soooo I love the mini sausage egg and cheese wakeup wraps from dunkin donuts. I had one this morning on my way to the train. I got stuck for a while! I threw up 3 times and was so embarrased going back and forth to the bathroom on the train. Never again will I order one of those. Im kind of happy that happened because now im too afraid to eat it again and had to use the bathroom on the train. Plus theres alot of carbs in it Everyone was looking at me like either I was pregnant, had a bathroom problem, hungover or something like that. Of course I care what others think. Gotta stop that too! Anything you used to love eating and now cant because it caused you too much embarrasement?

Its everyones choice where they eat and what they eat but like spartan in the long run its also going to cause you big problems then you will be wondering why you are not losing weight. I dont go to fast food restuarants ever because they dont have items I wish to eat. I get up earlier in the morning if I am hungry and cook an egg or drink a protein shake because fast food is not what we need to be eating. If Im out I make sure before I go that I have eaten enough that I wont get hungry. Everyone's choice is their choice I just choose to not patron those places. Those places are the reason why we all are like we are. I make sure I take what I need with me if I know Im going out for the day. Its not hard

I think the orriginal poster ate something bad, learned her lesson and won't do it again.

Everyone will make bad choices at some point, but there is no need for a comment like Spatan's. It was ugly and uncalled for.

WOOOOOOOOOW Spartan seriously? no one asked for your rudeness!

Obviously, I am only 3 months out of surgery and is learning everyday what to eat. Like below, I ate something bad and now learned my lesson. Practice makes perfect right?

So question, if you want to be smart and a fool let me ask you Spartan? Why couldn't you eat lettuce and eat HEALTHY before you hit your highest weight? WHY DID YOU GET YOURSELF TO WEIGHT SO MUCH AND GET LAPBAND? Im going to leave it to that, because I havn't hit that high horse yet

I think the orriginal poster ate something bad, learned her lesson and won't do it again.

Everyone will make bad choices at some point, but there is no need for a comment like Spatan's. It was ugly and uncalled for.

Hahaha-- Spartan, you're absolutely precious. Let me give you your official "food police" badge that you can wear attached firmly to your chest. You go, you born again food and fitness evangelist! Thank you for preaching to us sinners.

Hi guys

first time poster here but have been reading since being banded in August 2010,here in New Zealand.

I have never really been compelled to particpate as any questions I have had are either answered on here or are just common sense.

I really dont see Spartans initial post as harsh at all,infact some very valid points are raised.

I continually read about what people are eating and am regularly surprised and somtimes shocked,I'm talking about the everyday diet not the meal on a weekend that happens ocasionally...and I am not saying I am perfect.

I also struggle with the fact people cant eat some things?,I can eat everything if I chew it properly,like a blender..sure if I rush my band reminds me to slow down...if you blended you problem foods could you not eat them then?,if so isnt it the chewing or lack of?

I had alot of sucess pre op,and then following through to the solid food stage.

I maintained weight over christmas by not eating the volumes I used to but didn't lose any more...

I felt dispondent for a while but thought atleast I wasnt gaining weight again - I was making good food choices though.,but then while soul searching and really looking at what the band is I managed to get back on track to where I am happily losing 2.5-4lbs per week.

To do this I stepped up my training - big time.

Eat very clean

I have found the band and excercise has provided the portion control,although somtimes I feel i could just keep eating.

I think my experience is not what I was lead to believe it would be,but I have used self control and sucess storys on here as motivation and the fact I paid 20k for the surgery.

I think my sucess is 90% me and 10% band.

Its just a tool to help you achieve your goal,we can all still eat too much and make poor choices it is up to us to not give in to our old ways.

It is a life choice to change,not one that we can choose when it suits us.

Andrew

I agree with you 100%.

But this was not a post where the OP eats bad everyday.

I see those posts also about eating whatever they want. Most of the time I ignore them or suggest lower calories or more exerciise. It's not my place or anyone elses to Judge them or make them feel stupid.

Spartan more often than not makes awful comments than good ones. please don't defend him.

For comic relief; one day preband I was heading to the gym it's lunch I have'nt eaten and am starving. Gym's in the middle of nowhere but does have a Dunkin Donuts next door. I go in and ask for one of the morning wraps: egg whites, no wrap, and no cheese! The kid looked at me like I was a nut! "Let me get this straight so you only want the egg part?" Yes. "How do I charge you for that?" Me "That's okay it's only a dollar to start with."

Two things that have gotten stuck: baby carrots, and left over grilled BBQ turkey tips (that were super dry from microwaving). Since baby carrots are 1/2 of my veggie intake I had to learn how to eat them carefully. Last time I got the Turkey tips I ask the server for extra BBQ sauce so that when I heated up my left overs I could moisten them up.

