Congratulation!!! You won't feel any different but you will fill up faster. You really do need to try very hard to find something with lots of protein in it because hair lose is the results of not enough protein. I have been banded for 14 months now and learned that the hard way. I have found the Kellogg breakfast bar go down and have lots of protein. It really takes time to change your eating habits. My daughter and I are banded and she has lost 115 lbs and I have lost 57 lbs. Trust me it works.