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i completely agree with you lisa marie, and i am totally able to do this when i am at my correct fill. however, i don't know if it is the drying up of phlegm, or the starting of my bc again, but i do truly get hungry now between meals. i also started getting boredom hungry again, but i'm talking tummy growling, hungery pains, hungry..trying to talk myself out of it becuase i don't really have time to take a break hungry. between my 2nd and 3rd fill i did not struggle with that at all, but now i am again. today i had my Protein bar for breakfast (the whole thing) and 1 hour later, i'm hungry again. after a good fill, not only can i not finish a whole one, but i'm full for several hours.

do you have a cold or anything right now? that affects it A LOT. also, try to do liquids only for a day or so and see if it calms down.

bbray..i have not finished reading this thread, but first of all let me say that you are doing a FANTASTIC JOB!!! Look at all that weight that you have lost....!!! Wow...this coming from someone who is only a month behind you and just now lost 10 lbs. I too had no restriction and just now have some (i go for my fourth fill Saturday), but man..if your willpower did all that..you go girl!!!! Restriction will come...and when it does you'll be melting 'em off even faster!

first stop drinking with your meals..and see how much that helps. from experience it helps a lot. i am a person who after my fills pb's on liquids ...a lot. whatever you do make sure you keep drinking, but if you are really irritated you may want to hold off on any food for about 8 hours and then resume eating. this helped me a lot..with the pain and everything. i do not think the issue right now is so much that you are not losing, but the fact that you are hurting when you eat. focus on getting that under control..AND ABSOLUTELY NO SIPS WITH YOUR MEALS. ..if i do..i get hungry..if i drink too soon after my meal..i get hungry.. most importantly if i do sip with my meal..it causes me a GREAT GREAT GREAT deal of pain and makes the whole process more difficult. believe me..the other day..i ate 2 Cookies (hey that's huge for me..and way better than 30..well.. i thought..i only at two cookies ..i can have a sip of milk...WRONG..not to mention that cookies and milk are bad..but i was allowing myself to do bad that one time. needless to say..all the sip of milk took about 5 minutes coming back up..but the cookies stayed..and everything hurt afterward.

last years popcorn was REALLY good..this year..yuck. but it is diacetyl free (the chemical that causes cancer)..so i'm assuming that is why it is on the bland side. no way can popcorn ever compare to somoas and dosidos.

i have to be on liquids for 48 hours. then i am on mushies for 48 hours. then on to solids. the mushies are negotiable but the liquids are a must. the reason they gave for this is your body needs time to adjust to the fill before you put food through it. and according to my doctor eating early can cause your fill not to be as effective (don't ask me how). i know it is hard, as i just got any sort of restriction with my last two fills and even with my last fill i was FAMISHED (until i cut out carbs and only drank slim fast high protein), but it is important to try to follow your doctor's orders. each doctor is different with their rules, but each doctor also has a different rate of slippage and erosion. i'm not sure if there is a correlation between the two..but i don't want to find out the wrong way. (this coming from a person who ate Cookies during the mushy stage..i know how hard it is when you are hungry, but you have to try to follow the rules as much as possible).

i ordered 6 boxes. i have some...willpower though..and dh and ds LOVE them too. the boyscouts in my area sell popcorn..i can't imagine them selling apples. (the popcorn is outrageous $$).

tabatha..hey you spell your name the same way as i do mine....haven't seen too many of those. well...that was off subject..but i hate hair..i shave bald..although hubby lets his turn into a fro ...hair gets longer than his flacid..you know...it totally grosses me out. so..i've started letting myself go. i have a question..when you get that waxing done..do you bleed. i tried nads one time just on one strip...and i bled. guess i have really course hair.

:tt1::Dancing_biggrin::tongue::Dancing_biggrin::wink2::Dancing_biggrin::smile: that was the funniest thing i have read in months!!!!

i'm not having much success so far, but it sounds like my doctor is the only one who says that 100% weight loss is not only attainable but expected. He said in a noncompliant patient...70% minimum. However, his version of compliance involves exercising and counting calories..and he does not want you to pick your goal weight based on some stupid chart.

i do not have problems with it now, unless i eat something really really salty or spicy, but try sucking on a sugar free (and low calorie) sour or mint. It really helped me in the beginning. My doctor actually wants us to drink several sips before our first bite, but then no more to drink until 1 hour after we have finished eating. My doctor's belief is that drinking with our meals will sabotage our efforts.

