What does restriction feel like to you? I've had 3 fills and believe I'm close but not sure I'm there.

Does your doc have a Lap band restriction guide "aka the zones" anywhere in his exam room? It talks about being in the yellow zone not enough Fluid and what that feels like, green sone and red zone?

Yellow is where you are not loosing, not having staiety with your meals "hungry all the time"

Green: this is where you want to stay for good wt. loss. proper satisfaction with a small amount of food. can go several hours 3-4 hrs. w/o hunger no sticking or reguritation, heartburn. and good steady wt. loss

Red: this is where you should never be or if you do find yourself here get to your surgon for unfill.

Poor food choices(sliders softs, things that go easily thru the band) Can't eat without pain things won't stay down(you throwing up or productive burp alot) or you just plain out get stuck and have to vomit.

Some folks get shoulder pain in the left shoulder when they are to tight.

hope this helps.

Yes, I have seen the chart. Just hoping for some first hand information of how others know they hit the green zone. I don't want to not get a fill if a small one would help but I definitely don't want to be too tight. Thank you for the info!

For me, it was discovering that I ate big bites, didn't chew well enough and I ate much too fast. This caused several stuck episodes. I noticed from fill 1 that I ate less food and was satisfied just a little sooner than pre-band. But, a lifetime of eating fast and big was the most difficult issue for me to deal with. Fill #3 really hit home and required that I eat slower, chew more and eat much slower. With each new fill I felt satisfied longer.