What does my band do for me?
1-13-09
What does my band do for me? That is what I have been asking myself lately. Everyone at work, everywhere I go, asks me how much weight I have lost. Oh it was great at first to have people notice, but now it is all the time and of course the question follows.
How are you doing it?
I tell them I am doing what I am supposed to. I am eating healthy, watching my portions and exercising. That is absolutely true. That is not a lie at all. So that has made me ask myself what the band is doing for me. I know it is doing a lot. I don’t mean to say that it isn’t. I just need to know how the band is working for me.
1. The band reminds me to take smaller bites. If I don’t take small bites things get stuck and I start to slime. That isn’t fun. Today I had roast beef and I started to slime. If I mix textures I don’t really have a lot of trouble. I mixed cottage cheese with my roast beef. I know it sounds gross, but I really like it. After I mixed the two I didn’t have ANY problems, even with a little bigger bites. Not too big though.
2. The band helps me to get full faster. Since my second fill I eat about 1 cup of food before I get full.
3. If I eat too much the band reminds me that I can’t do that! That means chest pain and feeling crappy!
4. The band curbs hunger almost to the point that I can ignore it if I get busy. I don’t starve myself. I eat three meals a day, but if I am busy and don’t eat for an hour after I start to get hungry it really doesn’t bother me. I am more susceptible to eating poorly if I wait too long and don’t plan ahead.
That’s it. That is what the band does for me. What I mean is that there are things that the band doesn’t do for me.
1. It doesn’t buy healthy food and throw out all the crappy food.
2. It doesn’t keep track of what I eat.
3. It doesn’t keep me from stopping and getting ice cream or a milkshake or other high calorie food that would slip right through the band.
4. It doesn’t drive me to the gym.
5. It doesn’t make me step on the scale and be accountable.
I work hard for what is happening. I am thankful for the band. I am thankful that I did this now instead of later. I am doing what I am supposed to be doing. I guess that is what I will keep telling everyone when they ask.
This is my journey, my decision to keep it secret and when I succeed it will be MY SUCCESS!
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