I attended group support today. The topic was emotional eating and breaking the bonds.
Many of us are overweight because we eat for emotional reasons like sadness, loneliness, boredom. I associate eating with fun & family. Don't get me wrong...after I have stuffed myself I am not happy. But while the eating & socializing is taking place...that is when I am content.
Once you have the band, your emotions can actually prevent you from being able to eat. What? That's right! Your mental state (if anxious, excited, mad) instead of allowing you to gorge on the brownies or pie, may keep you from being able to swallow. Or at least things may get stuck. We may have to remove stressors from mealtime if that becomes a problem. Eat slowly and chew, chew, chew.
With the band, there will be times that we completely forget to eat. I have never missed a meal. I cannot imagine the day that I will forget to eat. But I do imagine the days that my thoughts are not consumed with what to eat, losing weight and eating too much. So here is to that time I imagine in the future when I am thin and content with the body I am in!
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