So, THIS is what TOM Tightness is!

In my one year of banding I've never really had an tom where my band gets really tight. Except for this week. Holy Moley! Now, I know what everyone is talking about. 

Because I think this is tom related (and therefore temporary) and I can still eat food, I'm going to ride it out. But, boy, do I have to be super careful with my eating! Today I'm working on a 1/2c of beans, meat and sprinkle of cheese for lunch. There is no way I can get in my calorie count for the day unless I do a protein drink.

For us knew to the board....what is TOM???

Yeah.... What is TOM and PBing?

Thanks :)

-Aubrey

From lurking on here, I think PB=productive burp and TOM=time of month.

ohhhhh?!
Thanks!

Thanks.  (:

-Aubrey

Yeah,TOM tightness sucks big time. Plus every time it's my tom I gain 7 pounds!! Drives me nuts. (The pounds come right back off, but still, it's annoying)

Yep I get that too ... and I have to try and rememer to eat soft foods .... bec i hate PBing.

it sucks, right?  Let's hope this is a fluke for you because it really is bad for me about a week a month (sometimes a little longer).  I do the protein drinks when I'm really bad.  That and ground turkey meals really work well.

I hope you feel better sooner rather than later.  HUGS

The other thing that I do that helps me during that LOVELY time is I keep the protein shots around, they are like 26g of protein in a small shot....  they don't taste like steak mind you....but the grape ones from Target are not bad, I don't care for the fruit punch variety at Walmart, but they are available as well.   Good thing to keep around to help me out a bit. :) 

....just keep swimming :)

Swoosh :)