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Thanks for replies. I just want to say, that I am exercising three to four times a week, and eating about 1100 calories per day and writing everything down. About five years ago I did weight watchers, lost 90 lbs., gained back 75. I feel like I am doing the exact same diet now. I have not had a fill, so maybe that is the problem, but being banded has not given me any tool. It has not restricted, and the weight that I have lost, is totally because of my mindset. I never feel full...satisfied? MAYBE, hungry? for sure. I ended up being very sick after the operation and in the hospital for an additional five days. I'm just having a hard time understanding where my tool is. Will the fill make that much of a difference?

I have been up and down within a pound for the last 11 days. I was banded on 1/31/08,lost steadily the first two-three weeks, and now I am very frustrated. I too, never feel full, but certainly don't want to eat more. I just feel like I got this thing, and I'm certainly not eating been half of what I was eating before being banded, so I should be losing weight. Go figure

Getting back to eating regular food also happens faster with the realize band.