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Hi..I am  months out and 70 lbs lighter from my rny, however I struggle each day with my food obsession. I want to enjoy life and reach goal weight and take food and eating out of the center of my universe. I have a pouch made of steel and can tolerate anything, so I desperately need to fix my thinking. I've been obese all of my life so I know I have alot of work to do. Thats my story, whats yours?

 FreeSpirit - you are telling my story.  Surgery last June; am 80 lbs lighter, and I too struggle more and more.  Never throw up; could eat a bushel basket full of stuff if I let myself.  I've read Beck pre-surgery and am thrilled that you started this group!  I'm gonna go home, get it out and start re-reading and start back at the beginning. 

Awesome!! Glad your're here!!

Hey all,

I was so glad to find this group.  I purchased the Beck Diet Workbook and intended to work through it on my own, but just never seem to get around to it.  I've read the intro, which looks great!

I had my RNY 8/25/09 and am experiencing a MAJOR stall right now which is getting me down and making it hard to stay motivated.  I'm hoping connecting with other while working through my food issues will keep me on track, despite what the scale is doing.

Thanks so much for starting this! 

Yes!! Dont do it alone. Lets work together!!

Don't know why I didn't see this post when I came to the forum. It looks like we all had our surgery about the same time. I just had my six-month visit today and have lost 92 pounds. The scale hasn't moved in almost two weeks, but I'm not letting it get me down. I'm hoping to lose another 20 pounds so that when I bounce up, I'll hopefully be at my ideal weight of 142.

I posted my intro as a separate topic, but will post it again here:

I just started listening to this audiobook today and had planned to come home and ask on OH if anyone was following the system. Imagine my delight to find this group! I haven't really listened to enough of it yet to have a good grip on what the system is like, but I do know that I've got to get a grip NOW on my cravings. I'm just six months out, so I haven't had to deal with any gains yet, but I am having a hard time resisting eating too much granola and too many wasabi-dusted almonds. I really need a system, and having a support group to go along with it will be fabulous! I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you!

Pat

Thanks for joining. Lets DO this!!!

Hi there!  I am also a little over 6 months out and 94lbs down.   This is so wild that this group has started up because I just ordered the book and workbook on Amazon.  I'm still waiting for its arrival but I can't wait.

At my support group last week, my doctor showed up for a little Q&A with the group.  He recommended this book and even said he was talking with the author to get her to come speak to us.  I'm so excited!

I have major issues with food.  We are definitely not friends, but I keep turning to it.  Why? I don't know.  I don't have a reason why...I just do.  I want to learn to cohabitate with food.  This dysfunctional relationship has to go!

Welcome I agree 100%. This journey for me has been a lifelong struggle. Im eager to break the cycle.

I had my lap band surgery over 4 years ago, reached my goal weight a year later, regained 30-35 pounds 2 years later, now have that off and have lowered my goal weight by 5 pounds and am maintaining for the first time in my life.

As a psychologist I am well aware that ours is not a physical problem, but a mental/emotional one and if we do not deal with the issues that triggered us to eat before surgery we are doomed to return to our old ways of eating. 

I lead two support groups - one a general bariatric support group which meets once a month (in fact, this evening is our January meeting) and the other which is a maintenance/near goal weight group which meets once a week at noon time. (Tuesday are our meeting days)  I use the Beck Diet Solution as the basis for both groups. 

I am so glad to see a BDS group here and I hope it is a caring, supportive, understanding, accepting group.  I am turned off by so much of the negativity which seems to permiate some groups.

This is the third time in my life I have lost 100 pounds + and the reason is I had no idea how to maintain.  I guess the biggest revalation I've had is that it takes as much work (maybe even more) and time to maintain as it did to lose.  I still have to plan my food at least a day ahead, write down my plan, and follow my plan.  NO VOTING.  Just stop eating when I've had all my calories whether I think I've had enough to eat or not.  We know nothing about "tummy hungry" (or at least very few of us have even been tummy hungry) but we know a whole lot about "head" hungry.

So here's to a fine group