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I am trying to learn what this feels like - trying to decide if i have the same amount of restriction as i did this past week - espeically with the question of a possible leak.

My question is,

is it normal for certain foods to be easy to eat and others to be quite the chore?

What about having real good restriction one day and then what seems like none the next ?

thanks

sue

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Yep, been there, done that. One day I can eat eggs and cheese and the next I can't. Sometimes, chicken is hard too. I'm tighter in the a.m. than at night too. Makes no sense but at least you're not alone.

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Hi Whillow,

I was banded 11/25/09 and have had 3 fills so far. I am now at 5.5 in a 10cc band and I am finally feeling it. I am real tight in the morning. I seem to loosen up a bit come 1 or 2 and then I will try to have some Protein, today I had 3oz of turkey meat loaf and was full. Tonight I felt wide open like I could have eaten a bit ol meal. I didnt but I pushed away feeling like I wanted to eat more, not because I was hungry. It's all very strange....sometimes I wonder if I did the right thing...if I will ever be able to eat more than 3 bites, but then I ran into a banded lady who has lost ALL her weight and then some and now has nothing in her band. She is maintaining without the help of her band...thats where I want to get!

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Hi Whillow!

Yep, My band has been that way too. It's always tighter in the morning. Somedays I can eat 1/4 cup and feel full then the next day I eat 3/4 cup and feel like I could eat a lot more. I was banded May 1, 2009. Everyone's different as far as what they can and can not eat. Fortunately I haven't found anything that I can't eat yet...now chicken can be a bit trickey some days, but fine most of the time. Foods that are moist seem to work better for me. The crock pot is a great friend!:biggrin: Good luck with everything!

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So good to know I am not alone!! lol

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