Okay this is going to sound weird...but maybe not. I only feel comfortable eating standing up! We will get to the Frostys in a minute. It hurts to eat when I am seated...it is as though my band crimps up or something. My food does not want to GO down or STAY down SITTING down! Does anybody else out there have this funky issue?

Okay now the Frosty's there is a major addiction problem! I am on 1000 calories a day and latley I would rather have the Frosty's and then eat nothing for the rest of the day and night! HOW STUPIED IS THAT? But I have not been able to control it, especialy since I got so sick from my band being filled too tight. Regular food just does'nt want to stay down...but those cotton pickin Frosty's sure do! I hope this is truly just a phase that will pass soon. Until then any words of wisdom for me?:nervous

If you have the desire to lose weight you need to start eating healthy. Frosties are nothing but sugar. Eat some yogurt. I think you may be sabotaging yourself. Remember your band is just a tool to help you eat less but your change of diet is the most important for you in the long run. I know it is hard to change a life time of bad habits but you need to nip it in the bud. You may even enjoy eating healthy foods if you give yourself a chance.

Trust me, it will work if you are on the right track.

Josephine

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Surgery Nov. 10, 2005

No Fills

Wow,

That sure sounds familiar. Before I got my first unfill this week, only .4 taken out if I tried to eat anything it would get stuck and the only way I could get comfortable and try to keep it down was to stand up or walk. If I tried to sit down the pain was horrible. Now, with just that .4 taken out I can eat anything again. I guess it's better that way and just use more willpower.

right, it sounds like you are still too tight.

Terrilean

I know its hard to stop a habit (ie eating frostys) but why not replace that for something that is a bit more healthy...Find something healthy that you like and stick with it...thats what i do....

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Okay ! I get it about the EVIL Frosty's! What I want to know is does anybody out there feel better eatng standing up? Thanks!

Ok, in regards to position while eating, I have actually noticed something. I do not need to stand up to eat. However, I do need to make sure I am sitting in a normal upright position with my feet planted firmly on the floor. For some reason, I really have noticed that if I am curled up on the couch with my legs and feet tucked under me, I get stuck. I never mentioned this before, because I thought it was just me being wierd.

The doc told me if I have to stand up to get things down it's too tight. They want me to be able to eat and drink sitting down.

Get an unfill. If you can only eat Frostys, get an unfill. If you have to stand to eat, you are too tight. Get an unfill.

Remember the mantra of my surgeon..."I'd rather have you be a little too lose and eat too much chicken than too tight and only eat foods that are bad for you" He says that being too tight drives bad behavior....it was true in my case and it looks like it is for you too.

Just sending along some "tough love" because being too tight can cause long term damage...plus it just can make you crazy, I know, I was there. It was miserable.

Luck! And let us know how it goes!

I sware ! I just got an unfill because I had been deathly sick being too tight. I had lost alot of weight due to deyhdration, but I have now put all that back on plus 12 more! Thank you Frostys! It is a terrible cycle right now of not being able to eat REAL food then getting so hungry my car almost drives itself to get the Frostys! Then its like the devil and the angel on my shoulder! Th devil is saying.. I can eat the Frostys because I am allowing for the calories and I have not eaten anything else! The angel is guiding me that the Frostys are only sugar and fat and I need to go back to my Dr. Well here latley...the lil devil's ahead! When I can eat I can eat like 3 to 4 cups of food...that's alot compared to everybody else I read about on this site! So how can I need an unfill, when that is the case? Super confused now! But one thing I am clear on....the Frostys have to go starting today!

I am more comfortable sitting very straight, or standing up when I eat. Slouching just doesn't work.

I think you need to spend some time regulating your meals... you might find that if you try and eat a bit more normally (even if it's some Soup when you're too tight for solids), you wont feel like you have to eat everything in sight when you open up... you know?

I know this seems stupid but I just have to share that I am so far FROSTY FREE for the day! That's a big deal to me..normaly I would have had 2 by now. Pray I stay strong, because I really am addicted to them. I am on the other hand still having to stand up to be comfortable when I try to eat. Have a Dr.'s appt already made.

i bought a Jr Frosty last week and a few coworkers thought the l"ap-band size frosty" was the cutest thing.

normal-eaters can be so weird. teehee

I know this seems stupid but I just have to share that I am so far FROSTY FREE for the day! That's a big deal to me..normaly I would have had 2 by now. Pray I stay strong, because I really am addicted to them. I am on the other hand still having to stand up to be comfortable when I try to eat. Have a Dr.'s appt already made.

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I used to eat crooked, kind of. DH and I were/are big TV eaters... cook, bring out the tv trays, and have dinner in front of our favorite show or two. I usually sit at the edge of the couch on my side with my feet pulled up, the dog snoozing behind my knees. If I eat in this position - well, it's an angle, and a rotation. It didn't take me very many times to realize that it just caused me discomfort to eat that way, so I stopped. Several months ago. I don't know that I'd describe it as my band cinching, but definitely it contributed to some stickage.

Oh - words of wisdom - you already know what they are at this point in the thread.

I can eat when I sit normal. I find then if I get stuck, leaning over on the kitchen island does wonders. Seems to be something about the position, though I'm not sure how that impacts the band or food.