WHERE'S THE PAIN

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I went for my second "filling" today. Again the doctor made me cry. My take on this band has been that it should create discomfort or even pain when I eat the wrong thing or too much and I should feel full when I eat 3 ounces of chicken. Okay, well now I get what he is saying, of course it took me crying in front of him for him to say it. He told me today that he understands I am still hungry, but when I go in and tell him that I can eat anything I want, it tells him that I'm not trying to stick with the "plan" (protein only). Whereas if I go in and tell him I'm sticking with the plan and still feeling very hungry, then it shows him that I'm doing my part and the band needs to be tightened. Otherwise, I'm shoving carbs in my mouth which in turn make you hungrier, so he doesn't know if the band needs to be tightened or if I need to change my diet. I have to fight through the hunger until the next fill. I will lose weight with feeling hungry, but he can adjust the band accordingly. If I continue to eat the way I'm eating he could adjust the band but eventually I would stretch the saline pouches to where the band would not be effective.

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So now I know I must give myself 8 weeks with a fill and sticking to the diet. If I feel hungry, he says eat more protein, but whatever I do, do not exceed 20 grams of carbs a day. I don't know if any of you read labels, but 20 carbs is NOTHING! Well actually I think nothing even has 1 carb in it!

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I know I can do this for at least 8 weeks. Good grief how many diets have I done for a month, two months, even three months only to fall off and gain more back. This way I at least won't be gaining any weight back. Hopefully I won't need another fill to help me feel full, but if I do by golly there will be no more making me cry because I have failed, it will ALL be on the band.

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By the way he was upset with me because I hadn't followed his diet plan, but I did lose one more pound and considering I was shoving carbs in my mouth I think that was pretty darn good. The old days I would have put on at least 10 pounds.

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