Im Hungry!!

Hi All-Where is everyone?? I am so hungry the last couple of days. I haven't had this since surgery. I am still getting my goals in. I have also been on a darn plateau for a couple of weeks. I am going crazy. 180 to 179. Back and forth. I know I need to kick up my exercise but my weight loss is getting really slow. How about you girls? Sharon

I find that I want more foods than I did even a month ago. So far I am still sticking to my guns but I feel I won't be able to for long. Yesterday I had two bites of muffins, carbs are my downfall. Give me a donut, cake, cookies, pies, YUM YUM YUM! I can't get that out of my head- I should just eat a whole one of something so I dump and then will never want to eat it again! But on the flip side what if I don't dump and know I can eat them- its not good! My head is still so messed up when it comes to food!

HI Jenni-Carbs are my downfall. I have been munching on a small bag of pretzels or Kashi crackers but I could eat the whole box. I am craving anything carbs lately. Last night I ate too much trail mix with peanuts and raisins. I know peanuts have protein but I am very worried about where my head is at these last couple of days. Hopefully it will get better or all of this will be for nothing.

I know what you mean, last night i dreamt that I ate chocolate chip cookies and didn't dump....now mind you, i stay away from any sweets so this was scary to me.... Ruth Ann

I try and stay away from them right now and I am doing good but I am not sure how long that will hold out. 199 looks so good on the scale and I feel awesome but my head just doesn't get it! I am eating nuts to instead of sweets but those have protein but also a lot of fat! I just feel like it is such a struggle, and I am affraid of ending up where I was before just because I didn't use my tool the way I was suppose to because part of my head wasn't working with what I know is right and wrong! Just my thoughts, something I need to learn how to control.

The honeymoon is over!!! Mine has been over since about 3.5 months. That's when I started to have bouts of the munchies. I find that if in indulge a little - and plan future indulgences I can get my head around it better. If my brain knows it gets a treat now and then and that I am planning a nice one not too far in the future, it gives me something to look forward to . It also gives me incentive to exercise a bit more the day before and day of the treat. With all of the sugar free products - there can be quite a few choices without " really blowing" what we have worked so hard for. When I want sweet and salty - I do SF icecream with peanuts or almonds. Right now - I have promised my hubby and me a treat this weekend for our anniversary - I am going to use a SF angelfood cake ( super wal-mart) fresh strawberries slices and mixed with some SF strawberry glaze ( marzetti make is and I get that at walmart also) sprinkle a little extra nutra sweet over the top and top with sugarfree coolwhip. It looks beautiful, I feel pampered and the most damage I have done is about 200 calories and I got a good service of fruit in the mix. I admit to fighting the munchies quite a bit lately - just yesterday I was feeling sorry for myself that I could not have a couple bites of a snickers bar- it sounded SO_O_O good - then I had to remind myself that I decided that this was the option I wanted to take to get healthy. I really had to talk myself through the craving. Also - what kind of things have you had the munchies for - maybe some of us will have suggestions on how we have come up with a substitute that helped us over the hump. Chin up- just keep rowing - we're all in the same boat!! Cathy

I went to the vitamin shoppe yesterday I bought a protien bar called ROCKN ROLL wow it taste like a payday candy bar has 21 grams of protien & 3 surgars so that is my candy bar right now but i love fungins chips they are evil!!!! lol bad carbs I love them I got to find a protien chip lol that taste like fungins ,I got to stay away from them bad bad bad !!!!!!good luck all

For me, it's pretzel gold fish!!!! I munch on these for a snack. But, I ran out and I am not going to buy any more. I also made banana bread this weekend and I don't have any problem eating it!!! I too am a carb monster! The good thing is...instead of the whole banana bread...I just had a slice. Instead of the whole bag of gold fish, I just had a few a day. And I ran 2 miles in 25 minutes last night on the tread mill to burn the little buggers off!!!! hahahaha PS: I had my hunger back 2 weeks after surgery. I have learned to deal with it better in the past few months, but it was a struggle!