I feel like I am slipping...... Helpppppppp

I feel Like I am slipping... I ate 2 cups of pinto beans today all at the same time.., i dont get full. My dad brought them over and for supper a small peice of pizza.... Please give me advice. I dont want to ruin this surgery... I dont want to fail. I am a emotional eater.... Please give me some advice... My only support is this online. I do not go to support groups. I cant drive to dayton. it is to far.... Have any of you done this... Thanks Barb

Barb, I wouldn't get too bent out of shape about it! Don't let it get you down. Next time be prepared. Take out your portion and put the rest in the fridge for another meal. Also when I am in the mood to eat....which hardly ever happens....I get a glass of my crystal light......fills my pouch and then I am not hungry. I sew so I go into my studio and start working on my next creation! I should say that I quilt and I can immerse myself in fabrics and all thoughts of food are gone! I really do have a hard time eating! I try to eat 2 meals a day but sometimes it is only 1. I have to put up notes to tell me to eat! Sue

Barb...I'm from Greenville, scheduled for 11/28. Where are you? Stephanie

I live in fairborn Ohio... Best wishes on your surgery Barb

Barb, I'm in West Chester. Where are you? Maybe we could meet somewhere occasionally to talk out our "pouch issues." Karen

I love West Chester! I was there three weeks ago. My cousins live there. Julie in Akron

Barb, You are doing fine. My pouch can handle more food some days and less on others. I am a firm beleiver to listen to your stomach. It usually tells us when we have eaten to much or the wrong thing. I can eat a little pizza, potatos and bread but choose not to. I do once in awhile to kill that craving. I just know if I eat more than that few bites I will get sick. I bet you will find maybe the next time you can't eat as much. Just get back to the basics and get in your water. Sounds like you are getting in the protein LOL. I think we all have gone through this. Also how long did it take you to eat those pinto beans. If you want a pizza I would not eat the pizza dough yet. Take a portabella mushroom cap and flip over. Scrape the ribs off and clean. Put pizza sauce on it with some pepperoni and cheese and bake in the oven. (my first soft food) It is a great alternative. GOod Luck! Richard

Dont forget the cheese. LOL. I am having an early morning and hard to wake up. Richard

Richard. Our pouches almost seem like they have a mind of their own dont they. Some days I am doing good to get 4 bites in before I am feeling stuffed and other days I can eat more. I find that I hate that stuffed feeling and it brings back memories of binging on Big Macs, Supersize fries and soda and then getting the 2/$1.00 pies as a little desert. I would be so full of food I would feel sick. But even worse was the guilt I was so full of for being so weak and overeating like that. So now when my pouch is moody and gets full so quickly that full feeling triggers some very unhappy thoughts for me. Maybe that is something that I need to allow myself to remember. How miserable and self loathing I was at that point. How much I NEVER want to go back to that. So, like you said. We have to listen to our bodies. They are telling us what they need. Dont listen to your head, it still craves all those foods that got us in trouble in the first place. Love and hugs Laura

That is so true laura. DO remember those times. Guilt is an awful feeling most of the time. But with feeling guilt we at least know we are eatting the wrong things. Richard