Sabatoging myself

I'm 7 months out from my DS and have only lost 68 pounds. SW was 282 and CW is 214. I'm struggling with my eating and feel hungry quite often. I'm off track and reaching for the easy carbs and sugars, which only increases my desire for more. When I make a decision to eat something wrong, there's a little part of me that has a brief moment of satisfaction in that decision to fail. Am I describing a situation that most DSers experience or is it time for me to get counseling? Am I sabotaging myself?

I love my new body and am enjoying dressing up in beautiful clothes and walking around with confidence. I don't want to ever go back to the introverted person I was before and need your help to make sure I continue on the right path.

I kinda of relate because I do not adhere to the proper diet 100% though I must say that a little effort goes a long way. What I do is give myself 1 day in the week where i eat guilt free carbs or sugars but with a little effort i tend to fair well throughout the week. Get back on track; you can do it!!!!!

For the most part I eat really healthy several meals a day but I do not deprive myself. I found that if a couple times a week I will eat something off the grid it keeps me from binging all the time. Just be reasonable with your choices for the most part. I use to do this with weigh****chers before I had the DS and it worked back then too. The only difference is I did not have the portion control I needed. Now I do with the sleeve part of my DS.Having stinking farts and diarrhea also keeps me from indulging more than I should. You need to decide what is more important to you. If you already know you have a carb/sugar binge problem figure out a way to deal with it. If an occasional treat helps then work with that but you do need to get a handle on it because once the honeymoon period is over you will start to gain if you are consuming carbs and sugar. 

Being aware of your feelings prior to eating and while you eat is important. For me most of my eating comes out of emotional and head hunger so it is important to me to only eat when I am able to fully enjoy and fully be free of other emotions. 

If I eat to repress a feeling that for me is the beginning of the end.

Support people/groups really help me.  I have the same problem as you, i eat and eat and eat sugar/carbs, I crave them.  Ive learned that the less i eat and "just say no" I feel better about myself and my decision, like a mini-goal, besides less gas/bloating is always good! When its really bad I must be aware and tell myself "Im not going to eat just for this hour, just make it thru the hour without food" or 1/2 hr..whatever. The craving does pass. Call someone and tell them you want to eat and have them stop you

I so can relate!  Lets face it we wouldn't be here in the first place if it was easy for us!  That being said the first year is when you can lose most of your weight, after that it goes much slower.  Do the best you can to try and stay off the carbs and sugar.  I know its tough, but you've gone through all of this, make it have been worth it.  I know it sounds easy, and I do struggle myself everyday, but try greek yogurt and a banana as a snack, its good and each small container has 12 grams of protein, better by volume than protein shakes.  Or I buy ham slices and wrap them in swiss cheese with some mustard, very filling and good!  Let your DS do its job, it will get harder later after you end this phase and gaining will be easier.  You've been given an amazing gift, help your body help itself!

Thanks everyone! I really appreciate your support. I'm hoping I was just off track from the holidays. It helped me tremendously to post this message and be publicly accountable for my actions. Yesterday was a great day and I made wise food choices. The scale rewarded me with another pound lost. I know it won't always be like that, but I'm in a better place today and moving forward, not looking back. I'm tired of beating myself up and will use this as another lesson learned in my DS journey.

I made an interesting observation tonight. Even though I thought I was off track, I just realized that I'm not. I am down 69 pounds which is 62% of the 110 pounds I want to lose to be at 170. That's actually a decent loss percentage for 7 months, for my starting weight. The norm is an 80% loss at 1 year. I'm feeling better now. I've been eating better and my head is in a good place. 

My best advice is to make protein snacks as easy to grab as those "easy carbs" and sugars.  Cut cheese into cubes or slices, make deviled eggs, and then things like egg custard (with splenda) and ricotta fluff (see profile for recipe) will curb the sugar **** in a protein packed way.