Does your band tighten in the morning? When you're stressed? If you travel?

I'm curious to hear about other peoples' experiences with a fickle band! I can hardly eat anything the last few days, so I'm hoping that hearing your stories will help me figure out what's going on.

xo

I have not experienced this. Only in the beginning when I was first banded.

I always feel tighter in the morning, and I can only sip liquids until I've been up for a few hours. If I am hungry then, I have a small morning snack,,,something with protein. I'm not sure about stress or travel...but that has happend to me when I was out of town...suddenly couldnt eat much at all. I have had the best success to eat food, but nursing liquids until I feel I can eat. I asked my doctor about this and he said all people's experiences are different and what I am doing is the right thing for me. I've lost alot of weight, and I am feeling great so I guess I have figured out how to "handle" my fickle band. lol

I am not tight in the morning, but during my time of the month I am tighter than other times; which is good because the week before I am starving and I have to watch my calories carefully. Each person is different, a lot of people complain of being tight in the am, for me I am not at least not right now, when I get more fills I might get that way.

Definitely stress "tightens" my band...I notice this particularly when trying to continue to sip Water while I'm driving. I believe this is residual from a serious car accident last year.

Sometimes I feel my band is tighter in the morning, though this is rare. On those rare occasions I have found that exercising first thing in the morning helps to loosen things up.

i am defiantly seeing stress "tighten" my band if that is indeed what i am feeling.... i am 3 weeks post op and when im stressed my stomach feels like week one. its not a good "tight" feeling

I've experienced all except the travel...mainly because I haven't really been anywhere. My doc said that the AM tightening is due lying horizontal all night and the fluid settling to the back or the side of the band (depending on how you sleep), and that it takes some time for it to even back out and settle to where it should be once you rise and shine. Sometimes exercise does help loosen. I will also sometimes drink hot tea. Stress does all kinds of weird things to your body, and I think it might be the same effect as TTOTM (that time of the month). The body retains water which, as we all know, causes bloating and therefore, tightens the band. Usually after a couple of doses of midol and the 2nd day in, I can tell a difference in my band. Good luck and God bless, everyone!

Ooh, never thought about lying down as a cause for anything!! Very interesting.

Crissylu nailed my band on the head. Mornings & stress cause my band to be tight. Also if my allergies are really bad then my band will get tight. One bandster said the band was like a toddler, you never know what's going to happen from day to day. That's my band, the toddlers. Lol

I know several bandsters do not approve of drinking alcohol with the band, but if I have a really tight band I'll have a glass of red wine before dinner, it relaxes my band so I can enjoy my meal. It works for me.

Stress tightens my band but I'm not that restricted at the moment that it causes me issues, I actually feel it tightening around my tummy, I'm just extra careful when I get stressed and to be honest I feel no hunger at all till my stress disappears.