gaining weight!!

I am so pissed at myself but I cant seem to stop munching on the junk !! and I have put on 10 pounds so far.. pleas help me get this off.. i am freaking out thinking i am going back to the fat me..  yuck....                        

Sorry to hear about your weight creep situation.  But you're right, you have to nip this in the bud NOW.  The only thing I know to tell you is to sit down and seriously examine why you have given in to this destructive pattern of eating junk.  Usually it starts from emotional eating....bored, lonely, frustrated, angry, all of those sorts of things.  But once you start to eat the junk, you trigger an insulin response into your blood, which makes you crave more junk.  The only way to stop it is to stop eating junk or you'll just continue the vicious cycle.

Have you tried doing the Five Day Pouch Test to see if your pouch is still working and to jumpstart your weight loss.  I'm non op, but they talk about doing that all the time on the Plastic Surgery Board.  It seems to work for them.

The first thing you need to do is get the junk out of your space so you won't be constantly tempted.  Or at least hide it where it's not in sight all of the time.  I had a friend who had a candle that looked and smelled like a cake.  That thing just made me want cake all the time! 

I hope you kick the habit soon,

Mary  

Are you drinking lots of water?

Also, I find that carbs lead to carb cravings. I almost have to arrest those puppies to shut them up.

Healthy bodies crave healthy things. Maybe your body is searching for missing minerals, or vitamins. Or vitamins and minerals.

:-)

I love nutrition.

Ruth

You can stop.. but you're not going to stop while being pissed at yourself!  :)  Forgive yourself and move on.

Ok.. so you had a junkfest.. and the consequences of such equals 10 lbs.. now stop.. Get out an old photo of yourself when you were bigger - stare at it and remember what it felt like to have a hard time breathing, bending, socializing, working ... then step away from the chips.

I don't know you.. I don't know the reasons why you're junkfesting right now, but you DO know you and you do know why - so decide what you're using food to replace, and fill in that blank with the proper response instead of the crap.

Personally, I'm simple minded and sometimes I think a sweet is just a sweet and has no hidden meaning - either way.......... step away from the brownies, they're not doing anything for you.  Being pissed at yourself is extemely negative and if all that junk food is doing is making you unhappy, then it can't be a good thing.

Neecee has an acronym.... uhhhhhhhhhh.. I'm guessing but I think it's H.A.L.T. that she uses and I've thought about it a few times myself when I wanted to go off the deep end.  Hopefully she'll see this and chime in....  I think it's words to describe different feelings like hungry, lazy, tired... and deciding if you are any ot these things before you eat.

Much more experienced people than I will chime in here, I'm sure - I can't remember being thin, but I know what it's like to gain weight uncontrollably.

Good luck and God bless!!
Lori

Hi everyone who has written back to me, thank you for your words and your advice, I do take my picture out from before and look at it and I do not want to go back to that ever again.. that sad person but sometimes my cravings for sweets or carbs is so strong i just cant say no.. My biggest problem is that I dont drink enough water I am trying to be bettter with that but the job that I do just dose not allow me to use a bathroom for long periods of time and so I dont drink as much as I should . Also I am tired all the time and I eat sugar which seems to give me a lift and than of course the guilt and the self berating starts..  I guess I could be emotionally eating to a point also but a lot is that I just like the taste, I know that I am going to be sick to my stomach but I still eat the sugar.. its crazy..  I did start the 5 day pouch diet and have not really craved the carbs as bad as before so I guess I will continue that  anyway thanks for the advice.. 

Babydoll, that sugar lift is just temporary and causes a bigger downer when it wears off, which in turn causes you to crave more!  I'm SURE you already know this.

Sometimes I feel like a little sweet too and I can't cause of the diabetes.

Shari posted a recipe for a cheesecake like pudding a while back that my x husband absolutely LOVES and he's got the biggest sweet tooth I've ever known a man to have.

I use one box of sugar free/fat free jello brand cheesecake instant pudding and add 1/2 bar cream cheese and a combo of 1/2 and 1/2 and heavy cream to make it.  It tastes so absolutely decadent and surely fills the void.

You'll probably get more energy from a fruit (if it's on your plan)  or a nice tuna salad with celery.  It'll satisfy you and keep you full.

Try anything.. everything.... read everyone else's hints and suggestions... you'd be AMAZED at how many things taste so sweet without a lick of sugar in it. 

My favorite decadence is a cup of vanilla biscotti flavored coffee with a couple of tablespoons of sugar free french vanilla and 1 splenda topped with Land o Lakes sugar free whipped cream and about a tablespoon of sugar freen french vanilla creamer on top of that.  Man oh Man it just reminds me of tira misu for some reason, and doens't have a grain of sugar in it!

I'm praying for your strength to see you through this and get back on your healthy track!!!

Good luck, girly!!

Lori