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Hi There!

I have 6.5cc in a 10cc band. My next fill is 10/16 about a week and 1/2 away. When I go in for doc appts, he asks me if I want a fill then he determines how much he wants to give me, I've never "negotiated" the amount of fill.

I would be so appreciative of your input on what my answer should be when he asks me if I want a fill, because I'm not sure what to say.

I'm not sure if I'm at my sweet spot, but here is how my day usually goes now...

For Breakfast (6AM) I always have a shake because I'm tight.

salad goes down well, so that's what I usually have for lunch (11:30 AM)with a grilled chicken breast - and by lunch I'm definitely hungry. Sometimes the chicken feels "uncomfortable". I can easily eat about a cup and 1/2 of salad (but I do eat most of the protien first).

By 3PM (sometimes by 2PM) I'm HUNGRY. So sometimes, not always, I have a SlimFast protien bar.

For dinner (around 7PM) I'm hungry, usually eating some sort of meat and vegetable. I can get about 1 to 1-1/2 cups down, usually with no problems. Sometimes I'm so hungry, that while preparing dinner, I'll nibble on a piece of cheese or slice of deli meat.< /p>

I'm unsure about these hunger levels that I'm experiencing and the quantity of food? I appreciate all responses!

Thanks!

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I just had this conversation with my dr the other day when I went in to see him. I am now up to 7cc in a 10 cc band. But because I am tight in the mornings and have a hard time swallowing some of my pills he didn't want to do a fill right then he wants to wait and see how it goes the next 4 wks. I told him that I do get hungry after a while and he told me asked me is it real hunger or just boredom and thinking that I'm hungry. Which the last few days when I thought that I was hungry I would just drink some Water or change activities and that hunger pain passes. So that is the question you need to ask yourself, am I truly hungry?

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I think it also matters how well you're losing! If you're losing 1-2 pounds a week like you are, then hang in there and wait a few weeks!

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