Dr me I need to drink protein for breakfast I've tried this before and was starving by lunch...any suggestion would b great.

Can you have a healthy snack mid-morning? I have an egg for breakfast (about 6:30 am) and a high protein/lo carb yogurt for mid-morning snack.

He said I can have a snack in between just not sure what

Maybe yogurt hard boiled egg string cheese with crackers

My band drains slower than usual so I eat really slow.

Depends on the protein drink for me. Premier Protein really stuck around.

Why do you have to drink your protein?

My dr says most of his patients have a drink in the morning cause their band is tight

He wants me to try it for awhile my band drains slower than normal so when I go to eat lunch there is still food in there from breakfast.

Can't eat all of my lunch.

@@tw42 how long have you been banded?

I'm sure your doctor knows best but sounds like you could use a very small unfill. I see so many folks here with bands so tight they eventually evolve into a slip or dilated pouch or esophagus.

food should only stay in your pouch for one minute. If it's still there 4 hours later, that's a problem.

tmf

I've been banded for almost 3yrs

It takes me so long to eat anything he wants me to try this for a couple months

i'm also thinking you need a little unfill. you should be able to eat a meal and it should be through the stoma or band in 20 min's or so. if your stoma is swollen a unfill would help with that swelling. as far as a protein drink in the morning as ordered by your doctor add protein to a smoothe . either a vegetable smoothie or fruit. it would be more filling. my doctor is okay with a smoothie in the morning as long as its a vegetable one with protein. I add stevia to help wth a bit of sweetness. or a banana. my band is tighter in the morning. even cold water doesn't sit well with me. so hot tea or coffee. good luck I hope you can sort this out. perhaps a talk with the nutritionist could be of help

You are definitely too tight. In no way should you still have Breakfast sitting in your band at lunch time. Your band starts to empty as soon as you eat so if yours is taking that long to empty then you are too tight. Some people the band never gets rid of hunger so if you keep getting fills because you're hungry I would say you may be one of those people that the band does not help with hunger.

Edited March 22, 201412 yr by cheryl2586

Your band is too tight...! It needs loosened. Also, you might have something stuck in it. Time to call your doctor.

You can get saline removed from your band so it's not so tight. I have a sleeve myself. My friend had the band and had a hard time eating protein or anything for that matter. She had to have the saline reduced because she was malnourished . Her and I work together as nurses. My surgery was April 14 I'm down 38 lbs

Edited May 23, 201412 yr by OGmom3122

I did hit my goal!!! I'm so excited about that. Dr. Did take some out and things have settled down.

I now have to maintain which is harder than losing the weight....but I can do it!

Thanks for all the advice.