Will I ever beat food addiction!!??!!
Will you ever wake up one day and WANT to exercise? Maybe not, because some folks will never want to exercise, but look at it like a job. God knows I would love to not have to get up and go to a job, but since I like what the job provides me with, I come. Exercise is the same, some days (not many), I don't feel like exercising but I like the results it provide me with, so I do it and now it is a part of my life, just like my job.
Will I ever RATHER a salad instead of a Big-mac? Where is it written that you cant have some big mac, granted that you cant eat a whole big-mac but why cant you buy one, cut it in to fourth, toss the 3/4 and enjoy the rest. Skinny folks do not only eat salads, they just don't live off Big-macs
Will I ever not fill my plate to capacity when I know that I can only eat a small portion of what is on it?Maybe your plate is too big, I don't eat off a reg plate, I eat off a saucer, even if I am eating out, I transfer what I going to eat on a bread plate (saucer) and put the rest in a to go box, before I take my first bite.
Will I ever be able to stop "weighing in" every Monday? Why would you want to stop if that is working for you. I am a true believer that a lot of folks, myself included allowed our self to get where we were dodging the scale. If you on it at least once a week, there is no way that you can truthfully say that you don't know that you gained XX number of pounds...the scale don't lie
Will I ever be able to get rid of my "fat pictures" and pretend that I was never fat?I think being able to look at my fat pictures, enforces the fact that I never want to be like that again.
Will everyone in my family ever forget that I used to be fat and stop saying, every time that I eat, "you better watch out before you gain ALL that weight back!"? More likely not, that is just the nature of the beast
Will I ever remember that I no longer have to use the BIG bathroom stall? I love the big bathroom stall, more room, my opinion, the normal size stalls need to be bigger, even when I was smaller than this, I HATED sitting in that little bitty closed in box trying to do my business and not suffocate at the same time.
Will I ever look in the mirror and be satisfied that I am a "good size"? I pray you do, it all about learning to love yourself from within
Will I ever stop comparing myself to every woman I see -saying to myself " I wonder if I'm bigger than her?" awww, I am sorry.
Will I ever stop hearing from "friends" how such and such lost 50 pounds-WITHOUT surgery? lol, hell I lost 50 pounds without surgery, but then they started coming back faster than they left so I had to do something to ensure that I had a chance of them staying away.
Will I ever be able to eat a piece of cake, or pie or ice cream without feeling sooo guilty and unworthy of my surgery?
you can if you learn to want to exercise
just do a trade off with yourself, say I will work out for 30 minutes for a cookie, BUT you have to do the exercise FIRSTWill I ever be NORMAL?What is your definition of normal? Some of the most "normal" looking folks are the most messed up folks.
Good luck in your journey.
Brenda
Food is unavoidable and will always be in the back of our minds. This is a weight obsessed nation wether our eating disorder is compusive over eating, bulimia or anorexia. Thin people stay that way by worrying about it. When you stop thinking about it you stop being vigilant.
Normal is different for us because of where we've been and we desperately do not want to go back there. When I weighed daily I was never more than my current goal weight. I stopped weighing and gradually gained 133 lbs. Never give up the scale. Its part of today's normal.
MSW Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: Eat sensibly & enjoy moderation
Links: Are you a compulsive eater? for help OA meets on-line Keep Coming Back, One Day At a Time Overeaters Anonymous
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V'N MY RNY. WORKING FOR ME BECAUSE I WORK FOR IT.
Okay, my pitty party is over. 
Its my fault that I relapsed and gained 15 pounds and now I am on the road to recovery. I have cut down on my carbs and I gave up the candy (yes, I was eating reese's peanut butter cups and twix and cake) and I gave up all that fast food. Confession is good for the soul. 
I haven't exercised in over a year-at all. I am blessed that I only gained 15 pounds-it could have been much worse. Another mistake I made was I stop logging on the obesityhelp so I didn't have a support group. I tried to forget I ever had a weight problem-but the scale wouldn't let me forget -when I started back weighing in every Monday. I hate exercising but so what, I have to do it. As a matter of fact I will do some in a few minutes. I don't feel well but I won't let that be an excuse. Thanks ya'll for bringing me back to my senses! I needed it.
