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Got Schooled By My Band!

Shackwacky

By Shackwacky, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Shackwacky    72

Shackwacky
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I am on week two, pureed foods. Last night I came home from a work function....home too late, hungry, tired, not paying attention. Pulled the cauliflower puree out of the fridge and warmed it up, grabbed any old spoon and quickly shovelled in three bites.

Oops. Warning number one was my eyes watering. Then hiccup hiccup hiccup hiccup hiccup hiccup....then the feeling that I was going to vomit. Made it to the bathroom, and up come the cauli.

Lesson learned? Or does it take more reminders.

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FLORIDAYS    3,040

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I dont do it often...but you may slip up again... but I will tell you it becomes more of a habit the longer you do it...

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J_M_H    1

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It will happen, I get reminded every now and then too!!

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line-dancer    810

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yep its funny how soon we forget then the band lets us know. While you meal is heating up I have a drink, usually Snapple which I finish much later it helps get over that old habit of shoving it in....

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B.J.L    24

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Oh yeah i get reminded every now and then more if i get to the point where I'm hungry. I find what helps me is to graise between meals, for you that wont help yet cuz of the stage your at but later down the road. i usually do a handful of nuts or raisins, or apple slices without the peel with a little Peanut Butter. This helps me so I dont scarf down my meals.

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MiniMi    1,468

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yep its funny how soon we forget then the band lets us know. While you meal is heating up I have a drink' date=' usually Snapple which I finish much later it helps get over that old habit of shoving it in....[/quote']

Aren't you supposed to wait 30 min after drinking to eat?

Pre-op 275.9lbs -surgery 10/5 265.0lbs -11/11/12 241.8lbs

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rayanne    283

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i get b**ch smack by my band once in awhile...straightens me right up...the joke in my house is my band has a pimp hand...please do not get offended anyone!

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LouisianaLiLi    231

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i get b**ch smack by my band once in awhile...straightens me right up...the joke in my house is my band has a pimp hand...please do not get offended anyone!

I hear ya girl! I get that slap occasionally to.

I have learned to SLOW way down. It is a hard lesson. The biggest thing is to not let yourself get too hungry if you can help it.

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hely88    883

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I don't know if it will help you but I started adding comments to my tracker . First of all the time I eat and how long I feel satisfied and then I also add when I have those episodes as well where I am no paying attention or have problems or even if I eat something that does really well. Best of luck to you.

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nurse535    30

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pureed cauliflower would make me vomit even without the band. I'm just sayin. :rolleyes:

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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