Getting A Fill And Losing Weight Question........

[fitfrlife 13]

Hello all my fellow lapbanders!!! It's been awhile since I have posted. I hope each and every one of you are doing spectacular!!! I just had a general question. I am 6 months post-op, down 60lbs (woo hoo!!!). So far every doctors visit I have had a fill and after the fill, I'll say within in 2 weeks I lose the weight and then nothing. This last visit I did not receive a fill and I am worried that since I didn't I will not be able to lose weight. I am doing everything correct, measuring eating wonderfully, exercising but am not sure what else to do. Any help or experience would be awesome if you could share it with me. Obviously we as lapbanders can't get a fill every 6 weeks for the rest of our lives so I am kind of at a loss. Thanks for anything you can share!!!!!!

[fericito 138]

Congrats on your weight loss that is AMAZING!! I don't know what to do other than to keep doing it all the way you are and I think the weight will come. If you're in the green zone you don't need fills but if not there yet keep getting them. Diet and exercise and patience will eventually get the weight moving again... best of luck to you!!

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

Fill don't make you lose weight, making good food choices, limiting your portions, and exercising makes you lose weight. Please don't make the mistake in thinking you need fills to lose weight because you will risk getting filled too tight. All the fills are supposed to do is put adequate Fluid in your band so that you can be satisfied on less food for longer periods of time.

Your loss so far (congratulations, you're doing great!) is all your doing. Just keep doing what you've been doing and you'll keep losing.

Best wishes.

[FLORIDAYS 3,040]

Fill don't make you lose weight, making good food choices, limiting your portions, and exercising makes you lose weight. Please don't make the mistake in thinking you need fills to lose weight because you will risk getting filled too tight. All the fills are supposed to do is put adequate Fluid in your band so that you can be satisfied on less food for longer periods of time.

Mis73 said it perfectly. Fills don't make you lose weight.

I cannot recall getting a fill that I didn't have to argue or plead my case with my dr for... He is fill stingy because he wanted me to learn when I really needed one or not. And he was right. Often I went in thinking I needed a fill and he talked me out of it and the next month I still lost well.

Good luck

[fitfrlife 13]

Everything posted makes sense. Your right when you say that the lap band doesn't make you lose weight, I just associate my weight loss with my fills because that is when I see it come off. Everytime my weight stalls for a period of time I go into hyperventalation mode thinking "he we go again, I am failing at this too". Unfortunately it is this feeling I always revert back to because before it is all I have ever known. I am trying to reprogram myself but it is really really hard. Something else that I have been challenged with is getting rid of the clothes that do not fit anymore. It is like I haven't came to terms with my weight loss being permanent. It's really scary for me, the future that I am heading towards is completely unknown to me. All I know is being overweight. I wondered if anyone else has felt the same through their journey towards healthiness. I thank god for this website because for once in my life I belong to a group of people who are just like me and who can give me wisdom and advice. God love you all!!!

[Rojasanoll 920]

I use the Fill as only a motivator in making me pick wise choices in my foods. The fill fortifies my brain to do good and then exercise to lose weight. As stated already, its really you that will lose the weight and not the fill.