BriannasBand

Ive been very stressed out lately.. wedding planning and other personal things. Does stress make anyones band tighter? Also the reason im thinking its stress becuase after my fill last time i was ok then when i sit and think about it ever sice ive started all this planning i feel like i get stuck on everything i eat... ive also noticed that during the morning im super tight then late at night i could even everything under the sun if i wanted.. im pretty sure thats not totally normal I have a dr. appointment on friday. just thought id ask everyone here. i feel all i want to eat is soup and mashed potatoes and coffee. i have no appetite for anything like chicken, pork, nothing solid..

I haven touched carbonated anything since banded in feb 2013 I'd be to scared to try lol -BriannaXOXO

Ok thank you guys! I probably should just change what I'm eating because if I sit and think about it a lot of it is slider food.. Because when I eat chicken or eggs I notice I have to be more careful or ill get stuck. where if its mash potatoes etc I don't get stuck so I eat faster still learning.. Maybe I'm in my green but gettin around it with sliders? Yikes been at the same number for a few weeks is getting frustrating -BriannaXOXO

With the Lapband when we over eat do we feel discomfort or pain at all? Sometimes when I eat and its probably a little more then I should I just feel "normal' no discomfort at all. Afraid of stretching... Is that normal -BriannaXOXO

This is probably a stupid question but isn't a beer carbonated? I don't drink because I figured all beer was? And bottled stuff(Smirnoff mikesi) ect -BriannaXOXO

I had a sliced toasted with about a table spoon of Peanut Butter and some sugar free jam. It's like a treat for me.. I was a big bread person. My question is is what I ate "okay" to eat? I was kinda burping a lot after but it went down really nice. And where do you think is the best place to find a 1 min egg timer I haven't been waiting long enough between bites recently. Feeling guilty. Thanks guys! -BriannaXOXO

Thanks everyone!!! I am only really worried about the bread stretching my pouch. Only have had toast maybe twice since banded in February. never just plain old bread. I'm worried about getting stuck on it. It's kinda like lettuce for me I just don't eat it anymore. -BriannaXOXO

Ate to quickly to put it simply... Slimmed then slimmed a second time and some chewed up food came up. Is that considered vomiting? I don't think it came from the bottom stomach. liquids for a while? -BriannaXOXO

Can we have popcorn? The air popped kind not covered in butter and salt of course And second question My dr said 1 hard boil egg should fill me up in the morning but why are we allowed a full 1 cup at every meal if an egg is not 1 cup? Thanks everyone! -BriannaXOXO

See a hard boil egg doesn't feel me up either! And when he told me one should be I felt like something was wrong then but I guess everyone's different. So I just have two and I'm good. I noticed I'm not super tight in the morning either like most. What causes that anyway? I can eat pretty much everything too but I noticed I'm not wanting salads which is probably a good thing because it'll just take up soooo much room! If I make banana bread for my hubby I take a small slice and soak it in nonfat(cheating I know lol) it's not all the time. But I had some popcorn last night holy slider!! I better be careful. Probably ate more then I should of which felt really weird eating more so I stopped but that's a good thing!(: Thank for the advice! -BriannaXOXO

It's SO irritating.. Slimed twice today.. And the second time all I was eating was a chicken breast tender(baked not breaded) and Potato salad I take 2 bites and I start with chest pain. I recently got a fill two days ago and right before that iEVERYTHING was going through so that's why I thought It was a fill. I got a half a CC and I can't eat anything what the hecks going on!!! To right maybe only a half of half would of been ok. My office is closed till Monday.. Advice would be much appreciated.. Back to my soggy Cereal for dinner. -BriannaXOXO

Haha I'm glad I can make you laugh Ann!(: Thank you -BriannaXOXO

I never knew my "small" bites were actually "big bites" ... Smaller bites are working tried it out this morning. I guess when you've been shoveling food in your mouth for so long it doesn't seems so big. Thank you guys! -BriannaXOXO

I'm thinking I'm just sensitive to fills and my "small bites" aren't that small. So I'm fixing my bite size. Got to eat a little more today. Thank you for all the advice! -BriannaXOXO

My dr says liquids for 24 hours which I did. It wasn't dry at all but I did have BBQ sauce on it. I just can't imagine having 2 bites and it be ok for the rest of my life that's not healthy right? And with those very few bites I took I waited my minute and was having chest pain.. So it wasn't like I wasn't waiting and shoving my face with food so maybe in still swollen and only sliders can go down.. Hmm. Never thought of being super sensitive to fill but now that I think about it I've gotten a fill drank the Water they make you drink and I was gurgling and the was only a half of a half a CC. -BriannaXOXO

Slimed is when your body produces saliva to help get down the stuck food and when you burp it up it feels like your throwing up a jelly fish.. Super weird/gross -BriannaXOXO

Ok because I've heard of people loosing up? I took a bite of chicken that was about 1 inch long 1 cm wide and less then a cm thick that's why I'm so ugh about it. It was nothing... and im a really good chewer. 2 maybe 3 bites isn't enough for 3 or 4 hours. Thinking to tight -BriannaXOXO

I just got a half a cc and I can't eat anything but slider foods and my office is closed till Monday I know how you feel. It sucks. I think we are to tight. Do you have chest pains while eating? -BriannaXOXO

It seems like I always get stuck on greasy food.. Even if I have 2 fries I get stuck (not an everyday kinda thing btw) You'd think it would go right through? Is it just one of those things by band can't take? -BriannaXOXO

Maybe it's because I need to wait my minute I'm sooo bad at this!! >_< I don't PB but I slime a little! I'm four months in still trying to figure everything out. -BriannaXOXO

Really? Well my nurse said that it would slide right through.. -BriannaXOXO

Or am I the only one that is terrified of stretching my pouch even though I only eat one cup at my meal... And no more after. I'm so afraid that any food I eat will stretch it and so I drink while I eat so it can wash down.. I know I'm not supposed to.. I'm at the point where my Weightloss has slowed drastically and I think my thinking is something is wrong with my band and that's why I drink Water while I eat so I don't ruin it more? That might be stupid but what are your thoughts? -BriannaXOXO

Thank you everyone for your advice!!! I really appreciate it!! Yes I'm exercising at least 4 times a week and with my job I'm on my feet all day. And I only eat one cup especially when I drink because I know I could eat more but I don't. Ive never gotten to the point where I'm super full people say you'll know when you've ate to much but it's never happened. Maybe I'm used to small portions now. Ima worry wart! Lol.. -BriannaXOXO

Thank you! I was really worried about that. -BriannaXOXO

So I'm just shy of 6 months post op. I have Never ever gotten stuck to the point where I was actually worried and i knew only a sip of Water would help move it through But tonight I had a bite of couscous which has never given me a problem. Then the stuck feeling came it wasn't as bad as everyone says it was maybe It just wasn't a really bad one? It was uncomfortable but not horrible. But I was wondering what this "sliming" is because I think I was doing it. But none of the food I ate came back up? Just kinda like when you cough phylum(flem) I can't spell lol it was just "runnier" So is sliming kinda like throwing up? And is sliming bad for your band? -BriannaXOXO