4 months post-op and having problems; need advice and counsel

Well it's been 4 months since I had my Lap RNY. Losing has been easy up to this point (-70 lbs) and no problem with food cravings but all of a sudden I'm going crazy wanting to snack. I'm eating low fat, low carb foods but it's the amount I'm eating. I stay hungry all the time. Today I ate 1600 calories. Not good. My hair has started falling out; I don't get in the amount of water I should and I'm sporadic taking my supplements - except my vitamins I get them in every day. I'm sure this is all in my head but I'm not sure how to stop it. I haven't had a period since 3 weeks before surgery. Any adivce or counsel anyone can give me would be appreciated. I'm getting in my protein but a lot of carbs (100 mg) too. How do I stop the cycle and get back on track? Has anyone else been through this? Please help. Thank you. Jeanette Lap RNy 8/25/04 (330/260 -70)

Jeanette... I am having all of the same issues. I am also 4 months out, and can't stop picking...also having problems "remembering" my vitamins. I feel like it's self sabotage..and hope it's just a phase. I am also losing hair like crazy. Yesterday I ate cookies untill I made myself sick. What is wrong with me??? Let's stick together and support one another..I'm sure it will pass. Donna

You are definitley not alone! I am having the same problem. The holidays really got me off track. I find myself grazing all day. I am having trouble losing as well (have not lost for about 2 weeks). So yesterday I decided to start logging everything I eat on fitday.com. It is a great site and I plan to start off 2005 on a good note. No more grazing for me! I am also afraid that it will stop working for me. (I think I am crazy ) I am losing hair also but I only notice it when I wash or brush my hair. No one else notices it. I hope it stays that way. --Marianne

I too am 4 months out, and I am hungry....well at least I think I am. I truly believe the stress of the Holidays is my issue. I never had a problem with dumping so I have been eating cookies and candy, and pie. I haven't gain any weigh, actually lost 2 pounds but I need to get my emotions back on track. This just proves that emotions play a big role in obesity. I have seeked out the support group Overeaters Anonymous and plan to go there for support. I know I will be stronger when I realize that I am not alone with emotional eating. GBS is a wonderful tool, and it has been real easy for me to lose 62 pounds so far, but in the long run, I know now, after these holidays that a tool only works if you work it, and emotional eating in itself is a disease. Support groups are so important. OA has a web site if anyone is interested. God Bless you all, Susan

Hi Jeanette, Oh my goodness, the same thing is happening to me. I'm snacking like crazy - even right now as I type. I'm not gaining, but I'm certainly not loosing like I should be! My hair is falling out, I don't wear it out anymore.....all I wear is ponytails. I've been at the same weight for about a month, and I know it's my fault. I do believe it's the stress of the holidays. It will get better.......You are not alone! Angie (263/199 -64)

Me too!!!. I ate cookies too many times. I think I have gained a pound or two. I'm so scared that I will fail .......I need help too!! lost 58 lbs since Aug 30th It seems like I can eat ANYTHING

OMG! Ya know I too am haveing the same issues, go figure. To top it off I am a slow looser. I have been so hard on myself from day one. I have lost 56.5# so far but the last 3 months I have been loosing about 1 pound a week. this last week I lost 3. I have decided that I was going to relax a little bit and not analize every lil thing to death, but just try and use good jugement. Well coincidence(sp) or not I have lost more when I added a lil more carbs ie wwheat bread. I have been driving myself trying to analize everything I put in my mouth and why I am puttin it in...grrrr. I am gonna let you all inside my head for a moment maybe i AM NOT ALONE. (this is a much shorter version of a day in my head) INSIDE KIM'S HEAD: "Hmmmm I need to eat breakfast what to have ..oatmeal nah to many carbs,I will have some coffee and think about it. (3 c. later) Ok how about a portien shake.(i have so many kind in the closet to use up)Yuk! I guess since its almost 11:30 a.m. I'll have pb and J on WW bread." Wow I am full gotta wate to have some coffee......few 30 min some coffee now ....oooh I need to get my water in its past noon. sheesh! I have alot of cating up to do i have only had 11 grams of proten and 16 oz of water I better have something now.... oh cheese with crackers I will just eat till I am full like thay say " try and eat till you are comfortable....." crap!! how many stoned wheat crackers was that? I lost count after 3, well I know I had about 3 oz of cheese, mabe just one omre cracker and I will feel full. Well I am not full. Maybe its cuz I need water, thay say we are often thinking we are hungry when are bodys realy wan****er...better drink some.I am tired think I need soome coffee.Ok i feel the need for somethin like a sf cookie mabe (2 or 3 later.) Grrr I am so weak "you are never gonna loose any more " (negative self talk) crap I forgot my vits,see you dummie you had this surgery and you cant commit to even vits or exersize." Ok OK! Get a grip Kim On the straight and narrow nothing till dinner then go for a walk and get more water in. (later on that evening) yawn I am to tired to walk.I will join curves tommrow.... The cheesburg no bun was good but I still dont feel full,I think my stoma is to big or my pouch, I knew this isnt workinggggg. Well I guess I will go to bed now so I dont eat. (while in bedwatching tv) wow I am wicked thirsty I think I will have a sf popsicle. thay will also take the urg to eat and I get some more fluids....(3 pops later in between commercials i run from my room and pee then to the freezer for another pop. crap! no more cherry) geeez kim you have no self control, I better roll over and go to sleep right now. tommarow will be a better day. god give me strengh amen!ZZZZZZZ wake up 1:30 am gotta pee....pee and go in kitchen I am thisty get a drink of water.....hmmmm I am hungry nopw doh! dont start that habbit again. I better get my but to bed before I do some damage. omg plezzzzz just sumpin sweet ..nooooooo leave kitchen now dont even see if sugar make ya dump. I know I can do 18 grams and not dump tho....run run dont look back get to bed. Phew crap I gotta pee again! Pretty crazy hugh! I tell ya the sugery was a breeze for me wish I could do it every month This head stuff sucks big time......tune in tommrow for inside Kims head.....shesh I lost it big time. I told my husban that I didnt loose 56 pounds of fat but 56 pounds of brain cells....I am so nuts. kim

I had surgery August 31, 2004, I have lost 45 lbs. I have wanted to snack for the last 3 days. I hope it is just a phase. I am trying to drink more and eat more protein. I need to exercise more, but I feel so tired sometimes. My starting weight was 220. I have kinda been stuck for awhile now. Please help me too. Thanks Lisa [email protected]

Oh man. Count me in too. Christmas Day was the first day I had a problem and it gets worse every day. I want to graze all day. A cracker with some dip here and a couple of chips with dip there...I eat my meal and then I am in the cabinet again. Carbs are really what I am craving. I need to get back on track too. We can do it! Tiff

I am so happy you've posted this. I was feeling like such a failure. I haven't lost anything in a couple of weeks and I know it b'cuz I've gotten away from the basics. I wanted so bad to be in onederland by New Years but I'm still a couple of lbs. away. I know I'm not eating enough protein and WAY too many carbs. The only good news is that my choices are better now. Instead of cookies, bread, etc, I CRAVE fruit. Hopefully, this will give me the kick in the butt I need to turn it around. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who've responded to this thread. Have a wonderful. happy, healthy, successful year y'all. barb 8/30/04 276/203/135