Just a bit of information for all the ones preparing for the band. I thought that since the band wouldnt allow me to eat more then the small amount your pouch would hold that my problem of being an overeater would be solved. HOWEVER, there are things that the band will allow to slip right on down. You would think that after going through the trouble and financial expense of having surgery that you would automatically stay away from such foods but unfortunately you will still be an overeater after the surgery and will sometimes want to look for such foods to feed that inner addiction. Well its these things I wish I had known before surgery. I would have still had the surgery but I would have better prepared myself for resistance to these things. There is so much I wish I had known. I am self pay and my dr. didnt require any psych evals and preparations .He just made it all look pretty and said come have it , it will change your life. BE MORE PREPARED!!!!!!!!!!!

This is one of the reasons I have stayed away from these boards... I peek now and then when I am board.. this one caught my eye...

Lapbandit expressed an opionion and she is ponced on... NOT everyone has been susscessful with there band.. if you are an overeater....the chances of continuing to overeat is most likey going to continue.

I really believe that if you could not stay on a diet before the band... you will not be able to after banding!.. and you will need to diet to rid yourself of the excess weight!...we did not get to be obese because we have been able to say no to food!...

Someone brought up smoking and drugs.. well you don't need to smoke or do drugs to survive... you have to EAT!!.. you can't just give up food.

Can't someone come to these boards and just lay it out there without being beat up on.

NOT everyone is happy about their decision to have this surgery and they are entitled to there opinions!

Okay..here is my opinion...pounce away :nervous

Kathy

For the 20 billionth time...I have no problem with anybody expressing an opinion on this board about their OWN experience. What annoys me is ASSuming that it WILL be everybody else's experience and telling everybody that it will be and they better watch out. I AM AN OVEREATER. Or at least, I was. Before the band. Don't you think I've tried to kick the overeating habit before? I did. Never could. I have a very addictive personality. Kicking the food habit is the hardest thing I've ever faced in my entire life. It's wrought with stress and frustration. But since getting the band, I have overeaten ONCE. One time in nearly 2 months? That's a freakin record for me. I could never go longer than a week without compulsively eating until I was uncomfortable. This is why I say it is not fair to say that any compulsive overeater will continue to be so after the surgery. I'm not. And I know that it can be overcome because thus far, I have done it. And I'll also add this - my overeating involved sweets before. I have not binged on sweets at all since the surgery. When I've had something with true sugar in it, it was a VERY conservative amount (think a couple bites). There's no way I could have gone as long as I have right now without sugar. It is definitely an addiction of mine. But everyday you make that choice. Nobody is destined to be locked in this addiction forever.

@ Steph...YER SIGGY IS HYNOTIC (smiles) I am a grammer freak.

Thanks.

I have to say that what the original post said had some validity in the sense that this doesn't just solve the eating problem. I have often wondered what would happen when I reached goal and had trouble with my band and had to remove it. I had read somewhere that they encourage you to have it placed back. I was initially surprised by that, but the comments were that people tend to fall off the wagon with out the band in place, which goes with the OP theory. I think it is good information even if it is just one person't opinion.