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BandedHuns Mad Fat Diary

So far my fills haven't made much difference really. My problem is definitely head hunger (the surgeon should have put my band around my brain!) its funny this whole relationship with food. Before my band i did a self evaluating exercise to see why I have a dis functional relationship with food, what my trigger points are / were & i decided i had a little issue with everything & no big issue with anything (if that makes sense???) it's only now that in realising that my big issue is with my head! It's too easy to get out of control (& fast!) & hard to get back in the zone & even harder to stay there!
Hopefully the next fill will help & it'll be like the days post surgery when restriction was good.
I'm so scared of being one of the failure statistics.
 
I COMPLETELY agree about the failure. im so scared of that, hoping my portions will stay small and satisfying but we shall see. I understand when you say there's not real issue. Like me you like food, I eat well but when I'm in self destruct mode I'm awful, I'm the worlds worse, you'd think I was super obese how much I tuck into.

Hummmm if just like this band to sort out my eating amounts and circles of destruction, I want a healthy relationship with food....
 
I'm scared I'll be a failure too it I'm determined ladies we can do this! My provider said 3 small meals and two snacks a day so I'm trying to stick to that x
 
Yes that's what I'm thinking . That's why I've got this cup out ( mess ring cup) and having three lots of that

Photo is keek and potato soup blended up in 200ml cup .... Feel satisfied eating that but it just doesn't keep me long .... Please bring on 6th May!!!! I need restriction
 

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emmahc1975 said:
My provider says the same. The problem is i could happily eat the snack virtually straight after a meal!
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That's what I struggle with, like I feel like I could easily eat again.. I thought the band helped you stay full for longer? ( I can't grumble too much I eat so much smaller... But I'm assuming the fills are what touch the right part of the nerves) I've just disappointed myself with the sweet stuff I think so now I'm ultra conscious of everything else
 
The band will do that but not until your in the green zone. This is the hardest time for us bandsters, waiting for restriction
 
Ahhh perfect ... So in the mean time just ride out the portions and hunger . Gosh I've still got a month till my fill and I really want to be in the 13s by then, I hate seeing 14... And not lost anything over the weekend what with my choc fest! Doh!!!
 
Hi Girlies :) just trying to catch up ..... your tummy and toilet were all normal for me too, i think the runs is basically because all the fluids + watery sloppy foods LOL but i'd rather that than being bunged up (not pleasant) I'm 8 weeks hunni and no fills so am struggling big time with hunger, tummy and head hunger too. My team recommend just 3 meals no snacks and following the 20 20 20 rule !!! of course i possibly cant manage to stick to that !!! i am having snacks and still am only having most days 900 cals some days 800 and a couple of days last week 1000 ......... tbh cant understand if following all the rules and no snacks how i could possibly get enough calories in without my body going into starvation mode!!!
Yes its a struggle and hope just like you all, can keep my head in the right place to keep me on the straight and narrow BUT not easy.........
Its coping strategy's that are working for me now, late breakfast, drink, exercise while waiting for lunch, lunch, drink, walk, dinner, drink ooooooooooh its endless lol
Come on girls we can do it !!!! we all know band its not the easiest route, but i think it certainly helps get the mind in the right place :) x x x x
 
Yes. That's it basically. Its tough :-(
I'm a bit disappointed with myself because I thought i was mentally stronger than this.
I was just half a stone off my lowest weight since i piled it on with my first pregnancy 21 years ago.
Why are we so destructive to ourselves?
 
I'm 12 weeks out this week & the last 4 weeks have been by far the hardest! You're right about the band not being the easiest, that's one reason why I chose it, because I knew i needed to learn how to eat properly, sensibly, healthily etc.
I guess no one can prepare you for how hard it is to get your head right! Giving up smoking was a million times easier than this!
 
It's a real difficult one isn't it. I think food addiction is by far the hardest because you simply can't not have it in your life, everyone must eat, that eating can trigger binges etc and the cycle commences.

The head habit has to go with the band. I feel like it literally makes you eat so little that you can't get the calories in unless you starve yourself. I guess it's not meant to work that way but it does. I think it try's to get you satisfied on three small meals a day ... But hitting that spot and the time taken to get there is the key to it, in the mean time we need to be strong and know it will work coz we literally can't consume what we used to consume. I do feel that more support is needed in the first 6 weeks before the fill ( I feel quite lucky that I know what healthy eating is, it's not fry ups in cafés or eating full fat products- so my lifestyle around cooking techniques doesn't have to change) but my portions do! That's my soul purpose for going for the band. I just want the grumbles and rumbles to disappear they don't help me feel like I'm eating well it loosing weight. Grrrrr!!!

Yes girlies we can do it, this is the hard part. The recovery and the finding if the "sweet spot" but so many others have successfully achieved a healthy BMI and mindset with the help of the tool and WE can be amongst them!!!! :-D
 
I'm not sure hunni :( self sabotaging hmmm its a very intriguing subject ........... i have been in self sabotage mode for many years, low confidence and self esteem, depression blah blah so recognise the signs now google it lol it may give you an insight or help you recognise your signs :) i have found this journey so far very empowering so the self saboteur has taken a holiday LOL Stay strong Emma hunni, once your in 'green' it will become easier in the meantime don't allow that voice in your head undo all your hard work..... everyday is an uphill climb but its all worth it in the end ........just remember this is for life now :) don't be in a rush to get to the finishing line, enjoy the journey along the way x x x x
 
You hit the nail on head. So used to dieting for upto 6 months and it all be over .... Then go back to my old ways. Your right. This is life now. Learn to live it without loosing it all in one go. Slow and steady.... Changes their life! :-D
 
Agreed bandedhun we can do this :) I had mine done via the nhs and yes it took 3 years to get it but i learned so much along the way, that my head is in that right space, i know i can do this :) At my hospital the person who has lost the most with a band, did it without a fill lol
 
Wow that's amazing! Topkat has pretty much fine the sane too :)
 
Yes ladies. It is lifelong now. I've been overweight for around 30 years so a few weeks of not loosing & a couple of bad days is nothing in the grand scheme of things! Today has been a good day so far . . . . The 1st of many more, fingers x'd. Staying positive! & so thankful for all the support as always
 
3st is amazing, I can't wait to reach that point. I think the only time I'll realise how well I do is if I loose the 5-6st I want to loose abc it STAYs off !! That's why I had this done, so I NEVER go back to eating BLOKE size portions xxx
 
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