SO I WAS BANDED JUNE 1ST (NO FILLS) AND HAVE BEEN DOING REALLY GOOD WITH WHAT I EAT, BUT MY 4 YR OLD JUST HAD A WAFER CONE WITH BREYERS COOKIES AND CREAM ICE CREAM AND ATE JUST LIKE 5 0R 6 LICKS AND SAID M0MMY HERE I DON'T WANT ANYMORE.

OH AND WHAT DO I DO TAKE A LICK AND THAT WAS IT I WAS OVERPOWERED BY HOW GOOD IT TASTE AND ATE THE WHOLE THING.

HOW BAD IS THIS? I AM FEELING SOOOOOOO GUILTY RIGHT NOW. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK:confused:

Don't beat yourself up over it, no one is perfect. :smile2:

The way I look at this? Its a lifetime change here -- how you eat, what you eat, when you eat is all different. The band is one tool to accomplish that, but in 5 years you can't beat yourself up over an ice cream.

There will be times when it just happens, times you schedule to eat like that, and you can't beat yourself up over it.

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SO I WAS BANDED JUNE 1ST (NO FILLS) AND HAVE BEEN DOING REALLY GOOD WITH WHAT I EAT, BUT MY 4 YR OLD JUST HAD A WAFER CONE WITH BREYERS Cookies AND CREAM ICE CREAM AND ATE JUST LIKE 5 0R 6 LICKS AND SAID M0MMY HERE I DON'T WANT ANYMORE.

OH AND WHAT DO I DO TAKE A LICK AND THAT WAS IT I WAS OVERPOWERED BY HOW GOOD IT TASTE AND ATE THE WHOLE THING.

HOW BAD IS THIS? I AM FEELING SOOOOOOO GUILTY RIGHT NOW. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK:confused:

Totally in agreement with everyone else. Please, oh please don't beat yourself up over this. I can almost guarantee, because you are feeling so guilty, that it isn't going to happen again for quite awhile. The weight loss that you will be achieving will be the motivator that will keep you going. You will be okay.:smile2:

Yes they banded your stomach not your brain! Your band does not stop you wanting yummy foods like icecream and sadly even when you get to the point of perfect restriction you will still be able to eat them.

We all make bad choices from time to time, its not something to lose any sleep over.

don't stress! guess what? I had ice cream today too! I have decided in this journey on holidays I WILL indulge a littlebit...pre band, it would have been three/four scoops...today I had one scoop...with a smidge of peanut butter (had to get some protein in there...haha) but anyways...if we tell oursleves "self, we will never eat those things again!" then guess what? you are going to binge and want those things! my nutritionist said all things are fine in MODERATION! so tomorrow, make sure you make great food choices and maybe exercise an extra 30 min....but really, one ice cream cone is not going to undo everything you've just spent the last month doing! hang in there....tomorrow is a new day!!! :smile2:

The band is a moderation tool. True, ice cream slides right down, so you shouldn't eat it everyday but I didn't get banded so I would never eat this or that. Try everything and don't eat what I get stuck with unless I really want it or work at it. I didn't want to feel like I'm dieting. No ice cream=dieting. This is a lifestyle of moderation not a zero of this or that. I just needed the tool to help me feel full on good choices to increase the satiety so I wouldn't overeat. Five months now and 50lbs off. I guess its working.

Edited June 21, 201016 yr by sld21

Okay, don't see this as a scold because we all make food decisions based on our situation. My sister had a birthday recently and had three birthday parties (yeh I know); and my nephew graduated from high school I had cake at all four occations. A small piece and I planned my daily calorie bank based on eating that cake.

One thing that I've decided (and was brought up in my Thoughful Eating class) is that not eating food which may now go to waste is not immoral. If you grow up in a poor household (which I did); throwing food away is considered sinful.

If I buy something and it does'nt grab me I bring it to work, give it to my family; or sadly sometimes throw it a way. I would rather save my calories for something that I really want.

I would recommend in the future puting the ice cream cone down the disposal or the toilet.