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Do you find your self cheating and eating crap you know you do not need to eat......it is like all of a once BAM!!!!!!!!!! I want to eat and I don't know why does any one have a clue what the world is going on I did not go through all of this to end up back where i started from........PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Francis, the surgery only changed our bodies, not our minds. We will still have to deal with our food cravings and the emotional eating that we used to have before. Yes, I have eaten stuff I know I shouldn't have, but I didn't let it get me down. I just picked myself up, dusted myself off and got right back on track again. I've read here many times that you should never deprive yourself of anything otherwise you're going to end up going on a binge. At Thanksgiving I bought a $16.00 cheesecake from someone at work. When it came dessert time, and loving cheesecake, I decided that after spending $16 bucks on a dessert, I was darn well going to have some! Well, I did. A very small piece. It was delicious. It satisfied my craving and it was small enough that it didn't make me sick. Will I eat cheesecake all the time now? No. Only on very special occasions. I know I'm rambling here, but the bottom line is this, you CAN have some of those forbidden foods ON OCCASION. Just don't make them a regular part of your diet. Make them be as special as you are! Maybe that will help you to realize that YOU are more important than a food craving. Don't beat yourself up, just get back on track and do the right thing for YOU. Hope that helps some and sorry so long!!

Hi Francis, I want through a bad spot like this a couple of months ago. It's not that I was hungry, just all of a sudden I had to be eating something ALL the time. A piece of cheese, then a glass of milk, then a couple of grapes, then a half-slice of toast, then .... you get the picture. In my case it turned out that my Prozac prescription had just run out ... and I guess the depression just made me feel like I had to be eating. Could be lots of different things going on in your case. Check out your mental state though -- and remember we'll be going through lots of huge emotional changes as our bodies change so drastically. If you can figure out what you're really needing (and go after it!), I bet the urge to eat will diminish again. Good luck with this, from someone who's been there (and it passed!) Donna

Hello Francis, I do find myself feeling the same way, wanting to eat little things that I know I have no business eating but I just try and tell myself that I have come a long way and I remind myself that I don't want to go back down that route again.

Donna, I am on lexapro,depakote E.R and I have been on them for about 2 weeks but it does seem to be alittle more stressful here for the past few weeks I have begin to munch at night my worst nightmare is coming true Oh god I don't want to get back the way I was that scares me to death i am not sure what is going on but i do know in my heart that i can not let this get me back down I can not let this thing win again............i wont let it i have came this far I am scared though but it is nice to know I am not facing these thing alone...... I want to say thank u all for your help in this matter..