Eating to much

Hi guys, I really seem to be eating to much the past couple of weeks. It seems I can eat a lot more food and that I am hungry alot. I alos have move into a grace pattern which I know is not good for me. At first I thought it was about having more energy and wanting to go out and dance all the time. Now I am starting to realize I am moving back into unhealthy habits. I am having to force myself to go exercise, I am eating more at night and I have even had bread a few times. I think the newness of the surgery has worn off and now I really have to keep an eye on how much I eat and how much exercise I am getting in everyday. It is starting to feel a little like it did before surgery. I have done really well since surgery. I have lost 70 pounds. I am losing sizes. I rarely eat bread or anything white. I exercise everyday. However, I am struggling with eating at night and with cravings. I have been craving salt like there is no tomorrow. I have been eating really big dill pickels, olives, even tortilla chips with salsa. Anyway, I just wanted to put that out there. Now, I have to get off my butt and get to the gym. Terrie 366/295/ goal 165

Hi Terrie-I too have been feeling the same way as you. I have been eating half a sandwich for lunch the last couple of days when last week that would have been too much on my stomach. I only ate the tuna before. Last night I had an English muffin with sugar free jelly. I know in my book it says we can but it does scare me when I can eat a whole half of a muffin and not feel like a lead ball. I also have been slacking in my excercise. I hate the heat and I had cut back from everyday when it was in the high 90's. I need to shake my head and refocus. I was doing well too and it does scare me when I eat more some days. When I really write down what I'm eating it is not that much but it feels like it to me. I also like you have been craving saltly food. Bought a big kosher pickle the other day and have been snacking on chips and salsa. Don't have any answers but wanted you to know you are not alone. Sharon Brown

OMG!!! It's like you took the words right out of my mouth.....I was just sitting here at my desk, looking in my garbage at the bag of popcorn I just inhaled. Now, there is now way on earth that I should be able to eat a whole bag of popcorn...yes, it was light, but a WHOLE BAG! Actually, I have been doing this for the past 3 days....and I've never even been a popcorn person, but for the last few days, it's like I'm craving it. Everything you mentioned is me...dead on! Hey, maybe it's our bodies going through a certain change. Who knows? I'm not worrying too much because I'm getting all of my vitamins in, drinking my water, exercising 5-6 days a week, and still losing! But it is a real concern for me, because it's like I want to snack ALL THE TIME! I still don't eat bread, rice, or anything white....but I want to, and before I didn't even crave anything I knew I wasn't suppose to eat! Well keep us posted! I sure hope this thing passes! Lady D

Terrie, I, too, am right there with you! The snack monster has come and taken over my soul! Ok, not really but that sure would take the heat off of me. Hate that accountability thing! Am still exercising, but sure don't want to...Texas heat is killing me, PMS'inig. Kids started school...just generally out of routine here and as usual, am soothing with food. The horrific thing is that I am in the kitchen and beginning the grazing process before I even know it. I can't even catch myself at the trigger point. Who ever said that this was the easy way out.....LIED!!!! Cyndi 282/209/150

Me too, Terrie! I feel like I'm eating way more than my little stomach should be able to comfortably hold. And I've gotten back into a few unhealthy habits, such as feeling snacky in the evenings. But seeing your post and all the replies really comforted me... at least we're all in this together! And I'm going to start my day tomorrow with a renewed sense of why I went into this new life and go back to basics... protein and exercise! I just wanted you to know you're not alone! Take care, Susie

hi ladies.. i'm right there with you all, as well. the only thing i have done, is try to incorporate two snacks into my meal plan. i try to eat 4-5 times a day. but the snacks i eat are protein - so that way it's helping, instead of hurting. my favorite snacks are beef jerky, cheese sticks and a half apple with peanut butter. i've tried the english muffin, but i'll put some PB on it to give me that extra protein, instead of the SF marmalade or butter. this isn't easy.. and it just goes to show us that this surgery is NOT a magic pill - it really is just a tool - and the hardest, most important part of a successful weigh loss - is fixing our damn brain. LOL it sucks - but i guess if we just try to only put protein or veggies or fruit in our mouths, then we aren't doing that badly.. right? i hope. lol kristen

Thanks everyone, It is good to know I am not the only one. Since coming clean about moving into old behavior it seems easier to be aware. No matter what I eat there is something about the way I eat sometimes which feels like old habits. Gracing and planning do not go together. I did take some time to work through an old issue of feeling like the healthier I get the harder it is for others to keep up with me so I will loose people I love. This seems to have help alot with the grazing. I guess now is when the work really begins. I feel so great being 70 pounds lighter and I am really looking forward to be 100 more pounds lighter. I have the tool and the desire now it is just a matter of making the best choice. Thanks everyone for sharing in this process. Terrie 366/295/ goal 165

It is hard Terrie. I too have started struggling with keeping good eating habits. It was so easy earlier on in the process (my little pouch just WOULDN'T hold that much), but now I'm having to learn to think through my feelings about food. When I think I'm hungry I'm having to ask myself "am I REALLY hungry, or do I just want to munch?" I've had a couple of episodes of chowing down on some chips (which are now banned from my house because they are definitely a trigger food for me!) without thinking of how much I was eating or if I was really hungry. Most days I do okay, but there is the occasional day where I just want to EAT ALL DAY! For me, that's the hard part - learning to THINK about why I want to eat before I actually do eat. It was all impulse before surgery, and it's hard to break that habit. Now I'm feeling renewed in my determination to make this a healthy lifestyle change...I WILL DO IT, I WILL DO IT, I WILL DO IT!!! Thanks for voicing what so many of us are feeling! Sharon 267/210/140

Ladies I hear you all the same goes 4 me too I bought a bag big bag of salt n vinagar chips I know I shouldn't have last thurs I am still eating them gues what I just threw them in the trast screw that I look too good feel too great to let myself slip like this I gotta get out of that habit before it is way too late 265/178/ goal 140