Having a tight band will not stop you eating crap unfortunately. As I said before, you have to choose healthy foods and be strict with yourself.
The band will be in the background helping you eat smaller portions of the right foods but if you eat crap then you are going to be wasting the help the band gives you.
I wish it did it all for us but it doesn't.
I can only re-iterate what I posted back a few weeks ago
What a band does is help you eat smaller portions of the right foods WHEN you get good restriction.
You want to be eating as much veg, fruit and lean protein as you can. You can eat some wholegrain cereals and breads in moderation as these give you fibre, energy and help fill you up. I'm saying this because you aren't yet anywhere near decent restriction and you aren't going to be straight away.
Just going to add here that everyone feels restriction at different fill levels...some people only need a small amount of fill...some need it almost maxed out...there is no hard and fast rule for everyone here
Also...an overtight band will not stop choc, crisps and ice cream etc....if you eat that stuff too much of the time you will not lose weight...no matter how loose or tight your band is.
Aim to eat every 4 hours in the daytime so that you don't get too hungry. This is what is happening to you at the moment and no wonder you go off and eat a lot of the old foods that got you into trouble in the first place.
Have some snacks ready prepared for you to have mid morning and mid afternoon so that you can go to them and avoid your blood sugar dropping right down between meals.
This is what is happening when you find you are starving hungry.
Have a bowl of drained tuna (in brine) mixed with a splash of vinegar and balck pepper ready in the fridge to dig into. This is really excellent for you, hardly any fat and very very filling. You can eat a whole tin and it will not do you any harm at all.
Also get a pack of almonds or walnuts and have a few of them (half a dozen) to nibble before tea to get the edge off
A couple bananas or apples , or a mullerlight
Make sure you have a snack ready for you to grab mid morning and mid afternoon.
At your current weight you can still have quite a nice generous calorie allowance and lose weight so don't be scared to eat regularly as long as you choose a healthy food.
What this is going to do is help you avoid getting so desparate that you eat uncontrollably and damage all your efforts.
Drink as much nice cold water and sugarfree squash as you can.
Get yourself some sugarfree lollipops to have when you fancy something sweet..
And most of all, stop running the same old negative thoughts round and round in your head...they are doing NOTHING for you apart from keeping you fat and making you give up every time you make a little mistake.
If you accidently choose something you wish you hadn't, straight away forget it and get back to taking one day at a time.
You can do it , try and stop expecting yourself to fail and remember to take it a day and a pound at a time.
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Also want to add, if you are struggling to keep going just have a once a week treat day where you have what you fancy but try and limit the amounts so you don't undo all your hard work.
One day a week of crappy food is far better than everyday.
