I'm hoping someone has some advice for me. I had my first fill this week, and when I went in they told me I had 4cc's in my band and the nurse put in another cc. When I drank the water after the fill it sat in my throat and slowly trickled down. Because of this, the nurse said she wanted to take half a cc out because she didn't want me to be too filled. I had my fill first thing in the morning, and I'm always tighter in the morning. The thing is, I only want and can get liquids in up till about 4pm. After that I have good restriction, but after 8 I have no restriction and that is my trouble time. I'm wide open and I need to feel restriction in the evenings. I don't think the nurse will fill me more cuz in the mornings I'm too tight, but in the evenings i'm too loose... I don't know what to do. I'm not going to lose if I can't feel restriction in the evenings.

bump bump.... Does anyone have any answers for me?:bounce:

The thing is, I only want and can get liquids in up till about 4pm. After that I have good restriction, but after 8 I have no restriction and that is my trouble time. I'm wide open and I need to feel restriction in the evenings. ....I'm not going to lose if I can't feel restriction in the evenings.

OK, first question is why do you only want to be able to get liquids in after 4PM? You are not eating all day until then? On purpose or because you are too tight?

If it's on purpose then that's really not a good idea. You need to eat multiple times per day. If it's because you're so tight you cannot eat then that's not a good idea either for the same reason.

If you are eating at regular intervals throughout the day you will not end up so ravenously hungry in the evenings and will avoid such a struggle to behave yourself. Honestly. I am speaking from experience.

I spent years of my life thinking that I was better off skipping Breakfast, lunch and any food until the evening. I figured I was "saving" calories. But what I was doing was messing up my metabolism so much that by the time evening came around I was so stinking hungry that I ate whatever crap I could find. Once I broke that cycle and ate 6 times per day I found that I actually lost weight by eating more and more frequently than when I only ate at night.

I'm being honest here...you'll have to work out a plan that fits into your life but the key to losing weight is actually to "feed" your body. It will work wonders on your evening hunger pangs to have already fed yourself well with good, balanced nutrition multiple times before the sun goes down. I used to be a night time eater...now I don't even think about food after 7PM because I've fed my body and it's happy.

I'd like to help but I think we just need a little more insight into your situation. I'm not sure I understand what's happening except to say that you might be too tight. You will need to eat during the day and if you cannot then you should get a slight unfill. Eating during the day will help you avoid starving and overeating at night.

I just have no appetite during the day...If I was hungry I would eat. I make myself drink water because I think it's important that I'm putting something into me. I could eat food during the day if I was to force myself... it would need to be very little and very slowly, but I could do it... I'm just not at all hungry though, and I like the feeling that I can just eat a little bit and feel full. I've never been much of a breakfast eater, sometimes not lunch either, not on purpose. I work a varied work schedule, and sometimes I don't get up until noon, and then my "brunch" happens around 3-4, then dinner around 8ish, then I'm hungry and don't have restriction after dinner (usually 2-3 hours after dinner) Hope this gives you some more information....

Many people have this weird occurance......... several of my fellow April 07 Violets do..... look for FairyFacade, Chicachula(haydee) and many many others........ its why some have their hardest time staying out of the kitchen AFTER dinner.... some even go to bed early.....

I guess I would say....... you need to start your metabolism in the morning...... do a protien (jello shot) then eat a late lunch.. then a bandster size dinner and then STOP...... I know it is so easy to read and say.... but doing it is another thing

Seriously though...... get some Protein in the morning.. it will help you stay even for the rest of the day

Yep, that helps. I was the same...not hungry. But, you will serve yourself, your weightloss and your metabolism well if you go ahead and start eating during the day. I really know what I'm talking about here. I eat every 3-4 hours starting with breakfast within an hour of waking. Breakfast can be as simple as a Protein shake...even if you don't drink the whole thing at first.

You can do it! It really sounds to me like you've got a little metabolism work to do and then you'll be on track in no time!

Thanks,

I'll give it a try!

M

Wow, good input everyone. I go to the gym first thing in the morning at 5 am, then go to work straight from there. I have holding off on my protein shake as a breakfast at about 9 am, just so that I stave off the hunger till lunch. Do you think that, that is messing up my metabolism? Thanks ahead of time for your help.

I have the same tight issue in the morning too. I consume a high protein shake for breakfast, and if I am still tight at lunch (which is rare, but still...) I have another protein shake. I always make sure I consume something. Sometimes I am not that hungry so I don't drink that much, but I figure it is always better to have something in my tummy then to be on empty. If I let it ride and I dont eat; at dinner I will be starving...and starving...and starving.