Depressed and confused... Please Help

Hey Everyone, I am new to the message bored, and really need some help! I am 22 and completely confused about everything, I had my WLS 04/19/06 and have lost about 90 pounds but I have hit a stand still. I have been at the same weight about 6 weeks. I have 64 more pounds to go and feel like I will never make it! I have stopped exercising and watching what I am eating, I am so depressed and misreable. None of my friends seem to understand. I am slipping back to my old habits and am so scared but unmotivated, I am able to eat basically whatever I want with out getting sick so I know I will fall back unless I get some help now. I am really looking for someone who might have went thru this or someone who would just be willing to e-mail and talk. Any help or advise would be so appreciated!!! I have hit the bottom and unfortionately don't know where to go from here. I feel like I am always hungery and I have heard of Head Hunger but don't know how to tell the difference. I can't seem to get anything under control. Please Help, Danielle

I could have written that post. I've lost 114 pounds and I've been playing with the same 2 pounds for about 3 weeks and I want to lose 63 more pounds. I've slowly let carbs (BAD carbs) creep back into my diet. I crave the carbs now and the good foods I know I need to be eating have no appeal for me. I know what I should be doing, but I just can't seem to get my dang head to go along with it. Like you, I can feel that return to my old habits creeping up and it scares the hell out of me. I do not want to go back to the person I was before surgery. I am finding I can eat more (note HUGE amounts but more than I could at say 3-4 months post op). I know most of mine is head hunger, but how do I tell my head no. Right now I know I need to eat my snack of cottage cheese and peaches but I would much rather walk down to the vending machine and buy a pack of reese's cups (which I have found I can get down both of them over about a 15-20 minute time span gggrrrrrr). You are not alone. I hate that you are going through this too, but I sure feel better knowing I'm not alone. Mandy

Thanks for the reply, it is so nice to post something and have someone give some feed back. I feel so much better knowing I am not alone in this, and I am sorry for what we are both going thru. Carbs and sweets are my problem, So is fast food / eating out. Someone said to keep a journal once because it makes you aware and then you cut back by seeing it on paper, maybe that would work for you. I used to love drinking water but now i can't handle it cold or from the tap it has to be a specific brand at just below room temp, so i am drinking lots of juice which isn't helping, I also don't get to eat veggies besides out of the can because the time it take to cook and heat and reheat, plus most veggies don't agree with me. I hope you can get over this hump maybe we can work on it together. Sincerly Danielle

Hey there, i think ive been there and its kinda like makin up for lost time, now your realising wow i can eat this yum i can eat that now. so your eating for the time youve lost when you couldnt eat these things, im sorry does that make sense ??? but for me ive done that and gained 10 lbs back, then realised something needs to be done or else ill jus keep gaining. so i went back to square one protein shakes for breakfast, logged in all my food, made sure i got all my protein calcium vitamins in. and a month later ive lost that dang 10 lbs. Ive also fallowed the 3 hour rule, eat within an hour of waking up then eat every 3 hours after that, then dont eat 3 huors before goin to bed that seems like allot of food and i thought id gain but it works it keeps fueling your metabolism and you burn more. well sorry for the long rant but i hope it helps. take care, Robert =)