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Some of the most perfect bandsters here have had erosion or slippage, it has nothing to do with being a good bandster or not! Erosion happens and no one knows why. Nykee, I'm tight in the morning too, all I can say is I drink hot hot coffee, it opens me up, anything cold closes me up. Try the hot liquids in the mornings and the ice ice cold Water in the evening. At night keep an ice cold bottle of water with you at all times, we all know water curbs hunger and cold water helps to tighten us up. You are not the only one who suffers from this problem, I do too, but I have managed to lose weight. it takes discipline and will power to some degree, the band will not do all of the work, we have to do some of it. I bet if you took a poll and asked how many of us have eating issues at night almost all of us here would answer yes! You can do this!

Hey Lisa, Happy Birthday, hope you have a wonderful day!

looks like you guys are enjoying your time together. How long you here in Cali Christina?

None of her business, she is the EX wife of your husband, you owe her nothing! Regardless of how your relationship is with her.

1.1 cc's on my first fill .9 cc's on my 2nd fill .5 cc's on my 3rd fill 2.5 cc's and I lost 90 lbs I was unfilled in April and since have had 2 fills for a total of 1.5 and have good restrction at this level Many U.S Dr.s are very conservative on fills where as MX Dr.s are more agressive.

I too went with Dr. Ortiz & Martinez in TJ and have no regrets either. I did not have to be approved as long as my pre op tests came back good I was good to go.

I love chocolate too, it is my weakness...I eat the Yoplait Whips, they have a new chocolate flover, chocolate cherry and chocolate rasberry too, it tastes like chocolate mousse and only 160 calories, I'm going to have to try the chocolate covered bananas , I eat 1 banana everyday

Krystal, good for you for coming here and asking for support and admitting to it all, thats half the battle, none of us are perfect bandsters, heck last night I ate an ice cream drumstick and resses peanut butter cups, I need chocolate on the day my period starts which was yesterday (TMI) Just get back up and get back to basics, you can do this! Come here often, read, post, get the support you need. We are all here pulling for eachother to succeed.

Erin, my girlfreind had to have her prot removed for the exact same thing two weeks ago, she was in tremendous pain, and inthe hospital for 10 days w/ a fever and on morpheine for pain they could not figure out why the pain, the ran every test but an endoscopy so she went back to MX to her original Dr. and he did an endoscopy to find out the excruciating pain she was in was an absess under her port. She had to have it removed and a drain put in to get the remaineder of the fluid and her port was removed....There is also Delarla here who is the Master of port porblems and infections, send her a PM she will reply. Sorry you are going through this but glad to see you are doing better and took control with your Dr.

Amen to that! How true it is! Jodie Pick yourself up and move on! This guy and this friend of yours are not worth it. Let the two of them have eachother. You are better then that arent you? You desreve to be treated better then that dont you?

Sarah, Congratulations! I'm so happy for you.

I eat peanut butter all the time on a spoon or on a piece of cheese or on a banana cant do the oatmeal though it make me hungreir, to many carbs , all I do is crave more carbs if I eat oatmeal and it goes through my band to quickly, not solid enough

I have not lost anything for a long time either can I join? :think

Very Well said Jack! Chicagoboy, have you tried writing down everything you eat to see just how much you are consuming? you may be suprised to see how much you are eating. I started logging all of my food here in the food journal thread. It really does help, or try tracking it on Fitday.com to see just how many calories you are consuming? We have to do some of the work and not rely on the band 100%..I can eat certain foods all day long not matter how tight Iam, there are certain foods the band will not restrict and those just happend to be all of the junk foods we all love , chocolate & ice cream , cheetos etc.. Maybe try writing down what you eat for a couple of days so you can actually see it in black and white , it may help you seeing it in front of you, I know it does for me, when I journal I make better choices, no question about it

Even i n Mexico where the pre op tests are either done the same day of surgery or the day before surgery I had to see a pulmonologist

I had BC of California and was denied, I had a BMI of 42 and no co- morbitities, I was a healthy fat person basically. I'm happy I chose MX, or I'd most likely stil lbefighting with them and still 95 lbs heavier if not more

This is exactly what I do, I carry a small for ( crab fork) in my purse, it really helps to slow me down and take small bites Take it slow on your first solid meal

Ok I apologize..let me answer it best I can for my situation.. I have had 2.5 ccs in my band and was able to eat bread rice Pasta and had restriction , you sound like me We all are so different in what we can tolerate and at what fill level we can tolerate certain foods at.

Cute idea, at this point I will try anything

I sold my convertible mustang...Now thin, I wish I had it back to cruise the town in

Good Job Vines, Keep on Truckin' (downwards) I need to see the scale move here soon myself , I have been stuck for months. These last 5 lbs are killin me to get off. Congratulations!

I can eat bread pasta and rice, and have been able to since day one, but just because I can does not mean I do or should Have you ever read this site? http://lapbandtransformation.com/Adjustments.htm Sometimes it is an andjustment in our attitudes and our heads that we need and not our bands. I know ofr me that is the case. I have 1.5 ccs and I have restriction but I choose to eat the wrong foods PLAIN AND SIMPLE! For me restrction comes from the foods I eat. I can eat junk all day long and have zero restriction but if I eat steak or chicken I have restriction, maybe take a look at the foods you are eating and see if you are following the rules of 60 grams of Protein a day and hard Proteins first, following these two simple rules make a big difference. I would hate to see you have more fill if you havent tried to eat steak yet. , Do you journal what you eat? I started doing this last week on the food journal thread and it is amazing to me how much this helps me to stay on track.Ive been on track now for almost 2 weeks, since posting my food I make better choices. Writing down your food intake you may see that even though you are eating 1/3 of what you ate before, it is not how much you are eating but what you are eating that is the problem. When you eat your bread, pasta and rice are you eating those things last and eating your proteins first, then veggies, then fruits, then those carbs? That makes a difference also. Check out the link I posted here, it may be very helpful to you. Good Luck

I use my 5lb dumbells every night on my arms while watching TV for 15 minutes and have noticed a huge difference....it does not get rid of all the flabbines but there is a difference

Great News!

I agree if water is not goinmg down you may need a small unfill..when I had 2.5 cc's in my band was when my gastritis started..the tighter you are the more higher the chances of reflux and gastritis. You can have as little as .2 ccs removed and you will be amazed at the difference but still have restriction but water and liquids will go down fine.