6 MONTH BLUES

Hello, I had WLS on Jul 28, 2004--and have the same feelings now about food that I had before surgery. Although when I eat I can't eat that much, I think about food all the time. Right after WLS, I never thought about it, but the head hunger I experience is starting to feel like real hunger, and with a snow storm due for Sunday night, I'm thinking about what to eat when I am snowed in. I'm glad I am not alone in feeling what I do. Good luck to you. I have lost 87 lbs so far.

Hey!!! I feel great, now. I, too, have lost exactly 87 pounds! I thought I was way behind because so many have posted that they've reached the Century Club by 6 months and felt like maybe I hadn't tried hard enough or something. So, I guess we are right on track! Best wishes with the ongoing "struggle"

Ya'll are definitely not alone in the feelings of getting off track. I have been eating a few things that I know that I shouldn't have. The one thing that I can say is that I still get my water in and I do try to eat my protein first. I still listen to my body and know when I am full. Lastnight, we went out for mexican food. I had chicken fajita and cheese. I didn't eat tortillas but I did have some chips and queso. I have had a couple of cookies here and there. I did real well during the holidays. I have been on a plateau for over 2 weeks but I lost a lb yesterday. Thats when I get discouraged. "Am I gonna lose anymore?" crosses my mind several times. I don't have the fear of gaining it back though. Everyone's feelings are valid. Hang in there..... 280/174 -106 Paula

WOW!!! Ok Ladies!! Too many of us in the same boat not to help one another out and not STOP this!!! I too have been going through the same thing. Chips, Nutter Butter Cookies (my fav) and worse of all, sipping on Sprite or other sodas. Ohh can't forget the milk duds. What we have to do now is make a vow to one another that if we are feeling like we need to open a bag of chips, cookies, etc. that we will get on here and email one another. I vow this to all of you!! Now lets see if it works and go from there (anyone have .50 I can borrow for some Lays Chips?) j/j Dee [email protected]

this may sound weird to some, but i must say it......I have truly been blessed by reading the replies to this original post because it all sounded familiar to me because I'm having all of these same feelings, emotions, thougts, responses, etc. i haven't been on my computer in a few months because i had been so busy with working extra hours at work, etc, so i had been having all of these emotions and thougts inside and just holding on to them. (oh i hadn't been to my support group meetings for about the last few months either, for the same reasons i missed this website). i now can get up from this computer today and feel like a whole new person, after realizing that what i am going through is common and experienced by all (for the most part). God is so good, and may He continue to bless you all in all that you think and do. (you see i said "thinK" also, not just "do"), because "THE BATTLE IS IN THE MIND". once we get our minds lined up with God's word then all else falls in place. sorry for typing so much, and tiring some readers in the process, but i had to type (say) everything that i typed (said), now i've done myself a good deed. i feel like i'm exiting a support group meeting at this very moment and feeling like i'm on cloud 9.

Let me tell you a little trick I do....when I really have a temptation for something..cookie(sugarless**** cream(sugarless) fries(honey..never fat free!!)I eat it!! BUT ONLY IN SMALL AMOUNTS......3-4 fries, 2-3 sugar free cookies. I also try and kill the cravings with something sweet but healthy..popcorn, sweet pear or plum...every now and then****ep it under 2x a week)..I give in to the crave!! You wouldn't be HUMAN if you didn't give in a little..but that is it...a LITTLE if you find yourself craving and uncontrollable at stopping it..even with alternative foods..then talk to your Doctor maybe he has a suggestion. But don't feel guilty of these cravings..guilt and depression equal HAVOC to the body and mind..Good luck and God bless!!