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Hi all, I had my band fitted back in June this year... the weight is coming off all be it very very slowly. I've had 3 fills and now have 7.25 in a 14ml.

My last fill was 4 weeks ago and I really felt it was working but maybe not quite in the green zone as yet. But this last week I can't keep anything other than liquids and soft foods down.

Anyone else encountered this? I'm waiting for a call back from my docs but thought I'd just ask on here first :)

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It sounds as though your band may be too tight.

The reason you don't think that you are in the so called green zone is because the way it is described it sounds like an amazing state of utopia where small amounts of food leave you completely satisfied for hours. Maybe it is like that for a few but I think the reality is a lot different. Because we are trying to reach this wonderful utopia we end up becoming too tight and that actually means we don't get satisfied, we eat the wrong foods, we don't lose weight so we go for another fill , become tighter and the problem worsens.

I think the green zone is a lot more subtle than a lot of people realise. In fact the way people on this site describe it I don't think I was ever in it! ( It's a bit like chasing the G spot)! Often you don't realise that you were in the green zone until afterwards when you have been too tight!

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It sounds as though your band may be too tight.

The reason you don't think that you are in the so called green zone is because the way it is described it sounds like an amazing state of utopia where small amounts of food leave you completely satisfied for hours. Maybe it is like that for a few but I think the reality is a lot different. Because we are trying to reach this wonderful utopia we end up becoming too tight and that actually means we don't get satisfied' date=' we eat the wrong foods, we don't lose weight so we go for another fill , become tighter and the problem worsens.

I think the green zone is a lot more subtle than a lot of people realise. In fact the way people on this site describe it I don't think I was ever in it! ( It's a bit like chasing the G spot)! Often you don't realise that you were in the green zone until afterwards when you have been too tight![/quote']

This sounds like the answer I've been looking for. I just made a post a few minutes ago & I think you hit the nail on the head! Thanks for your input elcee!

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Thank you so much definitely need my doc don't I X

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