A talk about Restriction

A talk about Restriction

Saturday August 19, 2006

I was banded on July 10th, and have become friends with a woman who was banded 1 hour after me. She had her first fill on August 14th, and I had mine on August 18th.

This is a conversation we had about feeling Restricted.

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JC - do you have any restriction?  I can eat and drink just like I could  pre-band.  Just wondering.

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I  have felt restriction a few times. Usually when I eat a sandwich too fast. I get light headed and feel stars in my eyes, then a "Bloop" kind of feeling and I can tell that whatever went on down. (By the was "sandwich" does not
mean bread, I have made meat and cheese and rolled it up, and sometimes use nothing, but sometimes use a tortilla- I've not had a real slice of bread yet)

I was starving last night around midnight when I came home from a concert near midnight. In the past I would have gone to Taco Bell or White Castle on the way home (and people wonder why I am still a bachelor?).

I knew I had some SF Jell-O at home, so I held out. Ate it, but a half hour later I was still starved. Then I had two pieces of string cheese with Peanut Butter on them. (Protein and calories- but I need protein) Still starving. I could not sleep, I was watching TV anyways. So I made a "Sandwich" out of a tortilla wrap and some Pimento Cheese - BAM! It weighed just two ounces, but I ate it in just a minute. BAM! Stars in my eyes, and RESTRICTION. Then BOOP, it went through. That was 2 AM.

 

I still have not eaten yet today (2PM) after having a protein shake for breakfast.

I am thinking of eliminating the soups I have been eating from my diet. The cream soups were great, and did help in the early stages, but unless I eat something solid, I am hungry again in a few hours. VERY HUNGRY. So, I still want to eat if it is a thin soup. I guess it just goes through the band and I'm still hungry. I do have some thick soups that friends made for me, and those keep me full for hours with just 6 or 8 ounces in a bowl.

I have added a lot of SALADs to my diet of late, and our dietician suggested adding sliced meat and cheese to the top for extra protein. Those have made me feel full and last quite a while (with the meat and cheese), whereas a plain all veggie salad and I am hungry in two hours.

Tomorrow I think I am going to try KFC for dinner. Chicken is supposed to be difficult for many, so I will try it and go very slow. 2 piece box, where I used to eat 4. We shall see how that goes.

 

I go back to the Dietician on Thursday and will get weighed again. Depending on the weight loss and how I feel and how restricted I feel, I will contact Dr. Curry to consider another fill in a week or a few weeks. Next weekend I get to RIDE MY BIKE AGAIN, so I know that I will not get a fill just before that. I want a few rides in me before I tweak anything in the Restriction/Band.  

JC