MellioM we were banded the same day! I was also banded 12-6-11. But unlike you I have been starving!! Ive been trying to convience myself it is all in my head but it def makes me think about all the foods ive been so used to eating! Ive been very good though and ive stuck to my soup, protein shakes, sugar free jello, and powerade zero! I'm sOOO ready to move to pureed foods though and my docter doesnt allow that for another week!!! It feels like I will never get there!! lol But I dnt regret it for a second! Ive lost 17 lbs already!! That is a better feeling than eating any type of food!! =) Good luck to yall!!!!