How do I know if I'm restricted fo sure....

For Dinner---I had 1 MorningStar Pizza Burger along with some steamed carrots/broccoli with some Hummus dip.  I feel so stuff right now.  My first fill was 3 weeks ago is it possible that I'm restricted with only one fill?  I have 2cc in a size 10 band.

I have no clue what restriction feels like....sorry.   I have had 4 fills and so far nothing.  I can eat anything without any problems.  I have a size 10 band which holds 4ccs.   From what I've been told if you are restricted you can't gulp water ( I can), you can't eat bread like pizza crust (I can), and you can feel "tight" when you take a big bite or eat too fast.  I assume I'll know it when I feel it.  Oh...and I have about 2.5 cc's in the band right now.  I just hope I don't get all the way to 4...then what?!?!?

hang in there i had 4 fills before Ifinally felt restricted it sucked 8 months of fighting and just a little more finally did the trick  and not super tight can still gulp water LOL it takes time just dont pu**** dont stretch the puch or youll be sorry stay on top of it with you dr i have been told no one ever really maxes out its more about the restriction not the amount of ccs I was told this becasue i keep bugging my doc to know how much is in there and I was begining to think they were just palyin games to make a few more bucks hmmmm still thing that LOL

The 10 cm band holds much more than 4 cc, if needed. It's not like it is ever "full" . The actual fill level has nothing at all to do with the percentage of the band that is "full" - it has only to do with YOUR stomach thickness and size. Some with this band have good restriction at 0.3 cc, others need even more than the "suggested max" of 4 cc. What you need is what YOU need! Each fill gets proigressively smaller and smaller, and later on, as little as 0.1 cc (one tenth of one cc) can make the differcned between "good" and "too tight." AS good fill also has little to do with what you can eat, or the zabiloity to gulp, or other subjective things like thus. It has to do with feeling satisfied (wityha good band meal) for 3-4 hrs, with losing the average 1-2# a week over a month or so, and a few other things.  I'm not sure why you are eating breads or pizza, even if you can!    There are many foods to avoid for safety and good loss, whethjer or not we "can" eat them. The fill and band is never the entire solution - there must be many changes in eating choices and lifestlye, if we want to,lose. - whether or not the band makes us change1 Sandy r at goal x 3.5 yrs

I think I know why she eats breads or pizza-----because she human!  I am sure she, like many, has been dealing with food issues for years and adding a band will not change them overnight. 

I've found when it's right, you KNOW it.  I have had *some* restriction since my first fill, and never been able to eat as much as I did pre-op.  I've gotten stuck on stuff all along, slimed when it got stuck and suffered through 2 PBs.  But it wasn't until my last fill that I felt SATISFIED after eating and I don't even think of food for a few hours.  My snacking has almost completely stopped (except for a bedtime snack because I don't go to sleep for about 5hrs after dinner time).  It feels like a world of difference and the scale is moving downward so nicely. It's absolutely possible to get effective restriction off one fill.  I've had 3 fills but my grand total is only 1.4cc in my size 10 band.  My doctor was (rightfully) very conservative for me.  I'd imagine I'd have been suffering quite badly if I had a 2cc fill my first time out.  (BTW I'm not second guessing your doctor, because every person is different and your doctor knows what you look like in there.)