karen24

starches,carbs,especially bread and rice!

Hello Karen,

If you continue to eat around the band, know you are doing it and that it is wrong but cannot stop, then obvisouly it is not a matter of your band being tighter or looser and it is not something you can solve intellectually (i.e. by learning what you should do and should not do - something like this runs deeper than that). I suggest you start talking to a therapist who is used to dealing with eating disorders. This is the type of thing where if you get your mental health in order then your physical health will fall into line behind it.

thanks!

Karen,

When you have your fills and unfills how much are you removing/adding at a time? From what I have read only .1 CC can make a difference.

You have found the way around the band. Remember, it is only a tool. Although, when I am full and have eaten to much and feel pain, drinking any water doesn't give me relief. Hopefully, I can scare you into relizing you could harm yourself and have your band removed if you continue to down that much water while it is full of food. You never want your pouch enlarged. Can't think of the medical term, but NOT A GOOD THING.

So, what is triggering your overeating? Emotions??? Head hunger is much harder to get over than stomache hunger.

Have you tried the cottege cheese test to see how large your pouch is? Take a cup of cottege cheese. Eat until you feel full. Not stuffed! You should be around 2/3 cups. If not, you may need a fill. In addition, I would have them check and make sure you haven't streached you pouch out.

This is only my personal opinion based upon what I have read on this site and others.

Bethy

thank you!

WOW LOOKS LIKE THEY TOLD YOU!

WHILE I AM SORRY FOR YOUR FRIENDS BROTHER, HE AND THE REST OF US DID KNOW THE RISKS GOING INTO THIS. AND THATS THE CHANCE WE TOOK.

K

HEY FELLOW BANDERS,

I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP I HAVE GAINED TEN POUNDS BACK. I HAVE FOUND THE WAY AROUND SO I CAN EAT MORE IT STARTED OUT BECAUSE HAVING FOOD STUCK IN MY THROAT IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE SO I REACH FOR A GLASS OF WATER TO WASH IT DOWN AND AT FIRST IT HURTS BUT THEN THE FOOD JUST SEEMS TO SLIDE DOWN WITH ABOUT 2 TALL GLASSES OF WATER OF COURSE.

I HAVE HAD MY BAND FILLED AND UNFILLED AND FILLED AGAIN TO FIND THE RIGHT FITTING FOR ME AND I AM STILLING HAVING PROBLEMS.

HAVE ANY OF YOU EXPERIENCED THIS?

DO YOU THINK MY BAND NEEDS TO BE TIGHTER?

ANY TIPS ON HOW TO MAKE THIS BAND WORK FOR ME? BECAUSE I AM FEELING PRETTY DISCOURAGED!