My friends have told me that I will not lose weight until my first fill which i have been told is 4 - 8 weeks post op. Is this true
It
is highly likely that you will not loose much weight
until you have your first or even your second fill of
your gastric band. It is usual to loose a small amount
of weight during the pre op phase on the milk diet, however,
the band is not inflated at the time of the operation
and that is why you return to normal eating and therefore
need a first inflation at around four to six weeks. It
is after this time that the amount that you begin to
eat begins to reduce and so does your weight. However,
weight loss is slow to start with. It is not like a gastric
bypass and you will find that it will speed up as the
band restriction gets to it's optimal point and your
portion sizes really reduce. The normal rules of dieting
apply.
Answers provided by Denise Thomas, Streamline Surgical dietitian