ok, so some of you have read my various rants and raves about how my band was not working for me and i had zero restriction, etc. :angry:well, that is not the case anymore. since about my 2nd fill, i have had a little restriction. well. it is winter, and i am notorious for getting colds and ear infections and having loads and loads of drainage (please remember this in my upcoming statements). since my 3rd fill, i have pb's on an average of once every day. sometimes, several more time a day. recently i had a bout where i couldn't swallow anything, or it was coming up (except my spit). now..this is my own doing, partly, and the band's doing also. after i had my surgery i could easily gulp a glass of Water, with no problems..i never felt any restriction ..ever...(take this from someone who could eat 4 pieces of pizza, cheese sticks, and a salad 5 weeks out from surgery:ohmy:). so WHAM..now i have restriction...and i am having a lot of trouble learning how to eat. i have a 4th fill scheduled for this saturday because i am not quite at my sweet spot. (i can still eat more than 10 bites). my question is do you guys usually get fills even if you are already pb'ing or do you wait until it has calmed down? is pb'ing just a normal part of band life? i find that i get sick most often from fluids...i'm literally drinking like "hot coffee" all the time now..very hard to get used to that. also, what are your tips to avoid getting to the point of pb'ing? i find that by the time i feel anything, it is too late, and i'm on the way to the bathroom. by the time i get that sensation, it's coming back up. so...most people i think ask this question much earlier on that 3.5 months out. but i'm confused. any tips, suggestions, are helpful.

nikki..i'm not speaking from experience, but some of our fills evaporate, etc., so i think it is normal to lose restriction within a month. after you reach goal, i think the ideal time period for fills is once a year. as for me..i have 6 cc (i think..i'm not keeping up) and i'm not quite at my sweet spot.

pain with the pelvic floor huh...well..that makes sense..seems to be where the popping comes from. haha. dh asked me last night to get on top..and i'm like..no..sorry..don't like the whole popping thing.... pain with sex (for me) varies as much as the weather (in arkansas)..some nights it's great and pain free, and other's i'm fighting the tears.

in response to the lemonaide..acid wear..it does mess up your teeth BUT, if you are going to brush your teeth immediately after drinking it does even more damage. it is recommended that you rinse your mouth with Water, or wait at least 15 minutes before you brush your teeth because the acid makes the enamel soft and you essentially brush it away over time. this goes for soda's etc. (so watch your kids). in response to drinking..i'm having a horrible time. i can't drink fast, things get stuck, etc. i slime on liquids A LOT. so i get where i tend to not want to drink..it's much easier to eat. however, i got sick this last week and couldn't keep any liquids down for 48 hours..i got VERY VERY dehydrated. I finally go 4 glasses of kool aid down yesterday (16 ounces..with sugar..and i licked some salt to help with hydration) and i started feeling much better. we have to be careful..and i know exactly what you mean..i eat..wait an hour..then forget for 3 and then it's time to eat again..so no drink.

10 pounds= chemical additives an American consumes each year omg..i don't want to consume that much every year..that is HORRIBLE...

I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU!!! i had only lost 2 lbs until my last fill, and now i'm down 8 more lbs since the 16th. I'm stoked!!! my thing is i do not feel that i get any warning that i'm done eating until i'm throwing up. i just got another cold...and went 48 hours being able to keep very little down...i got really dehydrated, but did not call my doc for an unfill because i knew i could get through it..boy let me tell you ..once you get in that pattern of pb'ing your only option is just to stop trying for several hours..then it all calmes down. i could not finish a 3 inch sub with bread the other day and i was thrilled, but doc says that is still too much, so my next fill is saturday feb 2nd..and i have to admit i'm a little afraid.

my very fav toy is the cordless silver bullet.... i love it!!!!

