Hi,

I have lost about 120 lbs with my band but started weight training with a lot of core. After 2 c-sections, lapband, gallbladder, and hernia repair surgeries my poor abdominal muscles have been through the ringer and were next to nothing!

I haven't seen the scale move but I don't really pay too much attention to that but I can feel that my stomach is getting tighter as I can move my stomach muscles much better now than I have been in a long time. The downside to this has been that I am having trouble eating, especially after working out but even if I don't for a day at this point. I'm having trouble even drinking a Protein shake and need to drink it slowly so that it doesn't come back at me.

I'm thinking that maybe the muscle building up underneath it all is putting pressure on my band and making it tighter but am not positive (its a theory!).

Has anyone else ever experienced this and if so what did you do?

Thanks!

Talk to your surgeon! Don't guess with your health!

Yeah, Noel is right. Not a good idea to be this tight imo. And, there are other issues to be concerned with such as slips, dilation, erosion etc. Always best to hear it straight from a professional. Muscle buildup shouldn't have any affect on internal organs or the band imo.

tmf

Talk to your surgeon! Don't guess with your health!

I have an appointment tomorrow but wasnt sure if anyone had experienced anything similar. Thanks for the advice.

I have an appointment tomorrow but wasnt sure if anyone had experienced anything similar. Thanks for the advice.

Well my doc said he thinks my band is too tight so he took out some Fluid and im on soft foods for the weekend to give things time to settle but he says if im still not eating well on monday to give a call and they will do another fluoroscopy to see if there is anything else going on or maybe I just need a little more removed.