I Was Just Banded And I Am Wondering If I Will Ever Get To Enjoy A Chesseburger Again! Or At Least Half Of One? I Am Still On Clear Liquids And Tonight I Realized How Psycolgically Draining Food Is! I Am Not Hungry At All Just Craving!

I only wished I could have a cheeseburger, but for me, no can do. Cant eat bread anymore. Oh, well.....sometimes life stinks. HA HA HA HA

Really doubt it. Its not the meat its the bread. Try a burger with lettuce as the bun. I am 9 months post op and can eat toast. You could try a burger with toasted bread. I think that it would be too much food though. Start small! I miss hamburgers too but...well you know.

I made the decision to give that kind of food up when I was banded. Can you ever have it again? Maybe, maybe not. Everyone is very different.

I had a burger today. Well, I had a whopper jr. with no mayo and the top bun removed. I wouldn't say I really ENJOYED it but it was fine. Fast food doesn't have the same appeal to me anymore- but my husband and kids really wanted to go there for lunch so I made due. I believe things like cheeseburgers can still be a SMALL part of your life as long as your band can tolerate it- just on a much much smaller scale than before. There is no food I have given up for good. I just modify it when I do have those things. Mostly I have found a new way of healthy eating that is working for me.

You are going through a pretty typical mourning period right now when it comes to food. As you transition, you will not care about those types of food or get the same feelings of satisfaction with them- Thats what happened for me anyway.

You will be okay!!!

I'm a big believer in all things in moderation and yes, I could eat a cheeseburger. My idea of moderation preband though, I now realise, was hardly moderation.

We're having fish and chips for dinner tonight because the kids have basketball, takeaway night still happens in our family for practical reasons. I could have battered flake and chips but I probably will get Doug and I a piece of grilled fish and make a salad at home and let the kids have the fried stuff. You just kind of stop wanting it - whenever there is a reasonable alternative, I usually choose it. If there were no other option, I'd eat the fried fish and chips kind of thing. But there is so I'll choose not to.

I'm lucky in that I dont have any real physical restrictions on what I can actually eat - I can do bread, pizza etc.

I can eat whatever I want as long as I chew it well and eat slowly; including cheesburgers. It also depends on the time of day. I can eat cheeseburgers late afternoon; I can barely have solids in the morning

I ate about 1/3 of a med. sized cheeseburger last night. I don't eat them often, because they have a lot of wasted calories, I usually try to eat more "efficiently". But DH wants burgers on occasion, as well as other things, and I just eat them, I am only able to eat a small amount in comparison to what I used to eat tho.

As has been said before....all things in moderation, has worked for me. Could I have lost more weight in less time, avoiding cheeseburgers and the like? Probably so. However, I try to look at this as a way of life...I was sick to death of dieting, so I just refuse to diet! I will likely have the occasional cheeseburger the rest of my life, same with birthday cake, and everything else---I just eat small amounts, and don't do it everyday....the really weird thing is--I don't want them everyday, who would have ever thought that could happen??

Kat

Its incredible isnt it. In the months before surgery, I was at McDonalds for lunch literally every day of the week for a while there. Now the thought makes me sick.

As you transition, you will not care about those types of food or get the same feelings of satisfaction with them- Thats what happened for me anyway.

I hope this is the case for me one day!!!!

I could never get my head around my hubby being able to leave half of a mcdonalds meal because he was satisfied, now I know that he is in tune with his body and as soon as he is satisfied the food doesn't taste as good so he stops. I hate wasting food especially when it's takeaway and I've paid more for someone else to prepare it. This clearly has to change!

i dont care if i dont have the bread thanks for your responses!

You'll be able to eat a cheeseburger again when you go to solids. I can only eat a little under a 1/2 of a McDonalds cheeseburger now. Way less than I use to.

I made the decision to give that kind of food up when I was banded. Can you ever have it again? Maybe, maybe not. Everyone is very different.

me too! I decided when I got banded, no more junk food - ever. Losing weight taste so much better!

However, I do feel a treat here & there would be okay. But for me, I am chosing not too, I cannot handle it hear & there, I go all the way, so for me I must give it up.

My friend can eat a burger, however, she only eats 1/2 of it, she was banded 3 years ago. So as time goes on, you might be able to enjoy it every now and then. But I would wait awhile before you tried it.

Good-luck and grats on your banding!

Some people can handle the burger w/o the bun. I haven't been able to handle ANY bread since my banding 01/11/06. I also haven't had any meat. I do not crave it any more either. But anything I eat can cause pain sometimes. I PB almost at every meal. Going out is not fun. Yet I haven't lost any weight in 4 months. I havne't had a fill in 6 months. Does anyone else have this problem?

If you PB at every meal, are you getting enough calories in? If not, your body might be in starvation mode and would keep you from loosing much.

im on my third day post op, and just today saw a hamberger commercial and felt my belly grumble. its insane because im still on clear liquids, and will be for two full weeks! (three weeks total)

i added boost to the diet today. One. its high in protein and available to the grocery store i can walk to. i felt immediately better after getting three quarters through it. Its not very big.

One day, even if its just a bite or two. im gonna have a cheesburger. even if i gotta put it in a blender, even if i gotta chew it until its water, one day i sure enough will.

I tried adding jello last night, i could get a few bites down but just a few minutes later.

you know what else i dream about? i used to LOVE fresh baked italian bread soaked within an inch of its life in extra virgin olive oil (the elixir of life) and balsamic vinegar. :::::

man ill just be glad when i can eat food again.