Sabotaging myself! Help!

Hi guys, I don't know what has come over me the last few weeks, but I am 17 lbs from my goal weight and it seems like all I've been doing lately is eating, and eating the WRONG things. I feel like I'm on a feeding frenzy! It's just nuts. I actually went and bought a can of Pringles the other day and literally finished them off in 2 days. I have NEVER done that. Today, I bought my 3 yr old a Mrs. Fields cookie and went ahead and bought myself one too and proceeded to wolf it down. I am so disgusted with myself I could just spit. Is anyone else going thru this? It has come on so sudden, and I feel so close to getting to my goal, I just have to ask myself what the hell is going on. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I am so furious with myself! Kim R/az

I feel for you !!!! I have been doing almost the same thing I find that I cant eat alot of reg. foods like meat, chicken, veggies, when I sit down for a meal I eat very little and then I get full fast, like is expected with this surgery, but if I snack on cookies, potatoe chips, melba toast, it seems I can eat some much of it.... and i do............ I can have a bag of pepridge farms cookies in two days.. I dont understand I have been stuck at 184 since July I started at 275lbs so I feel so much better and some of my friends tell me not to loose any more weight, but my doctor wants me to loose 20 or 25 lbs more.. Albert

Thanks Albert, I guess it shouldn't make me feel better that I'm not alone but it does. I'm like you, I can get full real fast on a meal, but the "off limit" items such as high carb foods seem to be no problem with me inhaling. I've got to give myself a kick in the butt and get back on this. We are both so close to goal, that it's ridiculous to screw this up now. In addition, we want to continue to keep the weight off. If I continue down this path I will gain the weight right back on. I will NOT allow that! Good luck to you and hopefully we can get back on the program and reach our goal. Take care and keep us posted on your progress. Kim R/az

Once again Kim, I am right there with you. Carbs are a major problem for me. All I want to eat is bread. I crave sweet stuff too. I am 15 pounds away from goal. I need a good swift kick. LLLLL..........there is one for you! Now send me one back please. Good luck, we are almost there. Leanne

Y is it. That we can eat so much of things like crackers, Melba toast, Cookies and things like that, but when it comes to good stuff like meat (turkey, chicken, veal, etc) or veggies we get so full so fast? I find it so hard to eat enough of any meal b it breakfast, lunch, or dinner, but when I snack on things, I find I can eat loads of it like cookies, crackers, potatoechips, even chocolate's... I get dumping sometimes but not all the times, I wish I would get dumping all the time I eat something bad for me.... ALberto

Kim, I am from the Marchers and I just popped over the your month and boy am I glad, I too have been doing the same exact thing, I think my brain is going crazy, I want to eat everything in site and I still have 50lbs to lose. Please if you figure out a solution to this problem please post it. I am desperate to stop. Rhen

Hi Rhen, I guess the ONLY thing we can do is ask ourselves did we put our bodies thru all this to only end up obese again. That's it...bottom line. It is so hard, because all the psychological issues that made us overweight have not been dealt with. I believe counseling would do me a world of good, and I'm seriously going to check into it. I don't eat because I'm hungry, never have. I eat out of boredom, sadness, happiness...you name it. I keep telling myself that I have never felt better about myself, I have never enjoyed shopping as much or been able to just plain enjoy life. Only we can do this for ourselves. I'm going to put up my "before" picture of myself on my refrigerator today. If that doesn't do it, I don't know what will! Good luck to you, we can do this! Kim R/az

Everybody move over, I am in your boat!!! LOL. Those damn pringles-I have a can of the new cheesier ones in my cupboard right now!!!!! We got one at the store last night while buying decorations for cupcakes-does that sound like a recipe for disaster or what???? I managed to stay out of the cupcakes, and the icing(although to be honest, the food coloring would have stained my fingers so that is the reason I stayed out of the icing, normally I would be having a taste........). My cleaning lady brought us a gift of an enormous baking tray (cakes, chocolates, cookies, squares......YUMM). I dissambled it and stuck stuff in the freezer but a lot of it also got stored in my MOUTH. Luckily there were not a lot of my favorites on there so I was able to keep from eating it. However, there were some pieces that got eaten...sigh. I have 5 lbs to go til goal and I really want it off by Christmas..........so what the H*LL is wrong with me?????????? (and yes, carbs go down like velvet with me too......)OH-I DO get sick on sugars, especially on an empty tummy (not violently sick but I get super sleepy) so that makes me really dense! heather post lap rny jan 27,2004 253/145/140

Oh Heather, Seems like there are quite a few of us. It hasn't let up either. I wish to God I would get sick on sugar but it doesn't faze me in the least. This time of year is the pits. So many parties, functions and you name it. Loads of yummy food and of course sweets! Oddly enough, I haven't come to a stand still. I am losing at a snails pace, maybe 2-3 lbs a month now. I still have 14 lbs. to go. I want to get down to my personal goal of 130 lbs. My family says I'm nuts and should stay where I'm at, but honestly, I think I will look and feel so much better with the additional 14 lbs gone. Unfortunately, at the rate I'm going I will not make that goal by my year anniversary. Sad.... Well, at any rate, hope you have a wonderful holiday and let's try to get our butts in gear and do the right thing! Kim R/az 233/144/130 Open RNY 1/26/04