Greetings!!! Could you please take a minute and post some well wishes for my angelette?? Kimmer's surgery is less than a week away and she needs all the support she can get!! THANKS http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/status.phtml?N=K1073655588

hi Sheri, yes the best thing I could have done for myself. Even when I react to certain foods and end up throwing up...I dont care, I wouldnt change anything! lol

Just wanted to say hello and see whats around. Ive been visiting the site here for a good 6-7 months and even found my doc thru here. Now Im 3months post and down a lovely 75lbs and just getting my profile up and running. Ive a website about my process too. http://groups.msn.com/Alanna-too/welcome.msnw

Looks like a lot of us are in the same boat.. Surgery on Nov. 4th, down 50 lbs. Congrats -Laura

Never be ashamed, I too struggle with the bad eating habits and I am a nurse! you would think we would KNOW!! but we are all human. I work second shift so it is so hard for me to find a pattern to settle into. SO my late night snack has consisted of Lite Icy tea and a bag of peanut butter M and M's it is a wonder that i lose weight. My surgeon said my cravings that I had in the past will subside and as of a month ago i disagreed as i downed a peanut butter egg, however this month I am finding that even though I think I want choclate once I taste it I know longer want it anymore. The taste just is ICK.. so I think its alot to do with psycological thinking. I had my first band fill at the beginning of Feb. and I didnt feel full either but slowly i am, I have found if I eat really slow like they want us too that is when I start to feel it. I have a tendency to scarf my food down because that is what i am use too. So along with learning to eat healthy i am trying to retrain myself to eat SLOW. I think eating slow is the key and also, you probably don't feel full because of all the liquid stuff you consume. I was told that if you eat soups and shakes that those types of foods just slip through you banding, unlike other food like eggs, and bread etc it takes more time to go through the band in turn giving you that full feeling. Also, we all had different size stomachs so maybe one band fill for you isn't going to cut it. It is alway**** or miss with the filling of them either its too much or not enough or just right. So when you go back for another filling just tell the doctor what you have been feeling so he can adjust your band accordingly. YA know what? I dont even know if you had the gastric banding or not! so this will probably only help if ya did! lol Sorry but anyways atleast you know that we all are struggling with bad eating habits!