I was just curious if anyone on here has never needed a fill and was able to lose their weight.

I had lost about 30% of my weight before my first fill, and probably could have kept going. But my question is, why get the band if you want to avoid fills?

I was one of the lucky ones - the band itself in an empty state gave me some measure of restriction. For most people this is not the case.

It sure seems to be the case with me. I'm 8th day post op. I have no hunger at all. I eat, out of necessity to keep my body fueled. Sure, creamy soups are not much, so I started with the cottage cheese at every meal just to have something more solid. But no more than 1/2 cup; I can't eat it - I'm stuffed. I'm guessing that my tummy is still swollen from the surgery, and that this may pass very soon.

Thanks for all your responses, I was just curious if just the band itself (w/o being filled) gave enough restriction for some of you guys and for how long. I'm not planning on avoiding fills or anything, it was just curiosity on my part

I lost a lot of my weight unfilled, in fact the greater proportion. But I stayed quite swollen for a long time after surgery fortunately because since that went away I've never achieved good restriction

I met a guy at my support groups that had lost 160 lbs, hit goal and never had a fill. Everyone is so different that you just never know how you will be. We should all be so lucky huh?