Twilight Zone-Time before Fill

simplycami · 08-18-2008, 07:58 AM

Good Morning Everyone!
I was banded through TLCEdge/Dr. Kim on July 31st. Everything has gone very well in terms of preop, surgery and healing from surgery. I lost 17 lbs on the preop diet and 6 lbs since surgery. I am bummed that I haven't lost more since surgery. I am eating such low calories. I started working out again and hope to be doing 4 days this week. I feel like this time before my first fill is the twilight zone that people don't really talk about. You don't have restriction but you are to eat the most limited amount of food. That would be a lot more tolerable if the scale was reflecting my efforts. :(
Any suggestions that people have would be really apprecated. I have even considered just going back to liquids for two meals a day until my band gets filled to see some results. The initial 6 was the week after surgery and nothing since. OH and....Since surgery I have had a very light period (the longest of my life) which has played slight havoc with my hormones I think. LOL.... Not helpful. I had even continued my birth control so I wouldn't have one. That didn't work. : )
Thanks for listening!
Simply,
Cami

Momto5 · 08-18-2008, 08:57 AM

Hi Cami
I am living there too. And it scares me! I am not eating much now and not losing. How will a fill make that better? It's kind of a scary place to be!

LEN · 08-18-2008, 10:15 AM

Hi. I'm there with you too! Banded 6/17....dropped a quick 20 lbs and then waited anxiously for my first fill which was 8/5. I felt immediate restriction and have definitely been needing less to feel full. There have been many more instances of bites just not going down. However, I cannot get the number on the scale to move. I've been excersing, drinking lots and trying to eat as little as possible....but my scale seems to be stuck. I just keep hoping that it has to pay off....that number must move at some point!

simplycami · 08-18-2008, 08:42 PM

My POINT exactly.... Glad to know I am not alone!
Thanks for the message.