Banded 9/22. Weighed 230 at my heighest. 183 now. Up til this point this has been, for lack of a better word -- easy. The weight has fallen off. I declined a fil oct 31 bc I wasnt hungry, could stay full on half a cup. About a week later my hunger started creeping up. Nov has been a struggle. I'm hungrier. I haven't always made the best choices --i will admit that. I think part of it is b/c when my hunger hits, it hits hard, and I eat anything even if it's not a good choice. I remember being so confident in october. I was so naive to think it would have stayed that easy. Right after surgery when others were talking about hunger and bandster hell...i had none of that. How stupid of me to think that would last forever. I have an appt mon and will be getting a fill. I am curious if others are in the same boat as I am.

Most of us are in the same place as you, some choose to handle it a little differently, but I have been banded

about 10 weeks and haven't had a fill yet, but am still losing. I may have uncontrollable hunger soon and then

need a fill, but for now, no fills. I think it's about all about attitude going into this. We had pizza the other night

and I had two pieces so maybe I'm headed where you are now, we'll see. I hope you get where you want to be.

I do not have any fills...and I do not get the hunger that you are talking of. I have to go a good 5 hours before I will feel any type of hunger. The key is to make good decisions when you do decide to eat. I keep nothing in the house that will negatively effect my weight loss. This is kind of hard if you have a family though. It is just me. I hope the fill works for you and that you feel as if you are back on track!

I would recommend having healthy options available when you get really hungry at an unexpected time. Such as string cheese, veggies (stuff that does'nt take any preparation sugar snap peas, mini peppers, baby carrots/hummus). When I am caught unprepared is when I get stuck making the wrong food choices.