Braven05

I started the process in August of 2007 with the informational seminar.  I was unsure if I wanted to go with gastric bypass or if I wanted to go with the band but I was leaning towards the band because I was terrified of gastric bypass.In December I met with the nutritionist for the first time and weight in at 342 lbs but my highest weight ever was 360 lbs (after I quit smokiing).  In February I had lost the required 5% of my body weight (17 lbs) and was approved for surgery.  I set a date for April 2, 2008.On April 2 I had lapband surgery.  On the day of surgery I weighed 325 lbs.  My recovery was unremarkable - no complications, not too sore.  I had my gall bladder out at the same time so I was in the hospital overnight.Its been a year and 3 months (almost) since surgery and my current weight is 244 lbs (total 81 lbs lost).  I've struggled a lot since January with finding my "sweet spot".  In January I was filled to 5.5 ccs which was too much and I spent a month really sick, vomitting and getting stuck constantly.  I got .5 cc removed and thought I'd be okay, but it took about 3 months to realize I was still too tight and my eating habits were deteriorating as a result of not being able to eat solid protein.5 weeks ago I got another .5 cc removed, bringing me back to my previous fill level.  I can now eat too much and am hungry, even when I'm eating all protein.  I need to go back up I think by .25 cc but I don't have an appointment until July 28th.  So right now I'm watching what I'm eating and watching my portion sizes.  I started to gain some weight back (I had been down to 238 lbs) and now I'm starting to take that off again.