You would think at almost 18 months post op...

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I would have conquered or atleast overcame my eating issues, but alas

I have not. I am finding myself under a tremendous amount of stress

right now and the more stress I am under the more I eat. Even when I

am not hungry, even when it discusts me or makes me angry with

myself, I eat. Do I make wise food choices atleast? Ofcourse NOT! I

don't overeat sliced turkey breast or string cheese, I overeat

cookies and cakes and chips and bread. Then I feel discusted and

angry with myself because I have been given this wonderful gift of

WLS and I am not using it wisely. Then I eat. Not a good cycle.

I am trying to break the cycle today. It dawned on me last night what

I am doing and why, step one is always recognizing and admitting the

problem right? well I am reaching for step two- stopping the

behavior. So today I am trying to make it a point not to eat unless I

feel hungry - which may sound logical but I usually eat at

predetermined times 8, 12 and 5:30. Today I am waiting to see if I am

actually hungry before I eat. So I have waited until now and I am

eating 4 ounce of turkey & 1 string cheese. I am incorporating in

step two making wiser choices.

Does anyone else still struggle as a long term post op? Does anyone

else feel guilt when they eat poorly?

Thanks for listening.

Lap BPD/DS

3/22/01

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