Re: Re: Daily Multi Vitamins

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have you taken your nasty pills today. Ouch that hurt. What I was trying

to express was that the band obviously doesn't help this situation and I am

disappointed in the band and myself. I, like many other banded folk, chose the

band as our last resort. For 42 years I have been fat due to my eating habits.

No other diet has every worked so figured the band would restrict how much I

could eat. Unfortunately, I can eat a lot no matter how restricted but what it

has done is to restrict the " What I can eat " . For this reason, I have become

inventive in my snacking because I have chosen to not buy crap. I was hoping and

presumed that more than 50% of other banded folk must experience the same thing.

Maybe they have found the strength to overcome their weaknesses. Having the band

put in place must be a mind thing for them but my mind is still in the same

framework it has always been in. In hindsight, I should not have asked for

advice but felt like venting my frustrations. I!

did address my email to Dan when I caught him online and had not presumed a

response from the rest of the group. Sorry if I offended. So please, no-one get

on my case and tell me " The band is just a tool or just because you can doesn't

mean you should " . These remind of when I have dieted a thousand times and all

the do gooders put their pennies in the pot. Guess I just have to try harder

like every other diet I have been on and admire those that are succeeding.

Sorry little down on the whole thing at the moment.

(Western Australia)

> george <georgezimme@...> wrote:

>

> DandMcheck,

>

> if you have to cater your snacks as you have described and are

> willing to do that in spite of the journey you're on, what do you

> think we can offer you to help?

>

> for goodness sake, stop doing that!!!!! that you don't have junk in

> the house, so you have to create your own is ludicrous.

>

> there really is no advice i can think of that you can't get around.

> you're pretty good at doing exactly what you want. and isn't this

> why you were in this pickle in the first place? this is strictly up

> to you. its sometimes hard to live this change of lifestyle. but

> hard doesn't mean you can give yourself permission to do what you've

> always done and then ask for advice.

>

> Dand M, you're either in this or you're not. which is it? when you

> tell the truth about this, then we can help.

>

> george

>

>

>

> > >

> > > > Dan, while I've got you (on line) I have a question.

> > >

> > > Hey, you can get me any time. Gail is very generous. :-)

> > >

> > > She always jokes about my " online girlfriends " . Yeah, she

> worries a

> > > lot about this old fart.

> > >

> > > > Another local lady just rang me at

> > > > home and was very disappointed with her band. Both of us are

> > > overweight because we snack

> > > > at night right through until bedtime.

> > >

> > > Well, FIRST, don't have that crap in the house. If there are no

> > > crackers, chips, candy, cookies, whatever, in the house, it isn't

> very

> > > likely you're going to eat them. If you're sitting around in your

> > > jammies (or naked, or whatever) it isn't likely you're going to

> get

> > > dressed, get in the car, run up to Safeway or Piggly Wiggly, and

> buy

> > > some crap to eat. Right?

> > >

> > > I guarantee you that will make a BIG difference. And if others

> in the

> > > house want that stuff, let them go buy their own and eat it

> somewhere

> > > else. Yes, I mean it.

> > >

> > > > As we have very little restriction on so many

> > > > savoury things, how do you control this.

> > >

> > > See above for the answer.

> > >

> > > > I was like this prior to banding and have

> > > > slipped back into my old habits. Although, the amounts are

> less, I'm

> > > sure I'm socking

> > > > away hundreds of calories. It's very disappointing.

> > >

> > > SECOND, don't EVER eat within two hours of bedtime, preferably

> three.

> > > After that time, whatever it is, NO FOOD. Drinks are ok.

> Preferably

> > > water or soemthing else no calorie.

> > >

> > > Only YOU can control this. As you know, the band isn't magic, and

> > > unlike a bypass, eating that crap won't make you poop like a

> goose.

> > > (Well, bypass doesn't do that to all, but to many). I guarantee

> you

> > > the side effects of bypass aren't worth it.

> > >

> > > > I even tried to get the GP to

> > > > prescribe me some Duromine tablets (weight loss pills) as I

> know they

> > > work very well to

> > > > stop me eating as much but because I'm on steroids he feels

> that my

> > > blood pressure is

> > > > already taking a beating. Hope you can offer some advice.

> > >

> > > Don't get hooked on uppers. Really. And thank goodness your doc

> > > won't prescribe them.

> > >

> > > Let me know responses to the above. It is tough, but you can do

> it.

> > >

> > > You said she's disappointed in her band. No, she isn't. She's

> > > disappointed with herself. (Well, if some doc promised it would

> be

> > > magic, well....then that's unfortunate, as it isn't)

> > >

> > > Finally, it could be you need fills (either or both of you)

> > >

> > >

> > > --

> > > Best regards,

> > > Dan mailto:honu@...

> >