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runajam2

By runajam2, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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runajam2    0

runajam2
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I can't seem to get my brain and stomach working together . I'm not hungry but u still eat why ? I don't know really I don't . I know I shouldn't and I don't eat the bad stuff but I still eat. I was told DO NOT EAT if I am not hungry . I know this but it's like automatic. Then I'm miserable and guilty . Can someone tell me what to do

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HotButterFly    981

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You have to grab that bull by the horns..... Whatever that means!! LoL

Have you had your fills yet???

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Bandista    7,466

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I'm really examining the reasons I eat as I wait to get my surgery date so that I'll be able to make the right choices. It helps me to be able to label the behavior. Boredom, for example -- I want to eat because I'm not caught up in what I'm doing, it's dull and I want food. Or anxiety (my biggest one). I feel anxious about something and use food to settle myself down. I feel stressed and am looking for an anchor in the form of food. Reward -- thinking I deserve something. Etc. Sorting this out is helpful to me as I do not want to do any of this anymore. I want the band to give me time to think things through not driven by appetite so I can choose something like walking instead, or getting out my art supplies, writing in my journal. Something that is not food. Good luck -- you can do this!

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line-dancer    810

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I feel the above post is something we should all do. Also I find the therepy is something worth checking your insurance for. There is always issue we need to deal with to support yourself, possibly medication is needed to level out the brain chemistry. I was told by my doctor to get evaluated for ADD for the keeping my thoughts focused better and who know's what other things I will find out about myself.

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HotButterFly    981

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Bandista, what a PERFECT post! Thanks!!

Line-dancer, I agree therapy could be very beneficial, but I'm hesitant to the introduction of drugs.

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line-dancer    810

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never understood that about medication? we put a band in our body to helps us with our weight but we wont go to a doctor and see if our brain chemistry needs any help. Its sure better the fast food, street drugs, boo's, or chips for me..I even went for heart surgery cause my body needed the help... each his or her own medical help is still help for the whole body

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HotButterFly    981

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I'm sure there are many people who greatly benefit from them... What I was trying to say was that doctors sometimes abuse these things. That's all.

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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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      1. summerseeker

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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.

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