I am considering WLS and was wondering if any bingers have had trouble not binging after WLS?

That is a great question and I can't wait until someone who has had the procedure writes back. I too am a binger and waiting on surgery. I was under the impression that if you binge after surgery your stomache will hurt, you will throw up, and could even cause banding complications, is that true? i will try very hard to do as I am told and not binge.

You'll binge once or twice and then you won't want to do it again.

It's hard to binge when you are so full you are throwing up.

I am a binger too but I am too scared to now. I know that it will hurt horribly and I will throw up so that has kept me from binging. I only had surgery 5 days ago but there have been a couple time I have wanted something but I didn't do it because of the fear of pain.

I hope that fear stays with me!

Exactly my thought Wasa,no worries about that, after a couple of fills, you will be throwing your guts up if you try it. The appeal will no longer be there. And in my case I didn't want to anyway,I didn't have the same kind of unsatisfyable hunger like before.

The band itself will not take away your desire to binge eat, but it will, without a doubt limit the degree to which you are able to binge.

Before getting the LapBand, I used to binge about every week or two. I would consume large amounts of food in lightening fast speed. In some ways, I was in a total haze - unaware of all that I was actually scarfing down until I was finished. Most of my binging was triggered by some form of stress and ended with enormous feelings of guilt afterward.

Since getting the band, I have physically not been able to binge. While the desire has crept up from time to time, fast, careless eating will result in swallowing large pieces of food which are unable to pass through. If this happens, you will be in too much pain to continue binging.

If you take the time to chew your food to liquid consistency (about 50 times per bite), you will feel full long before you have done enough damage to binge.

Chewing slowly also helps to calm you down if you are in a stressful state of mind. Rational thought has more time to prevail.

Did I mention that I love my band?????

Jaqui...

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Com'on everyone... VOTE!! At least this isn't a political election, you'll walk away from *this* vote feeling good! ;)

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Thanks so much Wasabubblebutt, she is my pride and joy and the funniest facemaker, I want to keep a copy of the page for her scrapbook so I want her to win. But I am not biased or anything,lol yeah right. Thanks again!

What a cutie!! She has my vote!

Thanks so much Susie!!

I was a binger as well. Almost weekly. I did it once after the band, and will NEVER do it again....trust me you will be ok!

I voted for the baby too! :confused: I saw it on another thread!