My Relationship With Food

YES to ALL the above posts!!! I cannot say I havent felt all these emotions and more! I know I cant eat any more than I do, but I miss having food in my mouth. Let me rephrase that, LOTS AND LOTS of food in my mouth! I think I am slowly coming to terms with my food mourning. Some days I will just randomly think OMG I cant ever eat ___________ again!! I just keep chanting that I am down 52 pounds in almost 7 weeks and that feels better than ANYTHING tastes! Good luck to all of us fighting the food demons!

Michelle,.I had my surgery on 2/9/06 a revision from a vbg to a r n y prox. I have done all my eating correctly, and I too have to remind myself daily that I am not giving up anything, that I am choosing not to have it right now. This country is so morbidly obese because of the huge portions we have come to believe is normal. Huge portions in restaurants etc. If I were you, I wouldn't go there to visit when they are eating. I would eat someplace else, and go to visit when they are over dinner. Tell your self daily that you can have it, but at what price? It seems to put things in a better perspective. The temporary comfort would quickly lead to guilt if you overate all those potatoes, and then you would be back on the guilt treadmill again. When you "choose" to have a favorite food, savor the small amount and then tell yourself you are choosing to have more till another day. You haven't lost anything, only gaining a new way of looking at things, and a new way of eating. By the way, I am jealous of your weight loss. Mine is so slow. I have only lost 24 lbs since surgery and that was 7 weeks ago. God Bless Maril