I had my first fill on August 18th, for the 1st week it was wonderful and I could really see a difference in the amount of food I could eat. I am now starting to be able to eat more and more food, so I really have to watch my portion sizes. Is this normal for a fill to lose its effect so soon?? What am I doing wrong?

You are not doing anything wrong. It is very common for people not to have ANY restriction for the first few fills. I would think I had restriction for a few days, then nothing. It took me until my 3rd fill to have ACTUAL, REAL restriction. They say filling the band causes a little swelling in some people and that may be where that first week of feeling restricted comes from. Hang in there and be patient and the pounds will fall off!

Nothing wrong, totally normal. I've had 5 fills and have had that with each one. Up at the top of your page where the search is, type in fat pad. Someone posted a big long post on one of the other forums where they talk about how when you lose weight, the fat pad around the band also starts to go away so your fill can be fine one day but as you continue to lose and shrink the pad, you may have to keep getting fills until the bulk of the fat pad is gone. I've done this every month and now 6 months out, I am not getting the large fills any more to make up the difference. Hope that helps.

Trish, thanks for the referral to fat pad. I'll look it up. Sounds interesting. I always wondered what happens if you reach close to 10 cc's and need more restriction! Guess that answers it!

Jonna, doesn't seems like you are doing anything wrong. Look at your weight loss already! Keep up the good work!