Old habits die hard!!!!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Oh that is a bummer Raeshel!! One of the best things of this surgery for me

is my intolerance to sugar and fat. If nothing else it is great for

behavior modification. )

I wish I had words of wisdom to comfort you. I can empathize with how hard

things are for you right now.

Just keep starting each day a new!!!

Candi

Old habits die hard!!!!!!!!!

>

>

> Hey guys,

>

> I was wondering if any of you are experiencing this and if so,

> how you are dealing with it.

> The last week or so I have been SOOOO struggling with eating to

much

> food, and not the RIGHT food! The other night I had more christmas

> candy than I care to tell and then I came home an ate 2 of my 0

sugar

> icecream bars. I bawled. It's not that I feel I ate to much even

> though I did....it's just that I see the same vicious food cycle

> beginning to repeat itself. I am so worried that I am going to

lose

> control and this surgery will be for nothing! I see those people

who

> have had surgery and then 5 years later are back up to 300lbs.

and I

> am freaked out that it will be me. I exercise everyday but what

if I

> just decided to give it up all together???? I have been struggling

> with this all week long. I am praying it is just because it is the

> holidays and I am surrounded by food....but what if it' not?

Anyone

> else have any suggestions?????

>

> RaeShel

> 373/210/160?

> Surgery - June 6th 2003

>

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[Guest guest]

Very Right on Mandy!!!!! as a diabetic sugar has been my enemy for years

and years!!!! It is so true the hunger you feel from the sugar in your

body. The higher the glucose level the more hungry (and thirsty) you feel.

SUGAR IS EVIL!!!!

Candi

Re: Old habits die hard!!!!!!!!!

oh heavens ReaShel,

First, its important to know .... your hunger at this point is VERY REAL.

You are not going crazy... your body is .. and you can control what your

body

feels.

Once you stray from protein and complex carbs to simple carbs ( sugars )

.....

so too, your insulin levels rise .. and the body will respond with

SCREAMING

HUNGER... a phenomena which is physical .. VERY REAL .. but too, one which

you

can EASILY change by putting the brakes on your questionable food choices

and

going back to WLS basics for a week. One week of resolve, and I promise

you

.. I promise you..... " that feeling of being out of control " ... will be a

bad

memory.

Think, .. if you put a pint of hard liquor into your body... will you feel

drunk? Of course you will. The food phenomena is exactly the same

regarding

sugar. These vehicles we live in are just big bags of chemicals. If you

but too much sugar into the body ... its response to sugar ... is to FEEL

HUNGER. Period. Its a physical phenomena... very real .....NOT HEAD

HUNGER>

Too, the Holiday Season is stressful for so many of us ...and this stress,

RaeShel, raises our cortisol levels, which again... makes our body SCREAM

HUNGER. A very REAL physical phenomena.

Stop the sugar ... and step away from stress.

If you continue on this path ... so too, I can guarantee you... you will

gain

all of your weight back and yes, I do know how scary that thought is.

You were given a tool ... in three part. First .. a smaller area for

food

to accumulate in .. which yes, softens over time and allows you to ingest

a

" bit more " as time goes on. The idea behind the pouch is to force you

into

eating less... force you to build good habits. Second .. the Pyloric

valve was

removed.... which was a muscle that regulated the food emptying out of

the

stomach. Sugar, is PURE energy for the body... it needs zero digestion

and

passes immediately out of the stomach without a Pyloric valve...which is

what

causes dumping... fat is similar) This removal of the Pyloric valve was

again ..

a tool... to help us to develop an aversion to sugar and fat. Also a

portion

of the digestive track was bypassed .. " cut out " ... allowing for less

surface area fat absorbtion... again a tool to keep the body from

absorbing

fats....but but but ...

if you put enough sugar calories into the body... you WILL be HUNGRY ...

hungry enough... enough ......to override these tools...... no ands if's

or buts

about it.... and yes....you CAN CAN CAN ... regain every ounce of weight.

There I've said it. YOU CAN.

But you won't. You wont because you are going to set a date, and an

hour...

where you WILL put the sugar nonsense aside... and get back to the basics.

Protein, Water, Exercise. You WILL do this because you obviously have the

highest regard for yourself and your body .. evidenced by your willingness

to have

had the surgery in the first place.... evidenced again ... by your

willingness to reach out at a time of feeling .. " out of control " ... for

which I

applaud you.

You have the tools ... step up to the plate RaeShel ... ( said with love

and

deep compassion, as I HAVE been where you are ** )

Hope I didn't scare any newbies..... if I did... I'm sorry in advance of

sending this letter off. But sugar is killer folks ... it is the enemy...

Skinny Wishes from Mandy in CA

275/146/126

[Guest guest]

Very Right on Mandy!!!!! as a diabetic sugar has been my enemy for years

and years!!!! It is so true the hunger you feel from the sugar in your

body. The higher the glucose level the more hungry (and thirsty) you feel.

SUGAR IS EVIL!!!!

Candi

Re: Old habits die hard!!!!!!!!!

oh heavens ReaShel,

First, its important to know .... your hunger at this point is VERY REAL.

