but I have always been envious of people who experinced pbing or sliming. I felt that I needed to have those experinces so I knew exactly what it was like to have this band, and doing those things meant that I was going in the right direction. Yea well how stupid is that. Tonight I am at work, I work graveyards which is hard, but my eating has been curbed and replaced with yogurt and some fruit sometimes some tuna. Well I have also learned that our stomach swell at night? I took two bites of my tuna which I chewed to death and it got stuck and it hurt, and i cried and I had to make myself vomit. The pain was horrible and now my throat is so sore and I am just so mad at myself. I have noticed lately that in the morning my restriction is so tight, I have 5.5ccs in a 10cc band. So I usually can't eat anything os substance until 4 or 5pm, then by 8pm I am wickedly tight again, the pain is so bad that it makes me not want to eat, I am chewing and chewing, not drinking Water and eating slowly.

I know the answer is an unfil but in the evenings I can just fine. I guess I just feel stupid for ever wanting to experince pbing and sliming. Watch what you wish for right?

I don't want to sound stupid but what is pbing and sliming?

Ok, I just learned what sliming is and OH MY WORD I don't ever want to do that...lol

But what is pbing, throwing up?

I'm 9 months out today, and I'm delighted and happy to say that I have only PBd twice. I've been stuck probably a dozen times. That's the way it should be, an OCCASIONAL thing that happens...... If it happens regularly, that is not healthy. You risk having your band slip. You could become malnourished. It gets very inconvenient. It could lead to all out vomiting, which is dangerous, and BAD for your teeth. Remember..... this is all about your health.

I have tightness in the AM as well. I usually wait till after I've taken a shower to eat and it feels better.

I've also heard that if you sip some hot/warm tea it relaxes the band and you're able to eat with little difficulty.