So everyone has been on a cruise at some point in their life ans well this will be my first time going on one with my band???±I'm thinking if I should get my band filled or not! I don't wanna get on the cruise and then gain all my weight back!! I don't know what to do!! Help

Well, I've been on half-a-dozen cruises since my band... my first was about 9 months after banding.

Don't do anything outside of your normal plans. If you're due for a fill, get a fill.

The thing is, the average person gains about a pound a day on a cruise. Most cruises, I maintain pretty well... but it's not so much the band (though it stops me from eating as much at meals), as it is making wise choices. There is ice cream available 24/7... there are bars serving drinks almost 24/7. There are midnight chocolate buffets. There are restaurants and buffets willing to serve almost all day and night. You can get room service pretty much 24/7.

In other words, it's not the three meals that get you... it's the dozen between meal meals that do it. Just make yourself eat on the cruise like you would at home. Use common sense. At the restaurant, order an appetizer as a meal.

AND WATCH THE CHOCOLATE MELTING CAKE... it's wonderful, gooey, warm, with ice cream on the side, and has three days worth of calories in one small dessert that works very well with a band.

Go, enjoy the cruise... have a ball... but keep your head about you when you eat and drink, and you'll be fine.

Get the fill if you are due to have it. You have to remember that you eat to live...not live to eat. You arent going on the cruise for the food are you? Just eat normally like you would at home. Take a little bit of everything and leave 1/2 of it on your plate. Food is just a permenant reminder of a temporary feeling. Listen to your body.

Have a great time!

I went on my first cruise this past April and did not gain. I ate and drank some of the "bad" stuff like the chocolate melting cake and a margarita or 2, but I took stairs instead of elevator, walked alot, and when I did eat or drink the bad stuff I did it in moderation. Stay busy with other things, take a good book to read by the pool and enjoy the non food related activities. One thing I would advise. Take some bottled water and Crystal Light packets. Their water had a taste to me.