i to had that problem but after a few weeks about 4 to be exact it slowly statred going away.well on a another note i had sergury on 10/03/2007 and so far ive went from 447lbs to 388lbs i can not beleive the amount of weight that has and contenues to fall off every day ive been able to start going to a place called planet fitness there are a lot of people like us there and they are great i feel great thank god for the lap band