March 29th 2014 marked 3 years that I've been banded. ... I consider myself to be one of the unsuccessful patients. ..... I started out at 268..... last June I had gotten down to 218..... and I was so excited to had finally reach the 50 lb mark...... I'm now back up to 235...... I just got a fill last Friday..... I was 240 Friday. ..... down 5lbs..... but not eating or drinking very much....... omg this journey