I received the lapband surgery on March 16, 2006. I immediately lost 40 pounds then one day I woke up and was hungry and could eat everything in sight. I have a 4 cc band and it is filled to capacity. I have gained back 16 pounds and am struggling to get back on board. It is so funny sometimes I take one bite and can tell I need to stop because it is stuck, but most of the time I can eat anything. It is so random and my friends are worried because they notice when I take one bite and it's going to come up. That worries them, what worries me is the rest of the time when everything is going down and I'm hungry all the time. No one seems to understand.

I would make an appointment with my doctor and discuss this with them. I think a total unfill and then a re-fill may be what happens. A totally filled band? Seems too tight. You do have an different style band than I do, so perhaps that is possible.

You know this tool works for you. Now you need to figure out how to "hold the hammer". If you held a hammer upside down and tried to pound with it, you'd get a different result than if you hold it the way it is supposed to be held. Because you have a different model of "hammer" - you need to contact a "dealer" that understands that model. Good luck!!!

what you have described sounds EXACTLY like what I'm experiencing myself. I have lost about 43 pounds since being banded in April, but have only had one fill, my second is scheduled for the first week of September, but I haven't lost anything for two weeks. I just ate dinner, and had no problem and ate almost as much as before the band, also other times I can't even get one bite down. I went on LBT to try to re-motivate myself - I have been eating like crap quite honestly. It is hard when you don't feel any restriction most of the time, and can't seem to stick with the healthy foods. I do'nt know what size band I have, I know I have 4cc's in there now though. I think the key for us is to remember to eat the healthy foods before anything else until we can talk with our doctors. On top of now being able to eat whatever I want - now I'm losing my hair...grrr. Sorry, I'm kind of rambling, I don't know if it is helping at all.

I could use a buddy right now, too. :-)

Strom from your pics you dont look like your doing bad at all actually u look great. But how much exercsing have u been doing and how many times a week? Have you been fooling the band? have you been eating soft foods high in carbs? Lets hear what you r doctor recommend interested because I think where in the same boat.