I have never quite understood this. How often are you supposed to get fills? Is it every other month, every month, what?

I had my surgery Dec. 3, 2009, and I have only lost 30 pounds. I don't feel any restriction at all, though I certainly do not eat as much as I used to.

Now that it isn't raining so much (the Pacific NW sucks as far as weather 8 or 9 months out of the year), I can get out and walk, but gee I had hoped for better results than this. I still have over 100 pounds to lose.

you are doing great. I was banded 9-28-09, had my first fill 1 month out and have had fills every month since. I am at 9 cc's in a 10 cc band and still haven't hit that "sweet spot" everyone talks about. I've lost 16 lbs so far so you are doing much better than I am at your weight loss. It is slow and from researching you should lose 1-2 lbs a week so I think you are on track. I just didn't take my band seriously and thought that the weight would just start falling off like it does with gastric bypass patients but it doesn't. Just hang in there and if you are getting hungry soon after you eat, you need a fill. I go about 3-4 hours in between meals. I eat 3 meals a day with 1 extra protein shake as a snack. Good luck to you.

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I was banded Nov 2008. I just got my second fill. the first was about a month out. I asked for this one because my weight loss was ony 1/2 pound in the last 6 months and I've been humgry lately. Sounds like you're doing well with your loss and the exercise is really the key to fast results.