You are not going crazy... your body is .. and you can control what your

body

feels.

Once you stray from protein and complex carbs to simple carbs ( sugars )

.....

so too, your insulin levels rise .. and the body will respond with

SCREAMING

HUNGER... a phenomena which is physical .. VERY REAL .. but too, one which

you

can EASILY change by putting the brakes on your questionable food choices

and

going back to WLS basics for a week. One week of resolve, and I promise

you

.. I promise you..... " that feeling of being out of control " ... will be a

bad

memory.

Think, .. if you put a pint of hard liquor into your body... will you feel

drunk? Of course you will. The food phenomena is exactly the same

regarding

sugar. These vehicles we live in are just big bags of chemicals. If you

but too much sugar into the body ... its response to sugar ... is to FEEL

HUNGER. Period. Its a physical phenomena... very real .....NOT HEAD

HUNGER>

Too, the Holiday Season is stressful for so many of us ...and this stress,

RaeShel, raises our cortisol levels, which again... makes our body SCREAM

HUNGER. A very REAL physical phenomena.

Stop the sugar ... and step away from stress.

If you continue on this path ... so too, I can guarantee you... you will

gain

all of your weight back and yes, I do know how scary that thought is.

You were given a tool ... in three part. First .. a smaller area for

food

to accumulate in .. which yes, softens over time and allows you to ingest

a

" bit more " as time goes on. The idea behind the pouch is to force you

into

eating less... force you to build good habits. Second .. the Pyloric

valve was

removed.... which was a muscle that regulated the food emptying out of

the

stomach. Sugar, is PURE energy for the body... it needs zero digestion

and

passes immediately out of the stomach without a Pyloric valve...which is

what

causes dumping... fat is similar) This removal of the Pyloric valve was

again ..

a tool... to help us to develop an aversion to sugar and fat. Also a

portion

of the digestive track was bypassed .. " cut out " ... allowing for less

surface area fat absorbtion... again a tool to keep the body from

absorbing

fats....but but but ...

if you put enough sugar calories into the body... you WILL be HUNGRY ...

hungry enough... enough ......to override these tools...... no ands if's

or buts

about it.... and yes....you CAN CAN CAN ... regain every ounce of weight.

There I've said it. YOU CAN.

But you won't. You wont because you are going to set a date, and an

hour...

where you WILL put the sugar nonsense aside... and get back to the basics.

Protein, Water, Exercise. You WILL do this because you obviously have the

highest regard for yourself and your body .. evidenced by your willingness

to have

had the surgery in the first place.... evidenced again ... by your

willingness to reach out at a time of feeling .. " out of control " ... for

which I

applaud you.

You have the tools ... step up to the plate RaeShel ... ( said with love

and

deep compassion, as I HAVE been where you are ** )

Hope I didn't scare any newbies..... if I did... I'm sorry in advance of

sending this letter off. But sugar is killer folks ... it is the enemy...

Skinny Wishes from Mandy in CA

275/146/126

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/23/2003 7:57:56 PM Pacific Standard Time,

candiread@... writes:

> The higher the glucose level the more hungry (and thirsty) you feel.

> SUGAR IS EVIL!!!!

>

ohhh heavens Candi .. yes yes yes ... I forgot about the thirst aspect.

Hunger and thirst...

sugar is evil ... it is!!!

Happy HOlidays to you and Skinny wishes from Mandy in CA

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/23/2003 7:57:56 PM Pacific Standard Time,

candiread@... writes:

> The higher the glucose level the more hungry (and thirsty) you feel.

> SUGAR IS EVIL!!!!

>

ohhh heavens Candi .. yes yes yes ... I forgot about the thirst aspect.

Hunger and thirst...

sugar is evil ... it is!!!

Happy HOlidays to you and Skinny wishes from Mandy in CA

[Guest guest]

I remember when I was first diagnosed I could walk to the water cooler and

fill a good size glass and have finished the entire thing before I got back

to my desk!!!!!! )

Candi

Re: Old habits die hard!!!!!!!!!

In a message dated 12/23/2003 7:57:56 PM Pacific Standard Time,

candiread@... writes:

> The higher the glucose level the more hungry (and thirsty) you feel.

> SUGAR IS EVIL!!!!

>

ohhh heavens Candi .. yes yes yes ... I forgot about the thirst aspect.

Hunger and thirst...

sugar is evil ... it is!!!

Happy HOlidays to you and Skinny wishes from Mandy in CA

[Guest guest]

I remember when I was first diagnosed I could walk to the water cooler and

fill a good size glass and have finished the entire thing before I got back

to my desk!!!!!! )

Candi

Re: Old habits die hard!!!!!!!!!

In a message dated 12/23/2003 7:57:56 PM Pacific Standard Time,

candiread@... writes:

> The higher the glucose level the more hungry (and thirsty) you feel.

> SUGAR IS EVIL!!!!

>

ohhh heavens Candi .. yes yes yes ... I forgot about the thirst aspect.

Hunger and thirst...

sugar is evil ... it is!!!

Happy HOlidays to you and Skinny wishes from Mandy in CA