:confused:I have not lost any weight since last october 07. Was banded 6/5/07. Loss up thru oct. is 63 lbs. really not eating no different than before october. I had another fill in jan 08. Still maintaining at 228-231. any suggestions. i am up to 8.5 cc on my fill. my doctor says i have up to 10. am i going to be one of those unsuccessful people that is forever going to be fat.

I seriously doubt it, but I know how you're feeling. I lost 15 pounds before the surgery, so since then I've lost only about 11. And I've been banded for 4 months! It's super discouraging...

But, the things that my lapband friends always ask me are:

1) Are you exercising?

2) Are you eating ENOUGH? What they say is you should be aiming for 1000 calories if you're not exercising and 1200 if you are. If you don't know, you have to track. There is nothing I hate worse, so what I actually do is email my food diary to my friend at the end of every day and she does it for me on sparkpeople.com. (Obviously, she's a great friend!)

You still have 1.5cc (or more - some say) to play with regarding your fill. If your hungry, go in and get a slight fill (.2-.5ccs). I'm losing slow as well, and it is frustrating...Like stranger mentions, are you tracking your calories? are you working out? If you are change up the foods & change up the exercise - give yourself a jolt...When the scale is an issue for me, I get out my tape measure. I exercise a bunch, and I see the change in inches more so than the scale and it helps motivate me & not get discouraged when the scale doesn't want to behave...Don't give up,

Mtnpainter: I emailed you with some tips that have helped me. Good Luck!