Eating Too Much?

[Sunnybaby 95]

I will be a year out from surgery on the 30th of this month. I am really worried though that I am able to eat so much food! Last night I was able to eat 3oz. chicken breast, 1 slice toast (dry), and a little gravy. For lunch today I ate sushi (well, the middle part of the sushi, didn't eat the rice), and then had 2 1/2 slices of chicken breast and still didn't feel full. I can't tell if it's just in my head that I am still hungry or if I really am. I never really got the swing of things with head hunger vs. actual hunger. I have nothing to gauge my eating on though really. I am just super worried and don't want to feel like I do right now, feeling like I am failing......

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

You might benefit from food logging. It's not everyone's cup of tea but for many it helps to see things in print. Will you have your one year follow up soon? Perhaps make it a point to discuss this with your nutritionist.

[CanyonBaby 1,852]

No, not failing. Failing is giving up, the fact hat you did this surgery SCREAMS success! It's just time to figure things out. It's like I told my husband earlier today: I have 3 things I have to figure out; IF I am hungry. IF I am thirsty. IF it is my head. S, the first one I can tell when I get ornery, shaky, low on energy. The second one is pretty obvious to me; my tummy isn't hungry (I'm learning to truly FEEL the condition of the tummy, weight in it, all the symptoms previously mentioned for hunger). Third: none of the above, plus it's not time yet to eat, plus I'm bored, plus I'm watching/thinking/reading/seeing food or food-related things (TV, cookbook, magazine, am in the kitchen, watching husband eat.....). Any and or all of the above.

If I can refocus, I'm good. If I drink a ton (gallon?!) of beverage, I'm good. If it is snack time, eat. If not, GO DO SOMETHING! Get your mind OFF of it, no matter what you have to do. And that's what I'm doing! Good luck to you, too!

[LipstickLady 25,682]

Girl! Pull it together!

Three ounces of chicken? The inside of sushi?!

When you were fat, would you have been able to eat so little? You are still eating less than a normal skinny person! Track your food, drop the carbs for some veggies or complex carbs like Beans and breathe.

Are you gaining? Maintaining? You sound like you're doing fine.

Oh! And I can't eat the rice on sushi either. Did you know you can get it wrapped in thin slices of cucumber in many places if you ask?

[minniegirl 258]

What you described doesn't seem like a lot of food to me!!

I am only 6+ weeks out and I can eat 2-3 ounces of chicken with some gravy.

Why do you feel bad about these amounts? Is it that you aren't losing anymore or are gaining?

[Sunnybaby 95]

I am still losing (super slowly) and I do log my food everyday.

@@CanyonBaby - I definitely need to stop and think about what type of hungry I am when I feel hungry. Lately it's been all the time but it could be just because of stress. Discerning the differences in hunger is extremely important.

@@LipstickLady - Sometimes I forget just how much I ate when I was fat. It seems like forever ago. Now that you have pointed that out to me I definitely don't eat much compared to when I was fat. I used to eat a LOT! One time I remember polishing off an entire medium pizza by myself. Now I can handle one piece, only if it's thin crust. Big difference!

Thanks everyone! I needed to hear all of this and get some support in how I am feeling.

[LipstickLady 25,682]

Tracking my food is great not only to keep me on point but also to give me perspective.

If you aren't already doing so, consider it.