This has been by far the BEST part of being banded! I gained a TON of weight with my first pregnancy 6 years ago. Right now I'm 14 weeks 3 days and my scale still says 4 pounds below what I weighed when I first found out I was pregnant!! I'm confident I'll be able to keep my weight gain under control this time! Even with my band being at 3cc.

I think that because my eating habits changed so much after surgery (7 months as a bandster pre-conception), that now eating right is fairly easy. My appetite is minimal and I don't get many cravings.

As a side note... my DH makes me both incredibly proud and disgusted. He just started training for a half marathon he will do Thanksgiving morning. The most he's ever done was a 6 mile road race (the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta on July 4th). He didn't train at all for that one... just went out and ran 6 miles like he was taking a walk through the park. He isn't an avid exerciser. He'll occasionally get on the treadmill and run for 45 minutes or so but that's it. Last night he ran 10 stinkin miles without stopping. Granted, he's feeling it today... but still. At my peak physical fitness I couldn't run one mile, much less 10! 

So... I'm still alive and loving life as a thinner, healthier, pregnant bandster.