Sweet spot question

pjd3253 · August 10, 2008

I get my first fill tomorrow - I know generally what you mean when you say sweet spot but my question (and it may be stupid) is do you define your sweet spot where you can't eat much at all and don't want to eat at all or do you mean you can eat a reasonable amount of food, enjoy it and get full faster. I just don't want to be too restricted so I literally can't eat anything because that isn't healthy either. I have had almost no restriction then the last couple of days (figures that it has happened right before my 6 week post-op checkup and first fill) I have had food getting stuck and not being able to swallow much at all. So, I want to make sure I even need a fill but I guess the doctor will tell me after my weigh-in and checking everything out under the x-ray. Thanks!

snowbird · August 10, 2008

For me, the sweet spot is where I can eat most types of foods (except for bread, which just about always gets stuck) but feel as though I cannot eat more than about 1/3 of what would be considered a "normal" serving--what I would have eaten preband. Sometimes I feel "full" and sometimes I feel uncomfortable, but either way my serving sizes are way down.

However, my restriction changes from day to day, so for me the sweet spot is a generalization--how it usually is, but not always. Sometimes I can literally eat anything, although not often, and occasionally i have a few days where almost anything will get stuck.

Even when I am at my sweet spot, I have to eat small bites and chew thoroughly, and usually take longer to eat my 1/3 meal than nonbanded people will to eat an entire meal.

I guess you could say the sweet spot is where I know I am banded when I have eaten some food, but when I'm not reminded of it all the time.