Emotional Eating....kinda OT

Needed a place to vent that I knew would not really come back and haunt me.
I found out early this week that I was an emotional eater. This did not really affect me until the SH** hit the fan and now I am here pacing the floors trying to figure everything out and all I can think about is sugar! I already knew I had a sugar weekness but man this has got me bad.
I have substituted my sugar for SF everything and watch the carbs, but find the head hunger sometimes out of control. I really wish my family would get their act together so I wouldnt be going through all of this right now.
Sometimes I love the idea that you can choose friends but not your family, they are really hitting an all time high lately.
I an even unable to talk to them about all of this because I refuse to tell them that I even had the surgery in the first place.

Heck, I knew there was a reason I live 4 hrs away from them. Oki, big girl panties back on, maybe I will make a protein smoothie.....

Yea, unfortunately the surgery only works on our bellies, not our heads. 

Hang in there - it will get better!  When you start seeing the fabulous results because of your surgery and new eating habits, it all becomes worth it - and you WON'T want to indulge in those things. 

I am definately a sugar addict.  As far as emotional eater, everyone is an emotional eater, thin people, big people, it doesn't matter.  Unfortunately, we end up packing on the pounds and some others don't.  After smoking for 42 years, I finally quit.  The difference in my success is that before I would pace and stew about wanting a cigarette.  This time, I told myself I loved me too much to put the poison in my body and I found something else to do.  This is the strategy I hope to use when I have my surgery in November.  You need to love yourself enough to not poison yourself anymore, and sugar is poison to us.  It is truly an addiction and the withdrawal starts as soon as we are done eating something sweet, and not satisfied until we eat another sweet thing.  And, just like other addictions, the longer you go, the less you'll crave.  And, it's true that the motivation will get stronger as the pounds come off.  Also I have found that sugar free foods also trigger my cravings for food, so I try to stay away from them also.  I hope this helps you, we didn't get where we are overnight, and we aren't going to get better overnight, but thank goodness we have the surgery tool to help us get well.

Sue

Girl, you have been going THROUGH IT!  No wonder you want to comfort yourself. 

I'm hoping you have the strength to conceive of creative ways to find that comfort and peace in the midst of all the chaos.  If you don't have that strength right now, perhaps you could try  a new post asking for some ideas.  

In the meantime, I send you loving support vibes!

I recommend the workbook The Food and Feelings Book to deal with emotional eating.

And emotional eating is not remotely even close to being OT!

Overeaters Anonymous works wonders for me in the emotional eating department . Overeating snuck back in in my case a few months after the surgery ( i was eating in all U can eat buffets just about every day traveling ) .... and weight loss STOPPED and then regain STARTED .

Oh yeah ..that can definitely happen even a few months post .

I cam e here and was lucky enough to get it somewhat under control with shakes and careful fat free eating but i still ate TOO MUCH TOO OFTEN and NOT because i was hungry .

And i wanted / needed to lose significantly more

So i took my narrowing butt once again to OA where ive written my steps i guess three times in years past . Every singe time i bemoaned the significant time commitment / emotional overhaul / honest self searching required .

HOWEVER , even way before WLS i dropped and kept off significant chunks of weight .... and i would also argue that my life became much more Ava - friendly and more manageable . The steps are truly life - transforming .

So if Ure tired of being a" dry drunk "if U will... or in the case of an overeater ... a person who craves "one last binge " ( lol - i had a LIFETIME of those ) ..... and just wants true happiness and to be set free .. try OA .

U might just love it as I do.

BTW - IM ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY LBS TODAY !!!!!! WOOT WOOT !!!!!! that is AMAZING !!! I havent weighed this little since BEFORE i ever got on the scale .... since way before even than my first ever disatrous 300 calorie a day diet in the eighth grade that lasted three weeks ( how the HELL did i do that ?! ) andstopped my growth permanently .. which only got me to 129 ....andsize 27 levis ... which i outgrew the SECOND I started eating normally ... ;(

My size 26 NON stretch jeans are now borderline big on me ( though 25 is still too little ) .... my abs are flat .... im ready to go ....