Just came back from Vegas as this is the first time I've been since being banded this summer.... wow! Circus Circus Breakfast buffet to the Golden Nugget brunch...

I was worried I'd gain weight with all the food, sodas, junk basically...I lost a pound. :scared:

Being banded is wonderful as I can enjoy food but the band keeps me in check as it won't allow me to binge.

Can't wait til Thanksgiving in a few days...and I thought I would be restricted in what I eat...only quantity.

{reality - I had a teaspoon of everything... a sampling of the buffet...it's not like I ate a ton, I had seconds of what I really liked}

Glad you had fun in Vegas and even lost a pound! I know I ate some bad meal choices this weekend and thought I gained too..... eating out is a nightmare but i lost a pound too!

Hello - glad to see you had a good time ... my husband and I are having the surgery 11/28th and I'm just scared to death that we won't be able to "eat" every again! What kind of food were you actually able to eat and how small were the bites that you actually had to take? I hear that you have to chew your food until it's basically liquid in your mouth .. THEN swallow .. is it really that much of a chore to eat?

I also noticed that you mentioned "sodas" in your post? .. Are you able to drink carbonated beverages without much pain?

Weird thing for me...now this is for me... mushies get stuck more than dry, crispy things. I chew well.... better than before I was banded but I don't spend forever doing it. Yes, way smaller bites...no 1 slice of pizza per bite anymore. :scared:

And for the soda... now this is me again... I have no problem. Actually when I can't tolerate much of anything, a Mt. Dew goes right down. Don't recommend it as it will sabatoge your efforts, but I do have sodas often. And I'm sure if I didn't...I'd have already reached my goal...but I am a soda addict and having to go from 1 bag of doritos w/ a few combo meals at 1 sitting to less food... I haven't been able to give up sodas. 1 step at a time, right?

Grace,

I just got back from Vegas too...and found I lost 3 pounds....and I thought I was pigging out!!(well as much as a bandster can pig out before tossing it all back up).

Must be something in the air there :scared:.

Let's see...on the way to Vegas we had Mc Donalds...but I skipped that one....I can't tolerate their breakfast well.

lunch was Sonic and a frito wrap (it's corn chips w/ chili and cheese) I open up the wrap and eat the chips w a fork. That w/ a coke.

dinner was pizza in the hotel room... that did get slimed back up.

Breakfast at a buffet was a few bites of a blueberry muffin, grits, eggs, sausage, bacon, biscuits and gravy, OJ, Apple juice, a sweet roll, pancake roll w/ this apple stuff inside.

I had a bite or so of each but surprisingly I was able to have an entire biscuit w/ gravy.

Lunch was food court at Nellis AFB, pizza and a coke. Just ate a few bites of the pizza.

Supper was Margaritaville and I had a cuban sandwich, nachos and a virgin pina colada... the nachos went down well, 1 bite of the sandwich I knew it wouldn't go down...but that 1 bite did but I didn't eat anymore of it. Gave the fried to my daughter.

Had a McRib sandwich from McDonalds after the circus act about 10pm and I paid for it the rest of the night...kept waking up foaming/sliming it up.

Brunch Sunday was another buffet, had Apple Juice and a coke...Frosted Flakes, eggs, grits, bacon, ...kinda the same as the day before. I slimed up breakfast there.

Now, this isn't a daily thing for me...so don't assume anyone can eat like this... but the joy came from being able to take a bite or two...and being satisfied.

My dream used to be an all-you-can-eat buffet. It's so awesome that I can't let loose anymore. I just have to think of alternative forms of entertainment that don't involve eating.

I so know what you mean, insubordination...I used to revolve my life around food. Everything was food or fixin' to be food.

Life is so much better now that my life isn't about food.