gastric band hypnotherapy

[MissMiff]

HGB day one: I had a smoothie made the way I usually have it every morning but it completely filled me up! I think tomorrow I will try to make it a bit smaller. That was at about half 7am and kept me going through til 11am when I got a bit peckish and had a pack of Special K biscuit moments to take the edge off. About half 1 I had poached eggs on toast for lunch and that hit the spot nicely Then I had visitors so I used the opportunity to get a pack of mallows out of my cupboard. It had been a couple of hours since lunch so I managed to munch a couple of them myself. I had to go out just after 5pm to my exercise group (rehab for my knee post op) then I had Aquafit after that. So I munched a bag of crisps before I went and took a Nakd bar for between the sessions. I get light headed if I exercise on an empty stomach so I was conscious of how little I'd had. When I got home I was fine for about an hour then had a Gold Bar. I am still awake and started to get hungry again so I made a toastie with one slice of bread folded over and one slice of cheese (and my favourite Franks really hot sauce).

So that was day one, I know there wasn't a lot of healthy food in all of that but it was a bit of a mish mash of a day with visitors and having to go out early evening. Tomorrow should be a more healthy one.

I am loving it. I love the feeling of freedom and I'm loving that I have so much energy and just feel so positive about... Well... Everything!

MissMiff, how was your lasagne? I love pasta but never really liked lasagne. How much of it could you manage?

Hi Taz...

Glad you had a good day.. To stop me munching choccy, crisps and bickies, I simply dont buy them..so if they arent there, I am not tempted.. I do treat myself to 3 malteasers every night, which I thoroughly enjoy.. (but I forgot to buy them today, and I ran out 2 days ago..so must restock tomorrow)

The lasagne was lovely... It was tastier than my normal one..(which I have tried to eat since having my hgb but as i am making healthier options, i just couldnt stomach the butter, oil, meat fats, and cream that I put in it.)..

I dont know why, but whilst shopping, as much as I adore red meat, and have often seen a cow in a field and eyed it up.. I just cant bring myself to buy it anymore.. The kids are a little miffed at the complete change, but they'll get used to it!

Fish, Chicken, Turkey and Quorn!..is my limit.. (if you see 2 teenage kids, and a little fat husband dribbling outside the butchers window, send them home, cos they belong to me..lol)

I serve my whole families dinner on small plates, theyre approx half the size of a normal plate.. I managed to eat 5 mouthfuls with a leaf of romane lettuce and some raw red onion. I was satisfied right through til about 9pm, when i had a slice of rye bread (which was delish)

So today is a great day!..6 more great days like this will hopefully result in a great loss..!

xxx

 

[Almec]

Hey all, my book arrived yesterday but I'm going to wait until the start of next week to use it, I'm off on holiday just now so it would be better waiting til I'm back in my normal routine.
Well done on the loses x

 

[MissMiff]

Hey all, my book arrived yesterday but I'm going to wait until the start of next week to use it, I'm off on holiday just now so it would be better waiting til I'm back in my normal routine.
Well done on the loses x

Ooh how exciting.. Have a great holiday, and look at your portion sizes you currently eat, even take a piccy.. so you have something to compare when you complete the book, and trance cd etc..

best wishes

xxx

 

[Almec]

Thank Missmiff and that is a brilliant idea about taking photos to compare x

 

[Taz]

I will always love chocolate! But I know I will eat less of it now as I will prioritise healthy nutritious food over empty calories. I have a good stock of Nakd bars which are a great alternative. Also the Nakd raisins and the biscuit moments which are all healthier alternatives to other snacks

 

[Taz]

Hi, how is everyone doing? I had a sneaky peek at the scales yesterday but official WI is not til Friday. I started (Listened to the installation CD) on Wednesday evening but I couldn't weigh til Saturday morning as my scales weren't working. When I weighed on Saturday morning I was 3lb less than the last time I weighed. I'm guessing I'd lost that 3lb since Wednesday as I can't imagine I'd have lost it before but as there is no way of knowing I am taking my start weight from the Saturday weight. So as of this morning I am 2lb down! Excited about that and hoping at least another 1, maybe 2 more to add to that by Friday.

I'm really loving it, no effort required, no guilt, no counting. Just living!

 

[MissMiff]

Hi, how is everyone doing? I had a sneaky peek at the scales yesterday but official WI is not til Friday. I started (Listened to the installation CD) on Wednesday evening but I couldn't weigh til Saturday morning as my scales weren't working. When I weighed on Saturday morning I was 3lb less than the last time I weighed. I'm guessing I'd lost that 3lb since Wednesday as I can't imagine I'd have lost it before but as there is no way of knowing I am taking my start weight from the Saturday weight. So as of this morning I am 2lb down! Excited about that and hoping at least another 1, maybe 2 more to add to that by Friday.

