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You already know the sign, you said so. Now what you need is to redirect the old habit. Say yes to the sign, and GET UP! Don't pass go, just stop. This helps in so many ways. First, less chance to eat 1 forkful to much,. Next, the band works on feeling satisfied, not full; also enough that we aren't hungry in a couple of hours. Another is that we can easily learn to eat around our band by nibbling slowly until we have eaten more than we needed. The first time you get stuck, or just overfull it is NOT pretty. We aren't on a diet, but a life(eating)style change.

Might sound silly but is it hot (100+) where you are? Last year I hadn't had a fill in months and I got tighter when it got hot. This year, I am just not eating much solids and trying to stay in front of it,

Dang, I wondered the same thing. No response, maybe it should be put somewhere else?

:Dancing_shocked: OUTSTANDING!!

I use Papaya Enzyme, try small sips of warm liquids. STOP trying to eat. Do liquids for a couple of days, then mushies. This is in case you have become swollen and are irritated. I had this happen last summer and didn't stop trying to eat, I then had to get an unfill. Funny thing is I hadn't had a fill in months, I had just gotten stuck. IF you can keep the liquids down then you should be ok, if not the unfill is needed. I got a fill yesterday and my doc now prints this out as part of the visit information and instruction for each patient. Good luck.

:PToday my doc said that 5-7.5 cc should be the green zone for most people with a standard AP band. This is about where I am and that now it's on me to follow the rules and get things going again. I have never really measured my food, I am no longer eating with any kind of schedule and I have never done much with exercise. With the slight fill of .3 cc I am now 5.5 cc in my 10 cc band. Hunger has not been an issue for me, this is why I have stalled. Rather than eat 3 small meals like I should, I only eat when I am hungry. This is as bad as eating the wrong things. As soon as I am back on solids I will be fowling the rules, eating when and as I should and drinking my fluids. In the beginning this worked really well for me and I need to get there again. I have been able to eat most of the things that many others have problems with. This I have enjoyed because I choose the band so I would be able to eat normal foods and not feel like forever on a diet. I want to taste the cake or ice cream sometimes.

There is a teen site here I believe. But this can be a truly amazing life change.I had hit my 50s before finding this. The questions have daily are would my children and husband been happier if I had lost 63lbs 15 years ago? The weight is depressing, you can't wear what your friends do and you really don't want to shop with them. Parties you won't attend because a gown or bathing suit might be needed. It is not an easy road, it takes commitment and understanding of how the tool can help you loose weight, but you must make good choices, I don't always. You must learn how to work with it not against it. Good luck to both of you, and as a friend if you like. I will respond to any questions you have.

Funny I had planned to post this same question tonight. My weight based only on height should be 135lbs. At 53 I'm not pushing for that one. My doc really didn't set one for me. I went with 170, just because I thought I could reach it and keep it. I am annoyed that by the "standard" I would still be overweight. I plan a fill on Fri, because I haven't gotten there yet. I now think that I would really like to be 160 by Christmas but I haven't committed to it yet.

ROFLMAO! I must say that my first drink had me stopping in the middle. I was so lite it won't even funny. Well it was funny to everyone around mel

Ladies I encountered this problem last year. I hadn't had a fill since fall, but as the summer came I got tighter and tighter. Since I hadn't had a fill I couldn't figure out why I had a problem. It got so bad that the food only had to go in my mouth for it to be rejected , Some days I could eat a little but an hour or so latter I was headed for the restroom, I was chewing Papaya Enzymes like cray, Finally went in and got an unfil. My throat and passageway were swollen. Unfill, 2 days of liquids and 2 mushies I was scared to eat but did get over it, Many say that it just happens but I feel differently, and have done some research. My first thought was the heat., But i have been told that our internal body temp doesn't change so it can't be that, I have since found out about Barometric Pressure, and it does have an impact.

