Is your gastric band sabotaging your weight loss?

I’ve had a few patients in clinic recently who came for a fill & actually left with a defill 🤨

Trust me on this one, more fluid in some cases doesn’t mean more weight loss.

Overfilling a band for the wrong reasons can just make the unhealthy eating habits that are forming spiral into bigger issues!

The reason these patients wanted more fluid👇🏻

⚫️Weight had plateaued or started to increase

⚫️ To help with motivation and help get their diet back on track  

⚫️ Feeling hungry all the time

⚫️ To help stop the grazing

All seem really valid reasons why a Bandfill would help right? but assessment indicated differently Reason being👇🏻

These patients bands already indicated that the band was over tight or not been managed in the correct manor

An over-tight or unmanaged band can lead you to choosing the wrong foods (typically the unhealthy ones seem to go down fine) or make you pick sliders over textures adding sauces/gravy additional calories without you thinking - this can lead to a plateau or an increase in weight. 

You will find your diet choices limited if your band is too tight, increasing the pressure will only reduce your dietary options further - finding the healthy textures more challenging and swaying you further into a maladaptive diet plan - actually working against the main function of the band

You may feel more hungry or even nutritionally compromised if your band is stopping you eating a healthy balanced diet - for example not being able to hit your protein or hydration goals or by not having enough texture in your meals to gain the full benefits of the band

If your band is stopping you eating a side plate of food ie 2 mouthfuls and full - this can lead to more a continuous grazing style of diet, which really can be more calorific if not careful or monitored meticulously

Why a small defill would help👇🏻

It will allow you to refocus on the healthy textured foods again, enabling a balanced diet, the correct portion, increasing satiety, improving hydration, reducing the need or want for additional snacks, increase motivation/energy levels and overall more often will help reduce calories and kick start the WeightLoss journey

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Specialist Bariatric Nurse -13 years experience with gastric band adjustments 🙌🏻

Nic @gastricbandclinic
Specialist Bariatric Nurse

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