Re: Binge eating & the band?>Fee

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Hello there - I bet at least half of us reading your post will have

been nodding our head that we do or have done the same thing. I have

been banded nearly 11 months and I still have moments of semi binge

eating, but for some reason it is not the sweet stuff that draws me

in, but savoury. The band will not stop this and things like ice

cream, chocolate, potato chips go down a treat even when you have

high restriction. You obviously have high willpower to stay on

Optifast so long (I didn't even last 1 day) and you will need to use

some of that willpower when it comes to the crap foods. The band is

not a miracle cure for us, just a tool to help restrict our portions

(and believe me some of us like me can eat well more than our fair

share). I'm being a little blunt here but don't want you to get a

soft and fluffy version and think this is the be all and end all

solution, however I would highly recommend the band. I have lost

20kg in nearly a year - it was 22kg a few weeks ago but I am

currently gaining 1kg per week even with high restriction.

My only tip for stopping the binge eating after the band is fill up

on protein and other solid foods before you allow yourself to have

your chocolate or whatever. When your pouch is full of these sorts

of foods, you will not be able to get much of the other in.

Good luck with it, don't be afraid to post and ask questions and I

think you will find that not one of us on this board has any regrets

about our decisions. It does have it's up and downs but it is a

wonderful beast and I am sure you won't have any regrets either.

Cheers

Cherie

>

> Now, I'm going to come out with my innermost guilty secrets here,

> that I hide from everyone, but I feel safe, & mostly, I feel at

> least a few of you will understand!

>

> Firstly, I'll say that *generally* I prepare good meals. I always

> have lo fat/lo sugar cereal for brekky, lunch can be a bit hit &

> miss - canned soup & toast, sometimes Subway, sometimes pies.

Dinner

> is always salad or veggies plus meat or chicken. I usually have

> calorific dressings or sauces, & always have too large a meal.

>

> Now the bad bit. When I grocery shop, I often buy EVIL stuff.

> (Usually when I shop hungry, but mostly cause I know I'll want it

> later anyway) Icecream, family blocks of chocolate, big bags of

> M & Ms. I hide it & I eat it, but not just a little, all of it. I

> *think* about it constantly til I give in & eat it all, & get bad

> indigestion & reflux.

>

> I should add that my willpower is mostly pretty good. I did 6

months

> of Optifast 2 meals daily last year (no binging), though once I

> stopped, I put on all 22kg, plus an extra 4 for good measure. I've

> done similar several times. I also quit smoking recently - from a

> pack a day, 24years.

>

> Now, I know once I pay out the huge $$$ for my band, I will resist

> buying the nasty stuff, but I am concerned. If I do fall off the

> wagon in the future, will having the band make me feel REaLLY sick,

> & physically stop me from eating too much/binging? i hope so!

>

> Anyone else who was a binge eater? Anyone want to share their

> opinion?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Fee :-)

>