ARGH! Does anyone else ever actually forget about the band until AFTER that first bite of Breakfast has gone down? Or, as the case may be, not gone down? And when I am careful, I'm finding it sometimes difficult to gauge the time span between swallowing and knowing it's safe to take another bite.

This morning was the first time one of these misjudgments has actually sent me to the bathroom. I had, I think, two bites of egg and one of ham when I suddenly realized something wasn't going down. For the next HOUR I wavered between mild discomfort and extreme pain, and even though I experienced that charming side effect known as "sliming" no actual food reappeared. So I guess it finally continued on its way.

That was it for breakfast, and for lunch I had some egg drop Soup. dinner was chili. All went down fine, but I can still feel the ache behind my sternum that is a reminder of this morning's misadventure.

Add this to major cramps, two extremely whiny children, and a family excursion that was over-priced and under-entertaining, and you see why this is NOT a day I want to repeat.

Thank god for ice cream. :cool:

Poor Alexandra - :think

At least it's a day you got through, and it's over!

I have found that my first two bites are the super critical ones - they have to be THE most thoroughly chewed, and THE most slowed down. It's almost like my stomach needs a "prime", and time to fire up. Unfortunately, it's the first two bites that are invariably the ones I want to wolf when I'm very hungry - ANOTHER good argument for not letting ourselves get too hungry!!

When I don't chew those first two bites thoroughly, or eat them too close together, I can literally feel my stomach moving them around, almost like being stirred, and part of the revolution is painful.

Gotta love that aversion therapy... lol :cool:

Hey Wendy -

Thanks for the kind words - I'm afraid I come across "preachy," too, or that my posts imply that I've got all this down, which I don't. It's my "vision" of all being right in the world, and I like to share that beautiful vision with my fellow travelers...:cheeky My vision is continually challenged, refined, updated, and re-evaluated based on what I learn about myself and from others. Don't be afraid to post!! Everyone has important insights and experiences to share, and I believe we are all the richer for it. And people "hear" information in different ways - it may be your more strongly voiced advice is just what someone else needs to hear, the way they need to hear it.

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