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How to stop overeating

VegasGrace

By VegasGrace, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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VegasGrace    1

VegasGrace
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Came across the wire a few hours ago from Yahoo! :

You eat when you're hungry and you stop when you're full. Makes sense right, but it can be a hard rule to follow. Not only does food taste good and make us happy when we eat it, but portion sizes have gotten out of control. food.jpgRestaurants serve huge plates of food and all you can eat buffets offer an endless amount, so we don't realize that we're actually eating two or three times the calories we should be. Here are some Fiber, Protein, and Vitamins will make your body feel physically satisfied, so you won't feel hungry as quickly.

  • Eat the foods you really enjoy. Denying yourself the foods you crave will only make you crave them more. If your favorite food happens to be high in calories and fat, just have a few bites to satisfy your taste buds.
  • When you're out to eat, order smaller portion sizes, split a meal or dessert with a friend, or put half your meal in a to-go container before you take your first bite.

    • This is neat. Pretty much what we do as bandsters to modify our previous behavior to make new lifestyle changes.

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    MissMom24    2

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    I have been sticking with the 5 bite rule...after 5 bites I am done...it is amazing, because after that, it really doesn't taste as good as it did at first!

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    Jachut    487

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    I find I know when I've had enough but my head tells me to keep going.

    Yet if you put the fork down for just five minutes, the food loses ALL appeal. Its my most important technique. Stop, wait, THEN decide if I want more.

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    slimmy120    2

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    I find I know when I've had enough but my head tells me to keep going.

    Yet if you put the fork down for just five minutes, the food loses ALL appeal. Its my most important technique. Stop, wait, THEN decide if I want more.

    I like you technic and you seem to be doing well so will try the stp wait fives minutes then see if i want more.

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    youknowit    11

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    brandymom -- i LOVE your five bite rule. i'm going to try it. maybe this will help. i think the other part of the problem is that i want five more bites a few hours later. :lol:

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        On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
        Soooo I am coming to a realization
        of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        1. summerseeker

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          Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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