I feel like everytime I eat I am worried that my band slipped. Like, just now, I ate lunch and I worried about my band slipping b/c one of the signs is being able to eat alot of food right,,,,,, well, it's funny how now that I'm banded I think eating 1/3 a peice of pizza and 3 chicken wings is a VAST amount of food!!!! Then I have a reality check and tell myself I haven't slipped b/c that really is hardly any food!!! I'm crazy.

I did the same thing the other night. I went out with my wife and daughter to Friday's for dinner.

While I was waiting for my meal, I ate 2 of my daughter's fries, and 1 of my wife's hot wings.

My meal consisted of 2 chicken breasts covered in cheese and 2 huge broccoli bunches.

I ate 75% of one of the chicken breasts, and 75% of one of the broccoli bunches.

I then spent the whole ride home feeling disgusted with myself because I had "pigged out"

It is had to put things in perspective sometimes.

Worry not, we will get over it!

wow-that was a good amount of food paul-im more like love-I could never eat that much but could eat more like what she ate-I get mad at myself when I eat what seems like bad food-not so much as alot but just junk

In perspective...

I used to eat a whole order of wings, a bowl of Soup or a salad, both chicken breasts, all the broccoli, and order of fries, or a mashed potato, and then a whole dessert. Washed that down with a couple cokes. Later in the evening, I'd have a bag or chips or doritos with dip and a few more cokes.

In that persoective, 6-7 ounces of chicken, 2 fries and 4 pieces of broccoli is not too bad!

For my band, it felt like too much, I was overfilled for hours. But compared to the old me...WOW.

Fear can be a good motivator

Oh, well if we're talking heaps of food I cheated big time yesterday (still on liquids). Wait for it, I ate an entire teaspoonful of hummus!!!

I find myself doing the same thing, and yet when I tote up what I've eaten for the day I'm actually frightened by how little food it is. And I'd have to say while I think the surgery was a piece of cake, having enough energy to get through the day on the amount I can eat is a bit harder. I am struggling a bit with that. I keep thinking I'm getting sick when really I'm just flat from eating so little.

I've learned that the amount I can consume depends on so many factors - how "filled" I am, morning vs. evening, the type of food, etc. I can eat a ton of popcorn or tortilla chips, but will barf up a little beef stew. I don't usually worry about slippage, but chock it up to learning how I tolerate different foods.

yeah I hear ya-weird how bad things can be more tolerated-I was never a big eater anyway I was just a bad eater-I still struggle with that every day-hence the sloooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww weightloss but itll work out once I make it happen.

This is so true!! The other night my brother, sister-in-law, and nephew were over and my husband ordered pizza. He ordered three medium pizzas from Domino's- and I am sure most of you know what a medium-size piece of pizza from Domino's looks like. I ate one piece, felt hungry and grabbed another and ate three bites of it before I started to feel a little stuck. 1 piece plus three bites of a second piece and I was pissed at myself.

This is a good thing, though. I really don't want to put it into perspective of what I used to be able to eat. I would rather feel a little disappointed because it disciplines me. My opinion is- if I feel like I pigged out, I DID based on my new eating habits. So I kick myself a bit, and get back on the wagon!

I felt bad just because I wanted crunch, So I took 2 of newmans own cookies, scraped off the frosting and had four cookies to crunch. I felt like I was being so naughty. In the past I didnt feel bad eating 6 or 8 complete cookies. Its amazing how perspectives change. I was noticing on another post how other people see themselves, and how perspections about that can change so quickly too.

I do this all the time.

I wait till morning and take a big gulp of liquid.. of course I always feel it and then i am releived and assured i still am banded.

I am PISSED at the night time LACK of Restriction.. I really am.