Milk?!?! Dairy products question.

[stangslayerws6 1]

I am 18 months post op. I have lost 140 pounds so far . I have 4ccs in my 14cc band. I have always been able to eat or drink most everything since my banding. (Just very small portions and MUCH chewing) However, since my last fill in November, I have been VERY restricted. Many times I can not eat solid food at all without it coming back up. When I DO eat solid food, I can not get Water to go down even 8 hours after I eat . Milk on the other hand will go down at any time before or after I eat. Same thing with cheese. It has come to the point where I am baisically living on milk and cheese alone. Problem is, even though I am only eating like 3 slices of cheese per day, I am drinking 3/4 a gallon of whole milk each day (2400 calories per gallon :eek:). For some reason 1% & skim are like water to my band and will NOT go through. They come right back up. Has anyone else experienced this? I have never gained a single pound between fills since my surgery, but now I am feeling my jeans starting to get tight. (I do not weigh myself between fills, I dont even own a scale) I do NOT want to start gaining when I am within 50 pounds of my goal weight. Have any of you experienced this?? Is it possible that my band is OVER filled?? I am going to see my surgeon next week for my next fill. I would like to be able to eat normal food again. All replies are appreciated. Thanks

[Bonnie_Lass 1]

I don't get your whole milk and cheese thing that those will always go down. I get feeling a little stuck at times eating cheese.< /p>

The part where you can't drink for 8 hours after a meal that stays down or meals that won't stay down, sound like either you are not chewing enough or are too restricted. I know I've been too restricted and even though I try to chew well, if I don't consciously think about it with every bite I seem to get some food getting a little stuck a lot. Since it has been since your last fill try getting some taken out and make sure to chew. I've done it and been told that if you have to modify what you eat because you can't get the proper food down you're too tight.