I agree with you 100%.

But this was not a post where the OP eats bad everyday.

I see those posts also about eating whatever they want. Most of the time I ignore them or suggest lower calories or more exerciise. It's not my place or anyone elses to Judge them or make them feel stupid.

Spartan more often than not makes awful comments than good ones. please don't defend him.

Hey Jenn,

I personally didn't read anything in the post that indicated this was a one time event. In fact, the OP said she loves the wraps and got one that morning. That to me indicated (and perhaps to Spartan) that this is a choice she makes frequently but now won't make that choice because she had a stuck episode - it isn't that she decided to never have one again because they are unhealthy.

I'm not defending Spartan nor judging his/her comment. I'm just pointing out that I read the original post the same way. I think open dialog is a good thing and when you post on a forum, you should expect to receive the gamut of responses. I don't think suggesting someone makes awful comments is really fair or non-judging. You said in your post that judging is not your place. With all due respect, I just think it is a matter of practicing what you preach.

No I dont judge people on their weight gain or loss or if they stay the same. I support people just like people have supported me.

I take a personal issue with Spartan because in a previous post he said "thats why military men would rather be deployed than spend time with their wives."

Seeing how I am a military wife, that statement pissed me off! Everything he says has no value to me. What a stupid thing to assume!

So yep I have zero tolernce for someone like that!

For comic relief; one day preband I was heading to the gym it's lunch I have'nt eaten and am starving. Gym's in the middle of nowhere but does have a Dunkin Donuts next door. I go in and ask for one of the morning wraps: egg whites, no wrap, and no cheese! The kid looked at me like I was a nut! "Let me get this straight so you only want the egg part?" Yes. "How do I charge you for that?" Me "That's okay it's only a dollar to start with."

Two things that have gotten stuck: baby carrots, and left over grilled BBQ turkey tips (that were super dry from microwaving). Since baby carrots are 1/2 of my veggie intake I had to learn how to eat them carefully. Last time I got the Turkey tips I ask the server for extra BBQ sauce so that when I heated up my left overs I could moisten them up.

Lol nice what a combo! Gym/Dunkin Donuts!

Just because I said I Iove the wraps, doesnt mean I eat it everyday, CheckYes! ALMOST every post Spartan has is negative or being rude. Again, this is the internet but you can tell when one writes a certain way. Plus, this thread was supposed to be about if anyone had a favorite food that they can not eat anymore because of getting stuck. NOT because they chose not to have it. Again, obviously we are on this site and have lapband if we knew how to control our appetite and food choices in the first place.

Im still waiting for Spartan to answer my previous question.................... I hope he/she got kicked off, cuz I know I clicked that negative button

I am not here judge others. I think the comments posted in this thread may be insensative tobut I get the message.

SInce being banded I have made a choice to eat healthy, avoid alcohol and all fast food and follow my dr's orders to the letter. I am down 70 lbs and am 13 weeks post op.

But I will tell you I have a friend who was banded a few weeks before me and she eats and drinks pretty much what she did before her surgery just a much smaller abount. She is being semi careful and trying to make healthy choices most of the time. But she is a foodie... she loves the tast, textures and everything about food. She has lost 45 lbs....25 lbs less than I have. Still a very good loss... it just may take her more time than me. Thats not a bad thing .... just different and it drives me crazy when I am sitting at my desk eating tuna and cottage cheese and she has a piece of last nights pizza!!! But its not my place to weigh in with an opinion.... so I remember what Mother said... if you dont have something nice to say..... and keep my mouth shut.

I personally didn't read anything in the post that indicated this was a one time event. In fact, the OP said she loves the wraps and got one that morning. That to me indicated (and perhaps to Spartan) that this is a choice she makes frequently but now won't make that choice because she had a stuck episode - it isn't that she decided to never have one again because they are unhealthy.

Sure, yes.

But that's part of what the band does-- helps people learn and makes it easier to make healthy choices. Why does it ultimately matter why she isn't eating the wraps anymore? In the end, the band helped her learn a better choice.

Eating unhealthy food-- enjoying it on occasion-- is not a moral failure. I think we all need to take a moment for a self-reality check before we get on that very high horse and judge other people's reasons for deciding not to eat something.

I will straight up say-- if I could still eat french fries without getting a stuck feeling, I would. *Gasp* Every once in a while, I would eat 1 or 2 fries (that's all my appetite would ever allow after my protein) just for the shear enjoyment of the taste. That does not make me a bad person or a band failure.

Thank you Stateofzen! 1 or 2 times isn't going to make us a failure. If I want it, I will have it. Just have to workout more or harder for the next couple days. Its not going to kill me. Why should I make myself miserable and then binge? But then again, the band wont let me binge

Geez people these days.

