Iv heard of people saying that they start yawning and also their nose starts dripping when there eatting. And sayin that, thats a sign that youve found your "Soft Spot"? Can someone please explain this to me. Cause Im goin on 4 months since my surgery and nothing like that has happened to me.

Just wondering..

lapbandchic73

nothing like that has happened to me either, but I do hiccup or burp when it is time to stop. so maybe those are my triggers. are you doing anything different when your eating? I am learning to slow down really alot and when I get those hiccups it is time for me to stop...even though I might not feel I am done...they tell me I'm done. hope you know its different for everyone!!! glad we could chat!!!

I've been banded 11 months, am green, almost at my goal and I haven't felt any of the soft spots. I just sorta know when I'm done and if I eat after I get that feeling, I'm sorry afterwards. Everybody is different.

It just keeps getting better, doesn't it?

The satiety signals for me are usually a burp or hiccup. Occasionally it's a runny nose. But I usually stop when I'm not hungry any longer which is the Numero Uno satiety signal we should all look for. imo

tmf

The satiety signals for me are usually a burp or hiccup. Occasionally it's a runny nose. But I usually stop when I'm not hungry any longer which is the Numero Uno satiety signal we should all look for. imo

tmf

Yeah, you just kinda know after awhile.

I get a little, quiet burp when it's time for me to stop. If I ignore it, I get the big, wall-shaking belch that clears a room....and some unhappy minutes to boot. So, I have learned to slow down and listen to my body.

Oh yes I was sleeved 3 months ago and when I'm getting full my nose starts running and then I start sneezing . That's my sign I'm getting to full.

It's not so easy to find the soft stops since they are body functions that we don't necessarily associate with eating.

When I yawn I usually think not enough sleep tired..not that I'm done eating. When my nose runs I instantly think OH NO here comes a cold!

However since being banded I have had just about all of things happen uncharacteristically while I was eating, and then shortly after if I kept eating I knew uh oh that was the soft stop and if I stop now I'll be nose to nose with the brick wall. If I don't take my foot off the gas, yep I've crashed into and sometimes through the brick wall and after I feel as if I have!

Eating too far past those subtle signs is no fun! I've been there I know. The feeling will go away but while it's there....UGH is about all I can say.

When I'm not sure of the "sign" I'll take a moment or two before taking another bite.

I'll give an example,

last night we were at a 30th anniversary. The food was pretty good, I made a plate a bit of this and a bit of that, and I ate slowly. As I got to the end of the meal, there was some peppered steak left, I had a bit of chicken parm, a forkful or two of zitti, and a meatball. That was a lot for me. I actually have a cold and sinus infection so when my nose started to tingle and feel like it was tissue time...I stopped for a second.

You can't blow your nose with a mouthful of food ever notice that?

That was my sign, it was time to stop eating. Hubby who is also banded said you don't feel well? I said no it's not that, I have had enough. He looked skeptical, and the person who made the pepper steak had to be sitting at our table! They thought I didn't like it. So one more bite to show...OK it's not your food. Then the hiccups started, I had had enough!!

Later that night they had coffee and cake...ugh. Of course you have to have a bite of it right?! WHY.....so I had a bit cause my step son and his girl baked them so we had it. UGH there was that feeling!!! I had past my limit! It felt like you might feel after eating a large meal and getting on a roller coaster just that UGH feeling. Not nauseous not stuck just UGH.

for me the runny nose is a sign that I over ate. the hiccough is a sign that I ate just the right amount. any pain means I either over ate or I am stuck on something. the pain and slime goes hand in hand for me. water that I accidently gulped and filled my pouch can make me slime. it is important to figure your fill spot. pay close attention to how you feel when you have taken in a cup full of food, of course most of that cup should be solid. I still have trouble allowing my brain to tell me when I have had enough. especially if I am really enjoying what I am eating.

for me the runny nose is a sign that I over ate. the hiccough is a sign that I ate just the right amount. any pain means I either over ate or I am stuck on something. the pain and slime goes hand in hand for me. water that I accidently gulped and filled my pouch can make me slime. it is important to figure your fill spot. pay close attention to how you feel when you have taken in a cup full of food, of course most of that cup should be solid. I still have trouble allowing my brain to tell me when I have had enough. especially if I am really enjoying what I am eating.

I get the runny nose and yawn then I know

That's it no more. Weirdest thing. Bit now I thinking I am not eating enough calories !

Well i get the hipcups and if i go on my mouth will fill up with slim i guess thats what it is called then off and running to the bathroom nor a good feeling but time goe on you learn what it is and then u know to stop.