need advise...

[zeniada 9]

If I can eat a whole sandwich with 2 slices of bread, 3 slices of turkey ham a piece of lettuce and Tomato do I need a fill? that seems like a lot of food to eat right???

[tylee72198 10]

My brother's doctor told him that if he could eat bread, he needs a fill.

I had never heard that before, but I can't eat bread unless it is toasted. Then I only eat 1 piece.

ETA: I have a difficult time eating cold cuts to.

[Jachut 487]

Its all relative. If you're losing weight whilst eating that, then you dont need a fill!

It really is a misuse of what the band is meant to do, aiming to fill and fill and fill until you cant eat more than half a cup or cant eat a certain food. The band is actually meant to decrease your appetite and increase satiety - YOU have to do all the rest of it yourself. Which means avoiding bread if you dont want to eat it, not making yourself so tight that you cant eat it. However, it is common not to be able to eat bread.

Look at it this way - I currently have no fill and can easily eat an entire two bread sandwhich full of salad fillings. I could also eat several Cookies after that - but I most of the time I choose not to. I have not gained any weight in 2 months unfilled and am currenly at a BMI of only 19. Do I need a fill?

If you're losing weight on ten pieces of bread a day then dont sweat it. Weight loss is what matters, not choking yourself off until you cant eat. However if your loss is very slow, or has stopped and you're doing everything else right but not feeling that satiety where a meal lasts you a good couple of hours, then its fill time. But dont judge it on what foods you can or cant eat. I could eat bread with my band 3/4 fill, with no problem at all - but yogurt, ugh. Impossible. Its different for everyone.