Just to give some of you guys a heads up about this one before you read it.......this might sound like a holier-than-thou soapbox speech, but it's not. If I come off that way I'm sorry, but realistically, this is my blog and where I put my thoughts, if you don't like it, there's the rest of the world wide web to explore, far be it for me to stop you.

:rant:Ok. Now. With that being said let me express some of the things I think are different from a diet v. a lifestyle choice.

Diet /Lifestyle Choice

1. "cheat" days /no cheat days

2. I can have a little bread,it won't hurt me/ can't have bread get's stuck, ouch

3. I can eat a few carbs, it's no big deal/ NO CARBS

Those are just a few of the things I've discovered since I've been banded these last several months. (June 16th) I am not one of those people that can eat whatever I want and still lose weight. If I was I wouldn't need the band, right? :redface: Duh, right. Anyway.

Without sounding like a fanatic, I have to be VERY conscious about what I put in my body. High protein all the way for me. So usually if it doesn't go around on the ground on all fours, swim, or fly I can't eat it. Why is this so hard for some people to understand?! :thumbup: If I could eat that crap I wouldn't have gotten banded in the first damn place! :smile2: WTF?

I feel sometimes like people are trying to sabatoge me. Hopefully that isn't happening, but who knows. What I do know is this........I'm in this for the long haul (whether I'm in on my own is yet to be determined), and when I get all hot and skinny and everyone around me isn't, how good are their carbs going to look then? :wink2: I wonder. I know what's good for me and what's not.

Which takes me back to my subject line, the difference in a diet and lifestyle change. This is a LIFETIME thing. No cheat days, no wanting to eat stuff when I know damn well I can't. This is my life and if I have to go about this alone, dammit I'm going to. Yet to be determined how this is going to turn out.

:wub:I still love all of your my bandster family. My real family that doesn't know anything about/hasn't been banded can piss off right now as far as I'm concerned.

Sorry about the rant. But I warned ya. lol Have a great day banders.

Wow you sound very determined and set on your goals, I could use a little of your will power, because I just came from Kroger and saw some doughnuts and wanted them ooohhh soo bad!!! Didn't get them but really wanted them Keep up the good work!!

Finally someone who sounds like the voice in my head!!!!!!!!! Rant away>>>> people who don't like it can always google. lol

have a great day

Chooky

This is exactly what I needed to hear! I feel I have let my sabotagers get to me... but I need to take care of me. I thank you and need to hear more!

I loved your to-the-point post! I was banded only five weeks ago, so I don't have a lot of band history under my belt. I find it really interesting, and a bit confusing, as to the vast differences in doctors' recommendations about what to eat vs. what not to eat. My doctor is ADAMANT about returning to eating a very balanced diet -- he highly encourages us to eat good, whole wheat bread and other complex carbs (after the protein allotment, of course). So far, all that's been working great for me, losing a good amount of weight while doing it. Just have to make sure I take my time. But it sounds like you're fine with an only-protein diet, it's working for you, and that is absolutely what counts! Thanks for sharing your experience.