How do you know if your band is too tight in the morning or not? It seems like I get stuck every morning. I'm trying to take smaller bites and chew, chew, chew, but it seems like I still get stuck. I don't have this problem as much my other meals.

definitely tighter in the morning - tends to loosen up a bit throughout the day. its fine with me because all i have in the morning is a protein shake (not/never was a breakfast eater)

Most of us are pretty tight in the mornings -- it's just one of the "side effects" of the surgery. That being said, being tight in the morning doesn't bug me. It means I have to eat something on the soft side, e.g. oatmeal, or just have a Protein drink. The good thing is that it keeps me from eating a stack of pancakes. :cursing:

You can also help things out by drinking something warm before trying to eat. So, if I'm going out to eat for breakfast, I'll drink a cup of coffee before I even go to the restaurant so that things loosen up. But there might still be things that you won't be able to get down. For me, it's apparently scrambled eggs. I can have eggs for dinner, but certainly not for breakfast.

So, my point is that what you're experiencing is normal, and that you have to be selective about what you eat for breakfast, and maybe drinking something warm ahead of time will help.

This is quite common. You may want to move to a protein shake or yogurt in the a.m. until you loosen up. Also, sometimes something warm will help. You are normal.

I drink a lot of hot tea, and usually have a cup, or sometimes even 2 or 3 cups early in the morning. Normal for me is eating my first "meal" sometime between 10:30 and 2:00. Anything earlier hurts, because I'm very tight early. Fortunately, though I am not hungry early on, and the tea does the trick. Lots of people use the Protein shakes, but I can't consume anything cold. My fill doc has a band, and she told me that for her it is usual to wait until maybe 1:00 in the afternoon before she is able to eat. So, morning tightness is perfectly normal for some, and for others "normal" seems to be a little different. You'll do great!!!

I've just hit the 40 pound mark! Losing slowly but consistently, and I'm very thankful! (I was banded on November 12, 2007 - 40 pounds lost in 26 weeks)

Kristine

The Woodlands, TX

was any body banded at loyola?

judymarie