I have a 10cc band with 5.8ccs and I still don't feel that tight. I can eat 1 3/4 small pieces of pizza! Bread is not a problem for me at all. I have been eating well, and I continue to lose but I have to be careful as I could eat every 3 hours. If I eat too fast I might have to burb a bit and I can hear some gurgling and rumbling in my belly . . but other than that nothing. Perhaps I need a little more fill? How much should I be able to eat?

Are you still hungry when you quit eating? When you say that you're eating well and still continuing to lose, that to me is a sweet spot. You don't need to be super restricted in your eating unless you're not losing, or having a hard time with cravings, etc.

I'm in a similar spot where I can eat pretty much anything if I'm careful, but I'm still losing and still not having extreme hunger.

Ifinally learned to slow down. It has been 9 mo. and i never got it. I have been filled I think 7 or 8 times. Small amounts till I finally got there. It taught me to eat correctly. Now I eat and still loose like she was talking about. I watch carbs, but still take small amount of things I should not. To my shock, am loosing. I think some thingss I eat a cup of. Then some things , like a 1/2 cup, depends on how it goes down. I never eat steak just in case of it gettin stuck. I don't want to get an unfill and go through tis all over again. I need to work on the veggies alot. Good for you...I lost about 78 in 9 mo., so something is working. It's getting your mind around the fact we have problems with foods... I like what I see now. It finally shows to me. Everyone sees it, but now I finally do. I like myself. I have not felt that in yrs.

Well thank-you for replying . . . sometimes it is just nice to know that someone else understands. Now today, I had a poached egg and a piece of body wise multigrain bread (toasted). I was good until lunch, then I had a 1/2 of a toasted turkey sandwich (then I was full) but at 2:00 I had 1/4 of a banana, and 5 crackers, which has kept me until supper . . . I just don't want to over fill, I guess I am just anxious about loosing this weight (who isn't!). By the way congrats on your weight loss!

I know the feeling. I think a lot of times mine is head hunger. I have 7 cc's in a 10cc band and am doing pretty well. The first time I got to 7 cc's, I ate chicken and it got stuck...3 days of misery and then went in for an unfill. He took me down to 6cc's and then started adding .5cc's every 4 weeks. I am losing fairly well right now, but I still do not always feel full, I just know when I should stop. However it does seem to last me a good 3-4 hours until I am hungry again. I did eat steak last night. I made sure it was small bites and chewed slowly and had no problems. Good luck, you will get there!

My fear is that I can eat anything and when I read some of these blogs people are only eating 1/2 cup of food, I am eating more then that . . anyway all I can do is keep track of what I am eating and when I feel hungry. I eat supper at 5 pm and I stay up late at night, I find by 10 I am getting hungry again, I need to start going to bed earlier . . .