Are you rarely hungry after being banded?

[flexible 0]

After you are lapbanded is the main reason you eat less is because you don't get hungry? Or is it because if you eat too much you'll throw it up.

Maybe it's late and my mind isn't that clear. But I'm trying to understand if you have to deal with cravings after being banded.

Also when I'm PMS I eat about 1 1/2 times normal. Will I still feel hungrier before my cycle after banding?

[theresa2mum 0]

I've only been banded 4 weeks and just starting solids...but I will borrow a well used quote that's used here regularly..."they band your stomach, not your head"...

So yes, I still have to fight off impure thoughts about the choccie biscuits in the fridge. But today I had one and not the whole packet Little steps...

I can say that I have beaten my caffeine addition...that's a biggy.

I'm sure some experienced banders will be able to give you more info.

Good Luck!

[Jachut 487]

I am hoping it will be like my third pregnancy, where my baby took up residence where my lungs should have been. Consequently I had very little room for food, I'd eat a tiny bit, feel really really full and cheated that I hadnt got to enjoy my nice meal (and worried that I wasnt eating enough). So I'd poke a few more mouthfulls down and throw the lot back up or sit up all night with foul heartburn and reflux. The food would sit there for hours too and I couldnt eat more than a bite for hours and hours after a meal.

If being banded is anything like that I'll be extremely happy. And the weight literally fell off me to, for months.

[Nykee 13]

YOu dont throw up when you eat too much (in so many words)

you have to have lots of self control

many say they are hungry ........ many say they are full and saticefied

IMO

the answer to your question is that you will benefit by not being as hungry..NOT by the pain and trauma of PBs or overeating stessers

I been lucky so far so Not be hungry and not care about food as little as I can eat.. But as I read through here, thats kinda rare