So, I'm almost 2 months in from surgery and doing well according to my surgeon. Down more than 50 lbs from last May. Yesterday, I was talking with a co-worker about my band and how I've had to slow down my eating and how you have to CHEW CHEW CHEW your food because if you don't, food will get stuck and you will throw up. I told her (somewhat gloating) that I have not as of yet thrown up because of this. And while patting myself on the back for this achievement after almost 2 months with the band, I started to hear my stomach rumbling. I looked at the clock and noticed it was time for lunch (albeit a few minutes early). So, I decided to eat. I had a tuna salad wrap in the fridge, which I planned to eat the tuna and lettuce out of sparingly nibbling on the whole wheat wrap. I had forgotten that while talking with my co-worker, I had been sipping Water. So, I clearly did not wait 30 minutes after drinking before eating. I retrieved the wrap from the mini fridge all the while I could feel my stomach growling. So, at first opportunity, I tore into that tuna. I didn't chew well. I didn't avoid the wrap. I was an idiot. 10 seconds later I was hiccupping like crazy and sweating. 30 seconds later I was in the mens room saying hello to my lunch again.

SInce my hubris was obviously the cause of my problem, I'm not asking for advice really. I humbly submit this to you all as a cautionary tale. I know what I did wrong. And I am sure it's not the last time I will make this mistake. From now on I have to bear in mind that past success is not a free pass to be stupid. I might forget I'm banded, but my band wont.

Wow...great advice! I am a week out and still on liquids, but this is something that I am keeping in mind for future reference.

Best of luck to you Jenny! How are you finding the liquids phase? I stayed at home for the first few weeks after I was banded. That helped a great deal.

Distraction is one of the hardest things to overcome for we bandsters. It's so easy to fall back to a lifelong eating habit when we don't pay attention. I say this as I sit here with this golf ball stuck in my own chest. Put my omelette back in the fridge since I may not get to it for another hour. I wasn't really distracted, just greedy and ate too fast. Either way, not a lot of fun?

Distraction is so easy.... hope you are all recovered now!