I had a bad day today, i over ate and did not follow any rules. I as banded on 4/23/2009 and i have been doing great . The weekends are the hardest for me. I need to know if am the only one who has ever derailed in this WL journey. Do you fly when you fall down or do you pickup the pieces and keep moving. I fee the journey is too hard! why cant the weight just melt off? I am begining to wish i had the RNY instead of this. I saw my skinny sister today and she dressed in a nice skirt and she looked nice and i just got depressed and that has been spiraling my overeating out of control. She has never been fat a day in her life and she still thinks i dont need this Band and should not have gotten it. I just want to get skinny. !!!!!!!!1

I have not been banded YET, but I have plenty of experience with over eating and comfort eating. Should you have done it? Nope. But you can't undo it either. All you can do is say "whoops" and get going again. You sister might not believe you needed the band, but its not her body, her habits or her health. You did what you felt you needed to do to lose the weight and get healthy. Its seems like you have lost a tremendous amount of weight already if I read correctly. Keep in mind that it takes time for your mind to catch up to how your body is after losing weight....

With that said, sounds like you need a fill if you can overeat too much. From what I have read thus far, if you overeat it causes alot of pain and discomfort...

Don't spend any more time comparing yourself to your sister who doesn't have your same issues. Instead, concentrate that time on working hard with your band and before you know it, you will be skinny. You didn't get here overnight, it takes time to lose the weight as well...

Best of luck to you..

I have not been banded YET, but I have plenty of experience with over eating and comfort eating. Should you have done it? Nope. But you can't undo it either. All you can do is say "whoops" and get going again. You sister might not believe you needed the band, but its not her body, her habits or her health. You did what you felt you needed to do to lose the weight and get healthy. Its seems like you have lost a tremendous amount of weight already if I read correctly. Keep in mind that it takes time for your mind to catch up to how your body is after losing weight....

With that said, sounds like you need a fill if you can overeat too much. From what I have read thus far, if you overeat it causes alot of pain and discomfort...

Don't spend any more time comparing yourself to your sister who doesn't have your same issues. Instead, concentrate that time on working hard with your band and before you know it, you will be skinny. You didn't get here overnight, it takes time to lose the weight as well...

Best of luck to you..

Yep, this is right on! We cant compare ourselves either mentally or physically. Your sister may not see why you need the band but that is ok. Relly, anyone who has never been 50-150 pounds over weight for a prolonged amount of time cant truely UNDERSTAND what obesity is like. Those are the kind of people we just let them slid on what they cant possibly comprehend. Most of my family is like this too. I TOTALLY understand. IT IS SO HARD not to get in thier face and just GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. but then you will just fell worst. The goal is focus, FOCUS. :drool: We BANDSTERS know it is not an easy fix, it is a JOURNEY. THat is why I am thankful for places where we can encourage eachother. Seek out positive influences in your life and just look forward. STEP BY STEP- Success WILL be YOURS. We all mess up. Just duest your self off, make sure your responding to the Q's the band is giving you and look forward knowing tomarrow ALWAYS comes. We get a do over every day. HOLD ON TO YOUR FAITH.