I was banded on 5-16, I had a rough time sleeping for the first 2 weeks after surgery so they had me keep taking my pain pills only at night to sleep. Now that I feel like I have more energy I'm going to start walking at night before bed hopefully that will help me. As far as the weight loss, are you drinking milk or eating anything with dairy? I'm not sure what your DR's diet was, but I am not allowed to have any dairy at all, I guess when you drink milk or have dairy you dont lose weight.