Well finally 4 years later i think I have finally

Hit my green zone ! 6 bits of salad and chicken stir fry for dinner and I was stuffed

But I do need

To remind myself

To eat ! I barley ate today ! What is everyone else experience with green zone

My understanding of what "the green" means is when your restriction is at its optimum for reducing your hunger levels and giving you a feeling of fullness/being satisfied on a band sized portion...

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My understanding of what "the green" means is when your restriction is at its optimum for reducing your hunger levels and giving you a feeling of fullness/being satisfied on a band sized portion...

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Ok thanks!!

Zingy is right about the green zone, though that word restriction can be a tricky one. It doesn't necessarily mean what you may think it means.

Basically good restriction is that you have enough pressure from the band to create a smaller stoma or opening into the stomach. So that when food passes through this stoma, it triggers the hormones and enzymes in the body to signal the brain that you are full and no longer hungry.

It is not meant to restrict food and hold it in the pouch for hours at a time. While the band does create a pouch the idea is for food to still pass through just at a slower rate then it would without the band and there for needing less food to feel satisfied.

Mis has an awesome link she sends out and it has lots of information and insight about this you can find it in other postings, and hopefully she will share it again here

Well finally 4 years later i think I have finally

Hit my green zone ! 6 bits of salad and chicken stir fry for dinner and I was stuffed

But I do need

To remind myself

To eat ! I barley ate today ! What is everyone else experience with green zone

I think I'm almost to my green zone. I have 4.3 cc in my 10cc band and I can eat a scrambled egg and a piece or two of turkey sausage and be fine for a couple of hours. I believe I'm going to get maybe .3cc more this next fill and see how it does but I'm losing 1-2lbs per week so the doc says I'm not too far away :-) I had my surgery April 12 2013.

Lisa,

your so articulate you wrote what I had in my head by means of explanation

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Lisa,

your so articulate you wrote what I had in my head by means of explanation

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Thanks for the props Zingy

After my last fill August 22, I have been struggling to have even a half cup of food, but I don't feel hungry at all, I know what it feels like to forget to eat.

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Zingy is right about the green zone, though that word restriction can be a tricky one. It doesn't necessarily mean what you may think it means.

Basically good restriction is that you have enough pressure from the band to create a smaller stoma or opening into the stomach. So that when food passes through this stoma, it triggers the hormones and enzymes in the body to signal the brain that you are full and no longer hungry.

It is not meant to restrict food and hold it in the pouch for hours at a time. While the band does create a pouch the idea is for food to still pass through just at a slower rate then it would without the band and there for needing less food to feel satisfied.

Mis has an awesome link she sends out and it has lots of information and insight about this you can find it in other postings, and hopefully she will share it again here

True, but in my case I don't need to eat to "feel Full" as some call it...I am not hungry, nor have any interest in eating 24 hrs. a day....whether I eat something or not....and food does stay in my pouch...I know this because I can judge by the feedback I get while attempting to drink something after eating....it can take up to 1/2 hour.

Sorry this is just my first hand experience I have been experiencing for over 2 years...can't provide you with any printed articles....just what I experience.......

Last night we had a pretty good dinner....I was just not interested in eating....no hunger...did take one or two small bites to see if I can get something going, but I was just not hungry in the least....

The plate is in the fridge covered in foil.....I'll heat it up and have it today....