Munchies

What is up with me today.. i just feel the need to munch.. it is like in my every thought. I am trying hard to follow my diet. I aded a half an apple at lunch just cause it sounded good.. now I am sitting here thinking its 300 so I should have a snack.. If i have a snack I will be over my calories.. why do we do this to ourselves.. I'm not hungry.. just think I should have a snack.. hmmm.. save me someone. I know that time of the month is getting close.. it has to be.

Why are you so rigidly focused on how many calories you take in per day, what would happen if you differed slightly from your original plan? Carla this is a journey and if you don't look around at the scenery and relax a bit you're going to have an eating disorder. Didn't you want this surgery to get healthy and be fit for your kids, that's what this is about? Healthy is also about the emotional hold food has on us. I wish you well my friend. ANDI

I am truely my own worst enemy. I went to the gym and worked out which stopped my need for that snack. I know I shouldnt let it bother me, but for so long I have focus on loosing and counting.. it's hard to break that habit. I am trying though. I am trying new things.. adding snacks and trying to let the worries go. It just gets hard sometimes. I got bent first thing in the morning when I thought I ate to much.. that set me up to have a mood about it all day. I am getting better and at least I recognize when i am doing it to myself now. That is the first step in overcoming the problem.

make small changes and slowly. If you don't want to lose any more weight then you need to make sure your output and input match each other if one of those compenents is off it's not going to work. You also ate WAY more then that to get to the weight you were at or before surgery so keep that in mind, it's not one chip away! It doesn't have to be an all or nothing mentality. If you eat a piece of Easter candy the whole world and your whole day don't have to be bad, it's one piece on one day the next day it goes in the garbage and you regroup. ANDI

You know what Carla? I can REALLY relate to you! I've been completely obsessed with my calories in/calories burned ordeal. The other night at the gym, I made myself keep running on the treadmill until it said I had burned 500 calories. In my mind, I didn't want to burn any less than that because I felt like I ate too much. But I really only ate about 1300 calories that day so after burning the 500 at the gym, I really only ended up with 800 calories. And I probably long burned that off with just regular daily activities. I'm finding that I'm wanting to eat more often and a lot more quantity. But then I worry about how many calories I'm consuming. I'm supposed to be able to eat 1900 calories with NO exercise just to maintain my weight. So, in my mind I know I'm eating less than that and exercising more but it's just not good enough to me. My husband is worried that I'm being too focused on it and he thinks I'm going to the opposite extreme. I don't know ... I just want to lose more weight! I'm below the goal my doctor gave me but I want to go lower than that! I'm now 168, but I'm wanting to go below 160 now. And then I wonder if I get below 160, will I want to go below 150? And, is that safe for me since my body fat percentage is so low? I don't know, but I don't really care! Ha, ha! Anyway, I hope my rambling makes sense! Deanna

Absolutely.. I will go on the elipitical until it says I burn a certain amount.. than i figure all my exercise in and think I need more. It is getting crazy and my other half says I am loosing it as well. I began by saying I would be happy at what my doc said... 150 and that if i lost a few more all the better for wiggle room. I picked 135 because of the bmi scale. now I am there and I want to loose another 10 to 15 pounds. loosing or gaining weight is all I've ever known so it comforts me to count in and out. At this point I dont wont to worry if I am going to extreme one way or the other. I love the exercising and I am trying, truely trying to bring the calories up. I remember when my doc would get upset and say I needed to eat more than 600 and I wouldnt do it. Now I am trying to reach what he is saying to do so I think that is an improvement in itself. I will be ok... but sometimes this whole crazy... gotta loose things gets me nuts in my head. We can suffer through this together as many others will and have in the past I am sure.