Can't stop eating

It's been terrible. I feel just like I did prep op. I keep putting food in my mouth - when I'm stressed, when I'm bored, any and every minute my mind goes to eating, even though I know I'm not hungry I wake up and think what shall I eat and it continues from there... I can eat large portions too if I wanted to. At least I've managed to control that part. It's the eating in between meals that is getting me. All the hard work I've been through on this journey to try and sort out the mind part seems to have vanished I know it's only me that can get this back on track. I'm just posting this to be accountable to someone. This is my fresh start. No matter how stressed I get I will try to not use food to fill my emotions. I will try not to use food to block out what I am feeling when it is negative. What do others do to get their minds off food? When you feel like eating what do you do?

I too feel the same way. Today i'm wrapping presents and cleaning the house. I am on a mission to find my television remote which the kids have "missplaced" but when my husband gets up he's going to blow up when he realizes they've missplaced it. I have been writing on OH and cooking dinner all day to keep the house warm! I am bouncing from one thing to another without completing one task it's not a great feeling. ANDI

I'm so glad I'm not the only one ~ not that I want you to be going through it too if you know what I mean... I made a double scoop protein shake to have just after I posted this, and it did help for a while so it made me wonder if my body is craving nutrients? I'm going to try having shakes for my morning and afternoon snacks to see if it makes a difference. If I have a double scoop I get 240 cals and 50 protein which is in the right direction. I was reading on the nuritician board that it's a complete myth that you can only absorb only so much protein in one sitting. Now if only you and I could calm things down in our family lives that would help! Hope hubbie wasn't too mad when he got up

DITTO. I am actually much much much worse than I was preop. I NEVER was 'starving' like this. I am doing okay on stretching my pouch, still eating pretty small servings, but still last night I was hungry and I ended up with sun chips, animal crackers, hot pocket, tootsie rolls, a 20 oz propel. just hungry hungry hungry. so far though I am extremely fortunate that I am not gaining anything when I do eat. right now I am working on getting down a three piece chicken tenders and a medium rootbeer at McDonalds, have been working on it for 1 hour and I have gotten down 50% of it.

Its hard!, I ate almost a whole bag of sweet potato chips the other day when stressed out.... The holidays are always stressful...but we have every day to re-try and look at it that way... you are not alone....

Ruth, You are not alone! The only time I can keep food out of my mouth is when I am busy, especially up to my elbow in paint. I started repainting the inside of my house so that I can be busy all the time that I am home. I told my husband I just thought the house needed a fresh coat and am too proud to admit that I am doing it to keep out of the refrigerator. The food demons are just zapping my energy! Diane

Ruth....I you for bringing this up!! I think we both have the same problems all the time!!! I actually went to Wendys the other night and ordered a burger for myself...and I ATE the whole thing!! I felt sooo bad.....I too have been eating everything under the sun!! I blame allot of it on stress...which I have allot going for me right now!! We go to court next week for a hearing for the kids,my son (the kids' Dad) is out of jail...he went in for probation violation...of course,he has no job,the court says he has to stay with us.(and who asked us if it was ok???!~!) Hes eating me out of house and home! I told the kids..no more snack food in the house,I am tired of buying stuff and its gone in one day!! Need to go buy a cow..milk prices are so unreal anymore.....along with everything else~~!! My job is to babysit studay hall high school kids...got wrote up at work for a kid sleeping!! geezz.....take me away!!! Plus I feel sooo fat!! Makes me so that I am doing this to myself...feel like such a failure!! I know I shouldn't be beating myself up over this...but if I don't quit...I will have to ask for my fat clothes back from my sister!!! This is !!!

OMG, Ruth thanks for bringing up the subject. I've become known for never feeling hungry, that is, until recently! Now, I can't stop the demons. HEAD HUNGER. All I think of is what to shove down my pie hole. We are going to address this in the next support group (in 2 weeks), but my demons are working overtime. Just knowing that others are in the same boat is a little comfort, but I wish we were all free of the nasty demons. Back to basics for me! Cindy

I am sooooooo right there with ya babe!!! I feel like I'm falling right back into the same patterns I had before surgery, which mostly consist of grazing on junk foods. Unfortunately I've found that I don't dump on anything and that I only feel sick to my stomach on sweets if I eat a large quantity of them. Ugh! This is the wrong time of year for this behavior!!! I'm home almost all day long, which lends itself to munching when I don't really need to. If I'm out and about and really busy, I don't eat and I don't notice that I haven't eaten. But if I'm even remotely bored with nothing to do, I am grabbing food right and left. I do NOT want to do this!!! So why is it we know what we're doing is wrong, but we can't quit doing it??? Ugh! Deanna

Oh, thankgoodness for honest friends I really thought I was on my own in this and that you guys all had this licked. So now we have all 'come out', and acknowledged there is a problem, what strategies can we put in place to help ourselves? I have started having protein shakes again as I think my body is craving nutrients. I'll let you know if that makes any difference. Any other ideas we can try out? Maybe planning our food for the day beforehand might help? I know I eat more and grab what's available when I don't have anything planned