Ok so just wondering, other long-time banded people, have you had weird restriction at times? Last summer I lost a bunch of weight because I just didn't feel like eating as much, same thing is happening this summer. The issue is, when I do eat...all of a sudden I have no-go foods. I can't eat pasta, makes me throw up.

For instance, just today....I've been eating really well lately, so I decided to have a few cheetos and a bag of peanut m & m's...well I felt horrible after not even eating very much. And then I threw it up.

It wasn't the best food I realize, but I've never had foods I couldn't eat before...anyone else?

I definitely cycle through various levels of restriction, sometimes its good for weeks, sometimes its as if I can eat anything at all.

Vomiting episodes can creep up and surprise me too, but for me, its nearly always user error, eating too fast etc.

Restriction is a fickle thing and if for a while there's foods I cant eat easily, I just go with it. Its just how it is with a band. It changes over time, I can eat things now I couldnt imagine eating six months after surgery, yet I have three times as much Fluid in my band as I did back then.

As long as you're able to generally eat well, lose weight or maintain if that's where you're at, eat something from all food groups and have energy, feel well, then there's not really any need to panic over what you can and cant eat at any given time. You also need to remain aware of whether you've vomited because you cant eat that food today and it caught you by surprise or whether you're so tight you're having trouble keeping foods down.

Yeah it's definitely strange. Not complaing though, I've been at 165 since last September and I started losing again about a month or two ago and now I'm down to 145, which blows my mind.