questions about pb/slime and slow loss

genabeebs · June 23, 2007

I am 8 months out and want to compare with others....

1. How often do you slime/pb? I have about every other day even right after surgery when I had an empty band.. Has anyone else experienced this? I will get sick on just one bite of soft foods sometimes. But other days I can eat anything and I don't get sick at all. My best friend had surgery same time as me and never gets sick.

2. How much did you lose at 8 months out? I have only lost 35. I lost 24 preop but gained them back after surgery and started over and have lost 35. Has anyone else only lost about 1 pound a week and if you are further out than 8 months have you lost close to your goal?

I am just frustrated with being sick and hardly being able to eat anything and still not losing a lot of weight..

Any input would be appreciated.

edieparks · June 23, 2007

At first I would slime when I ate too fast.

On your weight loss, are you eating too little?

edie

cyndilou29 · June 24, 2007

OMG I'm totally having the same issue. One day, I swear it's like I don't even have the band in because I can eat anything and everything. The next day, I'll get stuck on 2 bites of the same thing I ate yesterday with no issues. I thought it was just me. What the heck is that about?

tanderson · June 24, 2007

I am 8 months out and want to compare with others....
1. How often do you slime/pb? I have about every other day even right after surgery when I had an empty band.. Has anyone else experienced this? I will get sick on just one bite of soft foods sometimes. But other days I can eat anything and I don't get sick at all. My best friend had surgery same time as me and never gets sick.

2. How much did you lose at 8 months out? I have only lost 35. I lost 24 preop but gained them back after surgery and started over and have lost 35. Has anyone else only lost about 1 pound a week and if you are further out than 8 months have you lost close to your goal?

I am just frustrated with being sick and hardly being able to eat anything and still not losing a lot of weight..

Any input would be appreciated.

Geenabeebs...do you have any fills? are you exercising?

deb24 · June 24, 2007

This may be weird but can someone describe what "sliming" is? I think I may have experienced it for the first time yesterday but I am not sure.

Marimaru · June 25, 2007

If you have a fill, I recommend getting some removed. Many, many people have been in your situation (myself included), and once they got a small fill, usually there was a slight jump in weight (muscle tissue rebuilding, and re-hydration), and then a drop in weight.

PBing every day is not good for the band. The wretching it can cause, can cause the band to slip. After a PB, you should go to liquids at least for the rest of the day, if not the next day also. You might even try doing liquids for a few days. You might not need an unfill, you might just be very swollen from all of the irritation caused by the PBing.

sdakotaRN · July 5, 2007

This may be weird but can someone describe what "sliming" is? I think I may have experienced it for the first time yesterday but I am not sure.

I'm wondering that too. Although, I think I know what it is. Also, what do y'all mean by PBing? I'm not familiar with those initials

hlayne · July 8, 2007

I'm wondering that too. Although, I think I know what it is. Also, what do y'all mean by PBing? I'm not familiar with those initials

OMG, I didn't understand what sliming was either until I started doing it, then it was like a lightbulb went on "OH that makes sense!" Hahaha. Anyway, the way I'd describe it is just salavating forEVER, I have to get a spit cup sometimes because if you swallow it, it'll probably come back up. It usually happens after I eat too fast, so I guess there's too much in my stomach at once, and if you swallow, then it just puts more in your stomach and up it comes! Anyway, PB is "productive burp"... or throwing up. I don't so much PB as just cough once or twice and it comes up, I guess some people probably burp and it comes up. Someone else could probably explain it all better than me.