I've been practicing keeping my food clean over the last few weeks. I define clean as minimal to no fried choices, no snacking between meals, and starting with Protein first at every meal.

I'm really finding that my restriction is more predictable and noticeable when I do this consistently. I was wondering last month if the fill I got was actually putting me in the green zone. I didn't think so because I could still overdo it on fried food or junk like popcorn.

But a month of eating cleanly has shown me that the restriction is definitely there, and my band is indeed telling me when to stop.

Such a learning process. It's easy to see now how I could mess this up. It's also easy to see that if I just follow a few simple rules most of the time, my band can really work and make satiety easy for me.

The sloppier I eat, the harder it gets. The cleaner I eat, the easier it gets.

I love my band!

You are one smart cookie!