Tight in the morning

[mamato3 1]

Wasn't sure where to ask this question and I am sure it has been asked a few times before but....

Does anyone have an explanation as to why the band might be tighter in the morning? I have a very difficult time eating much before noon. I'm ok with it because I actually LIKE drinking a Protein Shake for Breakfast. However, by dinner time, the band seems to have loosened so much that there is no limit to how much I could eat. I wish I could reverse it cause I am and always have been a night time eater!

[Carrie_C 9]

I have heard that it is tighter in the morning because your esophagus swells at night. But I don't know if that's true or not.

[pjd3253 0]

I was told it is because during the night you get dehydrated so your band is tight in morning - by lunch I can usually eat about 1/4th of what I used to but I am like you by dinner time sometimes I think if I didn't stop myself I could eat a whole plate of food. I just have a Protein Shake every morning - something light at lunch like tuna salad but at dinner time I am starving. I have to stop myself.

[Aquameliza 0]

Oh I feel exactly the same way. If I do not have the tiniest of portions (like a tablespoon of eggs), a Protein Shake, yogurt or just hot tea - I get stuck. My problem is that I am STARVING in the morning - truly, physically famished. So, tired of getting stuck, I am sticking to Protein Shakes for breakfast (pun intended).

[Carrie_C 9]

I am starving in the mornings too. But I have given up on trying to eat. Now I just drink a giant cup of coffee with cream. Not the best breakfast, but it's better than nothing.

[addelapp5 0]

I'm too tight in the morning too. I tested a few times because I'm hungry. I didn't get stuck, but two bites in, I knew better than to continue.

Now I either go with a carnation instant breakfast, or a yogurt smoothie. I can't handle Protein shakes anymore! One of those gets me through until 11 or 12. I can eat then, but I have to be very careful.

It gets better as the day goes on, but never loose enough to let me eat "anything."

[Carrie_C 9]

I gave up trying to eat breakfast, I just drink coffee.< /p>

[Mammysm 10]

I have a hard time eating breakfast I usually just have my coffee. I am tighter in the morning. I do have some carnation instant breakfast, I should try that, I have lots of Protein Powder. but got so sick of it just can't seem to drink it right now.

[Stephanka917 0]

My Surgeon told me not to eat breakfast if I'm not hungry- so I don't! My band stays nice and snug all day :smile: I finally got good restriction and the weight is starting to drop off!

YAY!!!! Good-bye Bandster Hell!

[Mammysm 10]

Hi Stephanie

Thanks for writing back, yes I usually don't have much for breakfast sometimes a couple bites of something so I won't get too hungry at work..My weight has not moved very much lately. I am tight enough because I get sick alot so know that I am. Any suggestions on what to eat to get the weight going...down...I am open to any suggestions because I want more weight off. I was banded in 2006 so time to get skinny or smaller at any rate. Come on Banders help me out here...lol...thanks Donna

[lapbandgirl2009 0]

I just had my first fill and it was 3cc's and today is my first day off liquids and I tired eating some cottage cheese with fruit and could only eat a couple bites and it did feel tight and snug. I am sure I am not at the point where I have the best restriction but I am happy that this was posted cause I was going to get on here and ask the same question.

[Lauren_Dew 53]

I'm with you guys. I am absolutely tighter in the morning and looser at night, and would totally kill for that to be reversed so that i was tighter at night when i am more of a grazer.

The other thing i've noticed is that the more i eat, the looser i become and the less i eat, the tighter i am. In other words, if i don't eat much all day, i stay tight, but if i start eating larger portions i can just eat more and more as the day goes on. Very frustrating at times. :smile:

[suepro 39]

I'm with you guys. I am absolutely tighter in the morning and looser at night, and would totally kill for that to be reversed so that i was tighter at night when i am more of a grazer.

The other thing i've noticed is that the more i eat, the looser i become and the less i eat, the tighter i am. In other words, if i don't eat much all day, i stay tight, but if i start eating larger portions i can just eat more and more as the day goes on. Very frustrating at times. :thumbup:

I am the other way round, can eat a nice hearty Breakfast (although I don't have it until approx 3 hours after getting up and exercising) and often struggle to eat after 6pm.

I also find if I skip lunch then I can't manage anything else for the rest of the day. These bands are strange aren't they?

Sue

[Lauren_Dew 53]

Sue, I'm jealous! I am a danger to myself after 6 pm! :thumbup:

[bambam 0]

I'm with Sue. I have only had 1 fill and have 3 cc in my band, but dinner time is the meal I notice the most restriction. I could eat a larger breakfast and dinner if I allowed myself to, but by dinner time 3-4 ounces of meat and a little veggie is all I can handle. My band definitely tells me to stop more at that time of day. Weird!