need support---i'm outta control!!

man i never thought this would be me...i've been so strict with my diet and now over the past month i've been out of control.. i've discovered carbs and i'm addicted! i've even put on about 10 pounds i'd say...i'm just falling back into my old habits! i told my hubby to help me and not let me bake stuff for myself or eat too much bread anymore but he's no help. i don't know if i need to just go back to eating no carbs at all...totally cut myself off from them. i crave them now so badly!! what do you guys suggest? i even quit using fitday but i DO still keep up with my Walk away the pounds and weight training. i do 4-5 miles a day (mon-fri) and do chicometrics w/extra arm work 3 days a week. and i usually just do a quick 1 mile walk on sunday. but it's the eating...argggghhh! thanks steph 350/155 (5'8")

((((Steph)))), I replied to your post on the grad board but want you to know I'm here for you. Those carbs are evil, I found when I struggled with them after about 3 days of decarbing the cravings subsided substantually. Best wishes! Dana

thanks hon!!! i'm glad i to know i'm not alone and can decarb myself before i gain too much weight back...i swear i never really thought i'd fall into the trap but i guess that's what i get for treating myself..the treats became more frequent.

I so know it but I'm not as bad with white carbs as I am with sweets (I don't dump). I can handle the rice, potatoes and pasta, chips and crackers. I have to watch the desserts allot. I made a s/f pecan pie this weekend and s/f banana nut bread for guest. I sent most of it back home with them because I knew I'd be tempted. Do you tend to crave sweets more post-op then you did pre-op? Maybe I just don't remember but I don't recall craving sweets so much, I was mostly a volume eater and a rice and potato girl pre-op. There are some days I just cannot resist something sweet, I walk away, drink water, do anything to get my mind off of sweets but I always come back and get something small. I obsess/crave until I get something.

i remember before surgery i ate anything and everything. i was big into chocolate, pretzels, and popcorn. and lots of fast food!! i just recently discovered pizza again and that's killing me!! it's so good but i need to go back to my homemade pizzas with the low carb tortilla crust! i crave sweets a lot now too but it's not as much the chocolate as it is like sf banana nut bread or sf cookies...my latest is banana nut or caramel apple wheat pancakes...they are sinful! i threw all the stuff out i need to make them yesterday...i had my last meal of pancakes last night and cut myself off!! i started having a craving today and i decided to do a quick one mile walk video and chewed some gum...now i think i'm going to have some crystal light and watch my soap...that'll keep my mind off things...i hope!!

hiya steph: incredible, isn't it, how quickly those carb cravings get control over us. i discovered sf sweets and went crazy with them. i haven't actually gained weight but had to recognize just how many calories i was taking in - which weren't protein - without even realizing it. but don't feel alone, sweetie, the carb demons seem to haunt quite a few of us. we're all in it together, ya know, and thank goodness the tool is still with us when we decide to apply ourselves again. you should be so proud, though, for recognizing the issues and also for keeping up with the workouts. i know i'm proud of you. take care dorthe

thanks for taking the time to reply dorthe! i know those carbs are evil and the sf sweets are too!! but i'm trying to get control again....i am very thankful that i didn't lose control of my exercise route. i have stepped it up a bit and added a couple extra miles a day to try and get the weight to drop a bit.

Stephanie, Thanks for being here. I hang out on the OFF (over fifty forum) but stop in here once in a while. I've gotten a bit over confident I think. It was "easy" for me for about 14 months. I have lost 184 lbs still would like to lose about 35 more. . . and I have been slowly gaining the past few weeks. I've gotten out of my exercise habit big time this summer. Lots of traveling and family issues to deal with. Not taking the time I need to take for me and it is showing. I too have re-discovered carbs. For almost a year I ate little or no bread. Now it seems that breads are tempting me again. I need to get back to protein first. The first step is to get back to the gym. I promise to do that this very morning. I was so great about that commitment for over a year. How easy and quick it goes when one loses focus. Thank you for being here. I need to visit the grad board too. The hard part (keeping it off) is here with us isn't it? We don't want to ever go back, so we have to get outselves in gear and do whatever is necessary don't we? Karen C Karen C 377/195/160?? (goal not there by a long ways!) 5'3"

Wow you look amazing! How are you? Anyway, I don't think it's the carbs that are the evil demons. I think it's more the kind of carbs your taking in Steph. Pizzas with the cheese and stuff and high calorie carbs will knock you right off the ball. I had the same problem this time last year, only I gained 15 lbs in a short MONTH! Believe it! I CONVINCED myself to find excuses why I was gaining weight. "I'm eating more food than the small morsels I was before." or "My metabolism is slowing down because of how little I eat" or "This is the time I'm supposed to be gaining". PheSssShh! Know what it really was? I was chowing down on chocolates, cookies, chips, high fat/high calorie foods, just small bits throughout the day made it seem less obvious. Jumped on fitday and realized I was pulling in something like 2300 calories/day!!! Before surgery, I had lost alot of weight on the Atkins low/no carb diet and found that one small piece of chocolate blew me up 5 lbs. Yup. So I think maybe your body just isn't used to it yet. I've eaten carbs throughout my journey (not because I couldn't give it up) but simply because I know once you give it up, your body CRAVES it with a vengeance. Don't worry, just make healthy food choices. That's all. I reassessed what I put in my mouth and lost those extra 15 lbs I had gained for over-indulging. I've since also lost an extra 9-10 lbs about 2 months ago (that's 18mo post op) Good luck!

Wow I am sorry you are going thru this but I am also relieved to know I am not alone! I have'nt dropped "In" in quite awhile and I should more often! I have'nt gained (yet) but if I don't knock it off I am sure I will. I have been thru so many head changes in the last 6 months some days I don't know if I am coming or going! I actually got afriad to eat for awhile and I am actually underweight right now. 88lbs. and not quite 5 ft. tall I have been telling myself well you need to gain a little weight and while that may be true I don't need to do it thru junk food!! It is amazing how it will play at your mind till you think you are going to go crazy if you don't get that cookie or that chip. We have all come way to far to go back now!!! Tell yourself NO because number1 you love yourself now and you don't want to go back. Think how important it is to you to be healthy and happy. Ask yourself Is it really worth it? I think this time of year makes it harder. The TV adds and all the old holiday memories that mostly center around food! Good luck and I am in your corner all the way!!! When we talk about it and stick together it makes it easier.