Having a hard time changing my eating habits

I'm 8 months post op and I'm having a really hard time changing to "good" eating habits. Sometimes I just hate myself because of this. I am going to counciling to help with my emotional eating, but still struggle with it a lot and don't always win the struggle. I was just wondering if anyone else is having this problem?

nothing worth doing or having ever comes easy...It is VERY hard to make the changes in ones life when it come to emotional eattinig...A person starts using food as a crutch early on in life and it just becomes second nature to eat when we get stressed or emotional or something that has happened in our lives.. The thing you have to leran is take one day at a time and don't beat yourself up over falling off the wagon so to speak..I have learned to go and either walk on my tread mill or work out on my weight machine when I want to eat just because something is stress me out.. Old habits are very hard to break it takes time to change but everyday you strive to change is a day that you can look back on and say I was strong that day I can be strong today.. I hope this help some Jerry

i am a little over a year post op, and i have the same problem, i think its because my pouch has been pretty much problem free from the get go. certain things i dump on, most things i dont. i find when i am eating emotionally i grab any and everything in site, even knowing its gonna make me sick. i made a pact with myself not to even store junk food or things that make me dump in the house anymore, the chips got replaced with rice cakes, the sweets got replaced with fruits and snack bars, and i find that i am doing better, even if i am still emotionally eating, at least its healthy stuff thats not gonna make me hurl or get really sick. my weakness right now is coffee, which makes me hungry, so usually i will grab a banana or a snack bar with my coffee just in case i get to wanting something. i am going to go back to the basics with my food too, liquids for 2 weeks, then purees, so on and so forth. i have come to the conclusion that if i give myself a fresh start with this tool, i will feel better, i am not going to allow myself the things i do now or did before, and i am really going to bear down. i need to let my frustrations out when i exercise and if i am upset i need to stop holding it in, because thats one of my main issues. if you ever need someone to talk to, feel free to email me anytime. good luck.