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Eating in public

By colorado_chick

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I still really struggle with eating out in public. I am terrified of having a stuck episode!! I have been banded for 11 months, you'd think I'd have this down by now!

 

My most annoying thing ... everyone saying, "Oh, don't you like your food?" I feel really badly, especially when servers ask me. They think something is wrong because I eat so slow it looks like I'm not even touching my meal.

 

I have almost no friends, so I rarely eat out in public. But ... yesterday I went out with a few work people. One person said the inevitable, "Isn't your food good?" And I said, "Oh, no, it's great!" And to prove it ... I started eating great big bites one after the other...

 

And sure enough, I got stuck. What is more embarrassing: going to the restroom several times during the meal to puke, or eating at the speed of a turtle ... I'm not sure. All I know, I still hate eating out in public with people who don't know I have a lapband.

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    Bariatric Master

    Kitt3000

    LAP-BAND Patients

    I know it's not always practical, but if you can take a snap lock container and put half in right away- saying you are saving some for later, or let your friends know you are not very hungry and just having a cup of soup or dinner salad, spend most of your time cutting the salad smaller, and participate in the çonversation, most everyone will forget once they begin eating.

    Soon, you will become more comfortable with it yourself, and with practice, you will handle it smoothly. We all feel or felt the same. Feeling empathy!

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