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For me that was the hardest habit to break I drank lot of lots of ice tea unsweet with my meals but it is a Lapband rule so just get use to it and do it from the start. You know it's kind of scarey when you crave musheys and it feels like you are going to have steak Good Luck.

I call this the party in my mouth syndrom. Yup I wantt hat and I want lots of it..... Well this is how I broke that habit... Eat it then sit down and write out how you feel now that you gave in to that old HABIT. Are you feeling happy with your self or is the party over?????????????? Do you feel like a failure, fat ,bloated disgusted, if your banded a little sick..... The next time follow the rules eat I cup eat it SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSlow chew it well and then write down how you feel afterwards.. I know hokey but it works you have to start building some measurable success that you can go back and look at. Also how failure feels. Bottom line here is you are in control of your actions and you can choose how you behave. You did not go through this surgery to eat and be fat. I have to tell you now when I go out to eat and they bring me a plate heaped with food I actually get so overwhelmed I just groan oh nooooo it turns me off. And when I am at a party and see others plates It makes me shudder. For me the party in my mouth is over( I still eat good stuff) but the party in my life taste better then any food I ever heaped in my mouth

It is pretty noraml to feel bloarted you are swollen on the inside . No one who just had weight loss surgery will starve on 600 cals a day so don't worry just follow the plan and drink your proteins as best you can as you heal you will be able to get more down . It takes time hang in there..

Maybe step up the excercise , how many carbs cut some if over 60 , eat protein first and then wait to see if you really need more food, smaller plate , smaller fork. MY Dr sasys you can not lose without enough protein. Sweet Spot isn't sweet if you are eating the wrong foods. I find when I get in trouble it's always to many carb. Good Luck....,

When I have fills laying down I get dizzy on getting up. But I prefer to have my fills standing up it is so much better for me. Never Never have I passed out.

I don't know about anyone else but I really have a hard time with warmed up food in the microwave .

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I often wonder how different my life would have been if I had gotten banded sooner. The self esteme issues as I progressed in my career, the events I wouldn't have dreaded because everything I wore was not cute, How many choices I made because that was good enough for me, NO one can love you like you need to love you. So think about what you want out of your life and friends who have a problem with that are not friends. People come and go but you ARE STUCK WITH YOURSELF SO DECIDE FOR YOURSELF.

I agree with almost everything you have said . The exceptian being about the bread I can not ever eat bread with out getting stuck. I do wonder at folks eating pizzas, big Macs, and submarine sand, I just shake my head like you and wonder when they will post again about an unfill or a slip. Don't they get info from the Docs or at least the nutritionist. We say over and over it is a tool but some people want t he magic bullet to be honest we all wish it but it just ain't so..

If you are constipated take a fiber gummie everyday. You sound like that is not the problem . I had to do a colon cleanse for the test and it was no picnic with the band some Drs do an unfill for that procedure because laxatives and the band do not go together . This sounds like another way to lose weight that is just dysfunctional doesn't work and the weight loss is not real and now can really screw you up. You deserve an honest answer this sounds lika an old issue that needs some work.

I think you are going to need Dr visits. you don't say how full you are but there will come a time when you need more or less fill . I find when I am stressed my band feels tighter . Eat small amounts and chew let us know how you do when you come back home since this is a new one.

Almost 100% sure band did not slip, this is just your body healing stitches holding band are healing and pulling a little..Are you following post op diet. Really the way my Dr explained it he stitches the band in and for it to slip you have to be pretty reckless. And when it slips you know it , pain, food intake ,reflux, I have had that feeling in the begining of OMG what if its slipped and I think thats pretty normal when something new is in your body. I still have trouble laying on my sides sometimes after I have eaten or drank something later at night then I usually do . It's just my good little buddy saying hello, I'm here . Good Luck and if you ARE DOING WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD TO DO YOU WILL BE FINE...............

I remember that pain and I was totally unprepared for it, wasn't on this site and Dr or PA never really covered it other then to say sometimes you have a little pain in your shoulder. LITTLE PAIN . man it hurt like He!! and it lasted about 5 days. I think all the remdys given here would help I know the more I moved the better I felt. That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger.. And good news it does go away in a few days as you start moving.

Your Blueberry muffins in the AM days may be over. drink water if it goes down lucky you , are you sliming ...if so go to the bathroom lean way over and it should slide out if not drink some water and repeat process of leaning over, Now that you are feeling restriction chew chew chew . Things like muffins are probably not on your plan at this point PROTIN FIRST....... Bands are usually tighter in the morning......Good Luck let this be a learning experience...

