For breakfast and lunch my band tells me when to stop when I'm comfortably satisfied. For dinner feels like I can eat, eat, eat with no "stop" signal!

Anyone else have this situation????

That is very common for some strange reason. Just know that you are not alone.

that me. I can eat but i set my portion aside and eat only 4oz as told. I know i can manage more but i try to stick to what my dr. told me and not to over eat. i am still on liquids. i guess next week i will be placed on mushi foods.

Thanks Cocoa!

I really did think it was strange!

Wow! That's good to know. So strange.

I am going to talk to my dr. About this...I have the same problem, maybe there is a appitite suppressant for the evening...that I can go to sleep with.

I'm very similar. In the mornings I only have a Protein shake for breakfast because my band is so tight it's all I can handle. By lunch I can eat but it has to be a rather light meal, nothing heavy like breads. But by dinner, I can eat what I want, and if I wanted to could probably graze throughout the night without issue.

When I get like that at night and get the urge to eat, I ask myself "am I physically hungry or do I just want to eat?" 99% of the time I am still satisfied from dinner and not physically hungry, so I grab a big glass of Water or iced diet green tea and drink like crazy until the urge passes. Even though my band is tons looser at night, if I listen to my body I realize that while even though I could eat more I don't need it and my body is still satisfied.

The same thing happens to me.. but I do think it's because of habit... That is when I would eat most of my food while watching tv. So I think my mind is telling me to eat but I could probably go without. Its a tough fight. I guess mind over matter. Hope I win this fight

Very Normal! When I ask my nurse practioner she said "The band is connected to Muscle (ie your stomach). In the morning your muscles are tight as the day progresses they loosen up. By evening the stomach is a lot more relaxed. " Makes sense.

I've had that.

My original surgeon said that when you're asleep in a horizontal position for 8 or so hours, mucus drains into your throat and esophagus and causes the morning "tightness". That makes sense to me because the morning tightness has always been a bigger issue when I've had pollen allergy attacks or head colds.

Very common. It drove me crazy for months! Now I'm in a better frame of mind and I continue to measure out my dinner portion and I don't eat ANYTHING after. When I use to snack after dinner it just seemed like a never ending "what can I eat now?" issue!!!

This has been me, over the ENTIRE life of my band! It drives me crazy! Evenings are when I want to snack, etc. so I would love more restriction then. However, I've learned from experience that making it too tight is no fun either (where I can't even keep liquids down in the mornings). You're definitely not alone in this!

Oh my goodness, I have been wondering about this same issue lately! I think I am pretty much in my green zone right now, but it is DEFINITELY much harder to eat in the mornings. Although, luckily, I still cannot just eat whatever I want at night, but things do go down easier...it's so good to know I am not alone in this!

I am sure glad to see this post...I thought I was the only one with this issue! I've had problems with night eating for the past few months, not because I'm particularly hungry, but because there's no stop signal. Learning to recognize head hunger vs real hunger is still something I struggle with, but I'm getting better at telling the difference. I'm glad I'm not alone!

For breakfast and lunch my band tells me when to stop when I'm comfortably satisfied. For dinner feels like I can eat, eat, eat with no "stop" signal!

Anyone else have this situation????

ive read where sometimes the band can loosen somewhat later in the day. Also, having a hot drink before hand, or having some alcohol helps to ease it as well.

ive read where sometimes the band can loosen somewhat later in the day. Also, having a hot drink before hand, or having some alcohol helps to ease it as well.

Please don't take this comment as judgmental - I just have to speak to the suggestion that having some alcohol helps dealing with restriction fluctuations. I can't imagine any medical reason or believe that any doctor would endorse the idea that alcohol would help. It's a diuretic, it's a gastric irritant, and if it "helps", that's probably because it makes you care less about eating problems, not because it actually fixes them. Finally, alcohol is empty calories and loosens inhibitions, so that taking an extra bite or an extra serving that you don't need suddenly seems like a fine idea.

Just my opinion, mind you, but I speak from experience!