20 months post and in an eating frenzy...can I get a grip?

Hi folks, I'm scared to death. I've been chugging a long a pretty good pace with the weightloss since my open RNY 7/17/01. Even up to a month or so ago I'd loose 1-2 lbs a month. Now it seems I've opened up some eating flood gates and I can't seem to close them. I had a lot of stressful things hit at once (mother's illness with month long hospitization/selling and buying a house(still some snags with that)/uncertainty about my job/and a few other things)this along with being snowed in about a 1/2 week sent me on an eating frenzy about a month ago. I rarely dump and it doesn't slow me down. I can eat a rather large amount of food and still not be full. Today I though I would "reset" my pouch by eating protein bars/drinks instead of meals for a couple of weeks, but I ate one and then almost blindly (like pre-op) wolfed down another. I'm out of control. I sit and eat entire bags of stuff. I've been logging my calories despite all of this and I'm clocking in at about 2400-2500 calories...I figured that is what a 200 lbs woman would eat to maintain her weight (I'm down to ...well 135 now from 130) CAN I STOP?? What do I need to do, I could almost cry I'm so scared. I'm throwing out the bad stuff when I get home today as a start. But how do I get a grip?? The real out of control eating starts around 8:00 or 9:00 at night. Have any of you been through this to regain control? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Kim open RNY 7/17/01 -150ish

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