i am 13 days banded and meant to be on soups only and tonight i dont know what happened but i ate a packet of twisties that my son hasd lieing around.It was like i was possesses or something and i just couldnt help myself,now im worried about my band and my weight.I feel sooo bad:cursing:

What are twisties?:thumbdown:

I am not sure exactly what twisties are, but if they are a slider food like chips or cheetos, they probably won't cause too much damage because they tend to disintegrate into almost nothing in the stomach.

The important thing is just to chalk it up to temporary insanity, from which I suffer as well :0), not to lose too much time feeling guilty and get back on the wagon with the soups. It is just a minor hiccup on the road to success . . . as long as you don't use this as a start to more off-diet eating. Perhaps you can pay penance by walking an extra half-hour, lol.

Twisties are red licorice candy I think...

i am 13 days banded and meant to be on soups only and tonight i dont know what happened but i ate a packet of twisties that my son hasd lieing around.It was like i was possesses or something and i just couldnt help myself,now im worried about my band and my weight.I feel sooo bad:cursing:

Well, here's the good news....you shouldn't be craving them for awhile.

Apparently, twisties are the Devils candy for you...so lesson learned! Sorry son, no more twisties in the house!

If you are worried about the weight, go for a long fast walk (helps with guilt). If you are worried about the band, you could call your doc. But I think you will okay. I would also guess that after you have your first fill, those twisties will get stuck in a very unpleasant way...so dont push the maybes baby (that's a little saying my boyfriend has Enlightened me with).

In AU twisties are:

" primarily made of corn and rice, fried in vegetable oil and then coloured and flavoured. The corn and rice batter is extruded into the hot oil, resulting in a relatively denser product compared to most similar snack foods, such as Cheetos"

As others have said, accept your mistake and get right back on track.

Twisties are red licorice candy I think...

did you get a fill? are you hungry all the time? we had surgery the same day and I am ready to give it all up. I am frustrated, stalled, hungry, tired, angry, all at the same time.

did you get a fill? are you hungry all the time? we had surgery the same day and I am ready to give it all up. I am frustrated, stalled, hungry, tired, angry, all at the same time.

I am in the same boat as you. I was banded on 01-30-09 and the first week was okay, but this week i am starving (today in particular). i go to the doctor on Monday 02-16-09 and right now I feel as if I would rather stay big then go thru this. I feel no restriction at all. All those feelings you are having I am having.

I cannot truthfully encourage anyone else to have this surgery. No one ever said that the first six months you are on a diet, with willpower your only help. I would never have done this. I expressed this at our group support meeting. I think it is all about the money. They could fill us every two weeks until we are at our sweet spot. They would make the same amount of money and we would be a lot happier. I am tired of hearing when you hit your sweet spot. What do I do for the six months before that time. If I could, I would yank the band out myself.

I cannot truthfully encourage anyone else to have this surgery. No one ever said that the first six months you are on a diet, with willpower your only help. I would never have done this. I expressed this at our group support meeting. I think it is all about the money. They could fill us every two weeks until we are at our sweet spot. They would make the same amount of money and we would be a lot happier. I am tired of hearing when you hit your sweet spot. What do I do for the six months before that time. If I could, I would yank the band out myself.

Having lost 82 pounds and being in a size 8 pants for the first time in my entire adult life, I can assure you that though the Lap Band is not for everyone, it can and does work. It did not take six months for it to start working for me either, I am only 8 months out and very close to goal.

It takes six weeks to get your first fill and yes it is entirely willpower during that time. The first fill rarely gets you where you need to be but each fill after makes things a little better.

My surgeon makes me come in once a month for the first year but I do not have to wait that long to get a fill. If after one week I feel like I am ready for another fill, he will give me one. So far it has taken six fills total but from 8 weeks out until now I have consistently lost weight and had restriction--anytime restriction was lost, whether it had been one week or one month since my last fill, I was able to go in and get another adjustment.

Maybe you can talk your surgeon into being more aggressive?

Edited February 10, 200917 yr by Jodi_620

sorry i forgot alot of banders in this forum are americans...lol...twisties in australia are similar to your cheetos i think.it is so hard.I have no restriction whats so ever and i dont think im able to get a fill until 6 weeks post op so still neally a month away!! i dont know how im going to be able to stay strong until then,ive already broken and i have still got 3 weeks to go...this is crazy

did you get a fill? are you hungry all the time? we had surgery the same day and I am ready to give it all up. I am frustrated, stalled, hungry, tired, angry, all at the same time.

yes,i am extremly hungry all the time and frustrated and feel exactly the same way that you do.,my doctor said i wont get a fill until 6 weeks post op so its still 3 weeks away!! i dont know how i am going to be able to do it.

since being banded i have lost hardly anything,all my weight loss was with the pre-op diet.

i feel for you because i know exactly how you feel,exactly!!,try to hang in there...we can help each other stay strong

I was going to log on and say I"d eaten any number of packets of twisties, but not at 3 weeks. But they really ARE a slider food, highly unlikely to cause you any damage, but yeah, you feel bad enough, you know it was a mistake.

But in your defence, you cant NOT eat twisties if they are there. You just have to!

I know how you feel - I'm only 6 days out and I have no idea how I'm going to make it for 6 weeks. I've added soups to my diet even though they are not suppose to be added for another 2 days. I just had to because I was starving. I can not wait to get to mushies and really food.

I was banded just 6 days ago, and today was the first time that I felt hungry. However, the thought of eating and knowing what might happen (vomiting, lap-band slippage) quickly clears away the thought of cheating. My surgeon has done a great job of completely scaring me into not cheating.

Almost everyone who has been banded went through those first 4-6 weeks of hell where you're absolutely starving, and wondering if the band was worth it. Then you get fills and the band starts to work like it's supposed to.

And no, it doesn't take 6 months to work. I was filled roughly every 4-6 weeks, am just over 6 months out and I'm almost at goal. The good thing about spacing your fills out is you get used to the level of restriction before you're made tighter. It's the best way, IMO, of ensuring you don't feel too tight too fast.

BTW twisties are a definite temptation for me too! It's done now, nothing you can do about it. Maybe just try not to have it in the house much for a while? Lol!