SkinnyDown

That is great that you have figured this out about yourself. It's going to help you so much, to get into therapy means you are holding yourself accountable, and that's a huge step. You're so right about the cold turkey thing, we can't quit eating food, but we sure can make better choices. I know the foods that made me fat, they were all carb heavy things, and I simply don't even attempt to claim I'm just going to have a bite, I don't buy it, it doesn't come into my house, and I don't eat it. Entire aisles in the grocery store are really obsolete for me now. I had a date last week and he brought over pastries, not realizing that it was like bringing heroin into an addict's house. I thanked him, but told him he had to take them home with him. LOL He understands now, I can't base things around food anymore. I have a different perspective, and have realized, just how food-centric people are. Wait.....did you hear what I just said? I had a date. Just a few days short of 9 years since I have dated a man, and I actually not only had one date with this man, but 4, in the last week and a half. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A man took me out 4 times, and one date lasted over 7 hours! Sorry this is so off topic,but OMG! I am dating now.

Thank you!!

That is great that you have figured this out about yourself. It's going to help you so much, to get into therapy means you are holding yourself accountable, and that's a huge step. You're so right about the cold turkey thing, we can't quit eating food, but we sure can make better choices. I know the foods that made me fat, they were all carb heavy things, and I simply don't even attempt to claim I'm just going to have a bite, I don't buy it, it doesn't come into my house, and I don't eat it. Entire aisles in the grocery store are really obsolete for me now. I had a date last week and he brought over pastries, not realizing that it was like bringing heroin into an addict's house. I thanked him, but told him he had to take them home with him. LOL He understands now, I can't base things around food anymore. I have a different perspective, and have realized, just how food-centric people are.

WOW..I literally had no idea about this. It makes me feel even better about this journey to the ultimate lifestyle change. As WLS patients we are really given the tools and its just up to us what we do with them. This is very encouraging. Sent from my SM-G925T using the BariatricPal App Aww thanks:) Sent from my SM-G925T using the BariatricPal App Thank you

You bring up a very interesting point because the surgery is done on our stomachs and not our brains. I think its quite interesting insurance only requires one visit to a psychiatrist and that is before surgery (nothing after). I completely agree that patients are monitored and cared for as far as any physical changes after surgery (i.e. complications) but what about mental changes? Complications can occur there too. If a person doesn't understand why they have a problem with their weight (and how to fix or properly cope), having surgery or going on a diet is only putting a band aid on a gunshot wound. Sent from my SM-G925T using the BariatricPal App That is why I spent a year in therapy before surgery, and continue therapy for my food addiction issues. It's a shame so many people suffer even after surgery with head hunger and end up gaining it all back. I think that could be avoided, I care so little about food now, because I found other things in my life to keep me occupied/busy. Have to fix the brain first. That's not easy either, it took me 48 years to even admit I was an addict. Yes, just like a heroin addict. I was hiding food, I was lying about food, I was spending a LOT on food, I am an addict. Simple as that, and once I admitted that, life got a hell of a lot easier. You made some excellent points too, putting a bandage on a gunshot wound....that's exactly right.

I am a broken record with this, because it's so obvious. There is a faction of obesity and weight loss they just don't talk about. food ADDICTION. The real reason why people fail. Why I have failed time and time again through my life. Who in their right mind would gobble down an entire bag of potato chips? ME. A person with a food addiction. I don't care what diet someone is on, or what kind of surgery they have had, the weight will not stay off, if you don't get help for your addiction. People don't get fat because they walked past the box of krispy kremes, and just smelled them. Sure, it's good to know about the metabolism, but that's inconsequential I think, if you have someone eating an entire bag of potato chips. Trying to fill up a big empty space inside you is psychological. Not physical. Here's a good idea, don't bring the crap into your house, and you can't eat it. Simple as that. If you know it's crap and you are feeding it to your family, that's beyond my help at this point. Why would you feed crap to your family? Even the bariatric center I go to gives so little help with the psychological aspect of weight loss, and why a person like me ate their way up to 345 lbs. It's all in my head. That is what I had to fix...my head, because losing weight after surgery is easy. In my opinion anyway. Just my 2c, my truth doesn't have to be yours.

I can't do bread. I get a stuck feeling and it's terrible. I used to love hot dogs and liverwurst....no more. Dogs get stuck, and liverwurst just tastes nasty now. I have no clue why, I used to eat it all the time, since I was a kid. I'll give it another try again now that I am almost a year out from surgery. I can't do raw veggies, they go right through me. I'm reduced to pretty much mushy cooked vegetables and/or veggies, in Soups. eggs, not loving too much anymore. I used to eat them all the time. Hard boiled are the easiest for me, now. I'm so glad I can do cottage cheese, or I would be screwed! lol

I don't eat bread, I tried once, on a recent hospital visit, and was I sorry. I choose not to do bread, rice, or Pasta, it's way too high in carbs. Is brown rice really that much better for anyone? It has fiber, but the carbs are about the same. SUPER HIGH! That's what makes you fat. Once in awhile, I will do half a serving of crackers, various types, if I want to have some tuna salad or cheese spreads on a few crackers. That is enough to fill me up, with just a half serving. I keep as many carbs out as possible. I shoot for under 80 per day. I usually end up around 50-60. I keep careful track of the carbs, as I know, that is what I was stuffing and fattening myself with pre-surgery. I don't even really care about food anymore. I eat only because I have to. I still have no physical hunger. 1 year of therapy helped the food addiction issue. I'm just being very very careful about any transfer addictions popping up.