Today is going to be a day that happens occasionally living with the band...I already can predict how it will be.

First, it's 5 am, having my coffee, playing on my laptop.

I will head to the gym and run my 5 miles when they open today at 6.

Then I will have my high Protein smoothie.

My wife and i will then drive to the train station and head into the city to see a Broadway play this afternoon...after which, we may or may not have dinner...I DID NOT make any reservations, so we will probably just head back to Penn station, then head back home.

By the time we are back in our car, and have time to stop somewhere to eat, it will be about 8pm....my poor wife has to eat, so we will stop somewhere.

But I have a rule about eating a meal after a certain hour, to prevent reflux and other things that can happen during the night. So I will have coffee, and maybe a snack.

My point is, this is going to be one of those days that I will not eat...at all....it happens. And it does not bother me one bit because with the band things like hunger and cravings do not exist....when it comes to food or eating, I can take it or leave it. It simply does not interest me all the much.

And when I am pre-ocupied, doing something else, like I know today I will be all day today....., I will go without eating and not miss it one bit...not even think about it....until that is my poor wife reminds me.

It does not happen often, but it does happen...

That's just the way it is with me since being banded...all hunger/cravings gone. I have to tell myself it's time to eat something rather than the other way around.

@@B-52 i'm glad you posted this...i sometimes wonder if i should make myself eat on days like this...

I'm so glad you posted this... I am the same way.. I can eat or not and I'm fine with it.

I too have to remind myself to eat. Who woulda thunk?

Such a different mindset after all these years. I do get hunger signals sometimes around 4-5 pm. I use protein bars and readymade protein shakes for those days I just don't feel like eating. But I know I need something to fuel my body. Easy huh?