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The scale is moving in the right direction FINALLY!! could it be cuz I'm too tight and am not eating well?? I do get all the required calories and protein just in liquid or mushy form Maybe I need a slight un-fill... I just don't have the time to go to Mexico to do it *sigh*

well TOM has come and gone and yup my band is a little looser and I can eat solid food again.. All though not very much of it and only around dinner time... I am still pretty much on liquids through out the day just cuz it seems my band is tight right after I wake up and for hours after, I have just accepted the fact that my band is tight when I wake up and through out the day then gets loose enough for at least one good meal

I just go with it....a few extra calories is not gonna set me back as long as I keep it in moderation. I know that if I deprive myself then I'm more then likely gonna binge... I have noticed that when Aunt Flow comes to town I get super duper tight and cant eat so in a way its a good thing....

There is a person named Betty B at obesityhelp.com.... I wonder if that is the same person...

Low iron maybe???

Thanks msdeevee....I was over filled back in Nov and had an unfill in Dec...Got a fill in Feb and feel too tight now... maybe it's stress or Tom or what ever but yeah I may have to make another trip to Mexico to get unfilled if it doesnt let up when the big stress maker in my life leaves... I work with people with Developmental disabilites they live in my home and I am closing the bizz come April 17 but in the mean time one of the people I take care of has started accusing me of beating her...WTH!!! yeah talk about stress big time having all kinds of authoratises coming to my home in front of my kids asking me if I beat them or the people that live with me!!! That could be a big cause for my band to clamp shut huh???

I have been super tight the past 2 weeks or so to the point where I get stuck or throw up often daily... I thought that I was too tight since it is time for my TOM and that could very well be but I'm getting tired of the tightness. I can only eat Soup or liquids for Breakfast and lunch but usually around dinner time my band loosens up to the point where I can eat some solid food. I suppose I am also under a lot of stress right now with my job and other things that are going on in my life, I'm just getting so tired of the tightness and dont have time for an unfill since I work nights and sleep during the day. I'm also getting to the point where I almost regret getting the band. Thanks for the opportunity to get my feelings out...I dont dare tell my husband cuz then he'll say something like what a waste of money bla bla bla.....

I'm too tight it seems during the day that all I can eat is soup or liquids then around dinner time I loosen up and can eat soft solids.... If I attempt to eat solids any time other then for dinner then I get stuck and throw up often more then one time a day.... I'm getting so tired of this I'm almost regretting getting the band

Uggg..... I am either too tight or too loose and never just right.... I got a fill back in Feb and I was doing so well up until this past week when BAM I'm too tight and all I can eat is soup! WTH!!! I will PB or even throw up if I attempt solid food and get the worst heaves when I vomit...Is it more then just being too tight? could my band have slipped but why out of the blue? or is it just TOM symptoms... So frustrated right now!!!

They still use the 4cc in Mexico... Yeah I'm gonna do liquids only for 2-3 days thanks Reverie for your help

Hey Amanda seems like were in the same boat I throw up so much I fear I have a slipped band.... but I can keep Water and Protein drinks down so I dont think it's slipped just very irritated I have no other pain that others say occompany a slipped band I think my stomach is just so irritated and swollen I need to not eat anything with solids in it for a few days just clear broth I think to help the irritation and swelling go away....Good luck to you

Hey I'm 30 lbs down as well....we're doing just fine! it's 30lbs less then we had 6mos ago.... I welcome every single once lost he he... Hey I'm bipolar too!! R we sisters??

3 cc in a 4cc band....

Yeah I am gonna try that as well cuz I just give up on solid foods...even mushies give me the hiccups

Too tight....Cant eat....Throw up all the time!! Or is it just TOM tightness??? cant find a happy medium

Dont understand what you mean by "sitting in the port" how does coffee sit in the port? do you mean the small stomach? it is a liquid it flows right through...huummm

it's when you burp and food comes but up.. not throwing up that is different but just a burp.

I was actually hungry when I woke up from surgery but there was no answer for that

Sounds to me that your swollen after a stuck episode... That has happen to me before where i felt that I was stuck for a long time but was actually just swollen from throwing up... Give it time it should relieve it self drink some warm or hot tea..

Why cant you have coffee??? I suppose every doctor is different cuz my doc never said anything about not having coffee.... I have coffee all the time especially since I work nights...hummmm...

So I started working nights now and boy is it playing havoc on my eating habits... I seem to be tighter at night so eating isnt very comfertable and when I get off in the morning there is no way I would be able to eat my band is practically shut in the early am... Anyone have some advise for me. I have started taking mushy types of food like tuna salad and a Protein Drink to work but I get so hungry.... But it wont matter what I bring cuz I really cant eat it anyway

This is frustrating..... I still cant eat well but I know I'm not tight... I think the topsy turvy time frame has my body all confused!!! I seem to be eating all the time now but little tiny bits of food and I sleep all day long... I havent kept a tract of how much calories I'm taking in and dont seem to be losing weight anymore... I'm gonna start logging my food consumption to see exactly how many cals I'm eating per day or night. But I do notice inches lost especially in my arms cuz i'm mopping floors alot HE HE...

Mega Red Krill oil is good and supposed to be better then regular fish oil.... I take one every day and no problems they are small and only have to take 1 a day compared to 3 with the big fish oil kind...

www.5daypouchtest.com You can get all the info you need here... Good luck

So I'm sitting here getting ready for my fill on Friday when I calculate that I have 4cc'c in a 4cc band... That would mean that I am at capacity..But I dont have restriction and want it desperately. Is it possible to fill over the band's capacity? Would it rupture could it break if they put too much in?? Anyone know?