For those of you who've had success with *stopping* the overeating, what tips and tricks can you share?

Also - does everyone reach a point with the fills where it becomes physically uncomfortable or difficult to overdo it, or are only some folks blessed with this "you better stop or else" experience?

I'm 6ccs in a 10cc band, but can still consume WAY, WAY more than a cup without incident. (I know I shouldn't be doing that, but it doesn't always keep me from doing it anyhow.)

I have not yet achieved restriction. In order to avoid overeating, I weigh my portion, plate it, and leave the kitchen to eat at the table. I don't allow myself to eat more. It sucks. REALLY sucks. But I do it.

I do think that everyone who's able to work with his/her doctor to ensure adequate restriction does reach a point where it's no longer possible to overeat without consequences--AND to feel satisfied. The satisfaction part is really important, IMO--isn't that why we did this in the first place?

From reading here, though, it's painfully obvious that there are many doctors who resist adjusting the band appropriately. I really don't know what their rationale could possibly be---there isn't a legitimate one. But many seem to have the attitude that patients have to exercise control above and beyond what is truly necessary, IMO.

My doctor's stance is that adjustment decisions should be made based on subjective data (how I feel), and objective data (how I'm losing). I'm losing quite well, with no restriction at all. But while my stomach capacity is small, it empties rapidly--so I'm hungry soon after eating.

In his book, that is a valid reason for a fill. He is even willing to schedule fills at my request FAR earlier than he expected would be necessary. I am SO grateful for this.

Some other doctors feel that as long as there is loss, there is no need for a fill. IMO, this is ridiculous. All of us have shown, over and over, that we can lose weight; the problem is that hunger drives us to overeat and therefore regain. It seems as though this approach feeds in to the same old diet mentality, viewing weight loss as a moral issue ("if you just had willpower, you would do it"), and completely ignoring the physiological. Why these doctors even bother to wrap bands around their patients' stomachs baffles me.

All that said, I think that as long as you have a doctor who's willing to take your comfort into account, you WILL reach the stage where you cannot overeat. After all, isn't that the purpose of the band?

I can overeat later in the day but in the morning and at lunch, I get uncomfortable if I eat too much. I've had one episode of a PBing (productive burping) and I've been stuck once in the morning but it was a shortlived episode, thankfully.

I have no fill so I'm just still dealing with residual swelling.