"It's only a Tool" scares me

[JustAskinThx 0]

Hal, I hear ya. I got my band on April 22, and I think I had a lot of the same fears, which for me boiled down to: "What if I do this--which I consider to be a fairly dramatic and drastic choice, and which I know will change the way I eat--and it doesn't work for me?" I am now in the phase between surgery and my first fill and here's what I am finding. I did WeightWatchers before, and I find that during this "pre-fill" time I do have enough restriction to do the essential WW thing again, but it is actually a lot easier than when I did it pre-band. Not effortless--eating cake all day and still losing would be my definition of "effortless weightloss"! But it is a lot easier because although I do get hungry if I wait 5 or more hours between meals, I find that I fill up on much less food than before the surgery. My goal is NOT to gain weight before I get my first fill in 2 weeks, and to keep strengthening the good habits I'll need.

The thing that helps me is thinking that "This is my LAST time to diet. The band (yep, tool) will help me to maintain, which is what I need."

Hope this helps. Best of luck to you!

[Sooz 0]

I do both. I overeat with big meals plus snack in between. This is why I know I have to do something, and I have a feeling the lapband may be the tool I need to keep me in check.