My last fill was last october...Im 1 or 2 pounds away from my Inital Goal weight but not even worried about that GOAL Weight anymore...Im so happy where I am. Workout all the time and now am just working out to tighten up, get strong and Look better. After my surgery I had a total of 3 fills and the last one has been just right. Most days Im really tight in the AM like most people but by evening I can eat dinner OK. Drink Protein and coffee all morning, light small lunch and good dinner. Past two days I havent even been able to get my daily morning coffee down comfortably. Ive felt like that maybe once or twice before but never for3 days in a row. Im not one to throw up because I eat really slow and dont like getting sick so I know for a fact that my band is not reacting to me getting sick because I just know I havent.

Why does the band just tighten on its own some times? Lately I even thought I was being able to eat so many more foods than before like bread and Pasta and I was thinking its because ive lost a lot of weight and the Dr, did say that as you loose weight the band gets looser because of loosing weight in your stomach area.

I am uncomfortable and was just wondering how long I should wait before I call my Dr. I dont not want to unfill!!!

Any one have any ideas of why this is going on...Does stress cause your band to tighten?

This is unusal, my doc recently told me the band doesn't loosen after you have lost the fat that was under the band. Maybe you have replaced that with muscle as you work to tighten up. If you are able to get lunch and dinner in I don't think I would worry. Maybe the coffee can be replaced with tea, no creamers and it's more "water like". Also, maybe yogurt in the AM for the protein. If you can"t eat lunch, at least call the doc. Good luck.

No the band shouldn't loosen b/c you have lost weight....but a LOT of things will affect your band and how tight it is, which I think makes it really hard for us to know when we need to unfill! I recently had this problem as all of a sudden I was noticing that I couldn't hardly eat very much at all....well it happened to be at the same time as a HORRIBLE sinus infection I had that took two weeks and two rounds of antibiotics to get rid of....and I did end up going in and having to be unfilled so that I could eat enough to help my poor body battle the illness. It was THE pits as it cost me money....and now I am hungry hungry hungry all of the time, but am stuck waiting until I can afford to refill.

Anyway...things that affect the band...sickness....stress....hormones (time of the month -big time!)....weather -as when it is really really hot and humid I am not hungry and can barely eat anything....but also having a slipped band can affect how tight it feels, I have read....

What I did was kinda journal for a week or two and see how it was going --- one day I could eat what seemed like a normal meal for me, but the next I took two bites and felt like I had too much....then I decided it seemed to be getting worse instead of better and that is when I went to the doctor. You have to make sure you are getting in enough Protein so your body can function - and when you are too tight you will resort to those fantabulous "slider foods" that will make you gain weight --- trust me, NOT a good idea!!!

Hang in there!

Kim

Don't know the reason why, but there are days when my band is tighter than other days.

Also, my band is always tighter first thing in the morning.

it really can't be the band getting tighter and looser, I would assume it is the upper pouch that can restrict if not exercised with various foods.

For instance, If I go on a full liquid diet for a day or two, which I do occasionally, it will feel much tighter when I have my first solid food afterward.

The best explanation I got thus far is that the stomach is a muscle and contracts or expands with different situations such as stress, cold weather, colds/flu etc. I am convinced because all these things definitely make me tight. Warm liquids seem to help. It is a must that I have hot coffee or tea before breakfast each morning otherwise I have one heck of a time with breakfast. On the other side of the coin and occuring at least 1 time a week I can eat a lot more than usual. That one I can' t figure out yet.