Having a hard time...

[alishapat 0]

Hello all. I am on here looking for help or moral support. I am a stress eatter. I've found that out the hard way. I was banded on December 21st. Everything was going great. I had a port flip and that was fixed on the 14th of May. I'm trying to get into the mind set again that everything will be fine. I have a lot of stress going on in my life lately and I seem to turn to food for comfort even with the band on. Lately, for some reason, I've been throwing up food too. I could eat a cup of food but I still find myself throwing the food up. I guess I'm wondering how to get my mind to stop thinking like I did before I had the band put on and how to get myself to get away from the food for comfort.

[misscristie 0]

I would recommend a therapist. Hopefully they can help you work through some of your other issues. Making your stomach smaller unfortunately doesn't fix our minds :smile2:

Best of luck to you.

[alishapat 0]

That's a good suggestion but right now not a possibility. My family is moving so I am too. I'm having some trouble with this and apparently turn to food. I'm just looking for a way to not do that. I'd appriciate any other suggestions.

[khunt719 2]

I was having a hard time at night after work and the stress of the day would catch up with me and I would eat like a pig and then I got a few books on weight loss surgery and just started to read them and that gave my mind something to distract it away from food. You need to stop throwing up though because my mother did that and her band slipped and she almost died and had to have her band removed by emergency surgery. It was terrible. I haven't thrown up yet and I was banded Sept. 28th, so I guess I am just lucky. Hope this helps. Good luck.

[DebinFL 0]

I have found I have problems eating when I get stressed out, the band seems to tighten up, your mind is not on eating and we tend to eat to fast, take too large of bites, not chew enough and food gets stuck. If this continues you may need to have some fill removed to loosen your band and allow any irritation and swelling to settle down. I went through this last year, the doctor removed half of my fill level and I felt so much better by that evening.

[beachcitygirl 5]

I am with you on the stress eating. The way I am dealing with it is to come here often. I think LBT has become my new addiction! Sometimes I post, or blog about how I am feeling, and other times I just read about other peoples experience. I am so thankful for people willing to share their stories. I feel like I am making new friends, but mostly it really helps to know people who really know how I am feeling! Good Luck!

[vlp1968 83]

You already have lots of good suggestions. My 2 cents is to start an excersise program. It is a great stress reducer. Start off slow and gradually increase your intensity and/or duration. Keep us posted on how your doing.

[Healthier Wanda 0]

I'm pretty new at all this since I was just banded on April 26. I'm doing good. I haven't thrown up at all. Not sure what your food intake is, but I've been told to stay away from carbs. I eat very little bread, if any, it will be mexican tortillas, if I eat any carbs, I only eat like a table spoon full. I've really been concentrating more on eating Proteins, chewing and drinking and drinking lots.

When you feel stressed and want to eat, stick to Jello or sugar free popcicles.

Try to eliminate the stress in your life. Hope things get better soon.

You can do it! :smile2: