I was wondering if anyone else gets a distended abdomen/upper belly area (like right underneath the boobs) after eating? I've begun noticing recently that my upper abdomen swells after I finish eating (it looks a little like I'm pregnant). I'm worried that this is going to stay there even after I've lost weight. Anyone else have this issue? Am I being paranoid?

I'm just bumping this to see if anyone has had a similar experience. Thanks!

Hey,

I used to get that as well, but realized that I over eaten and it was stretching my pouch. You may need to get an "un fill" like I did and wait a few weeks. This will allow the enlarged stomach to shrink back through the bank and go back to the smaller pouch.

I am so glad that I went and had the ECG done, because my pouch was really stretched and I had a lot of gurgling sounds and a hard time eating. Don't ignore it. Make sure you speak with your doctor or the "fill" nurse and let them know.

Wish you luck!

Thank you so much for your reply. Ugh, now I'm scared - I hope nothing is wrong with my band. I just moved to a new city and am still looking for doctors so I can't even go see my surgeon. Ergh. When you got an unfill and waited for a few weeks, did your pouch go back to the correct size?

Actually it did. It's not painful at all. It's just like "starting back over again". But in the mean time you may want to do liquids like in the very beginning to get your stomach to shrink. Keep in mind that if you do get the "unfill" that you will be able to eat whatever you want, so that is where the will power kicks in. It's nothing to be scared about, you just need to be mindful though.

With my first band this never happened. It wasn't until I had the balloon that i started to notice this when I over ate.

Now sometimes I get it but not often. It always comes if I am out socializing with friends and eating or drinking more then I should over a long period of time. It looks so strange.

Try eating less and waiting longer before drinking after eating.

P.s Vio any recent trips to Korea? Its been a long time since we chatted!

Hey - thanks so much for the replies. I really need to find a dr in Michigan so I guess this is a good excuse to get on that. I hope nothing is wrong with my band.

With my first band this never happened. It wasn't until I had the balloon that i started to notice this when I over ate.

Now sometimes I get it but not often. It always comes if I am out socializing with friends and eating or drinking more then I should over a long period of time. It looks so strange.

Try eating less and waiting longer before drinking after eating.

P.s Vio any recent trips to Korea? Its been a long time since we chatted!

Hey Alien! How are you?! Yea - I took a break (aka I completely fell of the wagon) for awhile. But I'm back and losing weight pretty steadily now! Exercising like crazy!

I haven't been to Korea recently. I was going to go this past summer but then we decided we were moving (fiance got into law school in Michigan and decided its where he wanted to go), so he went back home and I stayed here to pack and tie up all of the loose ends before we skipped town. At the time I was grumpy about it, but now I'm glad that I did stay because we had SO much stuff (I couldn't even have imagined how much stuff we had in that little apartment until I started packing it) and I wouldn't have been able to get it all packed in just a few days. But we've planned our wedding for August 2012 in Hawaii, and after the wedding, we'll just fly to Korea for a few weeks. So I'm looking forward to that! My fiance may not be able to go home next summer because of whatever summer internship he gets, but I'm hoping that he will because I really miss Korea and can't wait to go back! His mom is taking us to Hawaii in December and she was just in the states in May - so I'm glad I'll get to see her more than just once every 2 years when we go to Korea.

Hey Alien! How are you?! Yea - I took a break (aka I completely fell of the wagon) for awhile. But I'm back and losing weight pretty steadily now! Exercising like crazy!

I haven't been to Korea recently. I was going to go this past summer but then we decided we were moving (fiance got into law school in Michigan and decided its where he wanted to go), so he went back home and I stayed here to pack and tie up all of the loose ends before we skipped town. At the time I was grumpy about it, but now I'm glad that I did stay because we had SO much stuff (I couldn't even have imagined how much stuff we had in that little apartment until I started packing it) and I wouldn't have been able to get it all packed in just a few days. But we've planned our wedding for August 2012 in Hawaii, and after the wedding, we'll just fly to Korea for a few weeks. So I'm looking forward to that! My fiance may not be able to go home next summer because of whatever summer internship he gets, but I'm hoping that he will because I really miss Korea and can't wait to go back! His mom is taking us to Hawaii in December and she was just in the states in May - so I'm glad I'll get to see her more than just once every 2 years when we go to Korea.

Ok not to get totaly off topic but congrats on the engagement and welcome back to the land of the band. I am sure by the time you come to Korea you will be able to fit into the ridiculously tiny clothes here. It is such a great feeling to fit into Korean clothes :huh2:

Ok not to get totaly off topic but congrats on the engagement and welcome back to the land of the band. I am sure by the time you come to Korea you will be able to fit into the ridiculously tiny clothes here. It is such a great feeling to fit into Korean clothes :huh2:

Hey do you fit into Korean clothes!!?? OMG CONGRATS! I CANT wait to be able to buy clothes in Korea. Actually, last time we were there, my fiance's aunt gave me a 500.00 gift certificate to Shinsegae. She didn't know I was fat before she met me. I could see the look in her face, like "Here is a gift card, I don't know what the hell you're going to buy there". So I bought a Louis Vuitton bag But fiance's mom said that she would give me some ridiculous sum of money (like 5000 dollars or something) if I could reach a normal clothing size, so I can't wait to take it and go shopping for clothes in Korea haha :huh2:

Hey do you fit into Korean clothes!!?? OMG CONGRATS! I CANT wait to be able to buy clothes in Korea. Actually, last time we were there, my fiance's aunt gave me a 500.00 gift certificate to Shinsegae. She didn't know I was fat before she met me. I could see the look in her face, like "Here is a gift card, I don't know what the hell you're going to buy there". So I bought a Louis Vuitton bag :laugh: But fiance's mom said that she would give me some ridiculous sum of money (like 5000 dollars or something) if I could reach a normal clothing size, so I can't wait to take it and go shopping for clothes in Korea haha :biggrin:

Not only do I fit into Korean clothes I fit into the middle sizes. Korean clothes go odd numbers up to 31 and I am size 27! My waist is about a size 25 but Koreans don't have big thighs so I must buy bigger sizes to accommodate my large thighs :S

I would love to shop at Shinsegae but god so expensive! I am so jealous!