I had surgery 1.30.09 and there isn't any feeling from the lap band that I had just feeling like I had done 2000 crunches and was sore all over my abs. It has only been two weeks but my band makes me very aware of what is going in my mouth even at the liquid stage. I realize that my problem is what lies in my head and that is what I have to work through. I have lost 18lbs in two weeks.