I'm 1 month out .. I hear about the green side? What is that.. I'm new to all this . I feel great down 20 pounds

The "Green Zone" is when your band is adjusted(filled) properly and you feel satisfied with less food for 4 hours or more. Less food can be 1/2 cup, 1 cup, 300-400 calories or insert your own caloric meal target here.

I define the green zone a little differently for myself, basically for me the green zone is when I have enough restriction where I can't easily eat a cheeseburger with the bun. That's how I know the band is working for me. If I get much tighter than that then I risk getting stuck on really tight days.

I define the green zone a little differently for myself' date=' basically for me the green zone is when I have enough restriction where I can't easily eat a cheeseburger with the bun. That's how I know the band is working for me. If I get much tighter than that then I risk getting stuck on really tight days.[/quote']

Like this definition. Of course you also have to define "cheeseburger". It can really mean different things. My past life it meant bacon double cheeseburger! lol

About what time after lap band before "green?

Like this definition. Of course you also have to define "cheeseburger". It can really mean different things. My past life it meant bacon double cheeseburger! lol

For me a cheese burger would be anything with a bun basically. If I can go to mcdonald's and eat a big mac without issue then that's not good in a major way. Same with a whopper. There are some times I take the first bite to test things and and end up just scrapping the rest of the bun and going for the burger.

About what time after lap band before "green?

Believe it or not I had to have 18 fills before I hit my green zone. That's because I have over 14cc Fluid in my 14cc band.

Believe it or not I had to have 18 fills before I hit my green zone. That's because I have over 14cc fluid in my 14cc band.

Yikes! 18 fills? Hard to have compassion for the bandsters who've had 2 and complain about being hungry all the time? But, you're a standup guy and offer great advice without judgment.

Yikes! 18 fills? Hard to have compassion for the bandsters who've had 2 and complain about being hungry all the time? But, you're a standup guy and offer great advice without judgment.

Yeah. Let's just say the lap band has had the added benefit of curing me of my fear of needles. Overall with fills and a slight unfill here and there I've been poked over 20 times. Fortunately I haven't needed any adjustments for over a year and don't plan on getting any.

That's great!

What's the green zone

For everyone it is different .. I have 3cc's in my 10 cc band and I know I need more fills! I go again Tuesday!

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/topic/132729-finding-the-lap-band-green-zone/

Read this thread. The first thing any bander should learn imo is what the green zone is.