A bit concerned , I can eat fine sometimes at night.

Its very frustrating I could eat my salads and chicken

salad some days for lunch and some days nothing

not sure what's going on, has anyone had same symptoms? My doctor's office says stress and menstrual

cycle can cause this !!!! Cheezzz it's very frustrating .:help:Going for another unfill Jan 8th - - Oh yeah,cookies and junk like that go down just fine and when I can't eat the good foods I like Chicken breast & my salad

I bring it up and then grab a cookie and want to satisfy

myself. Defeating the whole purpose of having the band , you know :think

It is quite common during the fill and unfill cycle to experience what you are going through. It is common to be tight sometimes until 2 or 3 pm. What you need to do is to have a protein shake in the a.m. followed by a soft protein diet at lunch. Then you can have your solid protein at night. That is what I would do if I were you. Good luck.

Julie is right. That is just what I have to do. I am too tight in the morning to eat. I have coffee, some liquids and a protein shake. Lunch I keep to soft proteins. Dinner I'm usually just fine with most stuff. Bread is a no no for me, but i don't really miss it. So far, so good. I stick to this as when I get stuck, it hurts like hell!

Welcome to my world!

Most of the time I'm so tight during morning/early day that liquids will cause pressure. I don't even try to eat Breakfast any more, and lunch is (95% of the time) Soup.

I'm less tight at night, most of the time. Sometimes not, but usually I can eat normal foods for dinner. It varies. My period will absolutely effect me. If I PB, I can pretty much guarantee it's within 3 days of starting my period. And I can't always trace it back to something stupid... sometimes, it's just that nothing will clear.

For a long time I played the fill/unfill game trying to get to my "sweet spot" where I would have consistent restriction throughout the day. Then I realized - this IS my sweet spot, and that not everyone experiences restriction the same, and that I needed to make this work for me.

Thanks for some good info. I do have my protein

shakes every morning I know that is pretty much all I can have occasionally I can do boiled

eggs to get my protein just to get something

different. I pretty much have to have with my coffee t get down but it works out pretty good.

Yep hardly ever get a lunch !

Thanks for the help. Sandra

I had my banding 9/19/07 and I just had my 2nd fill on 12-29-07 ....I've lost around 32-34 pounds and I have to have Slim Fast Low Carb shake in AM and soft for lunch and then usually another shake for supper....cookies do go down easy...chips too...but I know how to stop .....I still can't do meats....I love chick steak....pork chops.....but I don't tolerate meat....but if I had it to do again ...I would....everyone is different my doctor says....

I had the same problem for months. I would go in for a 1ml fill and then they would have to take out the 1ml. I never could get to 2ml of a 10ml band. I either had a little restriction or totally closed. Then I had a upper GI and found out that it had slipped a little. I am not saying this is everyones problem but worht looking into. I am 4 weeks out with the new OMNIFORM BAND and I have no restriction, waiting for my fill.

I like the idea of shake for breakfast and soft protein for lunch, then a good dinner. I was wondering what people did if they were a little too tight at times. Thanks for this thread.

BRIDGETTE, thanks for the info. I sorta have a bad feeling it may be something like slippage. I will have more results after the 29th, very disappointed at this point. Totally unfilled right now. :smile: Thanks again

My restriction is exactly the same. Too tight in the morning to eat anything. Soup at lunch, and sometimes depending on the day and time of the month I can eat more than others. I get plenty, but this is what it needs to be for me to lose weight. If I were looser i could eat anything at night. I find that stress does cause more restriction. If I am at home with my 4 kids I can't eat a thing sometimes. If I go out to a leisurely meal with a friend I find that I relax, eat very slowly and things go much better. This restriction is very tricky. I just had a flouro and all looked good otherwise.