Help!

[BEBBLY 1]

Hi Gang,

Well I am leaving for Mexico this afternoon to get banded tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my God I am so nervous. My only doubt is will I ever enjoy eating again or will I forever feel deprived? Please talk some sense into me. I was talking to my causin (who is 100% supportive & wants to get the same procedure after me) she said I should give the doctor a $2000 tip for performing this and setting me free.

Does anyone feel deprived? The coordinator said the feeling is the one you have after having a full course meal. You don't want to eat anymore so there is no torture of being hungry but not being able to eat.

I guess I have cold feet. Any encouragement would be welcomed.

Mary:straight

[Guest Tavey]

No, you won't feel deprived. I still eat many of the things that I ate pre-band, but with slight modification. I have crisp toast, instead of a roll for my hamburgers, I take the stuffing out of all my Bagels, toast that very well. I only will eat one bite of steak, because the chewing of the steak so that it can go down well makes my jaw sore, After that I am quite glad to go to something else. I have yet to feel deprived because of the band. I feel more deprived when I(not the band) say no to things that I can eat with the band, but shouldn't. Things like cheesecake, ice cream, and chocolate. But I keep single servings of these things, for when I just have to have it. I am very content in every way with my band.

[Alexandra 55]

Tavey, that sounds very encouraging! When were you banded? You say you have yet to feel deprived with the band. Has that been the case from the start?

[FDATrialGuineaPig 7]

I enjoy eating MORE than I did pre-band. I've learned to actually slow down and appreciate it. I'm very particular now.

As for deprived it's VERY rare I've felt deprived. Usually it was because I was self-defeating feeling in the moment and wanting to do something self destructive but couldn't. Definitely not an overall sense of deprivation, more of a "wow, this must be how normal people eat and feel about food".

You'll do great!