Hi- could you please tell me what negative physical symptoms you experience when you overeat? I can eat a six inch turkey sub from subway with no problems. That is outside the 3/4 to 1 C of food that is recommended. I have no negative side effects. Should I? or is this the part where I have to take ownership and measure and only eat the 3/4 to 1 C. I am so curious what others experience if they overeat.

Just because you can eat more than you've been told you should doesn't mean it's okay. A Subway sandwich is way too much bread! You need to be eating 3 oz or so of protein and then vegetables. Not 45 or so grams of carbohydrates.

I was really looking for an answer- not permission. I know the rules- just trying to figure this out with a little advice from others with experience. So I take it from your response you have never experienced any negative symptoms from overeating? If you ate, for example, four oz. of protein and a few extra crowns of brocolli do you experience any negative symptoms?

I do experience negative symptoms from eating certain foods. For example, if I took one bite of that subway sub I would have my head in the toilet for awhile! It depends upon the restriction you have. Before I got restriction--about 1-5 months after banding--I could def. eat that with NO PROBS. Thank God, I now have the restriction!!

Hi:

I would have pain in my chest first, and then I would regurgitate everything I ate if I tried to eat a six inch sub. Ouch! Haven't had any subs for more than two years because I know it doesn't work for banded people.

I can eat one slice of pizza as long as I eat small bites at a time and chew the heck out of it.

I love my band and my new flat tummy!

Sue

So that is where my confusion lies- at times I can sit down and eat a six inch sub and at other times the first bite leads me to an hour of splitting up clear liquid. I thought that this was more of an issue related to not chewing well and that it wasn't related to restriction. Maybe I am wrong. It is the inconsistency that gets me all confused.

Hello Contemplating,

At the point that I was able to eat a 6" sub I had very little restriction. Once you have good restriction I guarantee you that you will NOT be able to eat a 6" sub.

With good restriction, I am not able to eat bread at all and if I eat one bite too much of anything I will spend the next 30 minutes or so running to the bathroom to throw-up. I am generally finished eating after about 4-5 bites.

Once you reach proper restriction you will have definite consequences with over-eating.

Hope this helps. Good luck to you!

I can eat a 6in sub from subway but it has to be on the Flat bread. I have really good restricition too. I weighed it one time to see how much it weighed and it only weighed 7 oz which is less then a cup but again i only get it on flatbread and i only get a little bit of lettuce on it so it isn't very big. I can eat about 1 cup at all meals no more or i get pain in my chest and i am very happy with that i don't want to be so tight i can't enjoy life and i have lost 53lbs since i was banded May 12.

I have wide fluxiations in my band. The week before my period I can eat almost anything...I have almost No restriction for about 4 days...then the 3 days of my period I can ONLY drink Protein shakes and Soup. And then the other weeks it eases back till I can eat anything then back to nothing...and the cycle continues. My Dr and I are keeping a log of it. I dont know if it is the moon or my period cycle. but we are noting how I can eat every day. I am an extreme case.

Nothing is wrong with my band...it is my body.

BUT when I over eat I either will PB or I will just ache for a while.

After almost 2 years, I can tell you that yes, sometimes I experience physical discomfort when I don't follow the rules. Unlike other posters though, I can eat anything - including breads - but only small portions. If I eat too fast (first bite syndrome) or eat too much, I have a constant dull pain in my chest. Now, I am usually given a 'warning' - for me my nose will start to run, and that means 'stop now you fool or you'll be sorry!'. If however I ignore this, thats when I get the pain. I RARELY PB or slime, but have the pain that takes 15-20 minutes to pass.:scared2:

There is no food that I cannot eat - it is only the volume issues that I have.