Hi all. I got my 4th fill last week and am quite tight. I PB multiple times at each meal. Is this bad for the band?

Productive burping so many times is a sign that something is wrong. What did your doctor say?

PBing isn't bad for the band but it isn't good when done excessively.

Either you're too tight, not taking small enough bites, or not chewing enough. You shouldn't be PBing with every meal let alone multiple times a meal.

I don't know how much smaller a bite I can take! I'm probably too tight. I was considering an unfill and then it got a little better but maybe I need to have it done.

Try to hang in there and maybe it will loosen up a tad,,,I've had to wait 2 weeks for mine too loosen,,so well worth it.

If you're pbing at any meal, you should stop eating at that time and let everything settle again. If you are following the right portion sizes/bites, etc and are still pbing, I would hazard to guess that you are too tight.

Here's a test to see if you're too tight? Can you eat vegetable Soup without getting stuck? Or, freshly made, slippery and gooey mac and cheese? The theory is, if you are eating like a good Bandster, you're chewing your food into the same consistency as veggie soup? So, if soup passes OK, but reg food doesn't, maybe you are not chewing enough?

I thought after 6 fills I was in the green zone but also was a little too tight? I got an unfill. I should have stayed the course and taken smaller bites and chewed more.

tmf

Any time food you eat (or liquid) comes back up, it's a sign something is wrong. Call your doctor.

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This is not particularly true. If the person isnt eating properly (bite size, food types, etc), they could have pb issues. Obviously there are scenarios in which pbing can indicate larger issues, but for the most part it is caused by user error.

WOW...very good answers.....

There is a very fine line between being too tight and not eating properly - differently than what were programmed to....the way I eat now I never could have imagined possible, yet still be healthy, fit, and full of energy.....

My last fill, I went through 2 months at least of getting stuck, PB'ing, etc, sometimes several times a day....But I was determined, and I found through the school of hard knocks how to eat so as not to have problems...I also learned that there were certain foods I need to stay away from, not that I CAN'T eat them, they are just too risky so why bother....also it is interesting that the foods that are risky are foods I would be healthier if I did not eat them.....White Rice, White Bread, donuts, pizza, red meat to name a few...all things I'm better off without....

I hear stories all the time, where just because they PB'd, they think the band is at fault and get a un0fill right away...then 2 weeks later are complaining the band is not working....truth is, the band was TRYING to work, and they fought it by not changing their eating habits...the key to loosing weight....they are stubborn and want to eat like they foods and the way that made them fat in the first place....

Another thing to note, if you are getting stuck, your band is getting irritated, and perhaps swollen...continuing to eat just prolongs the irritation and you don't have a clear picture what is actually happening...

It's as though you sprained your ankle, but you continue to walk on it...and then complain it gives you problems every day...you need to give it a rest...

I do not judge other people's lifestyle and how they choose to live with the band, and always keep my "OPINION's" to myself, and only share what I experience and what I have learned personally......but I read stories HERE and THIS FORUM about what people are doing and the foods they are eating.....and I just have to shake my head, wish them luck...they're going to need it....

Thank you all for the very valuable information. Im gonna try chewing better, eating slower and softer foods and see how it goes!