Is it ALL about the fills?????

[jfran 0]

Everytime someone "plateaus" the advice I see people giving is get another fill.

Is it really all about the fills?

I have had 2 baby fills and still don't have restriction, but I am losing weight by eating 5-6 small meals (speeds the metabolism) drinking a gallon of Water a day and exercising 2+ hours a day, 6 days a week.

I am afraid to get fills....I am afraid it may stop/halt my weight loss. I feel like my body would hold on and stop losing if I couldn't eat enough calories. I am afraid a fill would make it hard for me to eat enough.

Any thoughts........

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

That just depends on you. They say if you can eat a regular sized portions and aren't losing, you should get a fill. If you're losing with the fill you have, don't get one.

A lot of it depends on exercise. A lot of people are unhappy with their weight loss, but they say they don't exercise. If you are exercising and happy with how you're losing, don't get a fill.

[Jachut 487]

If you're losing your doing fine. Dont worry about how much it is, its silly to be comparing with other people. If you're losing, its right for you and there's no magic amount you *should* eat.

I dont think its all about fills personally, I think its more about changing everyday behaviours and attitudes, regular exercise and only after that, getting fills to help you.

The biggest thing about the band for me is not that it makes me lose weight becuase it really doesnt - I make me lose weight. What it does do is when the inevitable happens and I mosy off track for six days or six weeks or whatever, I dont regain. I cant eat enough to regain so that control is there, but as for choosing well and not eating too much, that is always still down to me.

I know that's because I havent been filled tight and looked for a sweet spot, and that I could have a lot MORE help from my band if I so chose. But it can be done either way is my point.