Did anyone go throug this??

Im about 5 1/2 months out and I have lost 62 since surgery and 25 since my first visit to the surgeons office. The first 4 months I ate three meals a day and with all the water and the protein shakes or drinks I really never needed any food in between meals. WELL THAT HAS CHANGED and Im scared to death. Now I have two or three snacks a day and they are all GOOD snacks but Im in a panic!! I feel like Im regressing and that Im going to go back to my bad ways. LOGICALLY, I know Im eating just fine but because I have failed for so many years now Im scared!! I make sure my snacks are hi protein, but since I have started with the snacks I just feel like Im not doing as well!! Can ANYONE relate to this and give me a BIG helping hand??

JoAnn- I am also TERRIFIED and have been thinking the same way. My portions are getting bigger, and I've integrated snacks in between. But the amount of food is not what I'm worried about. I'm worried about the carbs I've slowly but surely increased... I stopped journaling my food for a while, and then 3 days ago I decided to input my food in FitDay.com, and was shocked at my carb count! I had such a stall the last 6 weeks, and now I know why: I've been consuming too many carbs and not journaling my food. I've been getting SF Lattes lately, from Starbucks, and didn't realize that there are 21 carbs in a grande latte!! 19 from the milk alone... Time to focus again... Rebecca M. 269/189/150

I am eating more but every few weeks I go though a "reset" where I cut all carbs out, have lots of pure protien, some green veggies and 4 protien shakes a day or 5 sometimes even. everytime I want to eat I drink 8 oz of water wait and then do a protien shake wait and then eat. it helps reset my self control and I only do it for 2 or 3 days and then start adding in more foods and limited carbs - when I feel out of control again I do it agian but I go 3-4 weeks between. sounds weird but I have a good friend that has always been healthy weight and she eats as she pleases and works out 3 to 5 times a week but once a month or so she goes on atkins super low carb (usally the week after she eats what she craves PMSing) for 2 to 4 days till those 2-5 pounds go back away so I figure it is ok for me to do so danni 372/268/170

Wow, it looks like a lot of us are dealing with the same issue right now. I guess it's common at this time frame out? It's just a matter of how we deal with it now? I know it sucks because I am scared too. I'm afraid I'm blubbing it up and I'm not going to lose anymore. I have been stuck in the same couple of pound weight range for at least 3 weeks. It's starting to depress and worry me. I want to believe that the next 10 lbs will just fall off all of a sudden like it did last month after a few weeks stall but Im not so sure this time. I never was a snacker per se, but I'm becoming one now. Some times all day long at work. Partly due to work, it is boring as all hell and dont know what to do with myself, so I've been snacking to entertain myself, How stupid is that??? It's a temp job that was suppose to be two weeks, then went 2-4 weeks, but am in my 5th week now and was told today another 2-3 weeks. UGh!!!! I'm going to eat myself back to 300 plus!!! I am doing just my 3 meals, but am having a snack during the day of either nuts (and i Know Im eating more than a portion size) or I have a 140 cal sun chip pack. I dont snack at home, just at work so I have something to do. I cant take the thumb twiddling between the little work they give me. Its a receptionist job, phone rings like 5 times a day. LOL The job interfers with my gym time, my eating etc I hATE IT!! But its money, it will be over soon. I hope the next job actually has a little work to do. Anyways..... I keep trying to not snack. I do a day or two, but then revert back to it like I did today because they told me anothe 2-3 weeks, so i felt down and thought "I'll fix you (meaning whatever bad feeling i was having) i'll eat something I know I shouldnt, that will make me feel better, punish the bad feelings or whatever i was thinking", but something to that affect. It was like I was having that snack because a bad thing was happening (having to keep being bored) and at the same time was like a reward because I have to work there another 2-3 weeks so I deserve to eat something I know I shouldnt. How messed up is that? Did that make any sense??? UGH!! I'm going to try tomorrow to go back to measuring everything. To be sure Im not eating no more than 1/4 c. per meal. I know Im eating more than tht at meals. Not alot, I dont feel Im over eating, but I want to get back to very minimal food for awhile and see if the weight changes. I really dont think the snakc a day should be hurting me, so I dont know what the problem is with losing. If I cant eat this much then I am in trouble the rest of my life if this is going to keep me from losing. I dont want to be a snacker. As you, please I hope we can all find some way to stop this behaviour. I know that no matter what anyone suggests it has to come from us. That's the plain truth. We are the ones who buy the junk and put it in our mouths. No one can make us stop but us. Wow,, I can hear myself, but now to take control. Good luck, thanks for letting me ramble!!!

