What Is Your Signal?

[Humming Bird 275]

My full signal has changed over the last 2 1/2 years. I have myself trained well at this point.

For the first few months it was left shoulder pain/discomfort for my full signal. If I wait for the hiccup, I've gone too far. Sometimes I'll get a bit of a runny nose feeling and if I take a bite too much I'll have a sneezing fit like a seasonal allergy thing. Most of the time now I simply lose interest in the food and that is my signal to just stop.

[KassieRose 60]

Do people only get a warning sign after they have been filled. I am 5 weeks post op with no fill and I havent had a sign line that yet. I also only eat a cup of food per meal so I may not be eating enough for a stop signal which is fine by me.

Nope, I am only a week and a half banded and no fill.

Thanks for sharing everyone! : )

[mawhite64 0]

I get a stuffy nose and if I eat to much, I too start to sneeze..

[lorena st 33]

Interesting topic...and how different everyones signal is.

When I am full...first, I feel like I have to burp (and I usually burp a few minutes later). If I don't stop eating, I get a dull pain in my pouch as it fills up. If I don't stop eating then, I assume sliming and vomiting would follow (I haven't gone this far and I don't really want to test this theory). I have had two sliming episodes (not related to overeating, but eating the wrong food), both Peanut Butter related and that was more stuck. In those cases had taken two, obviously too big bites of a peanut butter sandwich, and got mildly stuck. I haven't repeated that experience (but it took me two tries to learn the lesson) and now avoid peanut butter. I guess the key is to listen to your body and learn from your mistakes.

[The teen bandit 3]

I do this really weird hiccup burp thing. That's how I know I'm done! Or I feel full. Either way, the hiccup burp thing is normally my stop sign.

[#MagicWithinme 173]

I've had nutter butters the little Snacks Cookies and they go down ok.