I need some advise please

Maybe they can fill you somewhere in the middle. I am going through the same thing and have been banded now for 7 months. I feel like I am eating too much and foods I shouldn't be eating (breads). I fluctuate the same 4 pounds every month and feel like I'm dieting...without losing. I had a problem and they took some out. I think I am going to have them put a smidge back in. Good luck to you!

Maybe you should go back and have the doctor put a little more in. Not to the point where you are having problems. Going back to a cup per meal could get the scale moving again. Good luck to you!

Yikes, do I have a lot to learn. Any one remember Phen Fen? I didnt care about eating anymore back then. Food had no control over me any more. That is what I am hoping this surgery will do for me.... I want to be able to eat a food that I dont really care about that has the most bang for all the nutriants I need per meal & be done with it.... Has it worked like this for anyone that has already had this procedure done?

I'm with the above who is too tight, or nothing. I am 9 months in and lost 55 pounds. I have been stuck at the exact same number now for 13 weeks. Doesn't matter if I eat more or less, I neither gain nor lose. I've even started drinking wine on occasion and that doesn't do anything.

I've done a lot a lot of reseach. Funny but I'm finding out things I somehow never heard going into this. What I find is that I am the norm. The band is only good porportionatly. Many people will lose 40 - 60 pounds and the band then becomes a holder for which they can't get below. I'm really sad that I self funded this but learning to live with the decision and how I have to alter my life because of it. For me I still deal with hunger and cravings. Those never go away. I'm tighter in the morning and can only ever eat yogurt, as the day progresses I losen up and any and everything passes. I'm so tired of cottage cheese and yogurt. I think a mental portion of this is learning to live with the limitations.

Careful with putting back in. A nano adjustment for me can mean not even passing water, literally. It stinks!

How do you get all your protein and nutrients in with just 1 cup of food for each meal? I train very hard and I need about 100 grams of protein to build and maintain muscle. From what you guys are saying...maybe I should just go in and pay the $200 and have a little bit put back in. It scares me but I think I will have to if I want to lose more weight since diet and exercise just dont seem to work. Im really afraid of PMS time. As it is now I get super tight then...

Kelly, Sounds like you need a small fill, and yes, it's not always easy to get to the perfect spot and I'd suggest doing a little at a time this round so you're not back to too tight (some find even .1cc can make a difference). When I'm at my sweet spot I have no hunger at all between meals, but I can still eat everything (slowly, chewed to death). -BG