Another food controlling issue...

HEY i read your profile all the time sister, it helps me alot! Yhea i think its time for a update! LOL dawn

See, you didn't know you were being watched - LOL - You just have so much good sound advice, good things you have read, things you put from other sites, good reminders. Plus you struggle with the same issues that I have, that's fur shore, and Dawn, lots of us, and you are so honest about it......D.

Yep Yep i second that DeAnna! Shes my mentor and dont even know it !hehe

I hate buffets also !!! I haven't been anywhere that has a buffet since way before surgery. I see them as a waste of time & money. I know that somebody could & probably will say "A waste of money? Your still eating & getting full". But I feel like I can get full on something else that's better for me & without all those tempting offerings they have on buffets that I can't & shouldn't have anyways. All those options could cloud my judgement. So I avoid them. I want items that are not packed full of fat & fillers. I think that's all buffets have to offer. Strange how my thinking has changed since surgery.

Yep, life after WLS is much better and rewarding. I have lots of energy and am never still. I like to go and go and go. And after much hard work and falls along the way I feel the biggest sense of control over food that I have ever felt in my life. Like I said, it took lots of work with group therapy classes, support group for WLS, and lots of journaling to get to know myself and my needs and problems, but it was every bit worth it. And I am so glad to be in recovery from my obsession/addiction. I am glad you are doing so well too. I am proud of all of us. You asked me in a post somewhere how I was feeling? I am feeling much better. I appreciate you thinking of me and asking. You are always there to lend support and prayers when needed. I really appreciate you and your kindness. Talk to ya later. Melissa

Yep this surgery messed up the fun of eating for me! I still enjoy food, but who knew that a good deep smell of a brownie was EVEN better than the taste???? I go thru spells where I have to sniff everybody's food! I was really, really bad about this at the beginning. Sweets, tho I am avoiding them, don't call out to me....and I hope that continues!!! Things like chicken salad, salad, nuts and fruit call out to me...Meat doesn't, but I when I start feeling kinda down, I will eat an all meat meal - or at least all protein!!! I am afraid I'll never be "normal" where food is concerned, but it is not nearly the struggle to walk away now...Heck before I couldn't walk away....if it called me, I immediately surrendered!!! I think that's the biggest help is knowing that Em can eat a cookie, brownie or whatever and I am fine without a bite at all...and she's good about letting me sniff!!! And somedays I am more in control than others, but at least I am not out of control ALL the time...and I'm really not out of control at all, it's just some days are harder than others....But still the more I drink, the less I want to eat.... Smoochies Arlies