Hey everybody! My name is Jess aka - jessiebear. I haven't been here in a while. I'm in need of support again. It is really hard to live with the band & not have anyone to support you that knows first hand what you are going through. I tried. It hasn't worked. I missed ya'll!!!

I was banded 1-26-2005. I had lost 90lbs before I had a problem with my band (1-2008) & had to have all of my fill taken out. I have had one fill since then (2-2008) & I am currently up to 2.0cc in a 4cc band. I still do not have restriction & I am eating everything that I can get my hands on!! I have gained 39lbs since January. EEEEEK!! I am going to schedule another fill just as soon as I can. Until then, I will be here! Hopefully I can use everyone's success stories to encourage me until then. :thumbup:

Hi there! I just got banded in May, and did really well at first. But now I've stopped losign weight, so it's back to the doctor for another fill for me too! It doesn't always go as planned, but at least we are trying!

Good luck to you, and I hope you can get back on track soon.

Jessie, your pics are so wonderful! You look so great! Try to remember portion controle while waiting for your sweet spot. Maybe keep pics of the new you and the old you hanging all around. We will help anyway we can. I pray this will work for you.

it is very frustrating when you are not loosing as fast as we first were. I am at the point where every pound seems to be a struggle. I know that everything that comes my way I have to be in control of me to not eat it. But, you know the one thing I feel is our problems, is we know the tricks of how we can eat around it and get what we want..which is old bad habits.

So....We have to put those OLD shots up...put them up everywhere you are at...and than the new shots right next to them...LOOK at the difference.....it is all worth it...

Get a fill......I usually am checked at least every 4-8 weeks..fill or no fill....

Good luck

Traci in Indiana

Thanks guys! I was thinking the same thing ya'll were - pictures everywhere! I try not to buy bad foods - I don't buy bad foods. But it seems like I can make bad foods out of anything. I was always a closet binge eater & now that I have no restriction I find myself deviating back to old habits. & yes, I know how to eat around my band. It's very frustrating. It's all a mind game. I'm gonna win this time though.