Last year when it got hot, I had something similar; it was as if I was getting tighter. I got to a point were if it went down it came back up. It went on till I went to doc (DH made me do it) and he did an unfill. He said I had irriated my throat with a bad vomit session and should have done liquids then mushies over a week to give it time to heal. Well we are in triple digits again and the tightness started, so I have been taking it very easy; some days I can only do protein drinks till diner and then 3 or 4 forkfulls and I'm done, this time I am listening to what the body says. I am not loosing, I am seldom hungry; if fact when I do eat the little I think I can...it makes me hungry . About 20 minutes after eating I feel the hunger, where is it coming from? How can I not be hungry until I eat Seeing doc on Fri. I won't let him do an unfill and I hope he does a fill. At the very least he needs to give me some answeres. My big deal is the hidden cals in liquids, I am a coffee junkie with the flavored creamers.

I understand how you feel. I got the band in Mar 09 and was doing really well, I felt. In Dec.& Jan, we had lots of snow and I found comfort in food. I didn't gain but I didn't loose any either. As it got warmer I started to loose again, but then it got hot and I kept getting tighter and tighter. By the middle of Jul I couldn't get anything to stay down, my husband forced me to go in. UNFILL, I had irrated my throat by continuing to try to eat and the entire passageway was swollen. I didn't go back for a fill until Oct,., I had put on about 12lbs. and I have been fighting them since. I can't get it to stay off. I feel cheated, stupid, and lazy. I think I am the same weight as last year this time, but I hate that I haven't lost. We aren't the the first people to have this happen, so just tighten you spine, take it on the chin and go. Your doctor has other patiens that have experienced this and he will not loose his mind. You are doing this for you.

Happy to say I've not had any problems with `chicken, but I don't have much restriction. I will have a fill on Fri. I also haven't lost as much as I thought I would. I started out like a champ, but it's been over 2 years and I am only down 63lbs. That doesn't count the 10 I've been fighting the last year. Moisture is important, I made Beer Can Chicken today, and I can eat McChicken, fingers or wings( I know). I add liquid and cover everything that I bake.

The key here is SLOW DOWN, I have spent over 2 years mastering this burping thing; got real good at it. Then I started eating slower and chewing better, it helps to keep the air out. I found also if I am out with friends eating I would chew a couple of papya enzyens and that would keep it at bay.

Congrats on the upcoming surgery. I wasn't on Tamoxifen at the time, I had moved on to Femara. I didn't find it to be a problem, I am sure you have filled out forms that list your meds; if there were a reason for concern your doc would have mentioned it. I had to list the last 5 years of weight (for insurance) and I was on Tamoxifen at least 3 of those and my weight was not my highest. So I don't think you have anything to worry about. Remember you will be changing what you eat as well as how much, and that is what causes the weight to come off. Some meds do cause you to hold weight or fuild, but the doc can cover that with you.

Congrats, and don't be discouraged. There are some simple things to try to get things going. Many people moniter their calorie intake, them little buggers hide in some unexpected places. !. Liquid cals in soda, even diet. Sweet tea was and still is a killer for me. Right now my problem is coffee. I am really stressed and turn to the coffee. Juice is another bad one. Applesauce and such have added sugar unless you get the " no sugar added." Make sure you are getting in your water. If I drink as I should, I don't get as hungry. Also don't drink when you eat, That makes the food go through to quickly and you get hungry quicker. Smaller plates, no seconds and will power. It is hard, but keep in mind why you did this and you can make it work.

Janiece, First let me laugh. OK, better now. I fully understand where you are with this. Congrats on the weight you've lost. I got my band about 9 months before you and I haven't come close to that. I have had luck on my side (some), I had had lipo a few years before so my muffin is not a large as it would have been,. I had breast cancer and some of my tummy was used to reconstruct a new breast, extra skin was taken then so I really don't have the floppies there. I had a reduction on the other breast, It grew back some, and the weight loss has it drooooooooping. The other still sits up. It is hard to look right in most shirts because of the different sizes and the "new nipple" is always happy. Also, even though I haven't lost any weight in months, the weight is shifting around. Below my knees and elbows I am SKINNY!. Above, I am FLABBY! The thigh jiggle alone has me in jeans in 110 temps. WalMart is my answerer to jeans. Now that I can wear a 12 or 14 I look like I have a butt; it was just a wide FLAT board before. I am glad I don't have "dress up" very often because not much works. The sleeves are tight if it fits everywhere else. If it looks right on the girls out comes the muffin! Still I am in the over-shirt hanging to hide something. My youngest child is older than you, and my DH of 33 yrs thinks I look great in everything, but I see different. Smile child, it will all work out. You did this for a reason and the answerers will come in time. I hope I have given you a smile and this is always the place to vent.

