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I smoke when I can, but have had problems with munchies. Other than that, it is totally great... eases pain and helps with nausea. If I could just get the munchies under control...

you know 80% of the munchies is mental... trust me i know .

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Hello fellow tokers! I was just banded last Wednesday. I'm not currently smoking right now because I'm trying to get a job but once that's done... :tongue2: However a lot of my weight gain throughout my life can probably be attributed to the munchies so if I find that is a problem post-banding I will not be partaking (at least not as frequently).

You will still get the munchies, but you just won't be able to put much in...once your tight enough you will pretty much lose interest

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i don't believe you could really say that smoking makes you gain weight.. i think it's all in your head.. if you see the food.. you'll want to eat it... but if you're in the woods... you'll want to walk through it...

for example.... bob marley... a stick lol

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hmm not that I would know :thumbup: but I believe it can be a great alternative to alcohol. I definetly would drink more calories with alcohol than I could ever eat with munchies. I believe if you prepare yourself for munchies with a 100 calorie popcorn you would be set :tongue_smilie:

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That's probably the stupidest post I've ever read on here!!!

First you compare smoking pot to smoking CRACK and then advise someone to DRINK alcohol over smoking pot ....

LOL im sure it was a joke, he cant sell the kitchen stuff!

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I've seen people get chastised on this board more for eating a cheeseburger!

It is never ok to do drugs, banded or not, knock it off.

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I never got the munchies after blazin pre-band and I don't get them now. I smoke weed everyday, and am doing just fine.

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OMG, thank you to EVERYONE who posted here, I laughed out loud for over 1 minute at work..TOO FUNNY. My favorite probably..no s**t Ken, LMAO!:ohmy:

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Medical Marijuana has been extensively studied and used for decades. i'm an advocate of something that may have medicinal benefits.

i prefer not to drink either.

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For what it's worth, you're not supposed to smoke after the surgery - period. You are basically putting unfiltered smoke into your body and God only knows what the growers put on the weed while it was growing. My friend says they wouldn't dare put any bad things on it because they smoke it themselves - yeah, right!

If you have some need for it - calm you down, whatever, you might want to talk to a counselor for alternatives.

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haha anyone who smokes and doesn't get munchies is lucky! lol

Honestly though...I smoked about a week and a half after surgery and I just had sugar-free creme savers to work with the munchies...most of the people that are so against it have never tried it so to each their own!

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Thank God you look pretty young. I'm sure most people have tried it when they were college age. When you get to where you have children and someone looking up to you, it's time to stop doing illegal drugs but that's a different forum. If I'm giving up fried foods, sugary foods, and trying to get healthy, I'm not going to be smoking anything. Somehow, putting something in my body that takes something to "get me through" doesn't seem logical - but you are right, to each his own.

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