I mentioned in another post that I have a problem with the first bite blues every time that I try to eat. Well, since my last fill has kicked in , I am noticing other things that are weird about my level of restriction. I have the worst trouble eating at night. At lunch, I am wide open, and I can eat ALOT :rolleyes . But for some reason by dinnertime, my band locks down. It doesn't matter what I eat, or how well I chew it, or how big the bite is. I am going to slime and it usuallycomes up (not the food, just the mucus). I don't know about breakfast, frankly I've never been a morning eater (protein shake at 7:30, coffee at 8:30). I thought most people were looser in the PM. Does anyone else have dinner problems?

I also went through a week of sliming at the first bite. After my last (2nd) fill I was starting to slime at the first bite of ANYTHING. I wasnt pbing, just spitting up the mucus. I found that drinking a cup of hot tea before meals took care of it for me. I have no idea what caused that sliming on the first bite. I am pretty tight but the food wasnt coming up, just the mouthfuls of mucus. Cant help with looseness questions, I am tight in the morning and get looser as the day progresses.

Im oppopsite - I cant eat breakfast, lunch is ok, and I'm wide open at night! My 1st few bites of the day are always hard. I'm also opposite from most women on here who are locked down when they have thier periods - my period opended my band like a floodgate (it sucked that it was so open over Xmas week when there was all this crap to eat around all the time)

I havent noticed much like this yet - but I'm unfilled, perhaps I will later. But I wake up hungry, unlike previously, probably because I havent overeaten the night before.

All I could say is that in the morning, I get full quicker, but I dont have any trouble eating.

I also have alot of evening restriction. I am okay in the morning (I'm not much of a breakfast eater so i don't really know), pretty wide open at noon, and tighter at night. I also get tight when the weather changes and when its hot.

When I'm really tight, I either have a cup of tea or a glass of wine. Either one opens me up enough to enjoy a bandster style dinner. If I don't do that, I am tight but hungry and end up snacking through the night.

Good luck finding what works for you. Celeste

Ok -- I have posted all over LBT about maybe being too tight and possibly needing an unfill. Then I read your post and it rang a bell for me. Last night I tried a warm drink prior to dinner and then eating past the first few bites that induced the sliming. I spit out the slime and then found that if I kept going, the additional food supressed the PBing! I ate dinner! Meatloaf & mashed potatoes -- even a tiny bit of corn! What is it with those first few bites??? I realize this is only one meal, but will try the same method today. If it works, I am SOOOO glad I didn't seek and unfill! Thanks for posting!

This is a great site, thanks so much for posting about this. I haven't got a fill yet but I know now not to panic if this happens.

I hope I am tight at night, night time eating is what got me so dang fat in the first place. Right now w/no fill I can eat and eat and eat. Don't have to chew much either although I do. A couple of times I forgot and woofed down food w/no problem.. sigh !!! COME TO MAMA FILL !!!!

I tried the warm tea before dinner over the weekend and guess what... no pain! I actually did exactly what bandayed did; I spit out the slime and kept eating, very slowly, and I was fine, no pain and no pb. Thanks so much for posting!

It also helps to make sure you eat each meal. Also,when you eat a larger meal for supper, then breakfast can be difficult as a large lunch will make supper difficult. Try eating three balanced meals, that might help too.

Ok forgive me for being new and not banded, yet!! But some of the lingo I am not getting. What is PBing? And is there a thread with lingo and definitions and if not can we start one?

Thanks ya'll

Hi newme -- there is a list of lingo somewhere, but I jsut went looking fo it and couldn't find it. Here's a couple:

PB Productive Burping (revisiting your food)

DH/DW Dear Husband or wife

IMHO In My Humble Opinion

RNY Roux en Y (Gastric Bypass)

LOL Laugh Out Loud

OMG Oh My God

NSV Non scale Victory

LBT This website -- Lapband Talk

I'm sure there are others, but that should get you started -- anyone know where that ling list went?

Thanks for the reply. I am a nurse and I can handle most routine Medical Abbreviations and I surf the web freq. So the main ones I am concerned with is the Lap Band lingo. thanks again

Found them...goto Lap Band FAQs and References

Thanks Randy -- knew they were here SOMEWHERE!

Thanks for the reply. I am a nurse and I can handle most routine Medical Abbreviations and I surf the web freq. So the main ones I am concerned with is the Lap Band lingo. thanks again

I thought I had heard every medical abbreviation out there, till I came to this site. They have a lingo all their own I'm not banded yet, but I know now what the language means and it makes the posts easier to read. You know we could play a game with these bandsters (just kidding) and throw out some abbreviations like COPD, TIA's, etc. and I bet only the nurses here will latch onto them. They probably would not understand us anymore then the abbreviations they have chosen and they are so perfect for the band. I sometimes think TMI is not always good (too much information). Welcome.

Kristi,

That's not weird restriction and you are not alone. I am exactly the same way. In the morning I really have to be careful because I can almost bet that I am gonna get stuck. By the time lunch rolls around everythings seems to be fine but anytime after 7pm what out!!! It's almost like the band is telling you it's not time to eat anymore. Good luck to you.