i'm not talking about child labor pains here...there is a big difference...but i am talking about the kind of pain where the moans coming out of my mouth are in agony not in pleasure. i'm a "shallow" woman..my man is not particularly large, but he is very rough. he hits my cervix with little to no effort at all, and i feel it pop and it hurts. now..if he waits until i have an orgasm, then he can bang me all he wants and it doesn't hurt..something about when i have an orgasm relaxes everything. funny..i was joking with him the other night and i said something to the extent of i wanted some good hour sex like when we were in our teens..and i was joking with him about how he couldn't last that long (this was not a mean thing..we were playing with each other)..anyways..he was like "i could last that long..if i wanted to, but who wants to have sex for an hour...lol".. (truthfully i rarely do)..so i said..what..you mean you can control it and not cum so fast..he was like yeah..and then i joked and said ..well if that is the case, why am i not having an orgasm every time we have sex. if you can control it, you should wait for me...i'll be damned if he hasn't started. he knows that he hurts me..the thing is he doesn't know when it is going to hurt me. one night..i'm begging him to do it harder, and we are breaking the bed..the next night...i'm shoving my fists into his abdomen to stop him from going in. i've mentioned it to my gyno and the just say...ummm.that's not normal..and that is it...but i have a flipped cervix, and i also have endometriosis..so i think that has something to do with it. also, when i have sex on top (ok this is embarrasing), there is something inside of me that gets stuck..i know weird right...and his head usually gets stuck around it somewhere and it makes this popping noise and it hurts like hell. that is why i rarely have sex on top..the whole popping things, is a horribe feeling (and sound)..i sounds like someone popped their shoulder. it hurts him too, but he doesn't know what it is. oh..and i do use bullets and i do manually stimulate myself often..but my weight hinders that somewhat when he is also involved. he knows that i have orgasms if i masterbate, and he encourages it (he purchased my newest vibe for me). he knows that i do not need penetration to cum, etc. he tries..it just takes A LOT of effort with me to make sure it doesn't hurt and that i actually get off. this is something i plan to bring up with my ob/gyn next month. also...i've read about this problem, but since the birth of my child it is not so bad. some women, who have experienced traumatic sexual experiences in their life, have an uncontrollable tightening of the vaginal muscles in an attempt to prevent unwanted penetration. ok, so even though they want it, their body reacts the same way. before i had my son, on several occasions (with people other than my current hubby..he was my first boyfriend..and my body was always very cooperative with him) with an ex boyfriend, where he literrally could not get it in..and trust me he was small..but the thing was..i felt violated in some way somewhere in my life and i was not relaxed and my shit shut up...we just wouldn't have sex..on several occassions..and sometimes it would tighten up during sex and he would have to stop because it hurt him and or pushed him out. so ....although i don't think anyone would have any trouble getting in there anymore (thanks son)..i think my muscles still do the same thing.

free.. if i get the hicupps, it is too late, i've eaten too much, and some of it is coming up. i've been doing that every time i eat lately (i don't know what my deal is, i don't feel anything until it's too late).

hatmama..i had this problem terribly until i go good restriction. i also notice that i get it more if i drink a flattened diet soda. i went about a week of taking gas-x melt strips 2 or 3 times a day and it finally went away. my stomach was swollen and tender too, and i felt like a balloon that needed to pop. after my 2nd fill it just went away.

trapped..that is exactly what happens with me...lately too often, but i do get a burning sensation around my band first. but then i know it's time to go to the bathroom. i've yet to figure out what my soft stop sign is...instead i find that by the time i realize i'm full, i'm pb'ing.

it absolutely amazes me at how different we all are. i have 6.5 cc's in a 10 cc (not counting the 3 cc primer), and i'm going for my 4th fill Saturday morning. i'm finally losing (10 lbs total), but i can still eat more than 10 bites..so next fill here i come.

i was walking in your shoes 1 fill ago. it will happen. i had gained from my surgery weight..and felt the same way about the 40+ lb loser's..lol. it will happen ..promise..take it from someone who wanted to rip my band out and hit my doc upside the head with it.

SHORT SWEET AND SIMPLE.. that is how i'll make it. i have posted various times on this forum regarding my frustration with my band and lack of weight loss and emotional struggles. now, already..i am eating to live a lot less than living to eat. i really don't care what i eat anymore (except making sure it is low cal and protein)..i no longer drool at food commercials..i no longer have my fast food meal planned at 7 a.m. in the morning..actually..i don't even bother with drive thru's anymore. my sweet's cravings have decreased dramatically. and so has my eating. i had a 3 inch sub last night with toasted wheat bread..and could not finish it... (well..i took 3 bites too many..and those 3 came back up..lol). so, i'm finally losing weight. 10 lbs down ...i'm now at 216. (226 was surgery weight). i would say that i am just now at the point to learning to listen to my body and not take those extra bites..not gulp my drinks..etc. I LOVE IT!!! ...ok..so my posts are never short....lol