I've seen this phrase in several threads today and am uncertain what it means. Anyone care to explain what it means to 'eat around the band"...??:hungry:

I'm assuming it's not a good thing.

its what I did on vacation this week- eat high calorie foods that pass easily through the band

chips, mashed potatoes; high calorie liquids; ice cream etc.

vacation over. I'm hoping for the day that I don't find that stuff appealing

Yeah, high calorie things that pass through, like ice cream, milk shakes, chips, cookies (it's mean like that), or drinking while you are eating to help stuff pass the band so you can eat more. Drinking high calorie drinks too.

Basically, eating things that are counter-intuitive to losing weight, and finding a way to do it despite the band.

Hope this helps!

Okay. I see. Thanks!

Now -- what's a NSV?

NSV = non-scale victory!

I think you can do it with anything - any foods that are easy for you to eat, even if they're healthy.

My DH and I are doing Lite n Easy at the moment, which is a home delivered diet. I wouldnt have said I ate around the band but give me the more solid foods - including bread rolls, etc and my intake has dropped dramatically. I really didnt realise how often I was eating, and how many things like soup, yogurt, cookies, cheese, stuff that packs calories but goes down easily. I thought I'd reached the end of my weight loss journey, now that I'm within the healthy weight range, but no, suddenly this week since I've started I"m losing like you do in the first week of ANY diet. I really believe now that I can get down to 60 something kilos, a weight I've never ever been in my adult life.

I've always said that bread was a good diet food for me - wholegrain, low GI bread because it fills me up SO much and whenever I have a period of eating sandwiches or rolls for lunch I lose weight. But I dont bother because who wants to make half a sandwich? Well its all made for me and the more difficult foods are working. So yeah, I guess I was indeed eating around my band.