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I got the lap band on 2013 (February) it has work for me excellent from 387lbs im down to 203lbs, the only thing is that the first meal of the day will get stuck right away and have to throw up. After a couple of hours I can have a meal perfectly fine. Any recommendations!?

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I got the lap band on 2013 (February) it has work for me excellent from 387lbs im down to 203lbs, the only thing is that the first meal of the day will get stuck right away and have to throw up. After a couple of hours I can have a meal perfectly fine. Any recommendations!?

The same use to happen to me and the doctor took out .3 cc ,after that I was okay and I am able to drink my coffee in the morning again, good luck,

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I have been banded over 4 years and since then I have never had a solid breakfast....I've tried, but just wrote it off.

What I do have, aside from my coffee, is make a high Protein smoothie in the blender with fresh fruit, etc.

40gm of protein to start the day....try to match that with anything traditional.

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I note in the lapband forums, that many bandsters have issues with their band feeling tight in the morning.

Protein shakes seem to fill the void for those of us who can't do an egg, or bacon etc. in the AM.

After years of trying, I have resolved myself to some sort of Protein Drink for Breakfast.< /p>

It is often 11 or noon for me personally to have solids...and then clear sailing the rest of the day.

It is only trying when friends want to meet for breakfast...I'll be happy to have a cup of coffee with them... Tho I do understand that some people feel odd when their companion is not joining them eating at a meal

Such is life with WLS ( and I would not go back for anything )????

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Thanks for the tips, I have tried everything from solids to liquid and same stuck feeling, once I throw up because I get stuck I can have solids idk why I'm getting used to it already.

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I 've heard that something hot to drink 1st in the morning "opens up " the band, which gets compressed from sleeping on it all night. I cant tolerate much food in the morning so I have a cup of hot tea or cocoa to wake the band up, then slowly nibble on "safe " breakfast foods , like almonds, turkey Jerky, a cheese stick or a homemade smoothie. Hope this helps, good luck !!

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Hi there, way to go on your weight loss; that's fantastic! I am also in the no breakfast club -- I don't get hungry until later so for me it's brunch or lunch. I drink tea in the morning and enjoy the ease of that. Whether it is solid food or a shake, I am not ready to tolerate anything for those first hours of the day. shakes even late in the day can be tricky for me -- not sure why but something about the thickness and cold temperature. Good luck with all -- you are doing great!

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This is how morning tightness was explained to me and makes sense, at least to me.

We sleep prone, and during that time our blood is no longer pooling in our lower extremities. I used to have severe foot edema. At night my feet and lower legs were like sausages. In the morning I could see the bones in my feet again, since the evening swelling had dissipated.

My stomach is made of living tissue, and the fixed band is encircling an area that swells and unswells based on many factors. Gravity is one big factor.

So it's really just like swollen feet, but affected by gravity in the opposite direction. During the day, gravity pulls blood down and away from my band area. The stomach tissue isn't squeezed by the band as much.

Overnight, more blood gets back up into that area because I'm not standing up. The tissue plumps up, and the band is a bit tighter around it. I wake up the "tightest" I will be all day. The more I walk around vertical, the more that eases throughout the day.

I'm no doctor, but this makes perfect sense to me and matches how I feel in the early morning and then as the day goes on. I have the least "restriction" late in the evening.

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