Possible to lose w/o ever being filled?

[horns10 0]

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

[Wheetsin 714]

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.

[sherilynn 1]

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.

[horns10 0]

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

[Jachut 487]

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

[foodstampchamp 3]

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?