At 6cc I am so stuck I have to get unstuck I can not imagine that at surgery. Guess each of us is different . Fills do not hurt, they give you water and you drink it and they listen, I happen to be a gurgler so we can hear the water going down. Fills are a piece of cake pardon my pun but we all went through wondering is this going to hurt.. Good Luck let us know how you do.

Well I had a stuck incident yesterday first in quite awhile I was outside at a pool party and honey it is hot here in paradise. These post jogged my memory that in the past when it gets steamy out I get stuck . It wasn't the food because I had only had 3 bites and the slimeing started , 3 years out my husband knows that look on my face so quick trip to the bathroom and I just said okay today is liquid day. But I do remember this happening to me a lot in the begining when it was hot.

My Dr told me not to lose weight on the one year wait I had to do for Bl, Cross Bl. Shield. and after that year they said they had 90 days to decide on the 90th day they approved. During that year like any diet I was ever on I lost and gained back more . Good Luck who knows what an insurance company will do , I think my Dr insistence that it wasn't just my weight but my asthma, reflux and blood pressure that was a determining factor. The Dr went to bat for me .

You should be on liquids most of us had 5 days of liquids and then 5days soft mushies and then 5 days mushies All diets are different as are the Drs . but you went to solids Call your DR. if you are in pain go to the ER. Your protein comes from the protein drinks , and pudding is a much better choice then shepards pie... I am not trying to make you feel bad but you just can not do stuff like that to your body. I am concerned that you have put food in that can not pass through post surgery swelling and the band...And only your Dr. can tell that by xray.

EASY WAY OUT??????????????? This is not for the person who wants an easy way out it is not easy.. it is a tool and you need to work it. You ARE NOT GOING TO BE CUT UP....I have 5 little holes. I can not understand anyone saying something like that to you when they are suppose to be your boyfriend just thank God you aren't married to him. Is he Overweight, is he insecure, or is he just into manipulation and power, is he afraid you will walk?? Maybe I come on to strong but you need support from the person that is with you and if he is making you depressed now he more then likely won"t understand what this so called easy way out involves, Keep on this site many have been in your shoes. Best of Luck to you think long and hard about what you want your life to be and make a choice that will make you happy. For many of us the band has helped us get rid of lots of heavy baggage..

Slime is the consistency of egg white for me and once I start sliming I now head for the bathroom wherever I am I . After I have thrown this up and mine usually needs a little help it doesn't slide out like some folks. After a stuck incident with pain from several throw ups to get whats stuck out. I have been told to go on liquids for the rest of the day and use childrens liquid benadryl to soothe my esphogas, my Dr says you always have Benadryl around. Not trying to scare you but when you are sliming its your body saying okay hold on. to big of bite..not chewed.. or I"m not able to pass that through this band . Sometimes it just happoens and the faster you deal with it the better you can go on .

I went to a picnic with 100 other folks and each brought a dish to pass main dish was a cheese burger. So I am in line and there is this mile long trail of food and the more I looked at it the less it appealed to me.I took a teaspoon of potato salad tbls of baked beans , and a small spoon of snicker bar salad . AS I was walking to my seat someone said is that all you are eating?? THe dessert table was beyond huge and I never gave it more then a glance when I went back nothing jumped out at me so I passed it up. NOw before you all hate on me .. there was a time I would have tried everything and as I sat there watching everyone elses full plates I just was so happy that I was so thrilled with the taste of that cheese burger no bun. IN the old days when my plate would have been filled to capacity I wouldn't have savored the taste of anything it would have all just blended together . And I would have spent the afternoon groaning and stuffed fat and guilty. Let me tell you nothing on that table tasted as good , as being thin feels. I am not a calorie counter, I eat what I know will go down and I enjoy what I like but you know in the long run it's just food... And there is so much more to life then just your next meal......

Wonder what you are asking can you drink wine.... Yes... should you drink wine ....well lets see when you drink wine you lose your inhibitions and eat more then you should and not what you should..... Hmmmm.... the band is a tool not your conscience ......Perhaps drinking wine for you should be put off for awhile , or maybe one glass once a week until you not your band gets a handle on the situation.

I can not eat more then I piece of pizza. And no you don't need to test your band, Its not like it is in charge you are. Eating until you are stuffed is what got you here. My Dr would have flipped out if I went back because I could eat a whole small pizza never heard of a 7 cc band.

Liquid doesn't give you that party in your mouth feeling, it just gives you a nice skinny liver... who wouldn't want that..... Drink lots of water crystal lite and nothing says lovin like hot chicken broth . You can do this .

Hate to burst anyones bubble but................. I was never lactose intolerant until I was banded.... but I will take that vs. diabetes, high blood pressure reflux and asthma. so for me it's a small price to pay ... Besides I like soy milk now but it does cramp me and who needs ice cream LOL