wake up call to live better

May be boring reading to some.  To others is could be connecting their thoughts.

Taking stock of how i got here:

Right now I am at 3.6cc in a 10cc band. 
When you say you know what restriction is what do you mean? 
When you feel "full" or like you know you can't eat anymore where do you feel full - throat/chest area or stoma?

I get full on just a few bites of dense protein.  I mean really uncomfortable in the throat/upper chest area.  I stop eating when I know I better but I swear it doesn't take 60-90 minutes until I am really hungry - not head hunger - tummy growling hunger.  I have been so used to eating the slider stuff that I haven't lost any weight for quite a while.  I haven't gained any either but am sure that is due to exercise and can't possibly last forever.  It's an easy habit to form and a horrible one to break.

Since my insurance doesnt pay for any of this: $125 a visit. I have a contract for the unlimited fills - 1 yr (as of July07, $250 pre pd)

Lkng for a wrkout partner.  Anyone belong to Kirkwood Fitness?

Full for me is:
not finishing my plate
not waiting for the food to "back up" in my throat
not waiting for the uncomfortable feeling
is stopping when the hunger pains stop
is stopping immediately when I feel that one bite that says, "if you go any further, you'll feel stuck."

If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies.  ~Author Unknown Ceil
So What. . . . and your point is????

Hi Cecilia,

Although I didn't have lap band, the fullness is similiar to RNY.  To help me feel fuller longer, I try to wait as long as possible after I eat to start my drinking.  It seems as soon as I start drinking, the food passes out of my stomach and the hunger comes back quickly.
I have a fullness que, sneezing, that will happen when I have eaten one bite too much.  My husband just looks at me when I sneeze, already knows I've had too much!
 

Judy

 

I do a similar drinking thing - I drin****il its time for next feeding.  I know I am substituting one thing for another....but it seems to help with the weight.  I do have days where I am really busy that also helps keeps me away from food.  Although sometimes that does me bad...sugar drops too low and I start to feel like crap.  Its definitely a hard road.  But if it was easy everyone would keep the weight at bay right.

Debbie