I'm really loving it, no effort required, no guilt, no counting. Just living!

Thats just brilliant...each day is a step closer...good luck for the official weigh in! I'm rooting for you x

 

[Taz]

Thanks MissMiff. I'm getting a lot of exercise in at the moment and finding I have loads of energy! Strange really, you'd think that less food would mean less energy but I think it's mental energy. I feel up for anything, just a little fuel and I'm ready to go! If only I had the fitness level to match the energy level.....

How are you doing with it?

 

[Taz]

OMG I just looked at your signature and I can see how you've been doing! That's just amazing!!! Really puts my 2lb to shame :ignore: I hope I can get some great losses like that

 

[MissMiff]

OMG I just looked at your signature and I can see how you've been doing! That's just amazing!!! Really puts my 2lb to shame :ignore: I hope I can get some great losses like that

lol.. Silly!.. I have alot more to lose than you!...so its going to come off quicker!..

I think it is starting to slow now!.. But I am finding it so easy... This is week 11, and now things are simply normal... on average the whole day, i will eat 1 rye bread sandwich(half in the morning, half in the evening) and between 5-7 mouthfuls of an evening meal.

I do indulge in my 3 malteasers every night...(which i adore)..

Ive given up fizzy drinks even diet (as publisized, its just as bad for you as non diet, and makes you gain weight).. I drink lots more water, and no added sugar juices.

But i just love it, its as simple as breathing.

And youre right about the exercise too.. I would never ever ever even go upstairs if id left something in the bedroom, and simply ask the kids to get it for me!.. Thats how lazy I was.... but now, Im walking between 1-2 miles a day, and doing Zumba at home for 10-30 mins per day..and enjoying it.

Im glad you have found it so easy too, lets keep it going together!xxx

 

[Mini]

[on average the whole day, i will eat 1 rye bread sandwich(half in the morning, half in the evening) and between 5-7 mouthfuls of an evening meal./QUOTE]

This is a starvation diet and will do long term damage to your internal organs, bones, teeth and skin and it is not one we here on MiniMins can actively encourage as we don't allow any home made vlcd's below 800 calories.

 

[lilprincessvic]

Hi guys. I started the easy loss virtual gastric band app 11 days ago. In my first week I lost 4lbs and I had a cheeky mid week weigh yesterday and I have lost another 3lbs.
I had been following sw and attended group for a year. When I stopped going to group I lost control and put 1.5 stone of the 3.5 stone I had lost back on! I think this was due to portion size. I had been told that I could eat as much as I wanted of certain things so lost control of my full signals. Found myself constantly snacking throughout the day and craving chocolate so much that I actually thought I was preggers at one point!
Since starting this I have not snacked once, I can enjoy 1 biscuit and don't fill my plate any more. It really has changed my life and wish I had found it sooner as I have about 1.5 stone to and I get married in 6 weeks!!

 

[MissMiff]

[on average the whole day, i will eat 1 rye bread sandwich(half in the morning, half in the evening) and between 5-7 mouthfuls of an evening meal./QUOTE]

This is a starvation diet and will do long term damage to your internal organs, bones, teeth and skin and it is not one we here on MiniMins can actively encourage as we don't allow any home made vlcd's below 800 calories.

I am NOT having below 800 calories.. I am eating healthily and exercising.. Thanks for your comment, but it's unfounded,

 

[Mini]

My comments are based on what you have written above when you said in your post that you eat on average for the whole day

i will eat 1 rye bread sandwich(half in the morning, half in the evening) and between 5-7 mouthfuls of an evening meal

The above statement of what you eat is not a healthy diet...you have been eating like this since February

February...

... I can just manage to eat half a sandwich, or 1 slice of toast for breakfast, then I fill full the whole day, then I will cook a normal meal, and dish mine up on a side plate, and I'd be lucky if I manage to eat half of it, whereas normally I would eat at least 5 toast for breakfast with eggs bacon etc, then lunch with crisps, and a dinner 4 times the size that I can manage now....

March...

I eat 1 slice of toast for breakfast, and strangley enough that keeps me full til about 5pm, then i serve up a normal dinner, but on a side plate.. ie, homemade turkey escalopes, lettuce, coleslaw,pita, .. and can normally manage 5-7 mouthfuls....and im stuffed, then about 9pm ill have 1/4 of a sandwich or some malteasers... The key to this way of eating (i refuse to call it a diet)... is listening to your body, stopping when you are full, and eating when you are hungry!

i know it sounds weird, but I will just have a slice of toast for breakfast, and I'll start to feel hungry again around 5 ish... Before this hypnotic band, I was thinking of food and what I could throw down my throat 24 hours a day.. And I normally would scoff constantly.. The change is unbelievable, an I can't believe it myself, and it's happening to me.

