Thyatis

So I know I am going to hear all types of bad things about this post, however I thought I would start this so people understood what it is to cheat on your band. I haven't posted here much as i haven't had many problem with my band. Plus it is taking a lot of adjustments to get me to the right level. I have lost 40 lbs since March so that is good in my books.. However i am one of the "lucky" / "Unlucky" ones that can pretty much each anything or even drink anything with my band but not have a problem. THere is two problems, 1. Soft breads and 2. Dry meats, but that is it. However during my journey I have found I have been cheating and didn't really think i was , until i look back and say yup i was. You can take this post either two ways, 1 you can take it on HOW to cheat or 2, take it and look at it like oh i am doing that and it is costing me calories. 1st thing, sodas, OHHHH i love my soda, I have a problem that i can actually drink normal leaded coke without any problems at all. However, when i thought i couldn't i found that i would order slushies or coke icee's this would get rid of all the fizz and guess what leave all the sugerrry goodness. This was bad bad bad. I still do it just not as much. yes i know it I am not loosing weight because of it, I understand. 2. Dry items i found that if i put gravey or coat it with some type of sauce. Guess what that is just calories galore, gravey's and sauces are either sugar or fat. 3. Bread, toasting it helps, but not by much, i can't get around this one at all. 4. What i have found with the band, which i don't like, i feel the band will stop the good foods but all the bad foods are what i call slip and slide. Things like KFC bang right through, candy, chocolate , cheesecakes, key lime pies etc all right through without a problem. I don't like this about the band because i use to not be a big sweet eater, now i crave them. I have found that food should not sit on top of the band for a long time, this is a common misconception, that you have a pouch. You really don't what triggers is the feeling of full which occurs when the top of the stomach is stretched. I have found that i can even eat or drink and feel full even though the pouch is empty. It just doesn't last very long. This is because the item that stretched it only did it a little. Now if i eat a piece of filet i can eat two bites and start filling full. The key is to wait wait wait. I am still a very fast eater and i get stuck occasionally. I have started to slow down. Like i said I am not perfect at all, and people can use this post for either good or bad, that is up to you. But please post what else you find that you can cheat with, it might help people who go OHHH i didnt' think about that. Thanks

Ok so going by this, were you able to eat cheez-its with the band, i am going to take a guess yes. I am also going to take a guess that since having the band you have eaten cheez its, and you have to make an effort not to eat it. I will also guess that you have caught yourself just eating them with out thinking? I wasn't saying you were lecturing but pretty much every post here everyone is don't do this , i would never do this etc... when everyone knows they have done it, and if they haven't they most likely didnt' need the band in the first place and could have done it mentally themselves. What i have found is that the band doesn't stop the bad foods, it stops anything that is a "good" food. For example, it is a cruel world that you cant' eat chicken breast BUT you can eat as much chocolate as you want.

Shazem, there is no point in intentionally cheating your band the point is, you could be doing it without even knowing that you are.

ARGG thank you Lisacaron, you understand where I was going. I have not had problems with my band, i am ontrack with my weight loss etc. I don't know where people got that I have had problems etc. What i am trying to get out of people instead of a constant lecture of not cheating the band was a list of what did you work out that you were doing, that could be construed to cheating the band. For example again. I found that i can drink Icee's, not intentionally it was by accident, because I wasn't thinking about the band when i ordered it. I was out having a good time and doing what i use to do. I found that I can drink icee's which is not a good thing for me because they are a habit that i have, typically when i goto the cinema. But after i relized this I have been able to make the correct decisions. But here is the point, what if I didn't work that out immediately and continued down teh path of a weekly icee or frozen coke, which in turn was causing me not to loose weight. For example the woman that was pureeing her foods, this come up as an example during my nutriention class. Another example, orange juice or any type of juice is incredibly high in calories.

I don't think anyone should "experiment" with their band, i am just being honest yes i have caught myself cheating and until after the fact of doing it, i didnt even think about it. i am certain everyone here has and learnt at some point oh damn i shouldnt be pureeing that pizza (which was never me i hate pizza). That lady didnt relize what she was doing was really bad until months later when they couldnt work out why she wasnt loosing weight.

koolnoor, believe it or not there are studies that say diet drinks are either worse than a sugary drink for you. Might want to look at that. I have found ice tea has become my savior. Especially from teavana. But yes some people can stomach fizzy drinks without a problem. i Have asked my doctor about it, specifically i want to know if there is a problem with fizzy drinks if they aren't full of sugar she said if you can stomach it shouldn't have any problems at all. Your body will tell you. For example club soda with some orange flavoring is great.

ajtexas, and you never did something incorrect or didn't' relize you were doing it. For example some Protein shakes are very high in calories, i.e. the kellogs one. Tastes good but higher in calories, compared to others. \ This is a learning experience for everyone and hopefully this will help people relize they are doing something wrong. I am not saying hey you have a band go cheat around it. That is wrong what was the point. This is more I didn't even think i was doing so bad. For example the icee's at a cinema, that is one of my biggest thing, a coke a nd popcorn. I went there and found that i could stomach without a problem a icee. Which while i was ordering it , it didnt' occur to me that was most likely 1000 calories of nothing. Until after the fact.

Carolinagirl, I agree, this is merely an informational post, we have all made mistakes, and there are some people who are stronger than others , and then there are some who just don't understand or relize they were cheating. For example Soups, there are soups out there that go right through the band but full of calories.

When I was first investigating the band , i always wondered how do you cheat at the band, made no sense to me. If you completely read the post, you would under stand you can use this in multiple ways. 1 of course if you so feel how to cheat the band 2. You might be doing something that didnt' relize you were doing to cheat the band but you are doing it. I am hoping from this we can get other suggestions which people have found they were doing that they didn't think about. For example while i was in class, a lady had a friend who was pureeing her pizza because she loved pizza, and couldn't work out how come she was loosing weight. Well guess what pureeing ANY food the band will not stop, it will go through and you will have all the calories, it will also allow you to eat more as it isn't stretching the top of the stomach as eating even two bites of pizza. Which would have still given you the taste, but you would have eaten way less. As i said you can use it for evil or good. Information being out there is typically more advantageous then people just guessing or wondering if they are or aren't doing the right thing.

Another thing, fruit juices, they are the enemy more calories than coke.

I was banded on feb 13 th and feel like someone took a baseball bat to my abs then did 100 situps. I can barely move without pain and i am sleepinf a lot. I walk around when i can but just feel miserable

Next time you should just cry. If that is how u truly felt why hide it what to save your aunt who just wanted to make herself feel better? Don't give her the satisfaction next time.

Howdie I just finished the nut. Classes of 6 months this week and getting banded by dr jessee feb 13 th i cant wait