How does your doc decide how much to fill?

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Old 09-19-2007, 04:36 PM   #16
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"That is EXACTLY what is happening. The fat around your internal organs is the most dangerous fat to you, and your body is dropping weight there."

But then wouldn't that weight be reflected on the scale as well? Not much budging happening there.
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Old 09-19-2007, 07:45 PM   #17
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"That is EXACTLY what is happening. The fat around your internal organs is the most dangerous fat to you, and your body is dropping weight there."

But then wouldn't that weight be reflected on the scale as well? Not much budging happening there.
Not necessarily. It only takes a few OUNCES of fat reduction IF that particular fat is between the inside of the band and the outside of the stomach.
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