For those of us who make those little mistakes and beat ourselves up about it, please inspire us to keep working at it and not give up!!!!

1. What was the biggest mistake you've made since banding (probs with food, exercise, follow-up, other band rules etc etc)??

2. Did you learn the first time you made the mistake or are you still learning to change this behavior?

3. What would you tell others who might also be having this problem?

Looking forward to your responses!!!

This is a great thread...

I've made three big mistakes...

1) Choc

2) o

3) late

I would tell anyone (especially in the UK where candy is sweeter), the band doesn't work with sugary food. (thankfully, I don't indulge these days)

Mine I think is talking on the phone while I eat. That is a no no for me. I need to pay attention when I eat if I don't I either eat to fast or take to big of a bite and that leads to a very painful stop in eating. So when I eat no phone calls.

My biggest mistakes is sometimes I actually forget I have a band. I start eating, and do so like a normal person and take too big of bites too fast. But, that wonderful golfball feeling then quickly reminds me I have a band and to cool it.

For me

1. Eating too fast when Im very hungry

2. Thinking I could do this without giving up sugar- I have to stay away completely to lose weight. Sweets go thru way too easy and leave me empty and wanting more!

Not taking time to eat. Getting to hung up on the exercise program that twice I had to come home because I was to weak to work out. I have since bought some meal drinks in a can that I can drink on the way. It was a waste of gas and my time and stupid on my part. Just because I don't feel hungry isn't a reason to skip meals.

edie

I have to add eating when I am very hungry. It's an almost 100% promise of a PB for me. I don't know if it's from eating too fast, or what, but it feels like my stomach just clamps down and shuts when I am ravenous. Since I started adopting this rule and others (liquids in the morning, wine before dinner) I went from having two PB's almost every week to having one PB in two months!

Wine before dinner? Well, I have to try that one!

My biggest mistake in the last 5 weeks is...

TWO small bites of a Cracker Barrell biscuit. It was like having a giant dough ball stuck in my chest for a couple of hours.

my new mantra - repeat after me....

I WILL NOT EAT BISCUITS. I WILL NOT EAT BISCUITS.

Even though they are tasty and so delicious they are evil. :evil:

Biggest mistakes:

1) I have to add on to Jack's...thinking tighter was better and suffering through being too tight. Weightloss stopped, food choices bad, mental suffering.

2) Losing sight of the size rules and stretching my pouch...what my dr calls a "prelude to a slip". The surgeon gives you size rules for a reason!

3) Letting my old demons creep up on me. After losing 100lbs in a year...I. Freaked. Out. Haven't lost anything in six or seven months. I've seen these demons before...the last time I lost a lot of weight...why I think I was done with them is beyond me.

Biggest lesson:

1) if you mess up...the band is still there...so get back to work

I made my biggest mistake just this week. I am 8 1/2 months out and have never PB'd, slimes, etc. So I made a roast this week, when I took it out and tasted it, I took way to big of a bite and it was too hot to chew, so I instead of spitting it out, I swollowed it. Bingo. First PB. I don't know if it is possible, but I think it was stuck for almost 2 days. I couldn't keep anything down for the rest of the day and the next. Now everything is fine. I went to the doctor to make sure and he had me swollow barium under the flouro and he said I was ok. No roast for me for a while!

Four weeks out of surgery I went to the cheesecake factory with my mom and sisters. We had appetizers, salad, bread and entree. When I got up to leave after dinner I almost passed out from the pain and cramps. Then a week later, I was visiting my dad and didn't eat for along time. I was ravenous and did it again.........lesson learned...takes me awhile. DON'T OVEREAT...IT HURTS.