Does having a small bowl of soup before dinner contradict the "no liquids before eating" rule?

Just curious cause I know it's common especially at restaurants to order a small soup prior to the meal. Feels kinda good though while everyone else is pigging out on buffalo wings and chili cheese fries!!! Lol

Thank you Cocoa, for making me feel reassured:) I sure hope Im as successful ad you are!!!

Thanks Marketingdude... Wishing you all the best in the world!

Thanks Marketingdude... Wishing you all the best in the world!

By the way...I'm just learning myself. I pray you didn't misconstrue my heart when I said my comment above. I look at this as we are all going on this journey together...even though I never got the surgery yet . I'm really learning alot from all you guys and consider myseff fortunate to meet all of you.

Blessings JennyBee,

Chris

You got it Chris;)

Trust me no hard feelings. We are defenitly all in this together, all here for eachother. Blessings your way as well!! Take care....

No ....definately in it for the LONG term. Never was a short term guy in terms of the things I get involved with or in. Just came with that observation based on people's reported weight loss. Obviously' date=' the more you weight before surgery...the more people will "tend" to lose.

Jenny seems like a little thing to begin with compared to the average bandster...so this makes complete sense too. I'm so happy for everyone losing all this weight....it encourages me to talk and observe this with all of you.

Congrats again ![/quote']

Cool beans! Is that even a phrase any longer? Yes, it sppears Jenny does not have the daily caloric requirement that some do, bein on the smaller side, and that does enter into the equation. But if it ends up that you avreage 4lbs per month and not 10, don't let it get you down, you are still succeeding!

I use cool bananas!

I think Jenny is doing well. We have to remeber that this is not a competition and that we are all different. It is correct that the more obese you are the quicker you will lose - initially. But how often do you see people struggle to lose that last 10 or 20lbs? That is because the less you weigh the less you need and to keep cutting things to a level where you can keep losing and still be satiafied is not easy. Maybe this is why they say that (on average) the band is designed to help you lose 60% of your excess weight.

I see lots of people on here that consider themselves to be successful even when their BMI is still in the overweight range. Yes they are successful but technically they have given up before they have got to a normal healthy BMI which is what I believe that everyone should be looking for.

As to the initial question about Soup I think it can be a really good ide. The fact that it goes straight through to your "main" stomach is probably a benefit as it is already starting to help with that feeling of fullness.

Thank you Elcee, as always your insight is awesome. Thanks for saying I'm doing great, the encouragement just makes me want this more!

Thank you Elcee, as always your insight is awesome. Thanks for saying I'm doing great, the encouragement just makes me want this more!

Don't worry JennyBee.....you (like all the girls here on lapbandtalk.com) will be hot little chicas in no time (haha). You all are already on the inside....but its manifesting (more and more) each and everyday on the outside as well

Haha...just lightening things up a tad on serious decision that we all are making.

Stay blessed,

Chris

Oh yeah, soup was the topic, if you are eating it and losing, then it is working. If you stop losing, you might have to reassess. My surgeon hates liquids with calories. I love milk. We agreed to disagree, and I could have it as long as things were going well.

Take the calories into account, and all is good....in my opinion.

@marketing dude, Hi there! At this point if I ordered a cup of soup before my meal I probably wouldn't be able to take more than a couple bites of my food because after a cup of soup I'm pretty full already! I have been out to dinner since being banded and I order a bowl of soup and can only finish half of it :/

I'm sure it depends on the person, but I wouldn't be prepared to eat much more after having anything before your meal

I have only been banded since the 4th so this might change, but this has been my experience so far good luck!