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RestlessMonkey · 06-11-2009, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SMAJORS

(1) I can not eat in the morning at all (except a protein drink) or at lunch other than soups. I was told to stay away from soup but I try to get black bean or some kind of bean soup. If you are supposed to eat several times a day and avoid liquid proteins then what are my options.

(2) I have a hard time drinking water (because I don't crave it) even though I DO NOT drink soda. I like fruit juice or something but no soda. How can I increase my water intake.

(3) Also when I drink water, I feel so uncomfortably full because by that time, I am thirsty and tend to drink faster or I have just worked out and drink faster.

(4) Foods are a problem for me. I have an ok time with soft fish but I get bored with that and that leads to convenient soft foods like dips and cheese and ice cream or stuff high in salt like spaghetti sauce. Probably not the healthiest.

(5) Why is my stomach so tight in the morning and noon. I only have a good time period to eat which is around 5 -8. After that I am tight again. Even then i have problems with real food.

Thank you so much.

STEPH.

May I suggest you try this? Try getting at least 64 oz of water each day for a few days and see if your issues number 1, 4 and 5 don't resolve?
Get 4 16 oz bottles and drink one over say an hour, space them out, but get it in. By day 3 you shouldn't be having the "tight in the morning and noon" issues.

I say this because I have a friend who posts on here who was really struggling with similar issues. I offhandedly asked my surgeon "Why is the band tight sometimes and not others" and he offhandedly answered "hydration. When you are hydrated things seem to to through more easily. When you aren't your band seems tight".

I happily shared that with her; she was miserable and felt she couldn't eat most things part of the time, other times could eat too much, sliders went down too easy etc. She was quite unhappy with her band and experience at that point.

She said it my info changed her band life. I am really good about drinking the water and do NOT have the "tight now not later" issues...

Could be my surgeon is right? They are sometimes.

Just try staying hydrated with water for a couple days and see if it helps you. It may not; that may not be causing your issue. But superficially you sound like a classic case.

Don't GULP the water; think trickle hose not flood :)

Good luck!