Hi guys,

Hope all is well with all of you.

I am back from my beautiful Mexico, where I managed to lose 5 kilos while enjoying the delicious food and drink. When I got back, went to see my doctor immediatly since i wanted a fill to try and continue with the losing trend. Wow! he only put .5 ml in and a sip of Water would take minutes to go down. Nothing other than water would go down. Day or night. So he removed the .5 mil, which leaves me with room for a lot of food in the evening. I am a bit puzzled by this. I cant eat in the morning, can have thick Soup or a salad for lunch, but dinner is whatever I want in unlimited amounts. I am thinking of going back and asking for .2 ml whether that would make a difference or not, I dont know.

Ahhhhh and let me tell you my awful experience with frozen margaritas! One night we went out for frozen margaritas and I drank a few while snaking on cc's. I was actually surprised that they were going down ok, but at night i can eat almost anything so i did. After I got home i started feeling abdominal pain. Like bloating but worse, hard to describe, but basically i couldnt lie down that night. My theory, since i like to come up with them, is that the ice numbed me, so i ate too much? fast? unchewed? and hurt my insides without me feeling it until it got back to body temp! I told my doc when i came back, and his reply was " Frozen margaritas shouldnt be a part of your diet" ack! of course not....

all the best,

tellie

Wow! I never thought about the frozen drink might have numbed you.. Good point. For me I used to drink a few drinks here and there but now a half of a drink and I'm drunk??

We talked about this last group meeting and I guess I'm not alone.. Funny how this band works...

Alot of people can eat more at night -Not real sure why?

That's a good cautionary tale about the frozen drinks. Thanks for sharing! The last thing I want is PAIN so I'll definitely remember that next time I'm tempted.

As for being able to eat more at night, there was theory bouncing around a while back that made sense to me. It's a self-fulfilling cycle: eating more in the evening means food is sitting in your pouch overnight, where it's not supposed to be. I gather there's some swelling in reaction to that, and then in the morning it's harder to eat. But by afternoon and evening the swelling is gone and it's possible to eat more.

The suggestion was to really try to eat something for Breakfast and also aim to allow at least four hours between eating and going to bed. Does anyone know if this really works? I almost never eat after dinner and even so I can't eat breakfast. This morning I had less than one scrambled egg before feeling uncomfortably full. So I'm no proof one way or the other.

Hmmmmm

I usually dont eat anything between dinner and bed time, and there is a 4-5 hr gap between them. Still, i am tight in the morning. But then again, I am probably not a good example. I dont seem to understand how the band works anyway, and do it all wrong ( like drinking, throwing up, etc). I will be more careful for a week and then start with the 'experiment' of the empty stomach to bed, easier to have breakfast.

I actively avoid eggs though, they make me feel unconfortably fool too! ( maybe thats a reason to eat them instead of eating more of other stuff.....)

all the best

tellie

My PA told me that you are more tight in the morning because of the stomach being a muscle that has been "idle" all night. One thing that I noticed about the band and myself is that I can eat A WHOLE LOT MORE if I have a drink or two. I think the alcohol relaxes you, and your stomach as well. But like the saying goes, this is my experience, we are all different.

Birdee!