Just discovered a new method for "unplugging" stuck food!

[stinaNYC 0]

Or, at least, I *think* it's new! I just can't believe I didn't think of it before!

Lots of TMI ahead, so beware:

So I had a fill on Wednesday afternoon to about 2.25 cc (I had been unfilled to 1 cc for vacation on my request).

48 hours of liquids, and this afternoon I was ready to switch to mushies. I thought that very thin black bean Soup would be just right.

Yeah, well... I was wrong.

So an hour and a half after I ate 3 spoonfulls, I'm sliming and all the other wonderful stuff that comes with being "plugged up". I haven't PBd in over a month b/c of the unfill, and I didn't want to try to force the plug back up.

In a flash of (IMO) brilliance, I looked at my gym schedule sitting on my desk and realized that I was missing my yoga class.

Hmmm...yoga...mat work...

Downward-facing dog? Let's give it a shot!

So I did the downward-facing dog move...and lo! The plug of black Beans just effortlessly cascaded back up (or down, as it were)! No retching, no stressing the band!

I just can't believe I hadn't thought of this before! Okay...which one of you was holding out on me about this!

[Yoda 0]

LMAO

*thinking I should learn to stand on my head for possible future use*

[Constance 0]

Yoga to battle stuckness? Brilliant!

[Paulax 8]

Hilarious! I will remember that one.

BTW, too much information ahead

............it's good for gas too.

[stinaNYC 0]

Yoda: See, at first? I was like "Maybe I should do a handstand!" Then I remembered that I'm *245 lbs* and that wouldn't work so much. Then the yoga popped into myhead and...well...the rest is history!

Paulax: LOL! I feel like TMI warnings are so unnecessary at this point. I mean, we all have bands around our stomachs! How do we avoid the gross stuff?

[beachgirl 2]

Okay,

Call me stupid, but I don't get my first fill until Tuesday and you all know how I've stressed how afraid I am of this slimming called stuff and pbing, so call me stupid but what in the hell is a backward looking dog or whatever. I may need to do this some time if I can get my big butt in a certain position.

[Constance 0]

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[Road Queen 0]

Thanks for sharing.

[Pinkylee 7]

I love learning new tricks and this one is priceless!

Taming the dreaded PB and gas to boot!

:hail:

Thanks!

[okiegirl 0]

Thanks for the information!Since I havn't been banded yet ( Sept 1st!!! :clap2: ) I really don't know these things.I learn so much on this site.

[claire 72 0]

Or, at least, I *think* it's new! I just can't believe I didn't think of it before!

Lots of TMI ahead, so beware:

So I had a fill on Wednesday afternoon to about 2.25 cc (I had been unfilled to 1 cc for vacation on my request).

48 hours of liquids, and this afternoon I was ready to switch to mushies. I thought that very thin black bean Soup would be just right.

Yeah, well... I was wrong.

So an hour and a half after I ate 3 spoonfulls, I'm sliming and all the other wonderful stuff that comes with being "plugged up". I haven't PBd in over a month b/c of the unfill, and I didn't want to try to force the plug back up.

In a flash of (IMO) brilliance, I looked at my gym schedule sitting on my desk and realized that I was missing my yoga class.

Hmmm...yoga...mat work...

Downward-facing dog? Let's give it a shot!

So I did the downward-facing dog move...and lo! The plug of black Beans just effortlessly cascaded back up (or down, as it were)! No retching, no stressing the band!

I just can't believe I hadn't thought of this before! Okay...which one of you was holding out on me about this!

i will try this next time !! thanks x claire :crying:

[aubrie 6]

Hummmm...... Can I do this unique position???? Will my arthritis allow it? will I get dizzy? Will my husband humor me? Knowing my husband.....He'll think it's an "invitation"...... LOL

[*slim* 2]

Knowing my husband.....He'll think it's an "invitation"...... LOL

LMAO :crying:

[NanaRenan 0]

For those -- like myself -- more afraid than nimble.....LOL......I have found that holding one arm straight up in the air so that one shoulder is higher than the other will often shift a minor "plug" without delay.

It doesn't work everytime, but I always try it and am often relieved instantly.

But it does look quite foolish in a resturant, so be extra careful to cut, cut, cut and chew, chew, chew out in public.

:-)

[Sue Magoo 71]

Hi:

I've found that while in a sitting position bend over and reach as far as you can forward. It helps something get unstuck.

Take care.

Sue