BIG FAT PEOPLE!

[shedevil 23]

I have not read all of the posts on this subject but my opinion isthat most people are food addicts but not all. I was good until after menopause. Now its a struggle. My surgeon told me that once you are over a certain bmj snd you have dieted every diet..it is virtually impossible to get back to a normal weight. Those hormones in your stomach don't let it happen.

[saffikeagan 8/31/13 48]

I do not believe I'm a food addict. I have a friend who is just a little heavier than me who is. She Snacks and eats junk constantly. Instead I'm just a lazy idiot. I live alone, hate shopping, and have better things to do with my time than cooking and doing dishes. Alas it's near impossible to find quick cheap healthy food. It's so much easier to fill up on fast food. Alas, I'll get so sick of eating junk that I won't want to eat; yet, I still get hungry. I do a good job of eating healthy when I'm shopping and cooking. I love veggies, tofu, Beans, etc. I did a whole food plant based diet for two months and LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF THE FOOD. But it required a lot of cooking, cleaning, shopping, etc. I know that's going to be the hardest part for me: finding healthy quick food to eat. I'm hopeful that I will be able to afford healthy quick yuppie foods post-op because I won't be needing to eat as much. One yuppie $10 salad will be 3 meals instead of 1/2 of one.

The other part, is that fast food will fill me up only temporarily and leave me hungry 2 hours later. Science has shown that's a combo of fat, salt, and carbs which creates a craving to eat more. So, the next meal I eat more trying to make it last until it's time for the next meal. It's a downward spiral. I could easily go the rest of my life without eating any one food: chocolate-no addiction, chips-no addiction, ice cream-no addiction, red meat-bleh, caffeine-addiction!

[No game 14,437]

I do not believe I'm a food addict. I have a friend who is just a little heavier than me who is. She Snacks and eats junk constantly. Instead I'm just a lazy idiot. I live alone' date=' hate shopping, and have better things to do with my time than cooking and doing dishes. Alas it's near impossible to find quick cheap healthy food. It's so much easier to fill up on fast food. Alas, I'll get so sick of eating junk that I won't want to eat; yet, I still get hungry. I do a good job of eating healthy when I'm shopping and cooking. I love veggies, tofu, Beans, etc. I did a whole food plant based diet for two months and LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF THE FOOD. But it required a lot of cooking, cleaning, shopping, etc. I know that's going to be the hardest part for me: finding healthy quick food to eat. I'm hopeful that I will be able to afford healthy quick yuppie foods post-op because I won't be needing to eat as much. One yuppie 10 salad will be 3 meals instead of 1/2 of one.

The other part, is that fast food will fill me up only temporarily and leave me hungry 2 hours later. Science has shown that's a combo of fat, salt, and carbs which creates a craving to eat more. So, the next meal I eat more trying to make it last until it's time for the next meal. It's a downward spiral. I could easily go the rest of my life without eating any one food: chocolate-no addiction, chips-no addiction, ice cream-no addiction, red meat-bleh, caffeine-addiction![/quote']

How do you plan on changing? After the sleeve?

Are you going to stop fast food? Even if it means you have to prepare your foods?

I ask because I don't eat fast food, it was never my thing. But I'd imagine it would be hard to give it up... I mean you can still eat it with the sleeve,

Sometimes easier than "real" food..

Oh and I get the lazy part! Cooking? It's not really my thing... So I make things and don't mind eating the same left overs for days!

[saffikeagan 8/31/13 48]

I'm hoping that with eating less, I will need to cook less. Also, I'm hoping that I can afford expensive healthy food from places like "whole foods" as my per meal/per dollar spent will be lower. I also need to change my way of living. I'm hopeful that the sleeve will help me. When I was on Medifast, one thing of Tofu was one day's serving of the lean and green. With the sleeve hopefully, one thing of tofu will be 3 days worth of lean. That will cut down on the amount I have to cook.

[saffikeagan 8/31/13 48]

I have no problem with left-overs!

[No game 14,437]

I'm a lazy eater and cook. I boil a chicken about once a week or so, shred the meat off and use it all week i put i on salads or eat it plain or with a bit of cheese. Or I dry fry a pack of cut up tofu and snack off of that through the week I eat it plain or dip it in hummus. I don't need fancy as long as I'm "filling the hole" I'm good.

[saffikeagan 8/31/13 48]

In addition, one serving of 99c Beans from Taco bell is relatively healthy and vegan. So, that would be something that post sleeve would be "fast food" but easy and healthy. A salmon and broccoli dinner at Chilli's is totally delish! I'm hoping post-sleeve, that will last me 2-3 meals instead of one. One grilled tillapia taco could be a full meal for 2.99! I love healthy food. I just need A) find it and eat small enough quantities in which it is affordable for every meal. I have no problem cracking open a tin of black beans and gnawing on some raw broccoli for a meal. But when meal means "full can of beans, a head of broccoli, and something else to satisfy the hunger" it gets hard.

[saffikeagan 8/31/13 48]

Exactly, so long as I've got something easy and quick, I'm good. but easy and quick and needing to sate the hunger of my pre-op stomach is hard.

[saffikeagan 8/31/13 48]

Didn't realize that B ) would show as

[Arts137 1,811]

so... how the heck did I miss this thread???

Am an addict. As long as I stay away from food, I'm OK. 'Course I see a problem with that approach...

But I'll work on it. BEST POST is about bringing doughnuts to OA and being kicked out. Almost as cool as bringing bloody mary's to AA.

[No game 14,437]

so... how the heck did I miss this thread???

Am an addict. As long as I stay away from food' date=' I'm OK. 'Course I see a problem with that approach...

But I'll work on it. BEST POST is about bringing doughnuts to OA and being kicked out. Almost as cool as bringing bloody mary's to AA.[/quote']

How indeed! Now for penance you must read the whole thing!

[JProx 161]

You know the Thyroid thing always makes me stand offish I don't see that in third world country's where there is not much food.? I ate all the time and a lot. I know why I gained the pounds.Or maybe it is big bones!?

[No game 14,437]

You know the Thyroid thing always makes me stand offish I don't see that in third world country's where there is not much food.? I ate all the time and a lot. I know why I gained the pounds.Or maybe it is big bones!?

Hey don't be talking crap about big bones!

I happen to suffer from that condition...

It's from my German and Portuguese heritage.

We are a very stout people

[Fiddleman 4,376]

German heritage here too! Along with Scottish and English heritage. It is a good idea I do not have any great great grandparents from Ireland or I would have to be constantly feuding with myself. I do love the Irish culture though ( tis where my fiddleman name comes from - love of both Irish and Scottish fiddling). Now that I have hijacked the thread, back to scheduled programming...

[Mousesmom 90]

German heritage here too! Along with Scottish and English heritage. It is a good idea I do not have any great great grandparents from Ireland or I would have to be constantly feuding with myself. I do love the Irish culture though ( tis where my fiddleman name comes from - love of both Irish and Scottish fiddling). Now that I have hijacked the thread' date=' back to scheduled programming...[/quote']

I am Irish, scottish and english. I am always arguing with myself....usually about food. All the thirds of me are(is)a food addict.