Hi everyone- I need some support I hope I can find it here. I'm Sir Fran. I was banded Oct 06. I'm 41 I live in NJ
I lost some weight but have seriously tried evrything I can to defeat this thing inside of me and I have been winning the battle.
I am renewed though today, I heard of a fellow businessman who lost a TON of weight and overheard someone saying he had "the band" done. This guy is so thin now.
Thing is I'm hungry all the time, I'm a stress eater and I have my share of troubles, my first thought is to eat. Then I eat so fast, because the food tastes so good, then I barf and keep on eating after that. I 've had my band tightened a lot of times, its tight, trust me it is. I've just gotten so good at eating around it. I just remembered today like a giant epiphany that its a tool to help me lose weight, its just an aid, I still have to make the effort. So today I tried. I didn't barf at all today. I wasn't perfect, ate some snack type food, but far less than I normally do. I even did ten minutes on the exercise machine. I really want to do this, even more than when I got the band.
I actually weighed dinner and I am still eating it now, counting the number of times I chew. What ever it takes to make it stick in my brain.
Guess what I'm asking is...what does everyone out there in Lapband world eat? I need some ideas for Breakfast, quick meals, Snacks if anyone eats them? Does anyone else weigh their food?
what do you do when you go out to eat? How about alcohol, I mean beer is out because of all the damn bubbles and carbonation, but I have taken an affinity to Gin lately, any one else drink alcohol?
help me out people... and thanks:unsure: