fast food

[Betsyjane 2]

I adore fast food for the fast salads!

I'm older so my priorities may be different. I have enough helath problems that I really want to try to de-age a bit through my diet. I'm interested in eating unprocessed healthy food whenever I can. That part is not so much about losing weight as it is about using the "will power" of the band to be able to stick to healthy eating better than I ever have. It's sort of my last chance at my age and health status. For example, with the band, I am no longer testing as diabetic....but artificial sweetener raises blood sugar as much as sugar does, so I try to stay away except with my morning Protein shake. Just seems like the thing I need to do for me. And I want my cholesterol low so I don't do burgers...but that wasn't as much a choice as a loss of interest since I was banded..... Stuff like that......

[losingjusme 12]

i agree with most here... diet ... ick die-t.

if i diet i fail. i eat what i want pretty much, just much much less.

last time i was on a diet (atkins-esque) i lost 10 pounds in 1 week, but the following 10 weeks my weight went up and down the same 5 pounds.

i have lost my taste for fast food pretty much completely. now the McD's has the McRib back (i know, i know) i did get one. i literally had 2-3 bites, was satisfied and pitched the rest. yup, it's a "waste of money" but i'd rather waste the money than have it end up on MY waist...

[mpennix 0]

I find that I think that I want something like a cheeseburger but when I get it, I end up wasting it because like someone else said, the effort to chew it just becomes too much. I make sure that I count my calorie intake so that way if I do splurge then I am able to balance it and not go over. The key is definitely balance. It is weird, I haven't had my first fill and the weight is coming off, I had to adapt to a few changes but none that put me in misery. I have more energy than I thought possible so that in itself motivates me to stay on the right track.

[jetti 2]

I am a few months over a month post op and have no had fast food in over 2 months and I dont even have the urge to even though i can eat solid foods. I was a HUGE fast food person and now I realize that I can live with out it. something else that I have not had is a snack. I am very shocked by this but since being banded I have had my 3 small meals and been satisfied all day!!! this has thrilled me beyond words. I loved to snack on every and anything before and I thought that would be the hardest step to over come but so far it has been the easiest. The hardest part has been picking foods that i acutally want to eat. Nothing seems to be appealing to me any more.

good luck to everyone on there journey...I love seeing the results of a new me everyday!

[Betsyjane 2]

My only major challenge is ice cream.