I had my filled yesterday. I think it was my 7th or 8th filled. Oct. 29, 2009 my birthday I will be banded for 1 yr.

Seem like my LAP-BAND® is different from others a little. After people get there second filled and most times there first, they get full quicker and eat less. Me on the other hand I have still been able to eat a nice size portion meal. Granted it is less than what I normally eat. Also I see a lot of people can't eat bread, pasta, rice, hamburgers & etc. I still can eat those things as long as I chew, chew, chew. Sometimes I wonder if there is anything wrong with my band....:scared2:but on some days where I am tight then I realize there isn't.:smile:

When I had my fill the nurse normally tells me how much she puts in my band. But I guess since she sees that I always ask she didn't tell me. (She notice I am getting a little impatience with my band) I have a 14 cc band and I know I have about 8.5 or 9.0 cc's. Reading about other people expierence after there second fill they are tight and they get full quick. This mornining I ate grits and eggs. It went down fine. It did tend to slow down a little but I was able to eat it.

I'm not complaining....I have lost about 53 lbs. I weigh 175 and my goal is 150. And now I am trying to get my stomach flat. When I use to weigh 229 it looked like I was about five or six months pregnant. Now it only looks like I am about three.:laugh:

My focus is my abs....I have been doing a lot of situps and different ab workouts. I am going to start back doing some really good cardio.

I am hoping this will be my sweet spot that I hear so many people talking about. Once I thought I was a my sweet spot a few fills ago but it didn't last. I am hoping this is it. I am not far away from having my band filled to the rim:crying:

Even though my fill story is different it is still similar. I feel ya! I have had 4 fills. My band in a 10 cm 4 cc band, and it is filled to 2 cc's. I do have restriction and am starting to loose some weight. For a while I was not loosing lbs but inches. Being at the beginning of my lap band process, this through me for a loop. Inches but not lbs in the beginning?! Nothing like being different than everyone else.

My band was placed on April 24, and since I began, I have lost 35 lbs. I am happy and as long as I don't compare myself with others it feels great. Not compairing myself has been the harder part. (Which I would have never guessed I would have had that issue.) I guess seeing others melt away, while I stood still was a hard pill to swallow.

Your weight loss has been great! Glad you blog!

i am like angie. i seem to be losing more inches than weight. i was banded jan 30 2009. i have lost 14 1/2 inches and 22 lbs. i am pretty sure i need a fill. this will be fill number 6.

53 lbs is great!!!! I have been banded for a yr now and down 38 lbs. It has been a hard journey for me and Im pretty sure others has somewhat of the same situation.. u said on ur blog that u do sit ups.. is that safe?? my doctor told me that sit ups are restricted for the band because u can move the port around. U have 25 lbs left to go and thats GREAT!!! I was told that it will be harder for people that are not that much overweight to lose the weight and they just got to try harder.. u were only 229 which is not that big.. keep up the good work.. and be thankful u can actually eat real food..lol cuz I cant eat any of the stuff u can.. take care