Hi everyone! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas.

This year was much better for me. I have to say........... I LOVE my band. I pretty much ate the things I would normally eat, just much smaller portions. I just had my 3rd fill last Thursday, and it made all the difference.

How did your Christmas go?

Hi Girl, I think that you will see a huge amount of responses after this week, on this one. After getting my 2nd fill, and really really feeling what restriction is all about.....i think that i did really well, with my holliday eating. It seemed like i ate a lot, but i couldnt have eaten more that about a 1/2 cup of food at any given time, i think it is fantastic that we feel full, after only a small amount of food, but we still carry those guilt feelings of eating too much. Guess what? we ate a whole lot less, than we did pre banded! that is the beauty of this ..mind boggeling at times, but well worth it! For those who think they gained weight, well i bet most of you really didnt, it would take a heck of a lot of food going thru that little band to make you gain weight, unless you were sucking down pure carbs, and suger!!! i hope everyone did really well, and i think we may suprise ourselves at the amount of foor we REALLY ate. Happy Hollidays all!!!

Hi Girl, I think that you will see a huge amount of responses after this week, on this one. After getting my 2nd fill, and really really feeling what restriction is all about.....i think that i did really well, with my holliday eating. It seemed like i ate a lot, but i couldnt have eaten more that about a 1/2 cup of food at any given time, i think it is fantastic that we feel full, after only a small amount of food, but we still carry those guilt feelings of eating too much. Guess what? we ate a whole lot less, than we did pre banded! that is the beauty of this ..mind boggeling at times, but well worth it! For those who think they gained weight, well i bet most of you really didnt, it would take a heck of a lot of food going thru that little band to make you gain weight, unless you were sucking down pure carbs, and suger!!! i hope everyone did really well, and i think we may suprise ourselves at the amount of foor we REALLY ate. Happy Hollidays all!!!

I agree. Sometimes I think I have eaten a lot (simply because it takes so long to eat) but if I think back and retrack everything I ate, it is so much less than what I would have consumed pre-band.

I'm glad everything went well for you this year!

I had a really good day, I didn't feel overfull like past years and got on the scales this morning and I have lost weight sooooo I had a really good Christmas... I am so happy that I had this surgery.

My tradition is a Christmas Breakfast with the whole family.

I was very good! I did all the cooking, and they did all the eating! At the end there were some scrambled eggs and I had a few bites. (And, I made doughnuts and put sprinkles on them because I hate sprinkles. My sister's two year old wiped the icing off every. single. doughnut! No problem avoiding them then!)

It's the first Christmas in my whole life where I didn't gain!

So, come on New Years! I can do this!!!!

My tradition is a Christmas breakfast with the whole family.

I was very good! I did all the cooking, and they did all the eating! At the end there were some scrambled eggs and I had a few bites. (And, I made doughnuts and put sprinkles on them because I hate sprinkles. My sister's two year old wiped the icing off every. single. doughnut! No problem avoiding them then!)

It's the first Christmas in my whole life where I didn't gain!

So, come on New Years! I can do this!!!! :eek:

We do a Christmas breakfast, or brunch rather, with my mom and dad, sisters and their husbands, and neices and nephews every year too.

We always make a sausage breakfast casserole and a sausage cream cheese casserole. This year I was only able to eat a few bites of each. It felt so good not to have to worry about every single thing that I put into my mouth. Definitely a lot less stress this year!

I was really good, I seen the doctor today and I didn't gain anything back, merry christmas to me on that one. My husband bought me my dream dog so I would enjoy walking more. Loving the hubby!

I was really worried about Christmas bc we were going out of state to my in-laws for 5 days. I had just had my 3rd fill on the 18th and I could barely take in a few bites. It was really awkward sitting at that big table for brunches and huge dinners and only being able to eat two bites and having to stop. I even got sick on 2 nights and had to excuse myself from the table to PB. So, I didn't eat too much real food .....but my MIL made 6 dozen cookies and I ate a few of them. They were the only thing I could eat. I am so glad I am back home and back to the gym!

I was really good, I seen the doctor today and I didn't gain anything back, merry christmas to me on that one. My husband bought me my dream dog so I would enjoy walking more. Loving the hubby!

Awwww, that's so sweet. What kind of dog did you get?