Hey guys,

I was banded on the 7th of August 2012, did find my sweet spot with my fills and everything was going amazingly I've lost 43kg's so far.

I use to struggle in my green zone with certain foods but I find I am struggling with eating meals most of the time now.

Without fail I get heartburn at least once a day. I have been doing a lot of weight training but I wasn't to sure if this would cause my band to tighten or not which is resulting in not being able to eat and not to mention the unbearable heartburn.

I was considering getting a small amount of Fluid taken out today to see if this would help. I just want to know if anyone else has experienced this before and if so, pretty please can I get your advice!

Much love ❤️

If you haven't had a fill in a long time and suddenly find yourself having more food problems, it's time you call your doctor and get in for an appointment.

Sounds like a dr visit is in order. Maybe a smidge out or rexamine if your chewing and eating slowly ortoo dry. Once we are doing this a while it would seem like it should be second nature but sometimes we forget our old habits

wendy

Hey guys,

I was banded on the 7th of August 2012, did find my sweet spot with my fills and everything was going amazingly I've lost 43kg's so far.

I use to struggle in my green zone with certain foods but I find I am struggling with eating meals most of the time now.

Without fail I get heartburn at least once a day. I have been doing a lot of weight training but I wasn't to sure if this would cause my band to tighten or not which is resulting in not being able to eat and not to mention the unbearable heartburn.

I was considering getting a small amount of Fluid taken out today to see if this would help. I just want to know if anyone else has experienced this before and if so, pretty please can I get your advice!

Much love â¤ï¸?

I will admit eating in the Green Zone can be a challenge for many people, and many people will continue to try to eat 'normal' meals which WILL cause vomiting, heartburn, reflux and eventually band slippage. If I plan on going into the Green Zone I have to be mentally prepared for it, because I know that I have to be EXTRA careful with a tight band, more-so when I am on the loose side.

I try to keep my meals moist, regardless of what I eat, now I am in the green zone, and I would not dare eat grilled chicken, if I want chicken I have to compromise and eat dark moist chicken to prevent vomiting and heartburn, it's the small price I pay to stay in the green zone, and seeing the scale move and prevent vomiting, reflux and heartburn.

Also I chew papaya enzymes sometime to clear out my pouch and food should ALWAYS go through the band without vomiting as long as you take pea size bites, I am currently in the green zone and I really don't have to chew my food that well because I am not too tight.

Heartburn can be cause by many things, it can be cause by eating spicy foods, eating too much food on a tight band, vomiting, and sometimes when we THINK we are in the Green zone we are actually teetering in the Red zone. Sometimes, getting on a PPI (acid reducer) can help, but it should NOT be used to mask a too tight fill adjustment.

One way I can determine if I am too tight is -- I test my new fill out, if I can eat 1 soft boil egg PER MEAL, or about 1-3 oz of moist chicken WITHOUT vomiting, reflux or heartburn, I have truly achieved the Green zone and another test I use is -- when I drink Water, there is always a brief delay when I am in the Green zone...if the water sits in my chest I am too tight and I go back immediately to a little saline.

I agree if heartburn is unbearable, you need to see your surgeon, you should NOT be in misery, the sweet spot DOES NOT CAUSE MISERY -- that's why they call it "SWEET" when you are at the sweet spot, you get satisfied quickly on small amounts of about 1 cup and your food gently slowly passes down our esophagus to your pouch into your lower stomach WITHOUT misery.

Sometimes removing only .01cc can make a huge difference.

Good luck

I have been in my green zone and I didn't know it. I saw it as just been too tight and not learning the right way ti eat rather than to continue ti ear the wrong things. I'm so close to my green zone. I hope to go back and have another small tighten and see what happens for me. Cause where I am is not where I want to be.