dowhatitdo1

no Im nt exercising, and I am following the band rules but not strickly.... I might have a protein shake for breafast, may a lil cottage cheese for lunch, and a lil salad or baed fish for dinner.... sometimes I feel like I hv restriction n then sometimes I dnt...... Im always thinking abt food

well I do know what u are going through. I been there and it sounds like u r too tight if u cant do solid foods.... also it depends on ur doctor some of them want u to be tight or at ur gren spot where u can only eat one bite of foodand be full.....I personally could nt handle tht hurting discomfortable feeling and I would constantly throw up so much until it caused my band to slip..... u have to do whats best for u and ur body n please kp in mind tht all of our bodies are different andthe band reacts differently....eventually my band slipped 3xs and I had to have surgery agin to revise my slip band and now I hv gained 20lbs bk so Im trying to get it off again.... Im so frustrated because Im at a stand still I dnt want to be to tight where I cant eat solid food n have to throw up.....just try and chew ur food very slow and if u can only do one bite then do it..... If it hurts I advise u to let them take some out so tht u can b comfortable.... best wishes. and kit

I has my surgery nov 24,2009 n I lost 85lbs. Everything was great until last year my band kept slipping from me throwing up and tht is the worst pain in the world. every time it slipped I had to get all the fluid out of my band so of course I had no restriction at all and I was able to eat anything... It slipped a total of three times so I had to have surgery in june 2011 to revise my band.... ever since then I have been on an emotional roller coaster I hv gained 20lbs back and I went to get a fill and hv lost ike 6lbs. Im so frustrated bc I was so sucessful in the beginning and now I cant get focused. Im not motivated and Im constanlty on the scale n its not friendly at all.I know tht I have cut bk with my portions and the weight is nt going anywhere... what am I not doing??? why isnt this band working for me any more. Please help me with any advice or suggesstions. I want to get those 20lbs off bc I know tht I have worked to damn hard to just give up now.... Im miserable

well when ur band is revised tht normally means tht they are going to replace it or stich it up tighter around ur stomache so tht it wnt slip again... or did he mean to take out all of the fluid in the band to let ur stomache heal bc when u are too tight n keep throwing up it can cause severe damage and they will try to give u a break. did ur dotor ever say tht ur band slipped?

u can do it dnt give up. we r all in this together

I was originally banded 11-24-09 and everything was fine at first the weight was coming off as long as I got the fills. then I noticed tht I started throwing up so much bc thts what other people were doing tht I thought tht it was normal n I didnt get alarmed...anyways so because of all the throwing up my band slipped 3 times n the pain was soooooo severe tht I had to go into the er. so each time my band slipped they took all the fluid out of my band and sd tht it will correct itself in aout 3 weeks so now I had an empty band with out any limits...I though tht I was in food heaven bc I was now able to eat any and everything.....so here comes the weigh eventually I havd to have surgery to habe my band revised 06-09-11. I have about 13lbs to lose in order to get bk to my 150lb and it is kind of hard to do. its like starting the process all over again and I just need some encouragement....hopefully no one had to go through wht I did if so Im here to let u know tht We can do this and be sucessful Again!!!!!!!

what do u when ur band slips? this happened to meon valentines day n I noticed thgt I couldnt hold anything down not even water.... my chest was on fire n I thought tht maybe I had acid reflux or even heart burn. evrything that I put in my mouth came back up so Icalled my doctor n he advise me to go to the radiology department..... They told me tht my band had sliiped n theytook all of my fluid out of my band n sd hopefully the band will syke itself n recorrect itself.....I dnt see my doct until the 28th of feb however Iam able to eat like a normal person n keep fluids downs....I feel great bc Im nt straining myself n hurtin myself anymore....have anyone of u bandsters ever experienced this?

well sweetie all that I can say is hang in there I am still learning my band as well. it constantly changes up on me one day I can eat chicken the next day I cant... I think when u get sick and we are unable to eat it makes the band tighter so u have to really be careful of what u try to eat until it losen up again... pray before u try to eat n hopefully things will get better 4 all of us who r dealing with these issues:thumbup::ohmy:

hey friend long time no hear.. Im at my sweet spot n I cant eat everything... how much more have u lost???? keep in touch