What are yall talking about? I can eat every one of you under a table. Sounds like I am bragging but I'm not. I am getting ashamed like I used to when I eat in front of my husband again. I am snacking all day and I really think it is because I am bored even though I have tons of work to do. I will eat 3 snacks during the day and have to have desert everyday like a little debbie oatmeal pie. I usually buy a bag of sour cream and onion sun chips and I eat those twice a day then I eat more than a share of cashews then in the evening I have an oatmeal pie. I put the post on the board about how much everyone has lost and I am surprised to see that most responded were very close in range but the reason I put it out there because I felt so doomed because of how much I am eating. Not only that for the last few months I may have only lost 6 pounds per month. I did not get gutted for nothing. I should be ashamed of myself and now I feel like I am eating to cover the fact that I feel like a failure. I put my family through hell being scared over this surgery and I promised I was not going to go back to where I was. I eat butterscotch candy at least 4 a day and some cinnomon discs. What is going on? It is not just physical I really feel I most a mental issue going on. Help me. Good Luck to all of you because this is truly a tool. This is something we have to struggle with for our entire lives. I feel like a drug attick arround food. It good be so good but then so bad to you. Hope you all have a good weekend and know that you are not alone but we my endure and be strong. Even a little snacking as long as it is not every day is not bad. If we never give ourselves a treat we will only cheat more. The best to you all.

Whoever said WLS is the easy way out is full of crap. We struggle every day with our food demons. Well at least I know I do. I am in a different boat then you all. I am lucky if I eat 2 oz. at on sitting--that is why I have to eat 6 times a day. I think eating the 6 meals keeps me full all day. Some days I think to my self man what I would not do for some chicken wings from BB'3 because I just get tried of eating this way (I measure , weigh and track everything I eat) and then I remember oh yeah you dump on sugar, fried foods and food high in fat so the thought quickly fades. I think sometimes we are too hard on ourselves (at least I am and I am working on that). I looked at everyone's response and how much weight a lot of us have lost since March and it is unbelievable. By the way Rebecca I have a latte -decaf skim about ever other day with a scoop of protein just to add to my calories and protein--I am drinking one now as I type this (It has taken me about 2 ½ hours to drink it but it is almost gone--anyway my doctor told me there are worse things I could eating/drinking that has carbs). I hope we all can find that balance. Hopefully it gets easier as time goes by because we will have learned what works and what does not. Take care MJ

"I feel like I am eating to cover the fact that I feel like a failure. " I understand this completely. That is exactly what I was trying to say in a post I responded to earlier, think it was in your thread. That is what I was feeling today. With not having the scale move (or at least not down) the past few weeks and with my being so bored at work, it's like I was snacking becasue what the heck, Im not losing, so why worry about it so much, kind of like a punishment for being a "loser", not a loser. It does sound like you are do a bit more snacking then you should. I know it's hard, but please try to work on that. We can all work on it together, it looks like a lot of us are snacking more these days. We need to work on controlling it. I think the more we snack the more we want. I know a few weeks back i tried not snacking one day and it was pure torture, my body was getting used to it and wanting it. So I have cut it down, but im still doing it. But at least the "feed me, im hungry" screaming from my abdomen has passed. That i couldnt handle. Throw those Debbie oatmeal pies away, she is an evil ******!! LOL She's just trying to be healthier, more fit and thinner than you. Don't let her win!!! Let's try making some better choices for snacking as we try to cut them down and out! How about some cheese? Veggies? Something more healthy. We can do this together!!! Good luck Dee, I hope you find the strength you need to help you with this. I know coming here and seeking help is a start, you can do it!!!

Well, I guess its a day for this sort of thing. I just posted about calorie intake and I can now see, after reading this thread that many of us are dealing with food issues. The one snack that I know is emotional/stess eating is the one I have right when I get home from work . I usually have a snack at work, fruit or beef jerky, in the PM around 3-4 so when I get home I am not hungry. I can wait for dinner but I just have this urge to eat something. Anyway, I guess we all really need to encourage each other to say balanced, make good choices and WRITE IT ALL DOWN!!!! I know that is helping me. I will NOT fail at this. I am determined to do this and be successful for the rest of my life! God will give me strength to do what it takes to stick with the rules and overcome my emotional issues. Good luck to us all. I am so thankful for you all. My OH family is so supportive and I am so grateful to have a place to share all this. Hugs, Robin

I have the same problem as MJ above, I can't eat much of anything. I have to eat thru-out the day to get my protein. The Protein shakes make me SICK. I can't eat at the table, only on the couch slightly reclined and relaxed. My other problem is that I feel guilty everytime I put something in my mouth!! I really stopped my progress the last month because I ate so little. Most days I have to force myself to eat. This week is sooooo different. It's about that time of the month and my monthly sweet tooth showed up. A couple cookies later........I wanted to die. I can relate feeling scared to death, I felt that way the second my doctor told me that I could stop my liquid diet and eat real food. I know what it feels like to be obese and the lose 120 pounds and then gain 140 pounds back and I NEVER want to go back there. But from what everyone has said we are all having a slow month! By the way, I just started eating Quaker Soy Crisps, I love the Barbecue. I bought them at Walmart with the rice cakes. I am somewhat picky and was reluctant to try them but was struggling for protein, glad I did. Calories-110 Fat-4g Protein-7 This is for 18 crisps! I think they are a bit high in Fat but they are sooooooo good! Wish you well. Heather