Hi everyone this is my first thread lol but anyways I was banded on march 9th and lost 16 pounds...I realised my clothes have been gettin a little big so I decided to buy a scale and I stepped on it and I'm 16 pounds lighter and I was only expecting 5...I know its just the beginning but its great and it hasn't been hard at all I even forget I have the band at all first fill on the 25 th I can't wait cause I'm noticing I get hungry faster than before, but I just wanted to share so good luck to everyone and if ur still thinking about getting the lap band go for it!