steelerfan1

Carol,
You can still eat all them foods but you have to watch how much you eat of it and how often you eat of it .
I love pizza its my favorite food, but instead of eating it two or three times a week now I eat it once or twice a month .
My doc has always told me its not about giving up your favorite foods its about learning how to eat t hem foods in proper Portion Control and how often to eat them foods
pizza, sweets , french fries helped us getting us over weight but it wasn't what made us overweight. What made us overweight was sitting down and eating half of a pizza and sub , what got us overweight was eating a Big Mac , large fries and something else. what got us overweight instead of eating one small slice of cake we sat down and ate a pound of it That is what got us overweight.
I still enjoy McDonald's, I still enjoy pizza, and I still enjoy my candy during the TOM , BUT now instead of eating a half of a pizza and large sub I eat two slices of pizza and I am happy with that .
If I have to give up my foods I Love to for the rest of my life I would fail at this also. I was like you , I can eat healthy for so long then boom I would snap and that would be the end of it .
As far as exercise that is something you just have to do unless physically you cant and even then you can still exercise . The lap band is the slowest WLS out there and I bet about 98% of people with the band have to exercise or you just wont lose weight .
You will lose weight first starting out with no exercise but after while your body is going to get use to it and you will just stall . Exercise is just something you have to do and it tones your body up .

This is what I ate yesterday
Breakfast
2 eggs with 2 tablespoons of cheese and two slices of bacon
Mid Morning snack
banana
lunch
Perdue Perfect chicken Breast Single cooked in Italian dressing (light)
1/2 cup of Steamed veggies
Snack
shredded lettuce with 1/4 cup of cheese / 1/2 cup of cooked chicken breast cut up / 2 tablespoons of light Ranch dressing
dinner
85% hamburger patty with 1/2 slice of baby swiss cheese with mustard
handful of french fries (baked)
1/4 cup of steamed veggies
Snack
Apple
A hour of Zumba with weights last night for exercise
Total Calories 1398
Total Carbs 102
Total Fat 60
Total Protein 101

My doc told me it takes alot to stretch the pouch back out . He said I would have to basically go back to the way I was eating before I got the band .
I dont have no fills in me but there is no way I could eat like I did before,I would get sick before I could eat that much.
One of the people in my support group didnt follow the rules for a good two yrs or so and I mean she would eat anything and everything and not very small portions either and she never stretched hers out .
Doc said it takes alot of food over time to even stretch it .

I can eat anything I want also . When I first met my doc I asked him about all them foods and he said yes some people do have trouble with them, but he made it very clear to me that the band isn't in me to restrict me from my favorite foods , the band is in me to teach me to enjoy my favorite foods in a proper Portion Control

I still eat the same foods before my surgery, I'm just alot more careful , I watch how often I eat my favorite foods. I love pizza its my downfall. Before my surgery I would eat pizza five times a week sometimes two times a day and let me tell you I could put it away lol. Now I eat pizza once a month maybe twice a month and two slices and I'm happy with that .

Just remember the band is to help us with portion control and to help us to say fuller a little bit longer that is it nothing more , nothing less. I didn't get WLS to give up everything , I got it to learn how to eat properly and yes that includes them bad foods of pizza, chips , or even a fast food hamburger