Do you have to drink something hot before you eat?

[Northernsun 4]

This Gayle,

I have nothing to measure that by- this time of year is major stress at work so I can't remember a time since my last fill when I haven't been stressed! I will have to check that out when the holiday season is over and I can stop thinking and dreaming about work.

Another Gayle

[~Jules~ 0]

I think Gayle is right. The stress is probably what makes your band tighter in the evening.

From the thousands of posts that I have read, it sure makes sense to me.

[pjk 0]

My band also gets tight in the evening. I am fine for Breakfast, lunch is my biggest meal of the day. When it comes to dinner I attempt a few bites and am afraid I will PB. I have been drinking a glass of milk or a protien drink for dinner. I guess this is good for me because before my band I would not eat breakfast small lunch and eat anything not tied down from dinner to bedtime.

[kim2bhealthy 3]

Wow guys thanks for the responses! I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one that has a fickle band. I too, am learning to keep tea bags in my pirse and to ask for hot Water when I'm at restaurants... Do you think that this will lesson or go away over time? I'm assuming that the band loosens as I loose more weight and my stomach shrinks more... The hot liquid really seems to work before my meals. I feel like I can eat "normally" this way, just bandster portions. I even had a little bit of a bread stick at Olive Garden the other night. Thanks for the info everyone!

[piercedqt78 658]

bread ALWAYS stick for me. The only way I can do anything like that is crackers. I can't eat more than one bite of bread without getting stuck. ~Mandy