The other night as part of my follow up with my nutritionist I was required to attend dinner with her and others with the lapband. The idea behind this was to bring up issues we all had and to show us the types of food to eat, how much to eat, how slow to eat and also the types of food to eat when dinning out. We were served five different dishes and we all shared a dish between three or four of us. Wine was also served with our meal and we were given oyster forks to eat with. Initially I was like arghhh I don't really want to go as I'm not comfortable dining out with a group of strangers. All I have to say is what a fun night, we all had the lapband in common, ages ranged from early 20s to 60s, the conversations didn't stop flowing all night, we had a good laugh, good food and a vino or two. We all had such an enjoyable evening that we decided at the end if the night we are all going to meet up every few months to do something together.

Even though it was a mainly educational dinner it was so relaxing not worrying about anyone questioning what you were eating or how slow or how little you were eating. There twelve of us and the dietician. This is something I think all nutritionist should do with their lapband patients, get them into a restaurant environment in small groups and actually show food portions, bite sizes etc.

Can't wait to meet up with the group again!

You have found an awesome group and nutritionist! Definitely stick with them!

Awesome idea to reinforce new ideas of eating and fun in the process...everyone benefits. Definitely stay with that unique support group!

That sounds like a lot of fun

My apologies I posted in the wrong area.

that does sound very fun! What a wonderful idea!

Sounds amazing... my support group is a snoozer.

It is what you make it tho, I guess???