Going to war with the food demons

Amen!!!  Thanks for posting this reminder!

I like your never give up attitude!  You can do it!

I want to write out this long and supportive post, but you know what, babe? You got this. YOU GOT THIS.

Love you... smooches.

I got this...just need a swift kick in the ass once in a while. Love you toooo!!

Great job honeypie.  I am so proud of you.

"I have worked too damn hard to do this again!"

Amen, amen, amen, amen!!!!!

I've had a couple days recently where I got up around 1000 calories - not horrible in the overall scheme of things.  But what really bothered me was the "why" of that higher intake than normal.  It would be so easy to slip back into old habits.  It's harder to stay the course.  But we are so completely worth that hard work.

Congrats for recognizing what's going on and making a commitment to get back on track!!

 

 

I am also a preop newbie and I really appreciate your post.  If there is one reason only that I am glad I found this site, I would say that it has to be how its opened my eyes to the long road ahead of me.  The honeymoon period, the bounce back, the emotional issuses, etc.  It's really made me understand that this isn't my magic surgery where I will wake up with the brain of a skinny person and never have food issues again.  I will always have that desire to eat and eat and eat until all my emotions and problems are buried under the food.  I just have to deal with it... and I'm starting now before I even get sleeved.

I can also totally identify when you say you had the knowledge of how to lose weight.  At 350 pounds, I could probably teach a course on how to lose weight and what exactly you need to do but its the doing that's the booger... Good luck on blasting those demons... or at least putting them in their place where you can keep an eye on them at all times.

You have come so far and gone through so much... I have no doubt that you will keep kicking ass!! :-) Have a great weekend. I hope you can relax and focus on something fun instead of food and family drama.

You are so awesome... totally an inspiration. Yeah, you GOT THIS... Hindsight is 20/20, but I now totally agree with your advice about sorting out food issues before surgery. (I was obviously in denial and ****** up big time in this way... now I gotta get myself straightened out.) "Discovering" or developing an eating disorder of some sort AFTER bariatric surgery isn't a pretty thing. Your fight inspires me, and I'm sure many many others. Thanks for sharing so honestly here. All you guys that "put it out there" like this really make a difference in ways you can't imagine. Go kick some demon ass.

Alison you are awesome. Just saying. 

I was reminded by another very amazing OH member that this journey doesn't "end" at goal, or at maintenance, or after plastic surgery, etc.

All I can hope for is that each time I deal with the same old bull**** head crap, I will do a little better.

Girl,

You are freakin amazing. I don't really have anything profound or poetic to say other than that, haha. You are a skinny sexy ***** and you always will be!

Seriously though, I look up to you a lot and I know a lot of others on this site do as well. You've had, and continue to have, an amazing, inspiring journey and I'm looking forward to reading about it forever and ever  :)