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Tomander    614

Tomander
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I'm going into my 7th year of being a "bandster. Most days I eat just over a cup of food and feel very satisfied.

I love the feeling when I eat now because I feel full but NEVER stuffed. I really find maintenance with the lapband very easy. I never feel like I'm missing out on certain foods with the band. I still get weighed in every month with my family doctor.

Tom, Toronto

Banded July 6 06

Wt. Loss: 156 lbs

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Rojasanoll    920

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I try and stay around 1250-1260 calories a day, Then if I eat a bit over 1 cup on a meal I also have the calories, so I subtract from the 1250 total. I'm not fully restricted so far but I'm close.

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B-52    7,113

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I'm going into my 7th year of being a "bandster. Most days I eat just over a cup of food and feel very satisfied.

I love the feeling when I eat now because I feel full but NEVER stuffed. I really find maintenance with the lapband very easy. I never feel like I'm missing out on certain foods with the band. I still get weighed in every month with my family doctor.

Tom, Toronto

Banded July 6 06

Wt. Loss: 156 lbs

Agree....But for me I can't say I have ever really felt full in the classic way........it is something else....I know many people here talk about being "Full" but it is really something different....

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aeromech    202

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Hi everyone. I just got rebanded march 1st. I didn't get my 1st fill yet. But i am really curious. Does everyone really get full by just one cup of food? I don't have nothing in my band yet and I am still on mushy food but 1cup is just so little! I eat a regular portion size and if i feel hungry i wait till my next meal.

You shouldn't eat till you are full. The point of the band is for you to feel satisfied before full happens. That is why it is timed intervals between swallows and smaller amount of food compared to what we ate pre-surgery.

It will take a bit to really learn to listen to the band. It will tell you what is going on, but you have to pay attention.

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Tomander    614

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I agree you should feel satisfied rather than full... that's want I met to say :)

Tom, Toronto

Banded July 6 06

Wt. Loss: 156 lbs

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