Tomorrow is the first day back to work. Up until now I have only been working on my classroom. I have been so.streeses today my calorie intake increased by 800 pts. I love what teaching kids, it is the politics that stresses me out. I need ways to destress. Give me suggestions!

Try not to get sucked into playing the politics game!

I'm not a teacher so I don't know anything about it, but I wish you luck!

My job gets stressful fairly regularly and I have learned to stand up for myself and say, No, I can't do that until.....sometimes it's finishing the jobs that I have, sometimes it's as simple as taking a lunch break and other times it's taking a day off (when they owe me the time.)

Tomorrow is the first day back to work. Up until now I have only been working on my classroom. I have been so.streeses today my calorie intake increased by 800 pts. I love what teaching kids' date=' it is the politics that stresses me out. I need ways to destress. Give me suggestions![/quote']

I am a teacher and go back tomorrow too! I totally understand what you are talking about!

Well, this isn't really anything band related.

I'm married to a retired teacher, who taught 31 years and retired at 50.

My gut instinct is that it's just end-of-summer stress you're talking about, and odds are once you get back in the groove, you'll be fine. Just go in, do it.

I don't know how long you've taught, but you'll be fine. Just hange in there.

Oh, and BTW... Don't let that addictive thinking hit you... You do have control over your eating. The stess didn't cause you to eat; it made it easier, it might have given you opportunity and desire... but you ate the calories. The stress didn't...

Not trying to be mean. But the lapband is only a tool. You still have to control your behavior.

So just hang in there.