5 Months out and feeling some of the old eating habits coming back

Ok guys, its 5 months and 60 lbs I know nothing to cry about but Im sliping back into my old patterns of eating to fast , eating to often and to much, and craving sweets! GD it i dont want to go there!!  So I need to get pluged in to something for support, anyone have the portland support group calander? any Ideas? I find myself sore alot due to eating to much, I went to the coast to visits friends and came back with a lb I did not leave with. I think I am letting food be my comfort again. I know it stupid to let this happen trust me I feel like a failure right now. so today I am being aware but when I ate my half a sandwich at lunch I realised that I had eaten it way to fast.  Ok what about weigh****chers? anyone follow that plan after surgery? I feel so panicky right how. I refuse to be one of those people that go thru all of this and dont follow thru!!!!!!! HELP

I can only offer words of encouragement, as I haven't had my surgery yet.  You know what you need to do, and like you said, you have worked hard to get where you are now.  So, you slipped a bit, but pick yourself up by the bootstraps and remember it is one day at a time.  Life gets in the way, but you are strong and can do this.  Slow down and smell the roses, as they say.  I am assuming that it didn't become habit  yet, so go back and reread some of your material......stop dwelling on the past and move forward with the "I can do this" attitude.  You have lost 60 pounds............that is huge............and more to come!!

Just slow down Kelly, take a breathe and you'll be fine!!! You've done really great so far, don't beat yourself up for letting life get the best of you. It happens. Getting into a support group would be super!!! I really miss that accountability and support. I have a feeling that your cravings are probably more of a head thing...I know if I'm craving something I try to distract myself, brush my teeth, scrub the toilet ,whatever. It usually works and if it doesn't I have a bite or two of what I'm craving and I'm good...I don't beat myself of for it either!! Realizing you are having issues is half the battle..this wasn't brain surgery Kel you have to work on that part yourself one day at a time. YOU WILL DO GREAT!!!! BIG HUGS  Deanna K

Thank you Deanna, I have to admit I am really worried about this! I know all the things to say to someone else but the drive to eat has been really strong and I just need to stop sooner!  I am so afraid I will fail this and I havent lost as much as I thought I would by now. I am pleased with what I have lost but really thought I would be doing better by now. someone told me to work on the weigh****chers program im thinking about that.  I know I sound like a baby :( whine whine whine :)  Kel

You can do this sweetie...you may want to talk to your nutritionist before you try the W.W. thing. Protein is really important in our lives, especially in the beginning. A tool I use when I feel out of control in a website called www.fitday.com you can keep track of your intake and exercise. It breaks it down for you in protein, carbs and fat. It's very user friendly and free!! You can even put in "custom" foods like your protein drinks and thing that you eat regularly. Try it, it helps me and puts me back into control and makes me realize what I'm really eating.

Thanks I will check it out now :)

Kelly, I feel your pain!  I totally love food and I think I always will!  But you aren't far out enough to be gaining your weight back ... you will continue to lose!  So take this opportunity to form good habits now because later down the road it will be harder to make the right choices. I go to TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) ... we meet once a week, get weighed in, and have a short meeting.  You can follow whatever diet works for you and the support you get there is incredible!  Our chapter only charges $4 for an entire month and then there is a $24 annual membership due, and you receive a TOPS magazine as part of that.  Each chapter is a little different but similar.  It really is similar to Weigh****chers except you don't have to follow any particular diet.  You follow whatever diet works for you and the cost is a ton cheaper than Weigh****chers! Anyway, I go to those meetings every week and it really helps keep me accountable, just having a doctors scale to weigh on and keep track of myself.  Plus, the people are wonderful!  If you go to www.tops.org you can put your zip code in and find a meeting near you.  I highly recommend them!!! Anyway, I hope you get out of your funk!  You will continue to do great!!! Deanna  :)

Kelly - doesn't Legacy have a support group?  I know there is one at OHSU.  I'll be going up in late August for their meeting. In the meanwhile, hang in there.  I know I've already had a few panicky moments.  Thinking I wanted to eat something and then realizing that I'm not hungry and I can't have what I was thinking of anyway.  Remember to get back to your protein.  No refined carbs.  Sandwich?  You probably shouldn't have bread.  Get back to the more basic style of eating you had after surgery and see if that helps. Linda