I am falling back into my old horrible eating habits!
Please give me a few words of encouragement! I had my surgery on September 24th of 2004. I weighed 320 lbs. and now weigh 170. I gained about 15lbs. in the last 2 months and before I go further I was in a rehab for alcoholism January till last week. There, they gave alot of high fat and high carb foods because people come in malnurished from not eating or whatever, anyway, I am eating sugar, I am eating more than I should and I am so scared. I dont want to gain any weight, in fact, I want to lose another 30 lbs. Is this happening to anyone else? I need to stop the train. I was also wondering how much does your stomach stretch? Sometimes I feel like I am full and other times I feel like I can eat and eat. Please help me!
Hi Amy - I can certainly relate. I'm right there with you. My RNY was Oct 2004 - for the first 2 years I got by with eating so much stuff - then all of a sudden it is catching up with me big time. I'm trying desperately to control my eating and it is a nightmare - but I AM NOT giving up. I've read that GBP people often have addictive personalities - and that we eat, drink or whatever to numb the pain of life. If you overcame alcoholism sounds like you may have some good tools to work with - I really think this eating thing must be equivalent to alcoholism - maybe even harder because you can go cold turkey with alcohol but food we must have. Do you think you could use some of those to help you control your eating? I sure wish you the best - trying to battle two big ones at the same time will take a lot of fortitude.
I too sometimes feel full with nothing and other times can eat forever. I've been trying to drink my water and eat my protein but I'm still not loosing the 15 lbs that I've gained. I'm really worried about gaining it back. I thought that regaining lost weight was behind me. Words of encouragement are NEVER GIVE UP. Focus on where you want to be and pray for guidance and support cause we sure can't do it alone, can we?
Although I haven't had surgery I am fighting the food addiction thing!! I just heard on a radio show that 70% of the people that have surgery fixate on some other addiction. I just looked into overeaters anonymous myself. It is based also on the 12 steps to recovery that AA has. They actually borrowed the steps from AA. As the poster said we can give up a lot of things but food isn't one of them.
Ya know I wonder why I let myself get to this spot, and how do I get back to when I was thin ? I was denied surgery due to an exclusion in my policy. So I have opted to start excercising and trying to eat right. I have not lost a pound in almost a week and have not cheated. I am frustrated to say the least. I started walking a mile everyother day which for anyone that is 100 pounds or more overweight ...well it's like walking a marathon. Yesterday I walked on the trails in Cuyahoga valley National Park. I walked a 3.2 mile trail that had hills , and over 200 steps up and down hills. I had about an eighth of a mile to go and I thought "my God am I gonna make it?" I did and am so glad that I pushed myself. My husband said "do you feel like your on the BIG BREAK?"
I said "yes" and he asked "well who's your trainer?" I said "BOB". hehehehe Today my body aches like a toothache, every muscle is saying "why?" But I know that I only have one life and right now I am going to focus on doing whatever it takes to stay alive. I guess I'm telling you this because "you need to focus on getting better,and healthy more than you need to focus on your weight loss." Once you start working on you, the rest will fall into place. You've been given the tools already,ie you've had the surgery. Now you need to focus on getting healthy spiritually and emotionally, I believe the rest will follow. My prayers are with you that your sucessful in your sobrietyand your food addiction. I have 3 sons who are Alcoholic/addicts 1 of which is a recovering addict, 2 that are struggling with their addiction still. I will be praying that God gives you the ability to move forward with your goals.
God bless you! Thats all I can say! You are headed in the right direction and Im proud of you! As for your sons, I am sorry to hear they are struggling but the spiritual thing is sooooo important. I have learned so much and I will pray for you and your family. I am also going to look into the overeaters anonymous. Love Amy
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