but what is PB'ing, and sliming? I know I must sound stupid. I must have missed this day in school or something. :mad: I'm getting banded on 9/4/07 and I need to pick up on the lingo here. Thanks all!

PB - productive burp (you get a little food coming up with it.)

sliming - your body trying to wash something thru with mucous. If it won't go thru the mucous comes up. Very little or no food.

Pbing = productive burp. When something doesn't go down and comes back up but no stomach acid or contents like vomiting - only the stuck food comes back up. Sliming is when something get stuck and you body

is trying to get it unstuck by producing a slime like Fluid to help it slip down thru the stoma.

Don't feel dumb I had to ask that question also when I was new. Both of these things can happen at the same time.

Good luck with your banding .

Banded 6/21/07

First fill 8/3/07 1.6 cc

Second fill 9/4/07

24lbs lost

definately good to know. I hope it doesnt happen but it more than likely just might. Now I know what to call it! THANKS :mad:

I posted this on a LowCarb forum that I belong to as someone asked the same questions........

PB... stands for "productive burp" it's not really barfing......

it's like this......

something that is not band friendly gets stuck in what feels like your throat.. also known as THE FLAMING GOLFBALL FROM HELL feeling.... and it either has to dissolve and go through the band or it has to come back up.

SLIMING is what happens when your body tries to bring back up the stuck food... it is weird... when the body realizes something is stuck it starts producing an abundant amount of CLEAR, ODORLESS, Thick saliva.... and it is meant to help the stuck food to either pass through the band or come up......... It is gross, and tends to freak out my son... MOMMY STOP NOW!!!

Some people never slime... but since I eat too fast, take too big of bites and TrY things that don't work... I am not a stranger to it.

as for Atkins friendly food going down....... well as a rule YES.... the bandsters that eat lower carb seem to lose the best (fastest) but as for what IS band friendly really is dependant on what YOU can tolerate.

The first thing to realize is that we must eat 64 oz's of Protein a day..... and if all you can eat at one sitting is 1/2-1 cup of food... it NEEDS to be protein packed...... but also know this CRAP food goes right through the band....

Meaning.. I can eat icecream til the cows come home, same with chips, super soft, or super crunchy....... goes right through....... I need to fill my pouch with solid protein that will sit in my pouch and keep me full for long periods of time.

I went on vacation last week and actually came home with a LOSS!!!!

I am at my sweet spot of restriction... meaning that I can only eat about 3/4 cup of food before I'm full........... the hard thing is slowing down and chewing my food til its mush.