Re: And the good news is...> Nic>Mel> Cherie

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I just wrote and it disappeared - so you might get two similar postings! Stupid Yahoo.

Cherie... the band is working for me - I am not working for the band. Its a head problem... not a band problem. I just had some soup and crackers... no probs. My problem is a food addiction... nothing more, nothing less. Its a simple thing - I want to eat more... I want to eat larger quantities - I cheat by having chocolate and wine. I cheat because I am depressed about not being able to eat chocolate eclairs. I am depressed because I cannot eat three plates of chinese... I just want more and more all the time. Its an addiction that I am struggling with.

Pre banding I would spend my days thinking about what I would eat next - what I would buy when I went out for milk. I used to ring Craig every evening and ask him to bring home something - either Mcs, Pizza, chocolate - there was always something he had to stop for... and always food related. I couldn't stop for petrol without having a Mars bar, a packet of chips or twisties and a coke... at least once a day - even if I didn't need petrol I would find a reason to buy it.

This is a head problem, not a band problem. My band is just fine - its doing its job. I am just trying to eat too much too quickly because I am a pig.

Mel

> > >> > >> > > Mel> > >> > > The sweet spot is so individual, for me the sweet spot is no food> > > desire, but if necessary I can eat. So I guess the question to ask> > > yourself is this – were you ravenous and had to eat or were you> > just> > > eating because it was dinner time? If so then perhaps it was the > sweet> > > spot. Then you have had a small portion that is what is ideal –> > > satisfied on a small serving.> > >> > >> > >> > > I went to tapas last night, had a few white baits, a few scallops > and> > a> > > bit of mushroom in garlic. The mushrooms went down okay; they just> > > decided to play silly buggars at 4 this morning. So I was awake > since> > 4> > > with reflux and a cough. So I got up, got rid of them and then > went> > > back to sleep for a bit dreaming about plane crashes. Oh man what > is> > > going on in my head?> > >> > >> > >> > > Nx> > >> >>