I was banded 4/07 and have had three fills. I go in tomorrow for my fourth. With the first two fills I really felt no restriction but with the third I did. My question is do you ever feel full? I usually stop eating because it starts to hurt not because I feel full so once I stop hurting in an hour I am right back eating again. Thanks for any help and guidance.

Stacie

I was banded 4/07 and have had three fills. I go in tomorrow for my fourth. With the first two fills I really felt no restriction but with the third I did. My question is do you ever feel full? I usually stop eating because it starts to hurt not because I feel full so once I stop hurting in an hour I am right back eating again. Thanks for any help and guidance.

Stacie

Stacie

You may be dealing with head hunger and not REAL hunger. That is a tough one to overcome but you can do it. Do you ever feel a weird feeling in your throat? For me that is restriction. Signals me to stop.

No. I never feel anything in my throat. Just a pain in my chest. Once you have proper restriction does it always hurt? In the mornings I am pretty tight that even my coffee feels like it is struggling to go down.

Hello Stacie, there have been a couple threads around here recently asking what restriction feels like for folks, or what a "sweet spot" means. From what I read on those threads it means something different for different people. I asked BooBooKitty one evening what the marble in my throat was and she told me that's what her restriction feels like. So now I know that's likely what mine will be, too. Which is kind of sad to me because I was hoping for that Thanksgiving Day stuffed feeling, not a Something Stuck In My Throat feeling. Lots of folks here have said they do get that "full" "satisfied" or "Ate a big meal" feeling.

Scroll down to the bottom of this page and you'll find links to other threads asking a question similar to yours, perhaps reading others experiences will help.

Hope this helps.

No. I never feel anything in my throat. Just a pain in my chest. Once you have proper restriction does it always hurt? In the mornings I am pretty tight that even my coffee feels like it is struggling to go down.

You could be getting pain in your chest because you have eaten too fast or not chewed as well as you should. I promise you it will get better as you get used to your band and your body. You will learn to trust that feeling. I have never had that feeling like Thanksgiving full. Which is what I thought full is as well. But once you know what your body is telling you, it gets better!

I am ALWAYS tight in the am. I drink my coffee cold now, and that helps. But I can not eat before 10 am or so.

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Thanks for the replies. That really helps answer a lot of questions.

Stacie, you need to make sure you are eating plenty of solid protein. You shouldn't be eating after you have eaten an hour prior. I would definitely talk to your surgeon about it. This might be habit but it has to stop. Good luck.