It has been a year and a half since I had my lap band, but in many ways I am still a newbie. Never mind the why of it, but I didn't get my fills as early as I should have, and am now approaching # 4. I have finally begun to have the experiences that I am reading about. OK, so here is the question/or questions:

I hear people say that they sometimes only eat 1/2 cup of food and are satisfied. I'm trying to find that satisfied sensation, but it dosn't happen as often as I thought it should. Could this be because I am eating the wrong types of foods?

My main motivation for stopping eating early is the discomfort of PB type of stuff.

So now, I'm confused. If I eat the soft stuff I get no pain (or nutrition). ok, I'm starting to ramble.. Why do some seem to feel satisfied so quickly, and not others?

If we count calories, could have macaroni and cheese ... I'm afraid to get my next fill, because I have had a few paintful PBs, and think I probably need time to adjust my habits.. and also it's the holiday season, and after PBing my 3 mouthfuls of Thanksgiving dinner back.. I don't feel like doing that in public again.

Any thoughts..

Solid proteins are just that, meats, veggies, fish, ect.

"Soft" foods are ice creams, cakes, Mashed potatoes, anything soft. IN general i find "Soft" foods are not things you need, want or should be eating anyway .

Things that will go through your band easily , Soups, mashed potatoes, cereals, things that like most likely do not contain protien ( I include protein shakes , more than one or so a day in this too ) or enough protein to keep you full so they are a "waste " your eating them just to eat them . The goal when you eat is to keep you full until your next meal .

So if your eating Mashed potatoes or a softer meat is that going to keep you full ? Probably not , if it requries less work , and will slide through you band its Not going to tide you over for 3-4 hours. Therefore your going to eat again !

Think of it this way , If you make a circle out of your thumb and middle finger ( when you hold them together ) If you can poor something through that or if something would not take some time to go through a hole similar to that ( or smaller ) your eating things that makes you eat around your band .

make sense ?

Mindy

Yes - it does make sense. Right now I'm on mushies - I'm living on mashed potatoes, yogurt, pudding and soup. I can't start 'soft foods' until Friday - that is when I can eat eggs, tuna, chili etc... I am starving on the mushy phase right now and the high carb content that mashed potatoes, yogurt and pudding are not going to help. But once I can start eating protein - then I can stop eating all the mushy food (until I get a fill , yes?)

Yes - it does make sense. Right now I'm on mushies - I'm living on mashed potatoes, yogurt, pudding and soup. I can't start 'soft foods' until Friday - that is when I can eat eggs, tuna, chili etc... I am starving on the mushy phase right now and the high carb content that mashed potatoes, yogurt and pudding are not going to help. But once I can start eating Protein - then I can stop eating all the mushy food (until I get a fill , yes?)

Mushies , and soft foods are basically what we were talking about in the previous post.

Once you get on "Solid" foods you can start eating just that solid foods. For me it was right before i was allowed a fill.

If you are allowed solids at 5 weeks and get a fill 2 weeks after that then you have 2 weeks of "Solids" ie eating "normal" b efore you get a fill .

Depends on your doc

MIndy