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I am noticing a pattern of being tighter at dinner time than I am the rest of the day. I am getting stuck on the first few bites of Protein and don't want to eat after that at all. I know typically people are tighter in the morning. Has anyone else experienced this? Anything I can do?

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I too am tighter at dinner time, but I think that is due to what I am eating. For dinner I normally eat chicken breast with veggies (I try to avoid starch.). For lunch I eat chich breast with salad, but the difference is I have a little bit of dressing to help the chicken go down.

Another thing I just thought of I am also drinking like a sailor during the day, except it is Water not booze of course. At night I kind of get lazy and drink a little less.

But if you put a bowl full of ice cream in front of me at night it goes down real nice!:blink:

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Hmm, this makes sense, I do drink most of my Water before 5:00 and then not as much in the evening. We usually eat around 6:00 though and I'm having trouble getting stuck on things that usually dont' bother me like the solid Proteins. It's troublesome to have to miss most of dinner with my family because I'm sliming in the bathroom! I'm supposed to get a small fill next week, and I'm not sure if I should?

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A couple of things .... those of us who are tighter in the morning, many of us start our day with a hot cup of tea or coffee, which seems to help relieve the tightness.

And as a general note, chicken.....boneless, skinless chicken breasts are notoriously dry, not to mention pretty tasteless. Try using chicken breasts with skin and bones and discard the skin after cooking. Skin helps keep the moisture in the chicken when it cooks and skin and bones add to the flavor.

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i used to be very tight in the am and then loose by evenings. then it changed to decent restriction through the day. now i am slightly tighter in the evenings. i, too, miss dinner with the family as i am in the bathroom sliming most times. its frustrating.

as for the chicken, two things i have found. the canned chicken doesnt get stuck near as much for me. its great on salads and for chicken salad. also, those rotisserie chickens you can get from the deli at the grocery store are excellent. very juicy and tender. i usually dont get stuck on those either. have you tried those?

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i used to be very tight in the am and then loose by evenings. then it changed to decent restriction through the day. now i am slightly tighter in the evenings. i, too, miss dinner with the family as i am in the bathroom sliming most times. its frustrating.

as for the chicken, two things i have found. the canned chicken doesnt get stuck near as much for me. its great on salads and for chicken salad. also, those rotisserie chickens you can get from the deli at the grocery store are excellent. very juicy and tender. i usually dont get stuck on those either. have you tried those?

For some reason rotisserie chicken does not like me. I get stuck everytime I eat it! I probably don't chew it as good.

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In the past week I've gotten stuck on tilapia, chicken and lobster. Hamburger with no bun went down fine, as did very tender steak and pork. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the foods. Sometimes I do fine with them, and others I'm PB'ing the same foods.

Ugh, it's just so hard to know what's going to work. And I don't know about the fill next week. I'm staying full (if I can get rid of this head hunger) for 4-6 hours if I eat a good meal--and if I can dinner down...if I can't get it down, I'm looking for a snack a couple hours later...:biggrin:

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i used to be very tight in the am and then loose by evenings. then it changed to decent restriction through the day. now i am slightly tighter in the evenings. i, too, miss dinner with the family as i am in the bathroom sliming most times. its frustrating.

as for the chicken, two things i have found. the canned chicken doesnt get stuck near as much for me. its great on salads and for chicken salad. also, those rotisserie chickens you can get from the deli at the grocery store are excellent. very juicy and tender. i usually dont get stuck on those either. have you tried those?

How are you doing! It's been forever! You are doing great. It feels wondeful to see an old friend. :biggrin:

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