For instance yesterday for breakfast I had 1 slice of brown toast, ( normally I'd never eat brown, but now, I see white bread and even looking at it makes me feel bloated)... I'm busy the whole day now, whereas normally I'd nap or laze about..and I'm enjoying being more active. For my evenings dinner I made a spaghetti bolognaise, but with QUORN.. Which trust me, isn't like me at all,previously, if I saw a cow in a field I'd lick it, as I am a meat lover!. I dished it up on a side plate, and managed 5 mouthfuls.. Then about 9.30, I had 4 malteasers!

You say your daily average intake...1 slice of toast until 5 pm followed by 5-7 mouthfuls of dinner and a late night snack of 1/4 sandwich or some malteasers.

Of course you are losing weight on this diet but you are also putting your health in danger and I think it is not a good example for anyone who values their health to follow.

 

[MissMiff]

My comments are based on what you have written above when you said in your post that you eat on average for the whole day




The above statement of what you eat is not a healthy diet...you have been eating like this since February

February...


March...













You say your daily average intake...1 slice of toast until 5 pm followed by 5-7 mouthfuls of dinner and a late night snack of 1/4 sandwich or some malteasers.

Of course you are losing weight on this diet but you are also putting your health in danger and I think it is not a good example for anyone who values their health to follow.

Thanks kindly for your comments but I eat well over 800 calories a day....

 

[MissMiff]

In reply to minis vendetta against me,.. I would like it known that eat well over 800 calories a day, and eat breakfast, dinner and supper, with fruit and vegetables in between.

To all other minimins members please be know that my diet is not a starvation one, but a healthy one, filled with exercise too, monitored by my doctor and health trainer.

If these pointed private messages from admin continue I will have no alternative but to leave the site, as they obviously don't listen to any word I say, and believe I am starving myself to lose weight... And as a food lover and addict, it just simply something I couldn't do.

i wish you all heaps of luck in your losses, and remember ton have over 800 calories, and when you post what you eat, don't forget to include the calorie intake, or you might end up in my position,

and there was me thinking this was a support site,

 

[Mini]

In reply to minis vendetta against me,.. I would like it known that eat well over 800 calories a day, and eat breakfast, dinner and supper, with fruit and vegetables in between.

To all other minimins members please be know that my diet is not a starvation one, but a healthy one, filled with exercise too, monitored by my doctor and health trainer.

If these pointed private messages from admin continue I will have no alternative but to leave the site, as they obviously don't listen to any word I say, and believe I am starving myself to lose weight... And as a food lover and addict, it just simply something I couldn't do.

i wish you all heaps of luck in your losses, and remember ton have over 800 calories, and when you post what you eat, don't forget to include the calorie intake, or you might end up in my position,

and there was me thinking this was a support site,

What is this vendetta you are talking about???

 

[MissMiff]

What is this vendetta you are talking about???

you are badgering me, and you keep messaging me telling me I'm starving myself, and I'm doing myself and others harm. When I am not starving myself, and I've been telling you the same thing over and over, you are choosing to be blinkered and not listen... It's been over an hour of messages from you, and I am replying eight the same thing... Please leave me alone... I am not harming myself... And I've made myself clear to others about my eating.. So that's it, over and done with... Finished.. Ok

 

[Mini]

you are badgering me, and you keep messaging me telling me I'm starving myself, and I'm doing myself and others harm. When I am not starving myself, and I've been telling you the same thing over and over, you are choosing to be blinkered and not listen... It's been over an hour of messages from you, and I am replying eight the same thing... Please leave me alone... I am not harming myself... And I've made myself clear to others about my eating.. So that's it, over and done with... Finished.. Ok

Actually for the record you messaged me first and opened the conversation...

All I was looking for was clarification of your daily intake which going by your previous posts seemed very little.


Now that you have clarified that you do eat over 800 calories and include healthy drinks and fruit in your diet, it would be very helpful to state clearly that you do have these additional foods when posting in the future.


I have a duty to our members that we do not give the impression that home made diets under 800 calories are acceptable.

 

[MissMiff]

Actually for the record you messaged me first and opened the conversation...

All I was looking for was clarification of your daily intake which going by your previous posts seemed very little.


Now that you have clarified that you do eat over 800 calories and include healthy drinks and fruit in your diet, it would be very helpful to state clearly that you do have these additional foods when posting in the future.


I have a duty to our members that we do not give the impression that home made diets under 800 calories are acceptable.

I informed you over 20 times that I was eating healthily.. Glad it finally got through..

have a pleasant evening