Changeable restriction

[vangirl]

Well the honeymoon period after my 3rd restriction is over, and as of yesterday, I'm back to where I was before that fill. This is incredibly frustrating. I was so happy the first week after my 3rd fill, my restriction was perfect and I had no hunger. Now I'm ravenous and back to almost 100% willpower. I just don't get it. I know that others on here have talked about restriction changing from time to time. All I know is that now that I've experienced what it means to reach optimal restriction or sweet spot, I want that back! Because after all, that's what I did this for, right? So I'm wondering, how long should I wait this out until I get a new fill?

[PAMMIE]

Well the honeymoon period after my 3rd restriction is over, and as of yesterday, I'm back to where I was before that fill. This is incredibly frustrating. I was so happy the first week after my 3rd fill, my restriction was perfect and I had no hunger. Now I'm ravenous and back to almost 100% willpower. I just don't get it. I know that others on here have talked about restriction changing from time to time. All I know is that now that I've experienced what it means to reach optimal restriction or sweet spot, I want that back! Because after all, that's what I did this for, right? So I'm wondering, how long should I wait this out until I get a new fill?

IMO, I'D WAIT A PERIOD CYCLE. SEE AND CHART WHERE YOU ARE EVERYDAY IN TERMS OF RESTRICTION, STRESS, MOOD, ETC. THEN MAKE A DECISION

[AngelaAnn]

Yup. The period makes my restriction funky, too.

[ValleyGirl]

I would say that I have good restriction 5 or 6 days per week. I've never tracked it to see if there's a cycle, but one week I might have one day where I am super tight and the next week I might have one day where I'm super loose but all the other days are just right. I'm sticking with this amount of fill because having good restriction even five days per week keeps me honest....and I'm still losing. It would be great to have wonderful restriction EVERY DAY but I don't. In fact, I ate A TON yesterday, yet the night before I couldn't even finish one piece of pizza. Don't panic if you have a day here and there where you feel like you don't even have a band....I think that's normal....it's if you feel like that for days or weeks on end that I would be worried.

Sabrina:)

[vangirl]

I would say that I have good restriction 5 or 6 days per week. I've never tracked it to see if there's a cycle, but one week I might have one day where I am super tight and the next week I might have one day where I'm super loose but all the other days are just right. I'm sticking with this amount of fill because having good restriction even five days per week keeps me honest....and I'm still losing. It would be great to have wonderful restriction EVERY DAY but I don't. In fact, I ate A TON yesterday, yet the night before I couldn't even finish one piece of pizza. Don't panic if you have a day here and there where you feel like you don't even have a band....I think that's normal....it's if you feel like that for days or weeks on end that I would be worried.

Sabrina:)

I'd be happy with 5 or 6 days out of the week with good restriction. This weekend, it went right out the window, and I ate a corresponding amount of food, which really through me off, and led to feeling pretty awful afterward. I think that emotionally, it was a huge let-down and also anxiety-provoking, because I've been struggling for so long with slow weight loss and little-to-no restriction since being banded, that to lose it after just one week really hit me hard. It also scares me when I'm able to eat the amount that I can when I don't have the restriction. I don't want to constantly sabotage my progress (especially with already being on a slow path of losing), and yet it seems like I am. Sorry if it sounds like I'm going off on a tangent, but hopefully today I will see some restriction return. I already feel tight, and I've only had coffee this morning.