Just to pat myself on the back - I HAVE LOST 100 Lbs in 15 1/2 months

Awsome sounds like you have done great with the lapband!

I really do love my lap-band and I sing it's praises to anyone who asks me about my weight loss. I know that I would never be where I am without it. I am at a point now where I can eat some carbs or some bad food and I don't get stuck... I think I was fortunate from the beginning because I felt as if I had restriction from the beginning - my band was not filled at surgery - I think that it was my mind-set. I researched a lot on my own before hand so I knew what I was headed for portion wise, etc and I started eating smaller than a cup portions as soon as I was allowed food. I never went through bandster hell.. I haven't had a single bad part of my journey