I was abnded 11/12. Had a rough couple of weeks but presently I just received first fill on 12/23. I feel restriction, eat under a cup of food at meals but they are only lasting 3 hours instead of 4hours. Anyway...how can many people report that they have no restriction BUT they get stuck, PB, and slime? Some even state they vomit. How could this be happening if they don't have restriction? I have not had any of the above (yet) and just want to prepare myself. I have had what I describe as a hard swallow in the last few days, but everything stayed down.

It is from eating too fast - it took me 3 months to figure it out and getting really overfilled where I had to be SUPER careful. So to discipline myself I use the stopwatch on my iphone or on the pc. 30 seconds between picking up the fork and chewing 30 times. No problems since. They told me they would need to check my esophagus if this continued so I figured let me keep myself honest and say I really did what I was told; and sure enough it made a difference.

It cant. If you are getting stuck and pbing, then there is restriction.

its just that people expect retriction to magically feel like something. Some incredible control over food. It doesnt. It just means you feel more satisfied after a smaller amount of food than you otherwise would have done. But often you dont recognise that becuase of your head saying that was yum, keep eating.

Restriction doesnt "feel like" anything at all. But if pbing and stuck is happening, then its there.

Good restriction is more restriction that doesnt disappear 2 days after the fill but lasts months or even a year or more before another fill is required.

I was abnded 11/12. Had a rough couple of weeks but presently I just received first fill on 12/23. I feel restriction, eat under a cup of food at meals but they are only lasting 3 hours instead of 4hours. Anyway...how can many people report that they have no restriction BUT they get stuck, PB, and slime? Some even state they vomit. How could this be happening if they don't have restriction? I have not had any of the above (yet) and just want to prepare myself. I have had what I describe as a hard swallow in the last few days, but everything stayed down.

If they're Pbing or sliming, then they aren't chewing well enough, eating slow enough or taking small enough bites...or perhaps their band is too tight. In either case, they have restriction, as Jachut said.

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They have restriction if slimming & PBing. It's there alright. You may never have a problem with it depending on how slow you eat and how much you chew. Since my 4th fill, I have now have restriction. Some days I do fine and others, I don't do as well. My main problem is being distracted when eating and not being careful enough. That's not the band's fault...it's mine. Follow the rules and you'll be okay.

Now that makes sense to me. I have been able to eat much smaller portions which consist of 3oz of protein and veggies. I hope this stays this way....I feel comfortable but not "sweet spot" yet. Doc and nutritionist want 4 hours no hunger with 1/2 cp.I am losing well where I am though. I shall see what the next 3 weeks will bring..

It is from eating too fast - it took me 3 months to figure it out and getting really overfilled where I had to be SUPER careful. So to discipline myself I use the stopwatch on my iphone or on the pc. 30 seconds between picking up the fork and chewing 30 times. No problems since. They told me they would need to check my esophagus if this continued so I figured let me keep myself honest and say I really did what I was told; and sure enough it made a difference.

I'm so glad I saw this. This has been happening to me and I couldn't figure out why. I guess I need to eat slower. Do you know why the food gets trapped in your esophagus? It starts sometimes before I could possibly have any food in my stomach. I don't have a fill yet and haven't been pb'ing so I just assumed It wasn't from restriction.

I'm so glad I saw this. This has been happening to me and I couldn't figure out why. I guess I need to eat slower. Do you know why the food gets trapped in your esophagus? It starts sometimes before I could possibly have any food in my stomach. I don't have a fill yet and haven't been pb'ing so I just assumed It wasn't from restriction.

As others have said there is some restriction even w/ the band around your stomach w/ no Fluid. My doctor explained that it takes 30 seconds for your esophagus to push through the food through the opening. The more restriction obviously the more this matters and more pronounced it is. If you eat on top of all the bites then you start to pile food on top of each other. Anyway I was telling my doc I PB once a week and she said its from eating too fast and that was her explanation. OR your esophagus is spasming and not pushing food through properly which is why they mentioned possibly testing it (in any case - timing myself worked no testing needed :thumbup:

I feel kinda dumb here, what's PBing?

PB'ing is a term used often for regurgitation.

what is pbing?

PB'ing is a term used often for regurgitation.

Thank you!!!