So I have been in bandster hell since about one week post op. I had the band placed on August 27, 2014. I went to the doctor this past Monday and was feeling so discouraged and disgusted I had kept my weight the same, but I had not lost any. I got a fill. He only put in 0.75 cc which brings me too a little over 4 cc out of a 10 cc band. It is working. I am now feeling full on the amount that was recommended to eat. I really have to learn to control my emotional hunger because it is so easy at night to grab a slider food. Does this get any easier on differentiating real hunger from those emotional hunger?

I just hope that it stays like this because until Monday I was hungry all the time and could eat whatever I wanted in large amounts with no issues.

I was banded on 27 August as well. I can say that it does eventually get easier. I am a part of a support group that is offered by the facility I had surgery at. I am dealing with emotional eating it's a roller coaster I'm up and down. But having others like me to talk it out with definitely helps. I have had two fills since surgery and it's getting a lot better. I lost 60 pounds rather quickly but we all lose weight at different paces. Hang in there and keep pushing forward.

It's tough dealing with the hunger. I had lap band in August also and have only lost about 25 pounds. I'm definitely a slow loser. It's tough sometimes to stay motivated. But I tell myself that 25 pounds is gone forever, never to come back.

As for the difference between head hunger and real hunger, ask yourself if a carrot will satisfy the hunger, if it won't, its probably not real hunger. But, make sure you have some carrots around