/09. First fill 4/21/09 2.5 cc. Second Fill 5/5/09 2 cc. Unfill 5/6/09 2.5 cc. Third Fill 5/19/09 1 cc. Fourth Fill 6/2/09 1 cc. Fifth Fill 7/28/09 1 cc. Sixth Fill 9/1/09 0.5 cc. Unfill 9/8/09 1.5 cc. Seventh Fill 9/22/09 1 cc. Eighth Fill 11/3/09 0.5 cc. Then I had an unfill and 3 more fills. Somewhere in this last round I lost some fill. Total Fill 5 cc about.

I'm in your same situation. I'm going for fill #4 next week. I hope to have some restriction then. Until then, I feel mostly like I did before the band.

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Wendy

Initial Consultation with Dr. Andre Nunn 2/23/09
Empire Blue approval 3/31/09
(Realize Band 11cc Band) Surgery 4/17/09
First Fill 2cc 5/6/09 Second Fill 3cc 6/3/09 Third Fill 1.5cc 6/24/09 Fourth Fill 7/8/09 1cc
I have 7.5cc's in my band.
Post Surgery Weight 258 Size 20
Current Weight as of 7/8/09 242 Size 18/20
(16 pounds lost! - 96 pounds to go.)

8-10 pounds a month is a good avg although many do lose more at the beginning. Some do not start losing for several months or until after several fills.......same with restriction. We are all different so hang in there!

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pre-op diet start date 11/10/08
surgery date 11/24/08 10cc Allergan LAP-BAND®®®®
fill 1/09 3.5cc total 3.5
fill 2/09 2.25cc .5cc unfill following day total 5.25
fill 8/09 .75cc total 6
total unfill for surgery 9/09
fill 9/15/09 total 4.5 / fill 1.1 9/21 total 5.6 cc
9/15/09 95 pounds lost from highest wt 9/08