Stop worrying about what you are eating. If you havent had a fill yet you have no restriction. When I was at that stage the doc explained to me that everyone eats that way. The point with lapband isnt to be on a DIET the rest of our lives, rather it is to eat well ( most times) , exercise and live well. The eight will come off because you wont be able to eat as much anymore. I do have to say I have had 2 fills now and Im still able to eat mostly what I want. My body is really having a hard time with this weight loss and I find myslef becomming very jealous of all of the people losing so much weight. I have lost one lousy pound since my surgery. Dont let yourself get "food consumed". Havent you done that enough in your life? Just relax and let your band work for you ( after a few fills of course)

I have been keeping up with your blog and I find you doing the things I recently was doing. I say that because I have a new mind set to keep me on the lap band way of life. One of the things I related to is an overly active emphasis about food. I agree with kelly 1 in her post below that you are thinking about food too much. One of the things that is making me successful after many failures is a "MIND SET" I have set my mind not to think about food. I totally did not realize how often I thought of food. And when I did I always would cave in and eat. So anytime a smell, commercial , or other stimulant will make me think of food , I immediately vanish the thought out of my head. A lot of over eating results just because we think and dwell on food. It is hard because I love food, but part of that love was thinking about it too much. To keep thinking about food is like allowing an abusive lover back into your life. It is destructive . So keep on analyzing your self. It helps to understand your relationship to food. Blessings

Dolly