I'm not happy about this by any stretch, but it's finally proof that my band is in fact in there LOL!

I was eating a few home made meatballs last night (yum) and I chew the way I always have (I haven't really paid attention to my chewing and still eat pretty quick), but for some reason, the unbelieveable pain started, followed by the sliming, then bam everything just came up.

Question is (since this has never happened to me before and again, I've not eaten any different since I've been back on solids) --is this a sign of restriction or perhaps the specific food?

I am sooo trying to hang in there until my fill on 1/14 and I am noticing that I am not as ravenous as I have been and I'm just wondering if it is possible for me to all of a sudden to have restriction...

There are a lot of variables with restriction. Time of day, time of the month (for women, lol), stress, all of those things can affect your restriction level at any given time. It's also possible that you've found a food that it more difficult for you to tolerate. It's ALSO possible that maybe you just got a little careless and didn't chew as well as you thought. Living the banded life can be tricky, eh?? Don't get too discouraged.....although there is certainly a learning curve to the band, it's a pretty steep one. You'll learn it eventually. Hang in there!!