How do you keep eating like a bandster should when life shifts direction?

My life took a sudden turn to the wild side when we bought motorcycles last year. Suddenly I have an active/hectic social life. Now I started my own business that has me traveling, socializing, constantly surrounded by groups of women, parties, meetings, and I keep using every single situation as an excuse to eat bad for just one more day. I'm completely out of control and even drinking friggen Coca Cola, which I never touched pre-band.

I have excuses booked for the entire month of September. This weekend is the Bash, next weekend I'm having two parties in addition to Vegas Bikefest, the following weekend is Reno Street Vibrations (another bike rally where my best friend from childhood lives) and parties scattered on weekdays.

I got in the business of parties, so my entire life is a party. So now what? What the heck happened to my good eating habits? How can I get back on track while riding this crazy roller coaster? I love the rollercoaster, but my life is surrounded by chicken fingers and cocktails now. Help me. I've fallen and I can't get up. No lie, I'm in deep fried oil.

This is where I have been for almost 8 months. I stay the same weight and eat pretty much what I want. Religion keeps me from eating meat so I don't do that, so to get Protein I need shakes or a lot of Beans that I suck at cooking, so it's the shake at least one a day. The bad stuff is the protein I get in cheese, or fatting stuff like that. Still with 2.3 cc in the band I can eat almost a full meal at a restaurant, it takes awhile but can be done. Now if I want to not eat???? Just take a big bite of something, and swallow, like pizza, a sandwich, whatever...... Once that big bite of food is in the pouch? It will not let me eat anything else. I have trained myself to eat sooooooo slooooow, and I can get most of the meal down. NOW.......... if I get this next fill, (which I am scared crap of) I will be full right away, that will end my overeating, for sure.

So Lady's, if you are having trouble eating too much???? Get another fill, that will stop even, mashed potato's, in fact, you have to drink Water slow. So there it is, use the band, and it will set you free. If I could control my eating, HECK....... I would not need the band. The only reason I got the darn thing to start with was because I could not eat correctly, no matter how much I worked out, or what I ate or didn't eat. Let's be honest girls, if we could diet why would we need the band??? What I think is a lot of use are overwhelmed with fear, fear about losing the weight, fear of not getting enough food, or fear of being thin???? I wonder?? So there you have it. 5 cent's therapy.

PS. I will let you all know when I go, and get my next fill, when I overcome this fear to reach the next Leave, to start losing weight again. And stop beating the band.

Namasta, Butch