Interesting stuff.

I don’t usually return to threads I have posted in. I say what I have to say, and then move on. But I saw something that MaineJackie posted in another thread, and it reminded me that I wanted to reply to something she said in this thread. So, I see that some tiny minds here have turned a legitimate observation into some kind of massive judgmental tirade on my part. Nice Morph.

This place is great. There’s always some good comedy to be found if you look for it. You guys are like a box of hamsters. Too much fun.

Ok, I’ll start with this one from “StateofZen”:

“Sure, yes.

But that's part of what the band does-- helps people learn and makes it easier to make healthy choices. Why does it ultimately matter why she isn't eating the wraps anymore? In the end, the band helped her learn a better choice.”

Does it Really? I think not. The only thing the band actually TEACHES you is the kind and amount of food that will cause you PAIN if you consume it. It doesn’t “teach” you that something was unhealthy. The band did NOT “help her learn a better choice”. Who knows what was next on her menu. Deep-fried Snickers?

“Why does it ultimately matter why she isn't eating the wraps anymore?”

It matters because of how she arrived at the decision. She did NOT say “oh….this is not a good choice because it is not healthy and will NOT move me close to my goal of good health and proper weight”. She made the choice because it HURT her….caused her PAIN…she got STUCK….that’s IT. If she made the choice based upon the knowledge that she was consuming something that was NOT particularly healthy, then that would be fine. But she did not. She withdrew her choice of Wraps as a meal choice because it got STUCK….NOT because it was unhealthy. I find it very difficult to understand how you cannot “get” that.

“In the end, the band helped her learn a better choice.”

Again, no it did NOT. It only helped her learn a DIFFERENT choice. And that could be most anything. It ONLY “taught” her that those wraps were painful to eat. Period.

“Eating unhealthy food-- enjoying it on occasion-- is not a moral failure.”

Would you care to point out precisely and exactly WHERE I said that….or even IMPLIED that eating unhealthily was a “moral failure”? You can’t….because I didn’t. And I wouldn’t. However, having said that, I will say that a certain case COULD be made for the concept that one DOES have a moral responsibility to their families and loved ones to be as healthy as possible. If there are people who DEPEND on you for their physical well-being (son, daughter, spouse, etc…) then yes, you MIGHT be able to consider it to be a moral responsibility to keep yourself healthy and fit, to be able to look after their needs…..AND to not become a burden to them. It could also be argued that individuals have a reasonable responsibility to SOCIETY to be as healthy as possible, for nearly the same reason….to AVOID becoming a burden to the medical system, the insurance system, and to society as a whole. I think that it only makes sense that people should at least give consideration to the idea that consciously becoming healthy makes them a better father, mother son, daughter, citizen, etc.

“I will straight up say-- if I could still eat french fries without getting a stuck feeling, I would. *Gasp* Every once in a while, I would eat 1 or 2 fries (that's all my appetite would ever allow after my protein) just for the shear enjoyment of the taste. That does not make me a bad person or a band failure.”

Once again, would you care to point out where I said ANYONE would be a failure or a bad person for consuming something that might be considered in opposition to a positive Lap band experience? Hmm? Point it out, please….I’m waiting…….

But here is something that apparently you have not considered (One thing of many, apparently). YOU might be able to have those couple of French Fries. YOU might be able to have a whole handful of fries with no ill effects other than a slowdown in your weight loss. But there is a significant percentage of the WLS Community for whom that would be a disaster. You might be unaware of it, but a very large part of the Obese population is in that condition because of an ADDICTION to food. And for those people, getting even a BITE of their specific “problem food” could cause them to binge on ANY food that is available, that would make it through the Lap Band. Someone in this thread said that the Lap Band would “keep them from Binging”. Not true. It might keep you from binging on Steak and Lobster, but it’s not gonna keep you from binging on ice cream, shakes, Malts, Yogurt, smoothies, mashed potatoes, gravy….it’s a LONG list.

I am not going to go into the whole food addiction issue here, suffice to say that it is a VERY big problem and it IS the problem behind many, many cases of obesity. Those of you who DO have this as the core reason behind your particular weight problem are treading on dangerous Water by having that little “treat” so you don’t feel “deprived”, because you “deserve” it, and “everything is ok in moderation”….all a bunch of bull.

So, for an alcoholic, you are suggesting that it would just fine to have “one or two shots of Jack just for the sheer enjoyment of the taste”….right? Because that is, in essence what you saying to people with a food addiction by telling them they can still eat whatever they want,….”in moderation”. Again…a Big subject, but worth exploring and worth being AWARE of…..particularly by someone who refers to themselves as a “Psychologist”. Right.

S.