Very glad you called and you are doing better. Take the advice and follow up as needed. Don't wait to long on the fill, I did and been fighting the 10lbs I gained since Oct.

I feel as the others do, but please stop trying to eat., If it is a slip or not you may have irritate your throat and it is swollen. I don't know where you are but I had something similar last year. For me high temps will caused me to tighten up. I got to a point were I couldn't get anything down. Doc had to do an unfill and he said that I should have gone on liquids for a couple of days and worked my way back up. Here we have reached 110 with the heat index and I have felt like I have overeaten from the time I get up until I go to bed. I don't even want water. I have been sipping a protein drink in the morning and eating softer foods like tuna salad in very small amounts. I know I'm tighter, I just feel like I have already eaten all day. Working hard to get my liquids in so I don't cause a different problem. There is also major stress in my life right now, but I'm going with the heat thing. I even have trouble taking my meds right now.

I am like that, posted about it over a month ago, but I haven't had a fill in 7 or 8 months. I/m just not hungry most of the time. DH fusses enough for me to remember to grap something. But my big deal is that I honestly tighten as the weather get hotter. Sat. - Tues., I really didn't want to eat. It was more than not being hungry, I didn't want anything and I doubted that anything would go down. About 4 oz of water made me fell like I would pop. I got food in, chicken, but just a very little. Temps cooler today and I had breakfast (very rare), half of a salad and 1 slice of pizza, which I couldn't finish.

SODA, SWEET TEA, AND LATE NIGHT EATING! Those were my biggies and a started in Nov. after the seminar with surgery in March. I also started eating on smaller plates, and NO seconds. I put on what I thought I should eat and that was it. It helped me bunches.

I am closer! In King George/Fredericksburg area. Here whenever ya need me.

You might not be to tight, but you don't need a fill. Try the hot tea in the am, you still might not be able to do Breakfast but it might make lunch easier to deal with. Eat slower, chew more and chew some more. Also, if you have had the refund going on, try a couple days of liquids. Your throat might be swollen and is the cause of your problem. I am a strange band bird. Some days I can eat breakfast, most days I don't want it. Next, hot weather makes me tighter. Last summer it happened to me and daily I was making toilet deposits. Finally went to the doc and he said I had irritated my throat and should have done the liquids to let it repair. Unfill, weight gain because I was scared to refill. I have been told this is silly because our internal body temp remains the same. I haven't wanted food all day today, it was over 100 and I felt like nothing would go down if I tried. I had a Protein drink and for dinner 2 chicken strips. I haven't been hungry and have felt FULL the entire day. In fact I have felt this coming on for the past couple of weeks as the temps went up. I seldom am hungry and eat because I know I need to. It's hard sometimes because to me it's the same as stress eating. I usually don't want anything and will eat only the fun/wrong stuff.

I have been very lucky, the weight has come off evenly in the first year. Or I should say while I was still loosing. I have had some life issues and I haven't done even the same amount of exercise I was doing. So now, I have bat wings and jiggling thighs. I also find that the weight is now moving around on my body. I'm not loosing any but my lower legs and arms are getting skinny My bottom was really flat, and I now have curves. So over all I am happy because I usually wear jeans and they look much better in a size 12 than they did in a 24. I will use this the next time I am asked how much I've lost. 60 pounds = an elephant's penis

I have read that it takes time for the message to get from your tummy to your brain. So when you eat slower, it gives time for the message to be sent. Digestion starts with the chewing so the better we chew, the better the digestion. This is also supposed to help with metabolism, so it should help with the weight loss. I think if we get the message more quickly that we are full/satisfied, we stop eating sooner and therefore eat less to help lose weight.