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I am scheduled for a fill June 10th arriving SAN @10:20am. Anybody want to share the shuttle to OCC around that time? I have an 11:30am fill appointment.

Sue: explain "still restricted but my stomach has expanded". I, too, have been plateau-ed for the last 3 months. Definitely have restriction (esp. in the a.m.) but when I don't have as much restriction I can sure eat ALOT! Also find that if I eat slowly when restricted and wait between "near sliming incidents" I can also end up packing it away pretty good. I have approximately 20--40lbs to lose (20 lbs being 160lbs which wouldn't be bad to 40lbs being 140lbs which would be good for my height and age). I am thinking that maybe my stomach has expanded as well. One thing I am trying desperately to work on is to react to the feelings of restriction and STOP! I still have lost 46lbs total, eat so much less than I used to, look and feel soooooo much better, so if I just don't gain anything back, I feel I am still ahead and surgery was incredibly worth it. I would prefer not to have another fill at this time as on my second fill, I was over-filled (@ 2.0) and that wasn't good. I am still on that unfill level of 1.6 and think that it might be enough. If only we could feel the perfect fill level and know what it feels like, and how much we can and should eat with that feeling!

Thanks Kelly, for your support. I am getting fill#2 next week, so will be forced for three days to go liquid---could be what saves me! Don't regret getting banded at all--it sure hasn't hurt me any. I am thinner than I have been in years!

Uh, oh! I had been doing great...start weight: 225, lost 15lbs on pre-surgery diet, banded in Sept. Followed all the rules, had some plateaus when my body went into starvation -protection mode, got first fill (a rather puny 1.2) in November. Not too much restriction, just the now and then surprise of getting stuck, some minor sliming. Got down to 185lbs--started getting lots of complements (never thought I would feel slim at 185!) and was quite on top of watching what I ate. THEN CAME THE HOLIDAYS......at first, no prob. Then the parties, and "gifts" of cookies, candy. Now I am eating EVERYTHING. Am back to (gulp) 189lbs. I am scheduled for Fill #2 , but am freaking out, because the "invisible shield" has been broken. I am eating like a fat person again. It wasn't the magic lapband that had made me lose weight---it had been my willpower following the rules. Now I have broken the rules, and I am not sure I can go back to being a good girl!!! Is it too late? Can I be saved yet again? Will fill #2 be the magic cure to my weak will and hungry head? Stay tuned...tomorrow is New Year's Eve and I have yet another party to attend. Alcohol not a big problem for me, but there will be appetizers, there will be hors d'oeuvres, there will be a sit down dinner. I do not have restriction, and, as it turns out, I do not have willpower. I will, of course make the token New Year's resolution to lose weight, but this year was supposed to be different! Someone please tell me that the fills make a difference---that I will someday only be able to eat a tiny bit, that willpower will not be the sole determining factor in my weight loss. HHHHHHHEEEEEELLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!