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Hello - I was banded 12/10/05, had one week thin fluids, two week thick fluids and as of 12/24, got to move into mushy phase BUT I have been cheating with the christmas holiday and am frightened I have compromised the band!

Have eaten bread, crackers, chips, cheese, ham, chicken - all chewed up fine and have had my first pb. I am back in control now but woke up this morning with a pain in my stomach (first time), drank liquids all day and had mushy Soup but, after reading now about band slippage etc - wonder if the damage is done!

Also, lost track of quantity - had 4 cups of mushy soup at one sitting. If I go back to liquids for a couple of days can I recoup my losses!

Ashamed to say I blew it?!?

What to do!

T

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Stop and think why you did this!! Is that really what you want to do?

Mushies can be very enjoyable, you can have nice enough foods and enough variety to satisfy your tastes and lessen the likelihood of binging, you just have to put some effort into it.

You are just at the very start of your journey, you do not want to begin it like this. All those foods can come in a week or two, you just have to take it slowly. I dont know whether the damage is done but you surely dont want to push it any further. You're doing the right thing by taking it easy.

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I had surgery just before you Dec 1st.I am having trouble even getting 1000 calories a day in.I feel stuffed al day.Protien shakes fill me up the most.Do you have a support group in you area?I am learning that head hunger is a big issue for some people.I was a nervous nibbler.If I start having problems I will seek couseling so I do not go back to old eating habits after the mushy stage.Right now I cannot eat that much so I hope it stays that way.Good luck to you.

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I cheated on the liquid phase. I was sick of not chewing so I would chew food occasionaly to get the taste and to get to chew then I would spit it out. I never swallowed I was too scared to.

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