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I do sometimes but I usually add lots of meat and cheese to it to give it some heft. It does go down slow. I'm not going to lie.

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I took one whole the other day just fine.

I've wondered this too and I wonder if it doesn't have something to do with dehydrating while we sleep? Just a thought but it is really common. I start out the day very tight and by evening I'm much looser. I usually drink decaf coffee all morning until lunch time.

It's hard to work out when you are tired. I go through the same thing. Some days I'm motivated and some days I'm not. Having a workout buddy can help sometimes. I know for me weightloss is about 80/20 diet/exercise. It's great when I can get that extra 20% boost from exercise but it's hard to motivate myself to do it. I also agree about the metabolism thing. Damn it slows down the older we get! You're on the right track. Keep trying and you'll find something you can stick to and enjoy.

I get acid reflux when I sleep if I eat too close to bed time and/or if I sleep on my stomach. I'm like a gremlin now and won't allow myself to be fed after a certain time of night

I've tried the gummies and some do have an odd taste. However, there are tons out there and each one tastes different. I'm with B-52 and now I just take a large gel cap and I never have any issues.

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There are several cases where you may feel less restriction after a fill than before. One, which MiniMi addressed is that you could be losing fat around your stomach making it leaner and the band feel looser around it. Two, you were dehydrated, stressed, or something else that was keeping you tight and now you feel looser because of something else that has nothing to do with the fill. Perhaps you weren't getting enough Fluid in before so you dehydrated making your band tighter. Now you're getting more fluids in and you feel looser. Third, you've dilated your pouch or something else could be wrong. Sometimes people get a sudden feeling of relief when something is wrong with their band. This would probably be followed by acid reflux, night coughs, or possibly some other symptom. Honestly, there were many times I got fills, had restriction initially, then it just went away as the swelling went down and I lost more weight. I would go from barely being able to drink a Protein shake right after the fill to being able to eat a whopper with a bun a few weeks later. I can't remember ever being tight at the time of getting a fill, getting a fill and immediately feeling looser though.

I signed up for this site in 2006 but wasn't able to get banded until 2009. This site has been a great resource to me on many occasions. Good luck!

A LOT of band patients get hiatal hernias repaired during surgery. It's very commonplace so you should be fine.

I think you'll be fine. The only thing I could think that would give you problems would be if a safety bar was pushing against your port area.

Mine is on my right side and I hardly notice it anymore.

Kroger has an amazing diet decaf tea that they sell near the dairy area that is AMAZING. My doctor's office swears by the stuff and I drink it all the time.

I have a 14cc band. I started with 3cc from surgery...then my fills went 3cc, 2cc, 1cc, 1cc, 1cc, 1cc...etc. until I got closer to restriction then it was more like .5cc and lower after that until I was over 14cc.

You're in bandster hell. It'll get easier as you get fills, you get some restriction, and your band starts working for you.

You can overfill bands. It's no big deal if you reach 9cc. I have over 14cc in my 14cc band. You might get to 7cc and be just fine or you might need over 9cc. Either way, you won't reach a point where they can't put more fluid in and you're still not restricted enough.

I think the standard is 4 weeks after surgery.

I think many of us fail to address larger issues that cause us to overeat and mistakenly expect the band to do all the work for us. After I hit my goal I immediately became depressed because I was no longer riding on the high of weight loss. I had lost 127lbs but never dealt with the problems that caused me to gain the weight in the first place. Sure, there were medical reasons, physiological reasons, and yes, I just liked to eat. However, if you overeat when you are stressed, depressed, happy, etc. then YOU ARE AN EMOTIONAL EATER. That was the hardest thing for me to realize. After therapy I learned that I had to find other ways to cope or cut out the stress that was causing me to seek out food as a consolation. If we don't change WHY we eat then then band won't be able to do it's work effectively because we'll constantly sabotage and circumvent it. I highly recommend anyone that has WLS immediately start seeking therapy and attending support groups to begin changing bad habits and learning to find other ways to cope with the hardships of our lives. Good luck!

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Burning 666 calories is not good because that's the 'diet of the devil' and will lead to all kinds of terrible sins such as devil's food cake overdose and never being able to eat angel's food cake ever again. I think you may need an exercism

That is so sad to hear. I know if I lost my band I would immediately look at either replacing it or switching to another WLS surgery. I would do willing to go to great lengths to make sure I won't gain the weight back and I know I can't do it without some kind of WLS tool. Good luck. I know it's not going to be an easy road.

I was hungry until I had several fills. I tried to get as many fills as possible as quickly as possible to get my band filled up! That's the best thing to combat the hunger. And DRINK DRINK DRINK lots of water and fluids.