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Amazing, no comments from CG.......
You guys made my day, I was needing a good laugh!

right now I have 2.5 CC in my 14cc lapband (i also have plication on my stomach). my dr said in about 2 weeks (when i had fill) i would begin to feel the fill...

now i understand what (restriction) is

i have always not been able to (eat) much due to the plication.
i have had restriction from the beginning. lost most of my weight w/o fills.
i have now have 2 fills in 3 yrs

but i can eat past my (boundaries and fullness signals) if i want too
and have this past week, i ate and i ate and i kept on eating.for the last 8 months, i have had a really hard time personal wise with 3 deaths in the immediate family one after the other and life issues and well, food tastes good when you are stressed..so i ate...no excuse.no woe is me...it was my reality...i was (full) or aka felt full and kept on even when it got uncomfy ...however we know we must always STOP before its get that the feeling of being stuffed or uncomfy...picture eating a huge thanksgiving dinner and you are like.....OMGod

this is how i feel after eating a very small amount now

its pretty cool but also i admit, i am missing eating..BUT
i know since i am a volume eater, that is the only way i can lose weight so i had my WLS of choice..i had WLS to help me lose weight but i have to help the WLS also

so what does it feel like besides what i wrote above (the full) feeling

well, if i eat too fast, my chest can feel some what tight...and my left shoulder can twinge a smidge (not hurt)..but what i am experiencing the most is that my stomach feels like i am full and i am not wanting to eat...couldnt care less...someone from this forum named B-52 writes that is how he feels..couldnt care less/no desire.......this is exactly how i am feeling

and i am enjoying it...its new..in a couple weeks, going back to get a little more..my dr is filling me slowly..he thinks i am very nearly that sweet spot (people call green) but i prefer to call it pink spot

BUT us WLS patients must eat *protein* to continue to lose weight..it is hard when you are not hungry let me tell you...but i am trying and i can tell that to me, in my words, this is what restriction feels like to me.


from Dr Simpson:
When you eat Thanksgiving dinner, you can feel stuffed. Contrast that with the sensation two hours after you eat your big meal, at that point your appetite is suppressed. It is the subtle dimming of the appetite that the band should provide. Being stuffed after a large meal is a complicated sensation of the abdominal wall stretching and a lot of gas in the bowel, in addition to feeling a diminution of appetite. You will not, and should not, feel the abdominal wall stretch with the band. You should not feel the "near nausea" and you should not feel bloated.

Key point:
You should NEVER eat until you feel full. It is best to stop eating before you "feel full." If you do eat until you feel full you will most likely be overstuffed. This leads to the universal key to success -- patients who eat a small volume of food (which, if you measure, is consistent) will be successful with the band. If you want to succeed, you need to know how much you are eating, and then stop eating -- it is in your control, but the band will help you -- not by stopping you, but by allowing you to feel satisfied after the small volume.

http://drsimpson.net/fills/Lap-band-eating/lap-band-not-restriction/lap-band-and-restriction.html

A place just for us?!!! Thanks Alex!

You are doing so great.
You will be past 100 pounds in no time!

Butt kicking party in NC!!!

I'm in the great state of Texas! Bet you would of never figured that out, lol.
Austin, Texas.

I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt.....

You are in good hands. Dr Esquivel is great and I can't say enough about Paul and True Results. Love them.
I strongly recommend coming to the support group. Paul runs them, we meet at 6:30 on the 4th Thursday of the month.
Good luck with your upcoming surgery.

Ok first, just breath. Relax. You have had a lot of s h it to deal with and you got off track. That's ok. it happens. B-52 is right. listen to your band. It is working the way it is supposed to. Focus on that. The key is when you do get hungry you eat the right foods, PROTEIN!
You can do this!!!

I agree with everyone. I have to wait till 2 hours after I'm up, that is when I get hungry. If I'm not hungry I don't eat. By evening I get all my calories in, that's for sure!

I call mine Yellow Rose. Love roses.....but watch out for the thorns!

I call mine Yellow Rose. Love roses.....but watch out for the thorns!

I call mine Yellow Rose. Love roses.....but watch out for the thorns!

You haven't messed anything up. Not knowing your post op diet, all I can say is you don't have enough fill in your band so as the swelling from surgery goes down the hunger will return.

Congrats on reaching goal!
We are all learning this new site and Alex is still working out the bugs. i don't think he has all the bugs worked out for uploading pics, but you can always PM him and ask.
Again, congrats!!!

I'm in the great state of Texas! Bet you would of never figured that out, lol.
Austin, Texas.

You haven't messed anything up. Not knowing your post op diet, all I can say is you don't have enough fill in your band so as the swelling from surgery goes down the hunger will return.

You look amazing! Congrats to you!!!

You look amazing! Congrats to you!!!

You look amazing! Congrats to you!!!

What a great thread. I haven't changed careers but i have received a promotion since hitting goal. Was it related to my weight loss? I think so.
Don't judge a book by its cover...... yea right I've never bought that. Everyone sets an opinion based on what they see. Its human nature.
Plus when you add the boost in self confidence. Well only good things can happen.

What a great thread. I haven't changed careers but i have received a promotion since hitting goal. Was it related to my weight loss? I think so.
Don't judge a book by its cover...... yea right I've never bought that. Everyone sets an opinion based on what they see. Its human nature.
Plus when you add the boost in self confidence. Well only good things can happen.

What a great thread. I haven't changed careers but i have received a promotion since hitting goal. Was it related to my weight loss? I think so.
Don't judge a book by its cover...... yea right I've never bought that. Everyone sets an opinion based on what they see. Its human nature.
Plus when you add the boost in self confidence. Well only good things can happen.