Can you guys describe "slime"? What actually happens when you slime? I see it all the time, and I think I know what you mean, but I want to be sure what is happening to me is the same thing.

It is like before you vomit and your mouth fills with water.

What Slime is to me is really thick saliva that looks like slime. Food doesnt always come up when I slime, it is just clear slime. Anything else coming up, with substance (Food), I think of as a pb.

Does it always come up though? Sometimes, I get thick mucous in the back of my throat. Kind of like post nasal drip but much thicker. It goes down my throat and I find it after I eat too much.

I've frothed in that I've "thrown up" the frothy gunk but I was wondering if this is related?

Does it always come up though? Sometimes, I get thick mucous in the back of my throat. Kind of like post nasal drip but much thicker. It goes down my throat and I find it after I eat too much.

I've frothed in that I've "thrown up" the frothy gunk but I was wondering if this is related?

The times I've slimed, is when I eat to fast and food is trying to go thru the pouch, sliming is a way your body helps the food pass thru, however, it is clogged, the slime comes up to your mouth. Its like a thick whad of snot in my mouth - so gross. You can't swallow it because it will keep coming back up. I have to keep spitting in a cup, totally grosses my kids out. lol.

I think people might experience differently, but sounds like your an official bandster and you have experienced SLIME. Welcome to Bandland.

Well thanks for the welcome! It's good to be here, slime and all!

Thanks for the post. Sunshine, you are doing AMAZING! You are a big inspiration (or should I say small inspiration as nothing about you is big anymore!) to me as we are similar ages with similar starting and goal BMI. You've done great in such a short time. Good for you. I hope in 6 months I am doing as well as you!

Sunshine, you are doing AMAZING! You are a big inspiration (or should I say small inspiration as nothing about you is big anymore!) to me as we are similar ages with similar starting and goal BMI. You've done great in such a short time. Good for you. I hope in 6 months I am doing as well as you!

Your already doing GREAT! Some people experience fast weightloss in the beginning,while others experience it after hitting the "sweet spot". I have experienced it in the beginning, but it has slowed down now. I haven't lost any weight in the past 3 weeks. But I'm okay with it, I am scheduled for another fill on Friday and I know the weight will start coming off again. Plus, the closer you get to goal, the slower the weight will start coming off.

When I've slimed, I'm sort of throwing up, but all it is, is this egg-white consistency clear stuff that comes up... I have to spit into a cup to avoid it. I've only had it happen once. It didn't all come up at once, and I had these thick ropes of stuff hanging from my mouth. SO gross. I am working my butt off to insure it doesn't happen again.

What causes you to slime? It sounds so disgusting, I don't want it to happen to me!

Slime is not really all that 'disgusting'... to me it's just like thicker saliva. it has no taste or anything. It's just an annoyance and it reminds you that you've done something wrong!! So you just learn from it and try not to repeat that behavior (or food) again. If you're banded you WILL slime at some point....almost guaranteed.

OK, thanks, I'm glad it's not so bad. But what does cause someone to slime? How can you avoid it?

The top 3 reasons for sliming/pb'ing/getting stuck are:

1. Too big of bites

2. Eating too fast or too much

3. Not chewing well enough

It can also be caused by having too much of a fill, and there are other reasons, but they are much less common than the big 3 listed above.