need to confess this
Thanks, I wish I could say it was just a piece of cake. I have been eating those 100 calorie snack cakes like crazy and even playing around with m&ms. I even ate an entire bag of nacho cheese doritos one day. It started out with just thinking I could control things by having 1 or 2 of something and then ended up with me being out of control.
190 lbs lost
VSG 07/2008
lower body lift 10/2010
upper body lift 11/2011
You're sure not alone in all of this. I personally cannot have those 100 calorie snack things. I know myself and one will lead to two and then three and then...back on the trail again!!! At least you've recognized this and are stepping up to the plate. We have all learned a few things along during our journey! (((hugs)))
This is the ride of my life.....what an amazing tool I now have!!!
Thanks Debbie. I just needed to be honest with myself and face up to what I had been doing. It scares you becuase you have this false sense of security with the WLS, thinking that you can't screw up. The truth is, you can eat around any surgery and we do have to be careful.
190 lbs lost
VSG 07/2008
lower body lift 10/2010
upper body lift 11/2011
Amy~
Ed Earl is right... it takes real courage to post something like this and we all go through it. Lord knows, I go through carb cravings more often than I'd like to admit to and I tend to still want to eat my emotions. My husband is getting ready to deploy and I can't decide whether or not I want to shove food in my face or hurl at the sight of it. Carb cravings can be the worst things to kick. Having gone through 2 pregnancies where I HAD to eat carbs (no choice because of the babies), I have found it hard to get away from them post-pregnancy. I think you've taken a great first step just by admitting you're having a problem. You are exercising, which is AWESOME. You do have this wonderful tool to work with and you do have the willpower still in you to change things. I think you have all the means within you.
On another note, I have thought about doing an accountability post for eating... kind of a what did you eat today (calories, carbs, proteins), but I don't know how much interest there would be. Would you want to help me encourage something like that? I know it would help keep me on the right track, too.
*hugs to you*
~ Renae
Ed Earl is right... it takes real courage to post something like this and we all go through it. Lord knows, I go through carb cravings more often than I'd like to admit to and I tend to still want to eat my emotions. My husband is getting ready to deploy and I can't decide whether or not I want to shove food in my face or hurl at the sight of it. Carb cravings can be the worst things to kick. Having gone through 2 pregnancies where I HAD to eat carbs (no choice because of the babies), I have found it hard to get away from them post-pregnancy. I think you've taken a great first step just by admitting you're having a problem. You are exercising, which is AWESOME. You do have this wonderful tool to work with and you do have the willpower still in you to change things. I think you have all the means within you.
On another note, I have thought about doing an accountability post for eating... kind of a what did you eat today (calories, carbs, proteins), but I don't know how much interest there would be. Would you want to help me encourage something like that? I know it would help keep me on the right track, too.
*hugs to you*
~ Renae
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Yes!!!! Please, I do need some accountability with eating. I would love it if someone would post a "what did you eat" thread. That would help me so much. Thanks for the encouragement, I really needed it. You ahve done so great with your surgery and I really want to make it.
190 lbs lost
VSG 07/2008
lower body lift 10/2010
upper body lift 11/2011
Amy,
Thank You for admitting you are having issues. What is it that AA says the first step is admitting you have a problem. I have found myself grazing more than I should here lately especially when at family functions on the weekends and I know part of it is my families habit of making a big dish and everyone just munching as they please. Yesterday Mike made us a huge pan of Jambalaya which we all snaked on multiple times, I did good and picked ony meat and veggies out of it but I still ate more of it becaus eit was mostly a bite or two here and there over a longer period than I wouod have if I had sat down and ate a meal meal. So you are not alone. The difference in this "diet" and before it is mostly just getting refocused not a flat out diet. You can do it!
Thank You for admitting you are having issues. What is it that AA says the first step is admitting you have a problem. I have found myself grazing more than I should here lately especially when at family functions on the weekends and I know part of it is my families habit of making a big dish and everyone just munching as they please. Yesterday Mike made us a huge pan of Jambalaya which we all snaked on multiple times, I did good and picked ony meat and veggies out of it but I still ate more of it becaus eit was mostly a bite or two here and there over a longer period than I wouod have if I had sat down and ate a meal meal. So you are not alone. The difference in this "diet" and before it is mostly just getting refocused not a flat out diet. You can do it!
The fact that you even "care" to confess is progress! You know what you have to do and you are going to do it. You got off track with a piece of cake. Like Dr. Oz says use it like your GPS...at the next intersection turn right! Make right choices and you'll do fine. If you want a small piece of cake have one if you are doing everything else ok and you won't feel deprived and then you'll be encouraged to do better! Like you said you have your sleeve behind you now! You aren't alone in this. Plus... You have all of us!!!
Good luck!!!
Good luck!!!
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." Erma Bombeck
19 lbs lost before surgery
9/3/09 Full TT, MR, BL, BA, Arm Reduction and Lipo 10-12 lbs skin/fat removed
Amy - I so understand this. I have been stalled so long that you start to think, well I'll just eat whatever I want because I'm not losing anyway. I have definitely figured out how to eat around this surgery and that sucks. I want to eat when I'm not hungry. I think of it as mouth hunger. I don't want to drink, dang it, I want to chew something. I try to stick to sf popsicles but that's just not really what I want, now is it?
I'm even thinking of cancelling my 9 month visit with Walton on Thursday. I don't want to hear him say that I'm losing too slowly. It's not like I haven't already figured that one out. I'm supposed to see the nut and exercise too, which I'll have to pay for, and I already know what they're going to say so what's the point.
So I'm discouraged right now. Maybe I can tap into your enthusiasm and get back on track! Let me know how it goes!
I'm even thinking of cancelling my 9 month visit with Walton on Thursday. I don't want to hear him say that I'm losing too slowly. It's not like I haven't already figured that one out. I'm supposed to see the nut and exercise too, which I'll have to pay for, and I already know what they're going to say so what's the point.
So I'm discouraged right now. Maybe I can tap into your enthusiasm and get back on track! Let me know how it goes!
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