One year ago today I was banded. I will say that it has been a positive experience. I began losing weight immediately. I joined Curves and really felt good. This summer my husband deployed. Just before he left I had my band partially unfilled to avoid issues while he was gone. I did not want to have to make the long drive to Atlanta and deal with issues without my support system. To say the least my weight loss has completely stalled since then. He deployed, I lost my job (teacher budget cuts) and summer really sucked. I did find another job at a school I'm less than thrilled to be at, but it is a job. Now that my husband is home again it is time to go back to Atlanta and have the band filled again and to get back on track. I had hoped to have lost 100 pounds by the year anniversary...I have lost 60. Not really sure how I feel about things right now. Maybe I'm getting a bit depressed, but I really want this under control again. While partially unfilled I do still have some restriction with certain foods like bread various meats, but not like before. I'm looking forward to the appointment on Wednesday but feel like I have let myself and my surgeon down.