How Does One Overeat?

NJChick · July 23, 2005

I see alot of posts where people are saying they can / do over eat.

How does one over eat with the band on? Is the hole not small enough in the begining? All I can think of is the stomach/pouch is so much smaller now so how can you over eat and not be in pain (does it hurt?).

Thanks so much

Parvathi · July 23, 2005

Once I hit the perfect restriction, there's no way I could overeat, no matter how much my head says I want to.

If someone ate heaps of chocolate or milkshakes and the like though (those things go down relatively easy and are not 'solid'), that could affect them.

NJChick · July 24, 2005

Thank you Parvathi,

Forgive me.... so does that means that they are not stretching the pouch, they are just eating the wrong foods and to much?

I just want to understand.

porclndoll · July 24, 2005

NJChick...

I feel like I overeat, and its not on chocolate and milkshakes. I can eat for example like two scrambled eggs and two pieces of sausage links.That seems like its more than a cup of food. I don't get the pains or anything that people talk about. I felt a handful of times the food get "stuck", but that was me not chewing enough. Tonight for dinner I had a meatball parm. I ate the meatballs and cheese and skipped the bread. That was a lot. I really felt full after having finished all that. I think that the feeling of full comes different for people. I think some people have pain, others can eat what they want. There really is no perfect science for this I don't think. I am however losing weight...I have lost a little over 40 pounds since I started all this. I had my surgery on 05/05/05......Soooo my feeling is this....as long as your not in pain, and your not vomiting, and your losing weight, your doing all right. Your body will let you know when your full or when you have done something "wrong"...

I hope this is helpful!

TTYL