weightandsee

Thank you for the great ideas and support!!! I will definitely try the ice and altoid ideas!!

After my surgery 2 1/2 years ago, I did not have any resistance and slowly reverted back to my old habits. By the time I was filled to the point that it should work (max fill), I had given up and was drinking with every meal! Obviously, I did not have success with the band. I am now back to my surgery weight and just keep putting off eating without liquid until the next meal, and the next, the next..... Any help would be appreciated! SS

I am 2 1/2 years post-op. In the pre-op training they discussed the "beat the band syndrome" where you try to get around the band by drinking with meals. I never knew how important drinking was to the eating process. I lost 20lbs with the pre-op high protein diet and I am at that same weight now. I have been no more than 15 lbs lighter ever since the surgery. I have spent the past 10 years putting off the healthy eating plan until the "next meal". Now, I put off the healthy eating plan AND the NOT DRINKING WITH MEALS until the "next meal"....which never comes!!! They said that the band is just a "tool" to use in your weight loss journey. But, I thought I would not be able to eat following surgery. After the initial period of soft foods, it took so long for me to get any resistance that I had given up by the time they got enough fills in. There are no foods that I cannot eat!! I am a slow eater by nature and I guess I am an excellent chewer!! I never have issues with anything I eat and I have not thrown up in probably 2 years. I certainly have learned to beat the band...now i am beating myself up for not having the bypass surgery. There is a new employee at my work that had by-pass when she started last August and I have watched her dwindle away before my eyes...while I continue to drink while I eat!!! I have tried drinking large amounts before I begin to eat but I just cannot consistantly follow through! Even when I manage to not drink with a meal, I am not detered from eating any amount that I wish!! Any suggestions ??

I have not been passing very much gas but I am still very swollen....when will this come??? I am very uncomfortable!Thanks to seasoned bandits for all the good info!

How did you attach your tracker to your posts?? I made one, but can't get it to put it on there!!

I am on day three! Day one I thought 'peice of cake' - day two I thought 'I am a tough cookie' (excuse my food references!)- today I am saying hellllllp! I am very uncomfortable. I have not been passing very much gas......how long till I get rid of the bloating?? My shoulder does not hurt at all, but diaphram is really hurting and I am not breathing deeply unless I realize and make myself. I walked several times yesterday for a long time.