Hi WobblyW,
I saw your post on another thread about the psychological test (which I passed with no problems) so thought I could answer both points (from my own personal experience only) in one post.
-- When I had the psychological test (questionnaire and quick brief chat) none of my eating habits came out as "abnormal" -- that is I had never binged and vomited, and never had particularly erratic eating habits, have never skipped meals, always had 3 meals a day (and a few snacks but not massive binge snacks).
-- The problem was (previously) with my meal choices, in quantities and calorie and fat content.
-- I ended up choosing the sleeve for my own personal reasons (having done a lot of research) -- but I know that the bypass would have been my next choice and would have offered me the addition of malabsorption which might lead to faster weight loss.
My eating habits (at my worst 2 years ago) were like this:
BREAKFAST
-- 3 slices of buttered toast
MID-MORNING
-- high calorie Cafe Latte or similar from a London coffee shop or works own cafe (sometimes with a biscuit or two)
LUNCH
-- large works canteen meal (e.g. lasagne and chips, or similar)
-- pudding / sweet treat -- high calorie yogurt or mousse
-- at least one can of fizzy pop usually with calories
6 PM
-- another sandwich (often cheese based) or other high calorie snack (choc bar) and a large bottle of full calorie, full sugar Orange Lucozade
(Hey I was tired after a day at the office and used to frequently feel ravenously hungry the minute I left the office at 6.00 pm -- it might look like just a bad habit, but it was entirely driven by physical hunger signals, not brain hunger ...... and since the op the phsyical hunger signals are (almost) non existant).
8 / 9 PM (on reaching home)
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-- very large ready meal or pizza, sometimes with a few veg (sometimes with chips)
-- more fizzy pop
WEEKENDS:
Similar, but breakfast at weekends would often be (most of) a Full English Breakfast at a working men's cafe as my "weekend treat".
I am only a few weeks post op (sleeve) but can feel enough differences already to be fairly sure that the sleeve will physically prevent me being able to return to those previous high calorie, huge portion meals, for instance:
1. I have given up all fizzy pop and did so pre-op.
2. Hunger is almost entirely absent, or at least
very much reduced.
3. When I fill the sleeve with approx 100 grams of food I now feel "FULL" and continue to feel full for many hours -- so it takes many, many more hours for the tiniest bit of hunger to return (7 - 10 hours, whereas pre-op I used to get hungry every 2 - 4 hours).
4. Bread is a total no no and I gave this up as part of my 2012 new year's resolution so 3 rounds of buttered toast will never be on my menu again.
5. If I choose to foolishly fill my sleeve with a Cafe Latte at (or close to) a meal time, I know I will not have enough room for food, so that also will simply not be an option any more.