SORRY I WAS AWOL

Hi everyone. I'm sorry I haven't been on the board. I really haven't been online much at all. I am in my last weeks of classes and have been doing my project mostly. Then last weekend we went to NJ in the RV for the MOPAR Nationals (Dan's favorite thing to do). I have been feeling very overwhelmed lately. I haven't lost anything in a week and a half. I am stuck between 215-216. I think I am hitting a plateau. The other thing that is bothering me is head hunger. I haven't had to deal with it until now. Now all I want to do is eat. Even when I am not hungry. I think what started it was the old habits of traveling. We would load the RV with junk to keep us awake while driving. If you snack when driving you won't fall asleep. Who falls asleep while eating?????? So we loaded it with low carb junk. Entemanns low carb chocolate chip cookies. Keebler sugar free striped shortbread cookies, Murrays sugar free chocolate covered grahams...well, you get the picture. So I think all that snacking even though it was only a few hear and there, has triggered my head hunger. UGH....it is so hard to get back to normal. So my weight hasn't moved. I am not too upset...I have lost 59 lbs and I am so happy with that. I guess my body needs a break. But it is hard cause I was watching a pound a day come off. Now nothing. I have 2 more weeks of school before this is over (for the semester) so I may be AWOL a little longer. I try to pop in and read posts but I know if I start answering them, I'll never get my work done. Thank you Julia for caring about where I am. I miss you guys too. Much more than the main board. You guys are like family. I promise that I will try to get online more often. I have not forgotten the best board in the world!!! Love you all, Joanne

Glad you are okay. I assumed that you were doing your finals for class and such. I think we are all getting to the stage that our pouches are pretty much healed and swelling gone, so we can eat more and snacking becomes a problem. Old habits are hard to die, and it scares me. Although one good dumping experience has made me rethink sugar. (for the time being... I'm so bad) Post when you can. Debbie -50 (in the 170's yeah!!)

hey there, glad you are back. i haven't been on as much this week either. with both jobs and my granny is going downhill fast i have been trying to spend a little more time there to give my mom a break...so bascially i am checking from here at work and not on at night at all. lets get this board moving again!!!YEHHH

Sorry to hear about your Granny. I lost my grandmother and grandfather both within 6 weeks about 3 years ago and it was difficult. They were both amazing people who had significant impact on my life and I miss them still. I'm so glad you can be there for you Mom. Keep us posted and we'll pray. Julie

Boy, this just goes to show that reading these boards is a help. I thought I was terribly bad because I've had this uncontrollable snack urge this week too. Fortunately, I don't have a craving for sugar. But I would absolutely kill for something very salty and crunchy! Got any suggestions for good alternatives? Windy

I'm glad to hear you're okay and hope that your finished project is just the way you wanted it. That "eat while you drive" thing has always been a major problem for me. I think it started as a kid when (because we didn't have alot of money) my parents would pack a cooler with lunch stuff everytime we went somewhere so we didn't have to stop at a restaurant. I interpreted that as "get in the car, put food in your mouth" and I'm still that way today. Both our parents live about 2 hours away, so we're forever jumping in the car to go to some family thing. I've tried taking water to stave off the snacky need, which is fine, but then I either have to find a restroom about 1/2 way there, or my bladder is ready to explode when we arrive. Those Keebler sugar-free striped shortbread sound pretty good to me...wonder if they sell them in Indiana? Julie

Joanne, I just can't believe you would forsake us for school and time off! Talk about getting your priorities crooked .... I know what yoiu mean with the head hunger. I haven't had much of a problem until the past week or so. Maybe its like someone said, our pouches are finally done with the soreness, and we're feeling normal again. Just try to make good choices and that plateau will start to go uphill again. Heck, I may be on the plateau with you, I just haven't weighed myself lately. Glad you had fun over the weekend, and good luck on your project. Knock them dead with it! Windy

Joanne, Don't be too hard on yourself. This is definitely a learning process. I found that my hunger levels can really be triggered by carbs and even tho the cookies etc are low carb if you ate a lot of them they do add up. So try to increase your protein, lower all the carbs and I'm sure you will be back on track quickly. A pound a day is fantastic, but the body can't keep up with that long term. I average 2 to 3 lbs a week and have from almost the beginning. Only a couple of times have seen the larger daily loss. I think also that in this process our bodies need to stop and rest to allow time to catch up with all its going thru. Mary