HI EM!!!

Hi EM,

I am not at restriction yet!!! so Im eating more then i should at this point but still not much... My parents (who know about the band but don't really get it) do make the odd comment like "is that all you are having" they don't really get it!!! I have not yet found that anyone has really noticed me not eating much or maybe they have but just not said anything! the only comments i have is when i dine out and I don't eat the food... The chef seems to think I didn't like it (Ive had a few ask me if i liked the meal only cos there was so much left on the plate!!) I have also told everyone that Im eating less cos i have chosen 2 and that is how i have lost the 30kg!! so i guess thats another reason they dont question me. The best advise i can give anyone is to always grab the smallest plate and just eat off that...People then dont tend to question you so much cos it looks like you are eating a "full meal" but the plate is just smaller!! The band hasnt effected me as much as I though it would. I have been pretty lucky that I can eat pretty much everything just not much of it. i thought I would be vomiting every time i ate!!! The food does get stuck and it can be painful but it passes and you soon learn the lesson to eat slow and chew. The first few weeks after the op you most likely wont feel like eating so just take it slow!! I didn't see an exercise Physiologist but i did have an overnight sleep test which was not fun!!! i must say that the weeks i dont exercise are the weeks I dont loose much or stay the same so its really vital!! thats really great they have got you seeing a specialist in that field!!


All the best