:ohmy:I think I have last supper syndrome. I had never heard of this until Annie55 mentiioned it on another thread. I think I have it bad. Dr.B's office will call me in the forseeable future to go to Moncton and sign consent forms. At the info session we were told that if we had gained weight, the surgery would be postponed. We will be weighed at every office visit. Now I am terrified that I will gain weight and what do I do? I eat and eat and can't seem to stop myself. I am not sure if this is true last supper syndrome or not but I can't figure this out. Any suggestions as to how stoop this feasting? Help!

Thank you Jack. I am trying but it almost becomes an obsession. I started a diet (again) in June and by Oct I had lost 30 pounds. Now though, that I am waiting for "the phone call" I can't stop eating. I know that to gain weight will mean a postponement of my surgery,I still eat. I have gained back 8 pounds since mid Oct. UUGGG

I worry that if I am having this hard time now, how will I ever lose with the band? I am afraid I will just eat right through it.

I had Last Supper syndrome.

From insurance approval to day one of pre-op I believe I had 1 1/2 week to eat all my favorite foods and boy did I ever! I had all of my favorite rich, fattening and sugary foods and ordered take-out just about every night. I ate at all my favorite fast food places for lunch every day and whatever I wanted for Breakfast. I enjoyed all my junk food in between. At the time it was like I was saying goodbye to all these foods but now I realize that there is not much that I ate during that time that I cannot eat now I am just satisfied on about 1/3 or less of what I would eat then.

But it did not seem to hinder my success. I do wonder if my pre-op diet might have been easier if I had eased into it but I made it through.

You are lucky you were not banded in Moncton. N.B. If you had gained any weight here you would have not gotten your surgery until you had consistantly lost weight.

I guess I was...I wasn't expected to lose weight prior to the pre-op diet. I think I may have gained around 3 pounds during the "last supper" week and then I lost 13 pounds during the pre-op diet. Since surgery I have done great and wouldn't want to lose any faster than I have.

It's funny, I had wanted to have a last supper of sorts, but never really had a chance to do it. From my decision date to surgery date four weeks later, I was on a mission to lose a certain amount of weight, and the threat of having my surgery postponed if I didn't reach my pre-op weight loss goal prevented me from deviating form my pre-op diet even one iota.

On the day before my surgery, I allowed myself to have some Mexican food for lunch which I wouldn't have been able to have on the pre-op diet, and after eating about half the amount that I would have normally, I felt overly full and actually ill. So I didn't get to enjoy that one last meal.

I still think about how I would have liked to have had that last hurrah and eaten all of the foods that I loved, in the quantities I used to have them in. Post-band, I wouldn't be able to eat like that again, but I know that it's all psychological, and won't kill me if I don't give into it. I'm also sure that months and years later, it won't matter that I didn't have the last supper. I'll be in such a different frame of mind that I won't have that same concept of deprivation that leads to the emotional need for that last supper.

Over eating in reaction to stress is what many of us Morbidly Obese have done much of our lives.

This is opportunity to observe and make final choices regarding whether to place our brain in control or let our stomach continue ruling our lives.

Personally I had a wonderful pre-op diet that was entirely satisfying and got all my own 'last supper' binges over & done with months before surgery.

We must begin somewhere along the path to impose our own discipline regarding habitual over eating. Today is a good day to do such.

Hey y'all,

Im looking into possibly getting lapband. But I have some questions. This post Im quoting is an example of many similar posts I have read on these forums. Basically the posts Im talking about say that you will need to use your WILL power to lose weight and eat right with lapband. I think its safe to say, atleast for me anyways, that will power is what prevented us from sticking to the diets (for the long haul). Or what prevented us from gaining all the weight back after a "good" stretch of barely being able to hold onto the little will power we had.

With all these eating restrictions and hoops to jump through with lapband, why would I think that getting lapband would be any different than just a conventional diet and exercize plan? That is if WILL POWER is the key to success.

I read about people "eating through" the band...not really sure what that means! I would imagine it means basically ignoring the restrictive effects of the band and continue to eat because your craving food.

With that said...What is the real "edge" you get from the Lapband???

The Lap Band will make you full on a small amount of food. It will not keep you from eating between meals when you are not hungry or eating slider foods (eating around the band means eating soft or liquid foods that will slide right through thus allowing you to eat more--for example, ice cream).

The reason it is different than conventional diet is that you are not hungry (which helps you deal better with the "head hunger) and the band keeps you from cheating and eating more than you should in a meal, that is the "edge" over dieting alone. It is for life, if you keep your restriction maintained you will never go back to your old ways. It is not for everyone. It makes weight loss easier but it does take work on your part.

The "edge" with Lap Band over bypass which takes less willpower is that it is less severe, it is adjustable and should there ever be any complications it is reversible.

