I am about to graduate to solid foods but I have been having an issue. Sometimes my food sneaks up on me. I am eating, I think I'm still hungery so I eat a little more and about 10 minutes after I'm done, I feel ill. So full, overstuffed and not like th "good old days". This hurts. It's like the food has expanded inside me.

I follow the drinking rules and eat small portions. Not sure why it happens. Anyone else in this boat?

I guess you eat till you're just satisfied, not full, then wait 20 minutes before deciding whether to eat more. I'm sure I'm going to have this problem too.

Sometimes you can avoid this by slowing down even more when eating. It also depends on what foods you're having....

The band is fickle. You'll get the hang of it and you'll learn when to stop, but its hit and miss until that happens.

Good luck.

YES, YES, YES, YES!! This was just about the HARDEST thing I had to learn, and I still struggle with it sometimes. You have to take one LESS bite than you want, and then wait and wait for a few minutes. There was a while there when I was actually getting up from the table and walking around just so I wouldn't take that one.more.bite.

It's behavioral modification in action. Learn it. Do it. Be it.

In the same boat as you! I really take my time between bites. I will take a bite and then think I "need" more... then I will take another, and up it comes or here comes horrible pain. I guess it is just a process of learning and slowing down.

I'm just now beginning to learn and I've been banded for 4 months. I eat what I want until I am comfortable and literally throw the rest away so that I don't go overboard.

Thanks gang! I am about to eat now and I will go very slow and try to pay attention to the little signal of STOP! Let's see how it goes today.