Struggling with Restriction

[Graceful One 4]

OK, I need some help!

Last Monday I got my 3rd fill...at 3.0cc's...and I really have been struggling to eat...maybe it's just in my head but it has been a challenge to figure out what will not make me PB (if that has been what is happening...slime backing up in my throat...is that a PB?)

Anyway...went to my Mom's for dinner on Sunday and my Grandma made Swiss Steak (very tender) with Mashed Potatoes...well...the Steak went down fine...the Mashed Potatoes...no go...

Went to a friends house for dinner on Saturday...Spaghetti with Meatballs and Eggplant Parmigana...the meatballs and eggplant fine...sphaghetti no go...

Last night for dinner bought a fish sandwhich and just ate the fish...that was ok...

Does this sound right to you all? Do things like potatoes normally cause problems when you have restriction? I haven't had bread for a coons age...and normally don't make potatoes for myself but I am confused!

I guess right now I feel like I'm not eating any carbs because they seem alot more difficult to get down than meat...is this right?

EESH!

[Alexandra 55]

Hi Jennye,

Yep, your restriction sounds a lot like the perfect level! You are still experimenting and will learn what your band does and doesn't like. I definitely have noticed a difference with Pasta after this last fill; before it wasn't a problem for me at all but now I can only have two or three bites before I'm full. So I avoid it, because I'd rather be eating something more nutrionally dense.

Now is the time to start paying attention to what your body is telling you. I found out the hard way that I too have the morning restriction so many people talk about. I wish I'd been thinking that morning before the Cereal got stuck!

Your topic header says "struggling with restriction" and I'm sure that's what it feels like. But try to think about it as "exploring" your restriction. This is exactly what the band is designed to do, and it's up to us to learn how to work with it instead of against it.

Good luck, and be careful!

[GeezerSue 7]

With full restriction (I had to lessen it due to reflux) my uhh-ooh list includes:

breads, bread-like baked goods, hidden bread (as in stuffed shrimp or crab cakes), pastas, rice, raisins and dehydrated/dried anything (like my cranberries I got in Wisconsin), uncooked grains, potatoes, bananas, and I'm sure there were other things I just can't think of right now.

With my modified adjustment, I can eat very amount of most of the above.

Sue