well, i had my eye opening experience the other day. i have lost 10 lbs on my 6 month medically supervised diet, but i have started to gain again. anyway.......my boyfriend and i went to burger king for lunch ( i know, bad in itself) and i had a king size whopper meal. not good to begin with....but then i still wasn't satisfied so i had ANOTHER value meal in the same sitting!!! i have never done that before. that was basically the end for me. im so glad i decided to get the band. my paperwork is being submitted in 2 weeks, so hopefully they say yes. anyway..just thought i would share. what was your eye opening experience??? thanks for letting me vent.

Sorry sweetie! But we have all been there.

Mine was I couldn't fit into a movie theater seat to watch a movie with my kids.

But everything happens for a reason and if that is what it takes to get us here, it is all good!

Good luck!

Yep, now THAT is going to change. Everyone has this idea that their life ends after the band, food is forbidden and they'll never again have what they had before. Wrong. Burger King will still be there and so willl the cheeseburger. You will probably be able to eat at least some portion of the burger....maybe...if you can do breads down the road...but never again will you stuff a burger and fries in your face and go back for seconds. THAT's what's gonna change, and for us that's what we need. Lots of people eat burgers and don't gain loads of weight....but they eat them sensibly, occasionally, and in small quantities. I was reading somewhere the other day and I saw this quote from a doctor...

There are no bad foods. There are only bad portions.

wow you guys are such great support.

jacole, I am feeling the same way. I think its what most call the last meal syndrome. I am trying to get it under control. It is all in the mind really.

I am trying to catch that little devil voice telling me to eat this or eat that and I am nipping it in the bud...

For me I know it is definitely the stress of awaiting for my records to be compiled and be sent to insurance. In the meantime nerves are working a mental appetite..

Mine was when my kid (at the time she was 3), saw a commercial for slim fast...she patted me on the tummy and told me I should buy it....sad but true

I have to say I have enjoyed reading everyone's messages. I will have my lapband op next Monday, Dec. 17th.

I decided to join this site because all of you. Keep it up. I will need it. Congrats to all of you, also.

I can only eat 1/4 to 1/2 of a small cheeseburger from McDonalds. Restriction is the best!

My husband, king of the all you can eat buffet, bought a hamburger a week after he went back on solids. It took him four meals to eat the thing.

Now if we go to McDonald's, we order a 99 cent burger and a side salad, then split them. Sometimes we still can't finish the stuff.

My eye opening experience/turning point was when I sat on a plastic outdoor chair - and the bugger broke, I was extremely embaressed - but maybe I'll be able to look back 12 months down the track and laugh about it.

wow you guys are such great support.

jacole, I am feeling the same way. I think its what most call the last meal syndrome. I am trying to get it under control. It is all in the mind really.

I am trying to catch that little devil voice telling me to eat this or eat that and I am nipping it in the bud...

For me I know it is definitely the stress of awaiting for my records to be compiled and be sent to insurance. In the meantime nerves are working a mental appetite..

I have last meal syndrom...I want coca cola all the time!!

Was when I started getting winded at work walking to the cafeteria, huffing and puffing like I had gone up 2 or 3 flights of stairs. I have to wait until January before I can try for approval, as my insurance for this year will not cover it. It is so exciting reading all the posts here, I still find it hard to believe it might come true!!:help:

I guess I'd have to say my eye-opening experience was taking 4 1/2 years to get pregnant and then having a miscarriage. Nobody said to me that it was my weight, but miscarriages do not run in my family on either side. I knew something had to be done before I waited another 4 years for it to happen again. I want to be a cute preggo, too...and I would not have been - I would have looked like I just packed on some extra pounds.

Good luck I know how it is. I used to put it away too.