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I have never experienced the tighter in the morning thing. If anything I have more problems at night(but that might be because dinner foods are harder to eat than breakfast foods). For breakfast I usually eat a poached egg on 1 slice of wholemeal toast. If i'm not in the mood for that then I will have oats or homemade muesli with greek yogurt.

My stomach is always talking. Sometimes it is so loud it could wake the dead.

I have a question. What is the SOB diet?

Go to the zoo, beach,kid friendly museums and exhibitions.

I doubt it very much. I am sure that coconut water is just the latest fad.

The reason for the slime is that your body is producing excess saliva to try to help the stuck item slide down. The reason this didn't happen when you were sick previously is because there was nothing stuck that your body needed to move. You were sick probably because of a stomach bug or something you ate or drank disagreed with you. You were being sick from your stomach now you are bringing it back up from the band, it hasn't reached your stomach yet,technically you are not really vomiting it up.

That is very sad and I feel for you. However the fact that you still have it even though your band has been removed would seem to indicate that the band was not the cause. The fact it started once you were banded is probably coincidental. What tests have they done to try and ascertain the cause?

Sounds to me like things are going well. Not sure what you are looking for. You are not hungry and you are losing weight - what exactly do you think is wrong?

Well I have skinny chicken legs, can't keep most jeans up because I have no butt but still have more than i would like around the middle. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to choose where the weight comes off.

It could be all sorts of things. Low blood sugar, low Iron, low BP ........... As the others have said you need to see a Dr and get this checked. I am a bit concerned though with what you (are not) eating. If you say that you can only eat 3 -4 bites before you start sliming then you have an issue. I would say that either you are too tight or you are not following the guidelines properley. I know that many people strive to only be able to eat 3 - 4 bites post band and be full but that is not what you should be aiming for. It is not realistic and there is no way that you will be able to get the nutrition you need from such a small quantity of food.

No, I think you should be fine to walk that far just take it easy, maybe leave a little earlier than usual. Although if it was me I would drive. I spoke to my surgeon and he cleared me to drive the 3km to the school busstop 2 days after surgery.

And there I was thinking you were talking about animal Drs

Justme, that was why I said MOST and not ALL!

For most people that are stuck sips of anything just make it worse. When I was first banded corn used to give me lots of trouble, maybe even though you blended it , it had bits of skin which could be causing the irritation. You say it gave you heartburn, maybe that is the issue rather than being stuck. Maybe you ate too quickly or too much or for some reason it didn't agree with you. Have you tried taking a heartburn remedy?

Then that makes sense. Typically people with Realize bands need larger amounts of fill to feel restriction than those with Lapbands. Something to do with it being a low pressure band. I have even heard of people with the Realize band having more fill in than the band is actually designed to hold.

How long is a piece of string?

It is possible that the patty was too dry. They can be a difficult food to eat post band.

Do you have a lapband or a realise band?

Scrambled eggs are a food that is known to cause problems.A lot of it comes down to how you cook them. If you cook them so that they are just set and still soft they should be fine. If you overcook them they can be dry and rubbery. Then of course it seems (from reading on this site) that most people in the US do not use real eggs anyway. They all seem to use some kind of convenience, powdered substitute. How that would effect the way they go down I have no idea!

You also probably ate less because you weren't feeling well, that is something our bodies tend to do naturally.

From your recent pictures I think you look good. You look healthy. You certainly don't look emaciated or skinny. I would ignore other people, their opinions don't count. Most of the time they feed you crap as they have ulterior motives - like being jealous of your weight loss etc. You will probably find that at some point you stop losing anyway. But if you think that you have lost enough it is easy to stop losing without getting Fluid taken out. Simply add in a few high cal sliders!

Eat soup. That was my saviour. It tasted like food and really hit the spot.

To me it sounds as though you have some kind of erosion. The other possibility would be a stomach ulcer. I think that they should do more tests just to make sure that everything is OK.

I could never eat a bite that small. I need to take bites that are big enough that I am able to chew them. I don't take huge bites but mine are still a fairly normal size. Just shows that everyone is different and has to find what works for them.

I just eat the plane food. Most of it is fairly soft so it shouldn't be too hard. If you are concerned avoid the meat that they serve and just eat the veg. Breakfast normally has some kind of eggs and they go down Ok. You could always take a cup a Soup or some kind of dehydrated meal and then ask for hot Water when you are on board.