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Hello all, I just had a band to sleeve revision around a week ago. I'm doing great, down 17 pounds my first week..yay me!

I wanted to talk about something I learned awhile ago about generally listening your body.

I had the lap band for 3 years prior and I learned to listen to my body over the years.

1. Head Hunger CAN be controlled.

2. When you take a bite, not only should you chew, but visualize the food going through. Put your fork down. Think about when you have a flouro and drink the barium...it takes seconds to slide down, solid food takes longer. This helped me so much and is helping me now, I learned how to 'NOTICE' my food going through, slight signals.

3. If you feel bad or have a bad day...forgive yourself..and THANK YOUR BODY for letting you know...

Hope these few things help!

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Great post Shontel - thank you for sharing - Dr. Aceves tells everyone to put your fork down in between each bite - I am pretty good at doing that - it generallly takes me about 45 minutes to eat about 4 oz. I have learned to listen to my body and haven't had any problems in quite some time.

Hopefully your suggestions will help newbies and those who are still have issues with eating further out from their surgeries.

Congrats on your revision and your weight loss. I look forward to following your progress!

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sheesh...I can sure tell I had tea instead of coffee this morning.....

What I meant to say was ........I like that imagery of feeling your food going through your system.

Tracy

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You know, you're right. The band has some serious downsides although touch wood, mine functions perfectly. Some people simply cant cope with the sensations it causes whilst eating either. But one thing it DOES do is make you listen to your body.

Even eating when you're not particularly hungry is not pleasurable, even if its not painful, so head hunger can indeed be controlled.

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Thank you for the reminder... I have noticed I can eat like a 5oz yogurt in 10 min.. I do feel full/ satisfied but I wondered if I was eating too fast.. it's so much slower than before but maybe not slow enough... I don't like that my warm "egg" is cold by the time I eat 1/4 of it and if I reheat.. things dry out... it is HARD to eat that slow for food enjoyment reasons as well....

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Am I glad I read this post! I am definately eating too fast so it is no wonder that eating has become an unpleasurable experience. I count my chews to 25 or more but still I'm most times getting the whole "meal" in in under 20 minutes. I hope I can do this visualization thing. Thanks Shontel.

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