April

Good lord dear, where do I start? :thumbup:

First what are you doing for exercise? That is KEY to getting off a platue. How many calories are you getting in? Do you track them?

The burping sounds like your bodies way of telling you it is unhappy, does it do it with everything you eat or drink? I do get yucky sounds sometimes, but not all of the time.

Ok, allow me to give you some background info, bounce my problems off you and see if you can sort this out for me...

I was banded 9/18/2006. I've lost 100 lbs give or take depending on the day. Since mid December I've not lost much of anything. I had a .50cc fill 2/2/08 lost 4 lbs then totally stopped loosing again. At first I chalked it up to too many Holiday treats, now I'm getting worried. It's March-there's no more Holiday treats to sneak!

I told my Doc I only wanted a .25cc fill. I thought .50cc would be too much. I feel tight, but I'm not sure it's too tight. I have a coffee & yogurt for Breakfast, salad w/grilled chicken for lunch, and most of the time I have a Protein drink for dinner. Granted I have a wicked sweet tooth, and I usually have a chocolate snack around 3:00pm. But that's nothing new, and it's usually very small, like a chocolate pudding cup, or a couple kisses, or hot cocoa. I don't think I eat enough not to be loosing anything. My God, if thats all I can eat to maintain 180+ lbs, I'll never make it to 120! What would I be eating, a rice cake every-other day???

I slipped my band 1/16/07, and I now live in constant, consuming fear of another slip, or other complication.

I digress... For all of you still reading my ramble, thank you, now allow me to get to my point.

Since my fill, some days I feel like I can only drink my meals, somedays I can eat everything in sight. I always gurgle. I have HORRIBLE burping fits. I sound like an 85 year old man with no manners left. I sometimes scare my 5 year old, he thinks it's a monster coming to get him. I get the shoulder gas pain often. It doesn't feel like my slip felt, but I don't know. Am I just mental? Am I normal? Is there something wrong? Any of you get the burps this bad? Can I do anything about it? Honestly, my coworker came to my desk the other day to tell me, and I quote... "What are you doing over here, it's the grossest thing I've ever heard!" I need help!

I have found that when I do just straight liquids that is when I get the noises. I try to get something down that has a bit of subtance and it helps. A 100lbs is amazing. Congrats. Sometimes, when I don't eat enough I will stop losing weight. I get in that mind set of less food = more weight and that is wrong because then my body goes into hold onto the weight mode :embaressed_smile: Anyhow, goodluck you are doing great!