I was banded 6/12/09 by dr. touliatos and I love him to death, but I'm not really seeing a difference. I have lost 25 lbs, including pre op diet and its been two mths today. I don't exercise regularly, but I am active. I am trying not to lose patience. I know that I have to get to my sweet spot but I have had 2 fills and at 4 cc's. I don't think the point of the band is to have it filled completely...i don't guess anyway. Please tell me this gets better....

YES!!!! after sitting down for awhile and I get up I feel this rush,taugth I was about to faint.

Though before surgery I had High Blood Pressure, and take meds for it with the amount loss so fast my blood pressure has been on the low side they cut it from 40mg, to 20gm, its been still low so now they took me off it.

I noticed the spell are less, but still there at times.

Make sure you are getting enough Protein in. My Nut. says between 65-80 grams. Once I started getting enough protein the dizzy spells went away.

I too was banded on June 12th and am down just under thirty pounds since June 1st. I think that most of that came right after my surgery and then this past ten days when I finally had the aha moment...Calories count! The band will keep me satiated but I can NOT eat the foods I did before and expect to lose weight. I also must exercise. I have started a journal and I am taking in about 1100-1300 calories a day and walking 2-3 miles a day for the last ten days and getting excellent results again! I am also not hungry which is an enormous improvement for me! I don't think I am yet at my sweet spot but getting close. And to the gal that started this thread, the results you report are amazing if you haven't beeen "trying really hard or exercising" as your note suggests. Even being one of the slower losers here, I am still about 2.5 pounds a week with the learning curve! I am excited because I feel like I am on to something finally Good luck to you all and keep up the good work. It would be super easy to eat the same dinner as everyone else or have just a bite of cake or a half of a muffin etc....BUT....I am choosing to make changes and since I did, its working!! yippppppppppeeeeeeee