I don't care what you eat, really...

Thanks for sharing!

You are so welcome!  Good luck on your journey!

 

Thank you for those scary thoughts.  My nose got runny, and my eyes tear'd up, and my throat got tight, SO I KNOW that your message touched a nerve that needs to be thought about and dealt with.  Woof- The homework I have to do......

Hugs to you!  I am not trying to be scary.  Success is very possible, I feel very successful.  The good news is, you have a blessed reprieve ahead of you where the impulse to eat will be greatly diminished.  You will lose weight and you will be able to make changes for yourself.  I will be doing homework for the rest of my life!

Thank you for this post. I'm still pre-op, but this is exactly what I need to hear.

You know, this surgery is really amazing.  We can be so successful, especially if we're willing to learn how to do for ourselves what we thought we were letting food do for us.  We have to give up the excess food, and trust that it wasn't really doing anything for us anyway.  I mean, I can *think* it does, but all excess food does is bring misery and despair.  Hugs to you!

Excellent post.  Very well stated.

My trigger is all of it.  Whatever I want, whenever I want.  I am not a sugar junkie.  I will eat sweets if they are in front of me, but I don't seek them out.  Lucky for me chocolate gives me awful reflux.

I can easily forget what works and just let myself have my way with food.  Food has always been a huge source of pleasure for me and my drug.  I use food for every emotion good or bad.  I am not what I would call a binge eater, but I used to eat huge meals every day.

I like healthy food, but I like some unhealthy stuff too.  My job is to keep the healthy stuff in the house and the bad stuff out of the house.  This half the battle for me.  So while I can have a little bit of bread and butter or a little bite of some dessert, I can't do this everyday and get away with it because soon the portions will grow.

I spend my time convincing myself that I want to look good and feel good and food excess are not going to do that for me.  The sleeve has been the perfect surgery for me.  I can not longer stuff myself even if I want to.

Thank you for posting this.  Addicts need reminders that they can go back if they let their inner food monsters take over.  Life is rough sometimes and the temptation to just blob out with food is very tempting when stressful situations arise.  When this happens to me now, I am shocked by the visceral urge to eat whatever I want.  It is enough of a shock that it makes me come to my senses and not let it happen.

Oh, you really reminded me of something.  A lot of times people will tell me, "I'm an emotional eater" like they eat to handle their unpleasant emotions.  I can feel that urge to eat in response to practically *any* emotion.  Happiness, relief, joy, fear, anger.  Doesn't matter.  Is that a feeling?  I must need to eat!!  Argh!!

great post! I'm going to save this and go back to it again and again as I know I will need to see it. Thanks for writing it!

Good luck to you!  Looks like you're doing great!