OK- I know I will be banded next week. I'm not on a pre-op diet to jump start the weight loss. I've been eating everything in sight! I've never been a big eater, I just always ate the wrong things. Why is this happening? Is this some sort of mind thing where I'm thinking "I better eat it now because I won't be able to eat it later"?

most likely-but just find some other way to channel these energies.

hey-what area of houston?im near willowbrook mall-maybe we can get together some time-are you vlounteering at the dome?maybe we have run into each other?

I'm smack dab between Willowbrook & Greenspoint. If I leave my neighborhood the front way, I come out at BW8 & Veterans Mem. If I go out the back way I'm at BW8 & Bammel. I haven't had a chance to volunteer yet. My job sent out a mass email this morning saying they needed folks on weekdays, so they're giving us a "freebie" to go over there and it won't count against vac or sick.

cool-maybe we'll get together some time.You are fairly close to me.Maybe we can catch a movie sometime-got some good ones coming out-I want to see that exorcist of emily rose movie and the one with jodie foster

sounds good. do you have a yahoo address where I can PM you? ...or you can PM me. my screen name is in my profile

nah Im not on yahoo but I am on msn and aol

It's generally referred to as 'last supper syndrome' here. There are heaps of us who ate everything in sight before being banded, because our heads said, "Oh, you better have that <INSERT here choice of food>cause you'll not be able to eat it after being banded.

Just try not to go overboard - there's only one item that I've found to be off limits to me since being banded (potato gnocchi). While each person varies in this, I'm able to have chicken, steak, bread (though I choose not to eat it), etc.

You'll do fine

And try to remember its very bad for your health to let your weight yo yo wildly. Its actually quite stressful for your body to lose the amount of weight most people here have to lose/have lost, it has negative health side effects as well as positive ones so you want to make darn sure you only do it once.

I too had "last supper syndrome" - I was eating like a queen my last few weeks hitting every favorite restaurant I had. My last night was at a buffet - and actually that was it - one last hoo-rah - now when I go I just have a salad & breadstick or something although I was bad tonight and ordered a crab cake that i'm sure was loaded with fat and calories Funny, I remembered it used to taste better.