I just made an interesting connection. The two times I've eaten a small amount too fast and subsequently had pain and threw up, I was stressing out because my husband was grumping around the house at me and the kids. While I ate the right food and the right amount it was awful. So this sleeve is supposed to be a tool to help us figure out how to treat food correctly. I guess my first lesson is that I stuff down my stress with food. In the past I would have chosen something like Ben and Jerry's and not been full until it was gone. Thank you sleeve! Now the grumpy husband is another forum.

I like to look for these connections too. Thanks for more perspective.

It is best to eat in a calm frame of mind and just concentrate on enjoying the food and being mindful of "the rules."

Best- yes, always possible- not necessarily.

I do find myself wanting sugar free popsicles one after another at night during tv.-- (or doing that open fridge, close fridge thing). So even when it's fine calorie wise- it's still a habit born of wanting eat during certain times I always did in the past.

I remember thinking how this one (thin) person I know ate so much almost constantly. She would eat only fruits and vegs. as a snack but it was so often that she seemed obsessed with food that I figured she had to have some kind of problem she was stuffing down.

I love the words 'grumping around the house!'. Love it! Gonna borrow it from you! They really can be grumps, can't they be?

And yep, when I'm stressed I want to walk right to the frig.....

It sounds better than acting like an a#*, in writing.

It's so good to hear that the sleeve helps with emotional eating! This was one of my fears... My Lapband never helped me with that (besides throwing up). Thanks for the tip!