Seems like I have adequate restriction when I am quiet, eat tiny and slowly, chew chew chew, not have anything else going on when I eat, and kind of go in a trance to be at one with the band. Ommmmmm.

If I hog, go quickly, and multi-task, I can ignore my band until it is too late... Ow! Yuck!

I wonder if in general people who don't slow down and listen for the band to whisper end up needing more restriction to kind of force the issue.

I'm just thinking out loud. I'm no saint. I'm trying to have more meals at a slow pace...but I'm not succeeding every time.

I guess I used to go into a trance binging...I can learn to go in a trance and slow down and savor!

Great observation! My doctor recommends we devote 45 minutes to the meal and do nothing else. I no longer eat in my recliner watching TV. I also pre-measure my food because some days I could eat and eat and eat as long as I go slow, slow, slow.

I love the trance thought. Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

This is a terrific assessment of the way the band works--I TOTALLY agree that we have to be quiet and patient and in that way it speaks to us the most effectively. It's the most important lesson I have had to learn, and even almost four years out I still have to remind myself of it regularly.

Gee, your pretty sharp. I am right at two years post op, and it took me a full year to really realize what you are saying. Its so true, you hit the nail right on the head. Life was so much easier when I realized that.

With that in mind, I think you will see your goal sooner than you realize.

I know I did.

2 years post op.

at goal! (3 times adjusted lower goal)

210 pounds lost, life is so good!

Thanks for the advice. I know that now I can eat and eat if I am doing anything else (I love to read while I eat). All the advice I read on LBT is going to help me be better prepared post-band.

Thanks all

Can we get Robert Redford to do the movie?