Had my 3rd fill this last Friday. The first few days I had quite a bit of pb'ing and stuck issues. I thought "great, maybe I'm too tight". Liquids go down easily. Today when I ate lunch I had chicken and broccoli. No pb'ing. The trick....I ate slower and stopped in between bites. Ive always been a fast eater so that's been the hardest for me to stop. I guess I was still eating way too fast with the band. My total meal was 3 oz, as I didn't want to overdo it. So far so good. I have realized that I have to learn how to eat all over again with a fill. Just wanted to share my experience in case anyone else is having the same issue.

Had my 3rd fill this last Friday. The first few days I had quite a bit of pb'ing and stuck issues. I thought "great, maybe I'm too tight". Liquids go down easily. Today when I ate lunch I had chicken and broccoli. No pb'ing. The trick....I ate slower and stopped in between bites. Ive always been a fast eater so that's been the hardest for me to stop. I guess I was still eating way too fast with the band. My total meal was 3 oz, as I didn't want to overdo it. So far so good. I have realized that I have to learn how to eat all over again with a fill. Just wanted to share my experience in case anyone else is having the same issue.

Going for my 3rd fill next week. Thanks for the advise!!!!

Everybody is different as to when the feel the tightness of a fill but I know after every fill I would have to slow down when I ate and make it small portions until the swelling went down.

I just had my 3rd fill too. I do really have to chew, chew, chew!

Experiencing the same thing right now!! Eating anything is hard work got through half a piece of toast and a scrambled egg today so far.

Wow! You've already realized how to eat slower and you're not very far into this process! I'm so excited for you! It took me 2 1/2 yrs and a slipped band to learn how to eat slower as to not PB. I was throwing up (PBing) about 2-5 times a week, because I was eating too fast. Learned that in Army basic training. If you didn't eat your meal in 5 minutes, you didn't eat. I'm so glad you learned this so early into your journey. Wish I had before my band slipped from throwing up.

Good luck to you!

Marci

Congrats to all of you on eating slow. I still struggle with that.

Don't forget to eat the bread/toast last. It swells and you may not have room. After I eat one egg, I can barely get half a piece of toast eaten (whole grain of course).

Keep up the good work!

I'm struggling with eating slow too. I've had several fills, but this last one nearly two weeks ago is kicking my butt! Seems like nothing much is wanting to stay down, and I'm PB'ing several times a day. I have started taking some liquid Motrin about 30 minutes before I eat and that seems to be helping.

Call your doctor you may be to full. You don't want to take a chance on having a slipped band. They may want to take out 1/2 cc. It is the best thing to do. Another thing to try is to drink plain hot/warm water 15 min before you try to eat anything it will help relax the stomache muscle and sometimes food goes down easier. Good luck.

You're right, I'm feeling the same way myself. What is pb'ing?

I also an going through this. I hope and believe this mean we are in the green zone, now just need to learn to work with it.

No more naughty foods that will cause pb or eating fast... this is what they have been preparing us for all this time.

Best of luck everyone!!

_{I found that after a fill I felt btter if I only ate soft food s for a couple of days I did better. That gave my stomache time to settle down. It is training to learn to do this the best way that works for you.}

_{God luk}

I am going to get banded in 3 weeks. What is this PBing I hear everyone talking about? What are the foods you can absolutely no longer eat?

I've had two fills. Finally having some restriction. It's really a learning experience to eat slow and take small bites. I'm almost afraid to go for my third fill on the 25th. I don't want it to be a struggle to eat. I still don't get that full feeling very fast. I'm finally starting to lose a little more weight now and I'm happy about that.

I just had my surgery a week ago today. I was wondering what PBing is?

I think it's productive burping. Kinda like throwing up, but not really.