I have noticed quite a few people posting regarding the band feeling "loose" during the night time. This apparently allows for the feeling of being hungry or eating with no restrictions. is this very common? And why at night? I was banded a little over a month ago so I am very new at this.

Thanks for your help.

I've been banded for almost 3 yrs now. I can eat about double my daytime portions at nite. No clue why. Except that since my body has been up, bouncing around all day, that it "knocks" it loose somehow (I know that doesn't really make sense). I used to eat my dinner around 9 pm. The past year or so, I've been eating earlier - around 6, so it leaves alot of extra time for snacking. I notice that when I don't eat after dinner, I slowly start losing the last 12 lbs I have to left to lose (which is the hardest to lose, btw!). If I could just keep my hands outa the frig and cupboards....

Marci

Marfar7,

Thanks for your response. That's great you only have few more pounds to go!

This is so me! I can eat at night as if I never had a lapband. I am so frustrated because I don't understand it. Mornings band is tight, lunch - eat small portions but at night - it's like I don't even have a band or willpower! I am so frustrated with myself!

I as well can eat too much in the evening, but have no problem during the day in fact most of the day I'm so tight I can't eat more than an 1oz of food

I have noticed quite a few people posting regarding the band feeling "loose" during the night time. This apparently allows for the feeling of being hungry or eating with no restrictions. is this very common? And why at night? I was banded a little over a month ago so I am very new at this.

Thanks for your help.

The reason the band is much tighter in the mornings is because of Fluid settling down around the band when we sleep, once we are awake and as the day progresses that fluid drains away hence the looser band at night time. I queried this with my doctor today when I went in for a fill and it makes sense.

Kinda like if you wake up with swollen fingers or ankles in the mornings and the fluid drains throughout the day.

well, i know in the mornings, i am (tight and not very hungry) so i just drink a Protein shake. now at night, i am guessing i could eat more than my usual cup of food but i dont. i def think its a mind game.

TMF wrote earlier on a post about why people ate (bored, someone else eating with you). i mean if you are truly hungry eat. choose a healthy piece of fruit or some air popped corn or something but dont just eat because one is looser (or because they can).

just because one can, doesnt mean one should.

anyhow, all the best

The reason the band is much tighter in the mornings is because of Fluid settling down around the band when we sleep, once we are awake and as the day progresses that fluid drains away hence the looser band at night time. I queried this with my doctor today when I went in for a fill and it makes sense.

Kinda like if you wake up with swollen fingers or ankles in the mornings and the fluid drains throughout the day.

Wow thats great info. Thanks!

I think we have post nasal drip that accumulates in the band, that's why our P burps are thick flem sitting in the pouch- My Dr said its is very hard to break down,,, why did they invent mucinex?? I think this is the issue,, I know when I cry- watching a movie- or memories of my son in heaven, I cannot eat for nada- until I have drank water or hot tea and all is washed down. I think they should explain these things medically...

I, too, have a "missing" band at night. Mornings I am snug, lunch much better but by evening its like I never had surgery. Its crazy!

This is a very interesting topic. I am actually the opposite of all of you. I am tight in the morning; however, I still eat a small breakfast because by mid morning, I will be starving. I eat my lunch and am hungry around dinner time. I eat between 5 and 6 p.m. and after that, I am not hungry anymore. Weird. Everybody's bodies are different.