I didn't do as well as I would have liked today at Thanksgiving dinner, but DEFINITELY ate about 1/4 of what I would have eaten had I not gotten the band so I am happy with that. Also, I exercised before dinner and am planning a good workout tomorrow. I only brought home a little stuffing as a leftover so I won't continue to binge. I hope that the rest of your had good luck and did well!

I did very well at Thanksgiving dinner. I drank a protein drink before I went to dinner and it helped with the hunger so I was able to be selective in what I chose to eat. I did not over indulge in any cakes or pies and I ate my proteins first then vegetables. I was afraid of sliming and getting stuck. This last fill really helps me stay in line with how much I can eat. This was the first Thanksgive in a long time that I did not stuff my face with everything on the table. One of the many things I am thankful for this year, is the lap band.

I did a lot better than I have ever done in previous years. I ate maybe 1/4 of what I would normally eat in one sitting. I still ate more than I thought I should be able to eat. I was not able to eat the turkey later in the day (it was too dry). I am working to get back on track for today.

I'm happy to report that I did fairly well with Thanksgiving Day... I planned to give myself the opportunity to feel normal and happy.. I was happy with a bit of this and a taste of that. I did have a homemade crescent roll and a half piece of pumpkin pie with real whipped cream.. I was content and unstuffed and proud of myself for not feeling that "stuffed misery" that is usual on days like this... Never again, I hope!!!! congrats to all of us for perservering and counting our lap-band blessings... Now.... on to Christmas cookies!!!?? I'm more worried about them than anything.. They are a weakness of mine... Take care all.... Julie

I didnt do so well....I wasnt able to eat much at all. I received a fill last week on 11/19 and i am really feeling restriction. I am up to 6.25cc in my band and i can barely eat anything, I thought about having some taken out but the dr said I am fine. If I am throwing up then we have a problem. I can eat but i guess I just have to get used to eating very small amounts. That was different for me for this thanksgiving. I was only able to eat a bite or two of turkey macoroni and spaghetti. But this is what I asked for and on the positive note I am down 11 pounds in just one week after this last fill.

I also have big losses after a fill. I always enjoyed them because they were usually preceeded by weeks of barely any loss.

Now that you are tightly restricted, you might find that macaroni and spaghetti may be a problem. I find for me that I can only eat 1/3 of what I can normally eat if it is Pasta and I get sick so easy on it. Pasta can expand in your pouch in a very uncomfortable way at restriction. I used to love it, now I just don't want to hassle with it anymore.

i did pretty well. I did decide to cook and made a jenni o turkey the ones that can be frozen straight to oven. that was the best bird i ever had, very nice and juicy. I had about 2 oz of turkey. a couple tablespoons of stuffing, and a little bit of mashed taters with a whole wheat roll. after lettin that settle for about two hours. I had a couple bites of banana cream pie. ( that was lunch) for din i had some more turkey and some canned spinach. I feel I did really well as i stopped when i was full I love all the left over turkey i have. love the stuff and its really moist so easy to eat

i had great difficulty in eating yesterday & very grateful i got a care package of leftovers to munch on today.....

might to re-post tomorrow:wink:

I had a good Thanksgiving ... a little lonely but that was my choice. Instead of going to my relatives (they are 7 hours away and we go for 4 days) I stayed home since I am only a week out of surgery.

My husband and I decided that it would be best to pass up the temptations this year and just focus on me and my band 100% and next year I'll be on program.

So it's nice that it's over and I didn't vary from my liquids which is the stage I'm on. Plus I took myself to the movies ... all alone! My most favorite treat ever. I love going to the movies by myself.

Now if I can get through the onslaught of Cookies at work ... I'm 100% good to go.

I had a good Thanksgiving ... a little lonely but that was my choice. Instead of going to my relatives (they are 7 hours away and we go for 4 days) I stayed home since I am only a week out of surgery.

My husband and I decided that it would be best to pass up the temptations this year and just focus on me and my band 100% and next year I'll be on program.

So it's nice that it's over and I didn't vary from my liquids which is the stage I'm on. Plus I took myself to the movies ... all alone! My most favorite treat ever. I love going to the movies by myself.

Now if I can get through the onslaught of Cookies at work ... I'm 100% good to go.

yeah, my thanksgiving was a little lonely too but today i am alright with that! because i just had my surgery too, my mom and step-dad flew up to be with me this week instead of the usual all of the kids flying or driving home to meet at their house. but i couldn't sit with them at dinner-- it would have been too hard! while they ate a delicious thanksgiving feast at the hotel they are staying at, i went to my apartment and watched the john and kate plus 8 marathon on TLC. i watched it for like.... 5 hours! but they are soooooo cute, so i didn't really mind. after they finished eating they brought me up a taste of mashed potatoes that i can handle, but i definitely got VERY full off of that. mostly i just stuck to my Protein supplement all day.

i don't think i lost any weight, but i DEFINITELY didn't gain any! next year will be better... and even if i don't eat that much at least i will be thinner! :w00t:

I'm very thankful that most of you had a great turkey day. It was my first big holiday with my band and It just didnt go like I thought it would. I loaded up a very small amout of turkey, stuffing and pot. salad on my plate. I decided to try the turkey first. NOT GOOD! The turkey was very moist but i still couldnt handle eatting it. I took two bites and knew If i continued I would slimme. I stop for about 30 minutes and had a little dressing and mac & chez. I must say it wasnt that bad not eatting as much. The cravings werent as bad as I thought they would be.

It was so cool to have my family notice to big change in my body. All i heard all day was how nice I looked. I see my wifes family today and i hopefully they will notice the changes also. I wouldnt of thought that having people notice my weight loss and body change would give me such an high, even better than food did. It just made me want to work even harder to get the rest of this fat off. I wore a old pair of pants and shirt that i bought and found out later i couldnt fit them. The pants where almost too big and the shirt was just right. That was soooo cool i almost cried. I just kept looking in the mirror all day long. So i hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy your view.

That's great big papa. Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.

I don't really have any restriction. I put off my 3rd fill until tomorrow morning, so yesterday and today was good by to solid food for a couple of days.

I personally dont think its so bad for me if I dont get crazy with the bad stuff like bread and pie and cranberry sauce, the sugary stuff. I ate more than I should have, but tomorrow its back to a day of liquids, oh no.

I refuse to beat myself up, I think eating extra is ok once in a while as long as you dont do it all the time.

Sounds like most of you did really well! I was shocked when I weighed myself and had lost another pound despite the holiday. I start working out more this week as I'm 6 weeks out and I'm hoping the pounds will start coming off a little faster!