I remember when I was a recent post-op and I was soooo careful about what I would eat.
You know, those magical early months just after surgery. I was such a good Baby Bandster. I was down 40 lbs by my 2 month bandiversary. I was so careful about what I would eat.
When I was a Baby Bandster, many thoughts would pass through my head before I would eat ANYTHING:
- Can I eat that?
- Should I eat that?
- How much of that should I eat?
- I better chew, chew, chew that!
Luckily, with this last fill, I am absolutely at my sweet spot and have good restriction. Is my first stuck episode/PB on the horizon? I hope not, but this is the most restriction I have ever felt with my band.
Therefore, I have put out an APB calling back my inner Baby Bandster. Time to refocus my energy on making good nutritional food choices.
Have you lost touch with your Baby Bandster? I heard someone say the other day, "I forgot I even have a lap band." WOW. I have never "forgotten" that I have a band. What about you?
I think we have all learned what we can get away with. I know that a crunchy chip or cookie is going to slide right past and wave goodbye to the band on the way down. I am with you and need to go back to the earlier days (only months ago) and think before I eat.
ReplyDeleteWe all figure out how to "cheat" our band I think. I need to come to a happy medium of baby bandster rules and living day to day with the band. Still trying to figure that out.
ReplyDeleteI have never ever forgotten that I have a band. I can't even imagine getting to that point. Weird to even think about.
As a baby bandster, I think I'd rather be where you are than I am ;)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Anonymous. lol But it's something to think about for sure!
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ReplyDeleteI think that the ultimate goal with a band would be to let your mind make the involentary decisions of what to eat, how to eat, and when to eat as if you have forgotten that you have a band. I not saying that I wish I could forget that I have a band, but wish that my decisions on eating were as automatic. just keep up the good work.....
ReplyDeleteI'm still a baby bandster only 2 mos in. I still follow all of your bullet points above. Glad to hear about your good restriction though!
ReplyDeleteI need to go back to my baby bandster days too! I am so afraid of just a rebound and then what am I going to do? Calling my inner baby bandster!! Hope it hears me! lol
ReplyDeleteI completely understand what you mean. I think though that is all part of it, you know? At the beginning, you are so desperate (or I was anyway) to change, that I did whatever I was told as best as I possibly could. Now that I'm not deperate and (gasp) happy, I'm not as apt to do things I don't want to do. I just have to keep reminding myself that just because I don't want to doesn't mean I shouldn't!!
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