Tight in the am, loose in the pm, should I fill?

I've pretty much given up on eating breakfast or anything other than protein shakes until dinnertime -- which I'm fine with, BTW, as I use the time saved from eating for other things. But in the eves I can eat pretty well and I'm sure this is what's keeping me from losing like I'd like to.

This morning I drank my shake a little too fast, had trouble getting it down, and started sliming. Sliming from a shake???

I'm scheduled for a fill next Tuesday, but now I'm wondering if I should get one. I'd really like to just be tighter in the evenings but I'm concerned that a fill will make me even tighter in the mornings, which is unimaginable.

Any thoughts are appreciated.

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Orange County, CA, Dr. Brian Quebbemann, banded 2/6/06

It sounds like your level of restriction is fine now. If you can only keep solids down for dinner, getting a fill would likely cause you problems.

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Elisabeth :)

Highest Wt 440 lbs
Banded on 3/30/06 (351 lbs) in U.S. (11 cm VG Inamed Band, 11 fills in 2.5 yrs)
Never felt restriction and developed SEVERE ACID REFLUX

4/1/09 Revision from Band to VSG in Mexico
4/2/09 Acid Reflux Gone!
VSG Starting weight 285/Goal 130

I am tighter in the morning also. Someone suggested drinking hot tea before anything else in the morning. I tried this because I was PBing my morning meds back up. IT WORKS GREAT! I drink my tea, take my pills, then drink my shake, 30 minutes later I eat my oatmeal. Try this before you decide about your fill.

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Mary B. The Woodlands, Texas H219/S207/C146/G130
Banded on 03/14/2006 by Dr. Richard Collier




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Thread Starter

Thanks, Elisabethsew. I really would like to eat less at dinner (and after dinner -- I usually snack). But I don't want to not be able to swallow during the day! :angry

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Orange County, CA, Dr. Brian Quebbemann, banded 2/6/06

Thread Starter

Thanks, maryb. I will try this. Hopefully it'll work!

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Orange County, CA, Dr. Brian Quebbemann, banded 2/6/06

I have the same problem as you and I stuck around the same weight as you. At night I feel I can eat normal again but in the morning food is impossible.... I'm not sure if i need a fill either, but I would like to know how to stop feeling so hungry in the evening!

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Heather P.
Banded:4-26-06
SW: 255lbs / CW: 248/ GW: 130lbs

What about a mid-afternoon snack so that you're not so hungry at dinner? A "trick" that the dietician taught me is called "water loading" where you drink 16 oz of water, crystal light, etc., about 10-15 minutes before you eat your dinner. These seems to fill up the stomach and signal the brain that you're full before you over eat. When I do this, I am unable to fit in a snack after dinner.

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Elisabeth :)

Highest Wt 440 lbs
Banded on 3/30/06 (351 lbs) in U.S. (11 cm VG Inamed Band, 11 fills in 2.5 yrs)
Never felt restriction and developed SEVERE ACID REFLUX

4/1/09 Revision from Band to VSG in Mexico
4/2/09 Acid Reflux Gone!
VSG Starting weight 285/Goal 130

I think for some people there just doesnt seem to be a way to regulate restriction throughout the day. I'm a little bit the opposite, I seem to be much tighter in the evenings. Though I'd like to have to use less willpower during the day, if I were tighter, I'd start PBing and sliming at dinner time. And dinner for me tends to be a pretty nutritious meal too, usually involving lots of fresh vegetables, so I dont want to skimp on it.

If all you're having during the day is shakes, then personally, I'd be having fill removed. I certainly wouldnt be getting more.

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Jacqui