mysteries of the band

[jason2116 0]

So i have had good restriction for three or four weeks now. I'm starting to notice i can eat quite a bit...at night. I know this has been covered before. I just can't believe that during the day I can't eat but a few bites, even then i often PB, but at night (the last couple nights) I have been able to eat a full meal. I JUST had lunch, only at a few bites, and was afraid i was going to puke in the restaurant. The unfortunate thing about this AM/PM thing is...most of us really need the support at night. It's just like the band allowing you to eat Cheetos, but not meat (i can eat meat, just making a point). When I have bad scale days (like today) I wonder if I should have gone by-pass.

Also, are hot liquids death to the band? I admit I had hot tea with dinner last night as I was so cold.

[lisah25 3]

I don't think hot liquids are a problem. However, I was told to not drink with my meals. Not only because it tends to wash food through the pouch, defeating the purpose, but I found that it tended to kind of clog me up with some foods.

Have you considered a small unfill?

[barbara465 2]

Maybe the hot tea opened you up. Maybe try having something hot to drink before you try and eat lunch. I don't have a particular time I can eat or not eat. I seem to be able to eat all the time, just not as hungry in the morning.

[jason2116 0]

I don't want to unfill. I'm happy when the band is tight, unhappy when it lets me eat a full resturant meal.

I know I am not supposed to drink with meals, I was cheating last night...as the scale reflected this morning. I know some people don't believe in daily weight-ins, but I need to be punished when i'm bad.:eek:

[Julie* 0]

Hi~

I am noticing the same thing with my band recently. I finally have some real restriction and I thought today that maybe it was too much b/c I can barely eat all day. Then, I can come home and eat a "normal" dinner. I think my band just loosens up throughout the day b/c I don't even drink hot stuff usually.

[lovatofish 0]

Same problem here. Is there anything we can do to reverse the time frame so it will be tight at night and not during the morning? I can't even imagine how much and how fast I could lose if it was like that! My fill Dr. told me that if I didn't eat past 6:30 at night, then I wouldn't be so tight in the AM but that doesn't seem to work for me.

[jason2116 0]

if i could have not eaten after 6:30...i wouldn't have needed the band in the first place...lol

[juliegeraci 7]

I agree with Barbara. Could be that the hot tea opened you up. I would try dinner without any liquids to see if you have better restriction. Good luck.

[Jachut 487]

Mine's tight at night and a little iffy in the morning but I can eat plenty during the day. It works well for me, since generally I eat a very small dinner, but for some unknown reason, it gives me a reprieve if I eat out (probably because I usually have a glass of wine) and I never seem to have trouble in a restaurant or anything, yet at home, at times I have put my dinner aside completely becuase I just cant be bothered trying to eat it.

I never ever was a night eater though, so perhaps that has something to do with it.