i was warned by my doc that my band could/would be extra tight during my period due to hormones and whatever. so i hadnt experienced this and was thinkin i must be lucky.

that was until this past saturday! i am usually really tight in the am, cant get anything besides coffee/water down until later afternoon or evening. so i didnt think much of it sat that at lunchtime i couldnt eat. i slimed and slimed and slimed and slimed and...yeah, you get the picture. so at dinner i was super careful. the smallest bite of mashed potatos. omg, thought i was gonna die, again! ok, whatever. sunday, same thing. only tighter i swear. i couldnt even get in liquids until noon! yesterday was a little better, almost back to my normal restriction. today i am starving (prolly mostly in my head, i know...) but dont want to try anything besides my crystal light!

and, to make it all better, the damn scale is up 3 lbs! stupid thing. i know its the whole monthly thing and bloated, omg, i am bloated! but still! arg! i would pull out my hair if i wasnt so damn scared of losing it!

anyone else experience this lovely monthly tightening? any suggestions on what to do to help it? just grin and bare it for a week?

I do sometimes, not every month.

But every time I've had a PB experience, I've gotten my period within a day or two.

Like last night. Instead of settling down on the couch with a glass of wine to watch Biggest Loser, I spent an hour hucking up bits of my dinner. That NEVER happens to me, my band is just a very well behaved band, it restricts how much I can eat, but not what, and it doesnt give me trouble.

Well guess what's arrived this morning, lol?

damn that harry & david! i just ate 3! 3! 3 freakin chocolate truffles! and i had been doing so freakin good. bad bad day. ok, oh well, shake it off. this is the rest of the day and i will be ok. stupid freakin @#$(*#(@*$.

ok, well, i feel somewhat better after that....dang time of the month anyways! wish i were prego...well, let me clarifiy...while prego, i did not like chocolate much! since having her, that taste has returned! lol, thanks for letting me vent.

I am having the same problem! My band is normally pretty close to being perfectly adjusted (maybe a smidge too loose at times) but the last couple of days it is SO tight!!! I can barely get liquids down as well or other easy to eat foods. Today the my period started and I hope my band will losen back up when it's over!!!