TracyW

Hi everyone I have had my band for 3 1/2 years, I think your thick saliva could also be called slimming, I get that if I take too big of a bite and don't chew it well enough, it gets stuck, slime,slime,slime, then I get the hickups until the bite of food goes down, its a terrible feeling so I have been working very hard not to let this happen. Hope this helps.

I am going to go to Disneyland soon, I wanted to find out if anyone has had a problem with the band, and roller coasters? I thought I had heard it was fine. Thanks:)

Ok Cathy so you made me tear up I don't think I'm pmsing, it makes sence what your saying and I do forget how lucky I am sometimes I just need to be reminded sometimes. Thanks again!

Thanks Cathy for the nice words and a reminder to what I can possibly do to help myself. I'm going to keep reading this thread to keep myself thinking positive.

I've been watching this thread for a while, this is where I belong. My surgery was back on May 13,2005 I've lost 35 pounds. Most of my lack of weight loss is my own doing. Some backround information: after my surgery I was so hungry, I struggled through the three weeks of the after surgery diet but I stuck to it, then I had my first fill around 5 weeks after my surgery, I had it early due to no restriction and being so hungry I was filled to 2.0 in a 4.0 band, within the next five weeks I had another two fills totaling 3.0 I still felt hungry but I lost a majority of my weight due to everything getting stuck, so I couldn't eat that much I finally had .2 taken out = 2.8 thats where I'm at today, sometimes food gets stuck but not as often. The way I feel now is I feel like I don't even have the band, the only reminder is the occasional food getting stuck I eat as much as I did before the band, If I eat protein first then vegi's and so on, I am hungry about 2 hours later so I've now lost the will to even try to lose weight I feel like I need to find another fad diet. Does anyone else out there feel somewhat this way? How do you find the will to start trying again? I felt so alone until this thread, if anyone has any suggestions it would be appreciated.

Thanks Debby for the encourageing words, I am happy I have lost 40 pounds, and I haven't gained. Do you ever find yourself going back to your old habits? thats where I'm at, I'm in a rutt and I can't get out of it. I feel like I have to go on some diet to get started again on the right track but I don't want to do that, plus diets have never worked in the past for me. Does anyone have any ideas? Thank, Tracy

Hi Everyone, I am a may banster, but I am just spinning my wheels now and I am stuck at a 40 pound weight loss. With the big weight losses I am seeing from everyone what kind of food do you guy's eat? How much? any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

Is anyone going to be in TJ for a fill at Dr.Ortiz's office this Saturday the 12th, I will be there at 9:30 am?

I just read your story about the ride, that is so funny, did your friends know you have the band? Well thanks for the laugh.

Hi Megan, I read your story, you made me tear up, you have inspired me. Congratulation on your success!

Most of the time the band keeps me in check and sometimes I override it, no matter how I eat I always feel like i'm overeating even when I am not. Does anyone else ever feel this way?

I am ok with fries if I eat one at a time and chew, chew, chew. I did have a terrible PB today, I brought my 19 month old son to the soup plantation, I took a couple of bites of salad without chewing enough, swallowed, it was stuck, I sat their at the table with my eyes tearing up, drooling into a napkin, boy that was fun.