I've gone from head hunger to head guilt

[beachgurl84 456]

I'm fighting with myself these days. I'm being good, not grazing, Protein first, fluids, etc. But I'm struggling with whenever I eat real food, especially food I like, I eat till I'm full (slowly, chewing, no drinking, all the right things), and then I feel guilty.

In my head I KNOW I only ate like 3 oz of food and that's not a lot. But my belly is telling me I'M FULL I'M FULL and my head does a nose dive into guilt world because I put too much food in my stomach. I didn't really eat too much, I just start freaking out and worrying that I'm ruining my stomach.

So, I know I'm doing everything right and I'm steadily losing weight. I just hate that every time I eat I feel guilty afterwards.

Did any of you go through this? I'm 8 weeks out from surgery and down 56 lbs. How long did it take you to stop thinking this way?

[AlwaysLorri 31]

I am 8 months out and still have to deal with my behavior. You won't be able to stop immediately what you've probably been doing most of your life so don't be hard on yourself. I ate until I got uncomfortable in the earlier weeks. It still happens to me from time to time but less often than in the beginning months. Also you will be able to eat more later on as the body adjusts to the new changes and swelling, etc is no more. Listen to your body, accept that you will have days were your mind and body wont agree and be kind to yourself. - we are all a work in progress! we need to treat ourselves the way we want others to treat us.

My best,

Lorri

[Stevehud 1,790]

I know what you mean I feel guilty about eating anything sometimes, and I even find myelf thinking , "ill just go back to a few shakes a day instead of food", which as I have been scolded by my nutritionist is a no no. I don't know if everyone goes through this kind of thing, but I certainly understand your feeling as well. Im 5 weeks post surg btw.