Im i loosing my mind

Hi, i am almost 8 years out from rny. Over the last year i have been eating out of control. My life changed and is more stressfull and i am eating when im not hungry, cookies, cake, fast food. ughhhh.. i have gained 10 lbs. i quite exercising. What the heck is wrong with me.... All the old habits are returning...i dont want to gain back the 132 lbs i lost... Has anyone eles felt like this. .. any suggestions would be helpful...i feel like im trying to self destruct...if you know how i feel

You are lucky. You have a chance to turn this around before 10 lbs becomes 100 lbs. Believe me, I have been there.

You still have your tool and it still works, if you use it. Try starting all over again. Plan and write down your meals. Stick with protein first above all. My mantra when I was losing was 100 grams of protein and 100 oz of fluids a day, no less.

You will need to completely stop all the junk, toss it from your house and life. It will be hard but the good news is it won't be forever. A week carb free and they cravings should be gone. You just need to hang in there until it is out of your system.

Good luck. I hope to see you around and getting things back on track.

Glad you identified it now.

This is always a concern that we all have, and something I worry about down the line, if I do not make the life changes away from the food and mental addictions we have to it, we have and always will have.

Sounds like old habits and stress eating is taking over, and you need to take control back.

Get some support and make the changes back to where you know you need to be.

If you're not seeing one already, find a therapist to talk about this stuff with. A good one that you click well with should be able to help you to figure out what's going on and why you're sabotaging your body like this!

I had a similar thing after my dad died a year ago. Eating completely out of control, gained 10 pounds, it sucked and I felt completely off the rails. I ended up with an eating disorder diagnosis (binge eating disorder) and medication for that, and things are MUCH better now.

8 years out!!! Congratulations!

WOW....

10 lbs. is not a horrific #. Take that control back and as others have mentioned....reset & start over.... You can do this!!!!

Back to basics..... Water, protein, vitamins, eat clean.

I think seeing a therapist is the best suggestion. You have to get off this run away train and figure out what your stresses are...

Keep coming back here

Start by walking and increase your activity as you progress. Find something therapeutic to do...

Take care and good luck!

Sandra

Mahalo

Thanks for coming here and posting this. I'm nearly a year out, and over the last few weeks I've felt that feeling of dooming failure, constantly thinking about food, and having too many bites/drinks of things...

This morning I was up 2 pounds... not a huge deal, except that I was only 2 pounds from my first goal, and have already decided I want (NEED) to lose another ten... and I can't seem to get my head into the game long enough to do this!

I thought about a therapist this morning too... the nervous energy, and almost constant thought of food isn't right... I'm going to drive myself crazy feeling like a failure.

Neither one of us are failures. You are here with a 10lb gain, not a failure... and I need to get a grip and decide what it is I really want at this point. We're not failures, and no self destructing! You can do this, and So can I!

Thanks for all the suggestions. i went to see a counselor today and i think she can help me get back on tract. i plan to call the surgery center tomorrow and talk to the nutritionist about my food. im feeling better and i know with Gods help i can get all this back in line again....