Hey everyone,

I have been banded for 4 months and I am slowly getting my act together and making better decisions. I have 5.25 CCs in a 10 cc band and so far I feel little restriction, I do get pains in my left side when I eat too much but other than that not much.

One thing I do experience is that the first few bites of solid food always hurt a bit, but then by the 3rd bite it's ok. I can't describe the feeling but it feels like the food wants to go back up but it doesn't. So I stop eating a bit then continue and then it's ok.

This doesn't happen with mushie food or salads. But for example a baked potato, a sushi roll. I have cereal in the morning no problems there but for lunch that's when it starts happening.

I am not following a low carb high protein diet, so these things are part of my diet albeit with moderation.

Is this normal? I want to get more fills since I get hungry too often and I can still eat quite a bit it I let myself

I get that feeling fairly often it's like I'm getting stuck it happens even with yogurt sometimes I stop and start again a do get stuck. I'm at what I call my grn zone and this is good restriction for me. I follow a high protein low carb diet but it feels a little like I swallowed a rock with first few bites. I take it as a sign to and not get stuck