The Mental Aspect- How are you coping??

Stephanie and I were chatting on the Monday weighin thread and I thought it might be a good thing for us to talk about. How are you doing with the "eyes bigger than the stomach" issue?? Today I went to have some frozen yogurt with my daughter and sis in law, and when I got to the counter I ordered a small sugar free yogurt, but quickly thought that I would rather have a medium. There is NO WAY I would be able to finish a medium, but I really thought that I under ordered. Does anyone else that these problems? I seem to do it a lot, thankfully, I can only eat so much so I end up throwing some away, but I will find myself thinking I can eat much more than I can. Anyone Else? Crystal

I think the mental aspect of this is the hardest part if you ask me. Especially around the Holiday's. Even today, people eating potatoe salad and cole slaw, I want to fill my plate with that but don't, instead I go for the chicken. It's so hard, but when it's all said and done I'm glad I did it. Now, I would love some sugar free yogurt! Was it yummy???? Does anyone wonder how we'll eat when we'll get to our goal weight and worry if they'll stretch their stomach because their eyes will be bigger than their stomach? I do!

Oh, I worry about after reaching goal too. I was soooo close to having a Diet Coke yesterday. I couldn't believe it. I have not even had an urge to have one, and yesterday I was on the edge, trying to convince myself that one wouldn't hurt me. I felt like an addict. That was kind of scary. Well, I guess we are good on holidays until July 4th, then we will have to go thru this all over again. The Sugar Free frozen yogurt was sooooo good. It was hard yogurt, black raspberry. It was so guilt free and I loved every minute of it. Crystal

Well, you already know I have those issue and I also wondering if I am having them now..how is it going to be in 6 month or 12 months or even longer. I am starting to use smaller plates now and hopefully that will help with the me thinking I have a lot of food on my plate!! lol

I notice even at dinner if I am not with my family. I still fill my plate up generally. Then I can't even eat 1/4 of what is on my plate. I do got to admit, it's scary. I end up throwing it away . Hopefully in time I can just take what i'm going to eat.

I know right!! It is weird how the mind is sometimes! My surgeon and therapist both suggested I try eating from a smaller plate and I did that yesterday and my mind actually did think I had a lot of food, because my plate was full. So I am going to try and do that more often. Take care.

Before I say what I'm about to say, please know that I am extremely dedicated to making this surgery work! I am in no way interested in messing with my health, and if I wasn't serious about losing weight, I would never have had the surgery. But..... I have been a bad girl. From experience, I can say that I can tolerate up to about 22 grams of sugar per serving (at least, but I'm not pushing it). This is knowledge I WISH I had never discovered, because now I know that "its ok to have a couple cookies"... or "a small slice of cake won't hurt". BAD BAD BAD!!! If I had eaten a "couple cookies" and gotten sick, I would know better, and I wouldn't do it again! So yeah, I am having to focus on a little more self-control these days. And it's hard, but I'll make this work.

Cathryn, I totally know what you are taking about. I have never dumped, even when I have tried to. I too have found that my body will allow me to eat a small piece of cake or a cookie. It is scary, but thankfully my husband isn't a sugar hound so I don't have to worry about keeping them in the house. Cookies are evil. From what I see, you are doing fantastic and your weight loss is extrordinary. I do agree that getting our bodies to change was easy, but the mind is a totally different matter. Thanks for giving us your input!! Crystal 71lbs gone forever