Interesting question

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Went for my fill today and the doctor was asking me if I wanted 1cc or .5. I asked him for his advice. He said, "Well are you hungry?"

I had to think about it for a NY second (that's all I got bc I am in NYC) and the word Yes came out but I can't really say that I'm hungry all the time.

I find I'm eating because I want to. And how do we get over that???

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Went for my fill today and the doctor was asking me if I wanted 1cc or .5. I asked him for his advice. He said, "Well are you hungry?"

I had to think about it for a NY second (that's all I got bc I am in NYC) and the word Yes came out but I can't really say that I'm hungry all the time.

I find I'm eating because I want to. And how do we get over that???

By getting a fill....that's what worked for me, and evidently your Dr feels there is a relation.

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Does it become negative reinforcement because if you eat because you want to and not because you have to, you will start to get stuck and sick? And then does it just become second nature?

I am listening to my doctor. I am trying not to be a know it all. If he says fill then I'm filling.

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Does it become negative reinforcement because if you eat because you want to and not because you have to, you will start to get stuck and sick? And then does it just become second nature?

I am listening to my doctor. I am trying not to be a know it all. If he says fill then I'm filling.

Something like that...But I should also add it does not matter because my hunger has dissipated along with any cravings....as a matter of fact my interest in food and eating is gone....I can, and have gone 24-36 hours without eating because I was busy doing something else like traveling or being on vacation.....that is something being in the Green zone has done for me also....not only limited my portion sizes, but taken away my hunger and/or interest in food altogether...24/7

My problem was I could not control my eating, would eat all day non-stop! And crave everything I saw!

I had no discipline or self control so dieting and counting calories was never going to work. (I tried)

But Lap band surgery did. And in the beginning my band did nothing, I even gained weight after surgery. It was only after working with my Dr. and getting regular adjustments to the band that I got into the Green Zone....and my Dr. had no problem telling me that was the goal he set for me from the start. It was all part of the treatment plan.