Edited December 15, 200817 yr by Jodi_620

Properly adjusted the band puts you on an even playing field. Seeing "1 cup" of food per meal seems awfully small but with the band, it is more than enough. If you notice what "normal" people eat, most do not eat more than a cup of food. The other secret is the eating Protein every three hours. Protein keeps the feeling of fullness longer. That said, you must still eat less calories than what you expend in order to lose weight. We know we all can do that, as we have done it numerous time. When the band really starts to do its job is to sharply remind you that you are full. You ignore the feeling at your peril as you probably will get severe pain and vomit. I have had the band almost two years now and lost a bit of weight, but I love the reminder it gives me that I have had enough. Never in my life , do I know the feeling of being full. Now I do.

Nor do i feel guilty if I have an evening out with friends and eat high calorie foods. Life for me is now normal and I love it.

Good luck in your decision.

Hey y'all,

Im looking into possibly getting lapband. But I have some questions. This post Im quoting is an example of many similar posts I have read on these forums. Basically the posts Im talking about say that you will need to use your WILL power to lose weight and eat right with lapband. I think its safe to say, atleast for me anyways, that will power is what prevented us from sticking to the diets (for the long haul). Or what prevented us from gaining all the weight back after a "good" stretch of barely being able to hold onto the little will power we had.

With all these eating restrictions and hoops to jump through with lapband, why would I think that getting lapband would be any different than just a conventional diet and exercize plan? That is if WILL POWER is the key to success.

I read about people "eating through" the band...not really sure what that means! I would imagine it means basically ignoring the restrictive effects of the band and continue to eat because your craving food.

With that said...What is the real "edge" you get from the Lapband???

Edited December 15, 200817 yr by Doddie63
correct misleading sentence

If you notice what "normal" people eat, most do not eat more than a cup of food.

Down here in Texas they do!! HAHAHA!

Thanks for the comment Doddie. Reading this forum over the last few days has given me a better understanding of what to expect. Im thinking that lapband may infact be good for me.

Thanks again.

Must be all that high energy foot stompin fun you all have there.

Down here in Texas they do!! HAHAHA!

Thanks for the comment Doddie. Reading this forum over the last few days has given me a better understanding of what to expect. Im thinking that lapband may infact be good for me.

Thanks again.

I looked into the band in late September 07, went to the clinic and talked to them about the band and then made my appointment for my operation in November. I had two friends who were moving away the middle of October and I knew that there would be lots of goodbye parties for them. I didn't want to feel left out (as usual) by having to be on some new strange diet. So I ate what i wanted, and had junk food I never have ( I ate at McDonalds, and I never eat at McDonalds). By the time I was to do my pre-op diet, two weeks before my op, I was never so relieved to be going on a diet.

And I was a last supper champion! I would go on a diet and stick to it for a couple of months and then be discouraged by the small amount I was losing and fall off the wagon. Then I'd binge on all the foods I hadn't eaten for ages. After a while I'd resolve to go back to dieting and have a "last supper" before doing so. This helped me gain at least 70 of the 130 pounds that I was overweight.

Now, I've been banded over a year. I've lost 54 pounds and I've gone through months where I haven't lost a thing. But the difference with the band is that I can't binge, I can't eat more than those small portions and I also have this little voice inside me now saying "what, you want to ruin this great opportunity?" But to be honest, I've changed my habits so well, that I'm quite happy not to eat, and as Doddie said, I'm happy with so much less now. If you had told me before the band that a small salad with tuna and a spoonful of Beans would be my favourite lunch and I'd be satisfied, I'd have laughed. But it's true! And I'm letting my body lose the weight in it's own time. And I'm happy with that.

Good luck with your decision.

Mary

Well said Mary. Maybe you and I should start a turtle club because I believe there are others that are slow losers but still loving the control the band gives them.

I looked into the band in late September 07, went to the clinic and talked to them about the band and then made my appointment for my operation in November. I had two friends who were moving away the middle of October and I knew that there would be lots of goodbye parties for them. I didn't want to feel left out (as usual) by having to be on some new strange diet. So I ate what i wanted, and had junk food I never have ( I ate at McDonalds, and I never eat at McDonalds). By the time I was to do my pre-op diet, two weeks before my op, I was never so relieved to be going on a diet.

And I was a last supper champion! I would go on a diet and stick to it for a couple of months and then be discouraged by the small amount I was losing and fall off the wagon. Then I'd binge on all the foods I hadn't eaten for ages. After a while I'd resolve to go back to dieting and have a "last supper" before doing so. This helped me gain at least 70 of the 130 pounds that I was overweight.

Now, I've been banded over a year. I've lost 54 pounds and I've gone through months where I haven't lost a thing. But the difference with the band is that I can't binge, I can't eat more than those small portions and I also have this little voice inside me now saying "what, you want to ruin this great opportunity?" But to be honest, I've changed my habits so well, that I'm quite happy not to eat, and as Doddie said, I'm happy with so much less now. If you had told me before the band that a small salad with tuna and a spoonful of Beans would be my favourite lunch and I'd be satisfied, I'd have laughed. But it's true! And I'm letting my body lose the weight in it's own time. And I'm happy with that.

Good luck with your decision.

Mary

Great idea. Remember the turtle and the hare. Our numbers are still getting there and we will get to the finish line in the end!

Mary