Eating has always made me hungry. Sounds funny, but it's true. Once I start eating I could just go on and on. Eating while already full has never been a problem for me.

I have successfully dieted in the past - never kept the weight off. But as long as I'm in "diet Mode" I'm OK 'till I go off of it. Then look out! So, my pattern has ALWAYS been - Dieting to loose, trying to keep it off with more dieting, then gaining it all back (plus more).

I just want off of this horrible nightmare of a ride.

Will the band help someone like me?

Seriously choosing a doctor - probably Kuri - in Jan.

Once you're banded and have proper restriction, you won't be able to eat anymore once you're full, otherwise you'll throw up. Throwing up while banded is BAD, BAD, BAD!! By throwing up, you run the risk of having your band slip, which is not good at all.

I think the band was created for people like us who do not stop eating when we're full. There is a physical reminder when we have eaten too much that is just not there without the band. I am even getting that "uh oh" feeling after drinking too big of sips. So yes-it WILL work for you!

With proper restriction I find it impossible to eat when I am full. I mean I could graze a bit if I wanted to, but once I am full as in satisfied or start getting the siganls to stop I really cant go on.

One other thing to think about, besides what Capt'n Jack has so eloquently written, is that you might have a food sensitivity.

Corn and corn products make me ravenously hungry, to the point where I want to eat everything in the apartment, then go bang on the neigbor's doors so I can eat all their food too. Oh seriously, corn turns me into a shark like feeding frenzy.

So, I avoid corn. If I know I'm going to be eating it, I plan for it, and make sure I have protien and fat ready to go. (Protien and fat stay in your blood stream longer than carbs.)

And yes, banding will physically stop you from over eating most of the time. It is still possible to "eat around the band." Soft foods, especially ice cream go right through the band.

If you think about it though, do you really continue eat when you're totally full? I find for me its just that totally full takes waaaaaaay more food than it does for other people. I know when I think i should stop eating, but I know my body does eventually give me the signal to stop. It's only after I've consumed a huuuuuuge meal that that happens though.

I gave that a lot of thought myself, and I realised that my body does send its signals and I do obey them, its just that I want that signal to appear way earlier, before I've eaten a 1,000 calorie meal!

But I admit I can eat till I"m stuffed and then be looking to graze just out of boredom an hour or two later.