:help: Hi, I got banded on Nov 18, 05. I'm short, 5'2", and started at 231 lbs. So far I've lost 23.5 lbs. I'm slow...I know, but yesterday I had my third fill....each fill was for 1 cc....so I have 1 cc left to play with in my 10cc band. The doctor said that my band will allow for only a trickle to go through now.

Has anyone of you had a similar thing happen.....where you lost really slowly and then it picked up as your band was tightened to just a trickle? If your weight loss picked up only after several fills.......will you please let me know? I'll be anxiously awaiting your reply....I need to hear that there are people who were slow loosers first but then got the ball rolling. I'm kind of loosing faith and I need a boost. Help. Write with your tricks or tips or whatever...just write.

I'm not following. You've had three fills that were 1cc each, you have the 10cc (VG) band, but you only have 1cc left to play with? Do you mean 10cm (4cc) band, or do you really have a 10cc band?

If you have a 10cc band, there's still lots of room for adjustment. If you have a 10cm band, do you *feel* restriction?

Also, as you get tighter & tighter, it will no longer take a full cc to make a difference, and you could feel a 0.2cc adjustment now more than a 1.5cc adjustment earlier.

The general rule is that it can take between 2 and 5 adjustments to have proper restrictions. That's kind of an average and it's less for some people and more for others, but I would say that as you get to the right restriction level, there's a very good chance that your weight loss could pick up.

Being a member of the 'slow losers club', I do have to say that there are some people who are just going to lose slower than others, but other than being frustrating, there's nothin' wrong with that either.

You probalby mean your 10cm band, which is 4ccs (but maximum volume of 5)