You are right...........it's a head game for sure! And somehow I went home from the hospital without my headband! 
Today is my first anniversary of my band and I have only lost 21 pounds. BUT I realize that I have chosen to become synical. You know the head talk that we have used for years....."this works for everybody else but me!" "I knew this wouldn't work."
Like you, I refuse to give up. This was major surgery. Plus, the morning of my surgery, my 84 year old Mom fell down my stairs as we were leaving for the hospital and wound up spending seven days in the hospital herself. So, I can't go through all of that and disappoint her.
I'm going to see my nutritionist tomorrow and ask about joining Weigh****chers. I need some weekly accountability. If my surgeon's office were closer, I'd go there and weigh in weekly, but it's an hour drive away.
Get back on the bandwagon and keep me posted!! Good luck!!!! Wynell