Wasn't sure where to ask this question and I am sure it has been asked a few times before but....

Does anyone have an explanation as to why the band might be tighter in the morning? I have a very difficult time eating much before noon. I'm ok with it because I actually LIKE drinking a Protein shake for Breakfast. However, by dinner time, the band seems to have loosened so much that there is no limit to how much I could eat. I wish I could reverse it cause I am and always have been a night time eater!

I have heard that it is tighter in the morning because your esophagus swells at night. But I don't know if that's true or not.

I was told it is because during the night you get dehydrated so your band is tight in morning - by lunch I can usually eat about 1/4th of what I used to but I am like you by dinner time sometimes I think if I didn't stop myself I could eat a whole plate of food. I just have a protein shake every morning - something light at lunch like tuna salad but at dinner time I am starving. I have to stop myself.

Oh I feel exactly the same way. If I do not have the tiniest of portions (like a tablespoon of eggs), a protein shake, yogurt or just hot tea - I get stuck. My problem is that I am STARVING in the morning - truly, physically famished. So, tired of getting stuck, I am sticking to protein shakes for breakfast (pun intended).

I am starving in the mornings too. But I have given up on trying to eat. Now I just drink a giant cup of coffee with cream. Not the best breakfast, but it's better than nothing.

I'm too tight in the morning too. I tested a few times because I'm hungry. I didn't get stuck, but two bites in, I knew better than to continue.

Now I either go with a carnation instant breakfast, or a yogurt smoothie. I can't handle Protein shakes anymore! One of those gets me through until 11 or 12. I can eat then, but I have to be very careful.

It gets better as the day goes on, but never loose enough to let me eat "anything."

I gave up trying to eat breakfast, I just drink coffee.

I have a hard time eating breakfast I usually just have my coffee. I am tighter in the morning. I do have some carnation instant breakfast, I should try that, I have lots of protein powder. but got so sick of it just can't seem to drink it right now.

My Surgeon told me not to eat breakfast if I'm not hungry- so I don't! My band stays nice and snug all day :smile: I finally got good restriction and the weight is starting to drop off!

YAY!!!! Good-bye Bandster Hell!

Hi Stephanie

Thanks for writing back, yes I usually don't have much for breakfast sometimes a couple bites of something so I won't get too hungry at work..My weight has not moved very much lately. I am tight enough because I get sick alot so know that I am. Any suggestions on what to eat to get the weight going...down...I am open to any suggestions because I want more weight off. I was banded in 2006 so time to get skinny or smaller at any rate. Come on Banders help me out here...lol...thanks Donna

I just had my first fill and it was 3cc's and today is my first day off liquids and I tired eating some cottage cheese with fruit and could only eat a couple bites and it did feel tight and snug. I am sure I am not at the point where I have the best restriction but I am happy that this was posted cause I was going to get on here and ask the same question.

I'm with you guys. I am absolutely tighter in the morning and looser at night, and would totally kill for that to be reversed so that i was tighter at night when i am more of a grazer.

The other thing i've noticed is that the more i eat, the looser i become and the less i eat, the tighter i am. In other words, if i don't eat much all day, i stay tight, but if i start eating larger portions i can just eat more and more as the day goes on. Very frustrating at times. :smile:

I'm with you guys. I am absolutely tighter in the morning and looser at night, and would totally kill for that to be reversed so that i was tighter at night when i am more of a grazer.

The other thing i've noticed is that the more i eat, the looser i become and the less i eat, the tighter i am. In other words, if i don't eat much all day, i stay tight, but if i start eating larger portions i can just eat more and more as the day goes on. Very frustrating at times. :thumbup:

I am the other way round, can eat a nice hearty Breakfast (although I don't have it until approx 3 hours after getting up and exercising) and often struggle to eat after 6pm.

I also find if I skip lunch then I can't manage anything else for the rest of the day. These bands are strange aren't they?

Sue

Sue, I'm jealous! I am a danger to myself after 6 pm! :thumbup:

I'm with Sue. I have only had 1 fill and have 3 cc in my band, but dinner time is the meal I notice the most restriction. I could eat a larger breakfast and dinner if I allowed myself to, but by dinner time 3-4 ounces of meat and a little veggie is all I can handle. My band definitely tells me to stop more at that time of day. Weird!

Well, I knew there was a reason I needed to take the time to come on this forum. I only started to notice lately that I have a hard time eating in the morning. I am often hungry in the morning depending on what I ate the night before. I am going to have my second fill on Saturday.