I have been reading some post where people are getting up to nine fills in a year and that they had 9cc

s in their 10cc band. My question is: If you get all filled up the first year what will you have to work with there after? Once you get to about 5 or maybe six, or even before then, your doctor should be filling you slowly. You can not expect to not have some control in this matter. You can not expect for your doctor to fill your band completely because what happens when you lose weight the band will become loose and when you cant tighten it anymore what are you going to do? You will gain weight back. Go slow on the fills and relax. You have to put forth some effort in the journey.

It's difficult to judge how many fills and how much each fill should be because we are all different. We have different starting weights, different goals, different responses to the band and to the effect of each fill.

You are right that we have to put effort into this journey, but I disagree with making a blanket statement about not getting all filled up in the first year. That part of it really is an individual journey between each bandster and their medical team.

I understand it is ones personal decision however as you lose weight the band gets loose there fore you need fills. If you are completely filled and lose weight and the band gets loose you can not get it tighter because there is no where for them to put more fluid.

I have had only 2 fills and I have a total 4.5cc in a 14cc band. But the doctor is starting to hesitate in any more fills because he only wants me too lose no morfe than 2 pounds a week. This will allow me to eat wise and properly over a longer period of train. To retrain my brain and change my eating habits. I don't know if I'm close to a green zone or not, but he likes my weight loss so far.

Guess I'm doing something right.