Hi All,

I have finally figured out the restriction feeling. But, what does being full feel like? Is it your typical, I am full feeling? Or is it a feeling of food coming back up?

Thanks!

JJ

I would say that if you have the feeling of food coming back up, then you have eaten too much. I don't know any other way to describe being full other than the regular full feeling.

They say the feeling of fulness is different with the band but I don't really find that to be the case. I feel full. It does take being in tune and listening to your body because there is a fine line between being full and being so full you are in pain. I have to know when to stop, which requires me to slow down and listen to what my body is saying. I didn't do that before the band, now I have to or I will have undesirable consequences!

I thnk shortly after you first get restriction you feel uncomfortable, like food could come back up if you take one more bite. Eventually I am finding my body/mind is learning to reinterpret that sense of discomfort into more of the normal "fullness" feeling. Also, like what KB said, we need to learn to eat not until we are "full" but until we have had "enough." For me there is a difference.

I find that feeling full with the band feels like it normally feels. The difference is that, when full, I PHYSICALLY CAN'T EAT ANYMORE. If I do...there will be consequences. Pre-band i would feel full and keep eating til I was stuffed.

The band is my "committment device".