"Yeah right" are the thoughts I had when I read things about the "soft stop" and signals of your body telling you that you are done....a sign, a slight shoulder pain, hiccups, belching etc. I don't think I have "Good" restriction yet, but there is something happening because I actually "sighed" yesterday with a small amount of food for lunch. I paid attention and stopped. I was good!
I have a really hard time with getting my Protein in but I don't know if that is even really mattering because what I ate yesterday at 1:30 p.m. for lunch was 1/2 of a lean cuisine pizza...okay not the best choice but it was in the fridge at work and it was my only option. Anyhow, half way through it, I gave out this little *sigh* and decided to stop. I ate dinner at 6:30 or so because it was dinner time, but I wasn't even that hungry. I could have waited but really don't like eating super late. Dinner was 1 sweet sausage, an spoonful of mixed veggies and a hard boiled egg. STUFFED.
The other thing I need to work on is not drinking while I eat....this has been a super hard habit for me to break because I feel like i'm choking on my food at times, not because of the band but that is how I've always been. So I do drink a little with meals.
Anyhow, just wanted to mention for others like me that are struggling with finding that sweet spot....maybe I/we need to pay attention more, perhaps I was expecting this huge billboard to smack me in the face telling me that I've got restriction....maybe it is just more subtle than I thought it was going to be. It was a good moment and I'm still just learning as I go.....
"Yeah right" are the thoughts I had when I read things about the "soft stop" and signals of your body telling you that you are done....a sign, a slight shoulder pain, hiccups, belching etc. I don't think I have "Good" restriction yet, but there is something happening because I actually "sighed" yesterday with a small amount of food for lunch. I paid attention and stopped. I was good!
I have a really hard time with getting my Protein in but I don't know if that is even really mattering because what I ate yesterday at 1:30 p.m. for lunch was 1/2 of a lean cuisine pizza...okay not the best choice but it was in the fridge at work and it was my only option. Anyhow, half way through it, I gave out this little *sigh* and decided to stop. I ate dinner at 6:30 or so because it was dinner time, but I wasn't even that hungry. I could have waited but really don't like eating super late. Dinner was 1 sweet sausage, an spoonful of mixed veggies and a hard boiled egg. STUFFED.
The other thing I need to work on is not drinking while I eat....this has been a super hard habit for me to break because I feel like i'm choking on my food at times, not because of the band but that is how I've always been. So I do drink a little with meals.
Anyhow, just wanted to mention for others like me that are struggling with finding that sweet spot....maybe I/we need to pay attention more, perhaps I was expecting this huge billboard to smack me in the face telling me that I've got restriction....maybe it is just more subtle than I thought it was going to be. It was a good moment and I'm still just learning as I go.....
Staci