Is this all in my head??? Yesterday I was able to eat EVERYTHING and was hungry all day.....today my hurger is normal and I feel restricted as I should.

Somedays things get stuck everyday and like yesterday nothing got stuck and I was hungry ALL DAY LONG.....what's up with that?? Today I seem ok like I should feel with the band.

I'm on the fence as to get a fill or not because I have not lost any weight in about a month....but I haven't gain and I know I am eat the wrong things!!

So do you all have days like what I said above??? Just wondering

This also happens to me a lot. On Tuesday I could barely swallow my morning coffee so stuck to mushie food most of the day because I felt so tight. On Wednesday things went down much easier and felt no restriction later in the day and was able to eat two pieces of pizza for dinner.

I had my surgery last December and have lost 34 pounds (I am okay with this amount, losing 3-4 pounds a month is all I want to do).

I am scheduled for a fill on the 20th of October but as of now I plan to cancel this appointment.

Yes, I've experienced this, too.... I don't get it either. Some days I feel good restriction and others I don't. I haven't had a fill yet, but am losing at a fairly good pace. I was stuck for about a week, but then I lost 6 pounds in the last two weeks. I don't get that either.... Maybe we aren't supposed to get it and just keep doing what wepve been told to do.. It is to be a new way of life for the rest of our lives... Moderation and patience.... I'm going to talk to my doctor about a fill, but don't expect him to want me to have one considering my loss rate.. Take care... Julie

I notice my hunger level fluctuates a bit but from what I could gather on this site, it appears that if it's TOM, the band seems to get tighter and if you are stressed, angry or feeling extreme emotion, the band gets tighter. As for getting stuck, it's only happened to me a couple of times and those times were when I forgot to chew the food as well as I should have.

Yep, I've been there, yesterday and the day before ane the day before that. I am due for my 5/6 fill this afternoon. I now have 6.0cc in a 10cc band. The last 2 fills changed the way the food feels in my tummy. This is month 9 down 60lbs. about 15 to go. It is a struggle now. Not much restriction the last couple of months, just feels different. Two fills ago , he pulled the total out to check, 5cc then. When he injected it back in with the new fill of 1.0 cc when my restriction should have kicked in (this has taken 6 days after each previous fill). There was none at all. Not even that over full feeling I had been having. He said I should begin to have that "full" feeling moreso that the restriction at this time with the fills that I have had. only1.5 lbs down in 4 weeks. So Hopefully I will get more juice, bring it on, I am ready to lose some more. gotta be gettin close to that sweet spot they refer to.:wink2:

WOW...such similar stories! I too have had exactly what you've been referring to. I have had strep throat for a week and all the congestion is starting to losen up--I wonder if that's what's making me feel so tight. I have hardly been able to eat the last few days. HOWEVER, I was ALSO up in higher altitude for the last two days...I wonder if THAT has any effect on all of this too? I know I feel restriction more so on some days than on others--and I also usually feel more in the mornings--but lately, it's been ALL day--my last fill was Labor Day weekend when I had a port revision and he put 6 ccs in my 10cc band...usually by now I would feel very little restriction at all...but...it looks like I may be losing a few pounds too :0)

I think my problem with being able to eat vs not being able is all in my head. Maybe stress-I don't know as I'm pretty new to this new way of eating. Yesterday, everything that I thought about concerning food was a total turn off. I'm really trying to get this under control and somedays are better than others. I tried to eat some almonds and they were like eating wood chips and even yogurt didn't go down right. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Today, I'm doing better but this seems to happen for no reason.

I am so glad to hear that I am not the only one who has those days where I can eat anything and everything and then the next day not get anything down.

On 9/26 I got a fill which took me to 2.65 in my 10 cc band...I felt no restriction at all, so a week later on 10/3 I went and got another .35 which took it up to 3 for a total. I feel like a have a little restriction, but I have to eat alot more to get the restriction.

Just to test it out I ordered a chicken sandwich from Wendy's and was able to eat almost the whole thing bread and all before I started to feel restricted!!

I feel kind of like Bandfun4me, I don't get that stuck feeling, but I do feel full? I am so confused!! My Dr. wants me to go back to have the band checked out because he thinks I have enough of a fill........

However, I have lost 6 lbs in the last two weeks....when you get close to the sweet spot, do you feel more full and less restriction? (Does that make sense?)