So THIS is what it feels like....

[TerriDoodle 6]

....to be satisfied ...not FULL.

I've been banded 2 weeks today ...and I had a lightbulb moment this evening after my 3rd meal of the day. I realized that I now officially eat to be satisfied and not full. As a matter of habit, this is definitely a first for me. At first I kinda missed that feeling of being FULL after a meal. But now I'm in the groove of eating sensible portions which satisfy me for a few hours...and I'm absolutely, completely 100% OK with that. I'm supposedly in 'bandster hell' at this stage, don't feel much restriction, but I think I've already gotten used to the smaller portions and about 800-1000 cals a day. I don't know exactly how to put into words what I'm trying to say...I guess I'm just saying I feel confident and comfortable with this new way of eating...and it's something I should have been doing my whole life! I dunno...maybe it wasn't possible before because there were no immediate, painful consequences of overeating.

I would say the biggest help has been knowing that if I eat more than a cup of food (mushies) I will be in trouble. In this way alone the lap band is truly a wonderful tool. I have no desire to be in trouble. The desire to avoid trouble far outweighs any desire to stuff my face. I can only imagine that when I get filled it will be even better...that any hunger I am experiencing now will be better controlled with restriction and more solid food.

I AM PUMPED, I TELL YA!! PUMPED!!

[edieparks 2]

Terry,

Hip hip horay, hip hip horay for the band!

I know this rush that you are getting.

Maybe you are feeling that YOU are in control not what is in the kitchen?

The band makes it possible for me to eat like I am on a diet but not feel like "that's all I get?" and "I want MORE".

I feel so at peace with my relationship with food. In fact it has really moved down the list of important things in my life.

I am ashamed but today I had to throw some things out because I had let them get stale. No matter how good you contain it sometimes it just loses its crunch. I was still in the old me shopping mode. Along with knowing how much to put on my plate I need get better at shopping for my band.

Best wishes and continued success,

edie