What did I just do?

[NewMeLinZ 66]

8 months out. Had a craving I couldn't control and ate 2 eggo waffles. Then... Ate 2 more right after that? Now, I don't do this all the time. But, how could I fit all that in me???? No restriction feeling at all!! Been more hungry lately. Stalled because I have been hungry and eating more. I've lost 90 pounds at this point, I still run 10-12 miles a week. What do you all think? Sleeve is stretched? Should I do all liquid to shrink it and get back to square one? Anyone else fit way more than they ever thought they could and it shocked them how easy it was? I'm not ready for this to be over yet! Got 50 more I'd like to lose!

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[AvaFern 3,516]

Did you eat them spread out over a bit of time? I still have good restriction at 2.5 years out, but I can eat an entire box of crackers over the course of a few hours without feeling constricted at all. I don't really eat bread or anything comparable to waffles- not because not eating it is part of my diet just because I don't really care about eating it. I do think though that if the waffles were soft and didn't have Syrup on them (the sugar would make me sick) I could easily nibble my way through that many in an hour or so. It looks like you just found one of your slider foods, so now you know to stay away from them. This would not indicate to me that your sleeve has stretched at all- it sounds pretty normal.

[Bufflehead 6,358]

High carb, grain-based foods like waffles won't really engage your restriction, or not very much. That's the big reason we are always instructed to focus on high Protein foods first. So I don't think you stretched your sleeve (and there is nothing magical about liquid that can "shrink" your stomach or any other body part). You just discovered the way that people eat around their sleeve and gain weight back. What you need is a game plan to not do that in the future.

Things I do when I'm feeling hungrier than normal or having cravings: give myself a day or two when I can eat as much as I want -- as long as it's lean protein or green veggies (and no sauce, butter, cheese, etc.). Exercise. Go for a walk. I keep reminding myself that hunger is unpleasant, but not an emergency. I make an eating plan for the day -- write out exactly what I am going to eat and when. That way I can remind myself, "yes, I'm hungry right now, and it sucks to be hungry, but I can wait until my snack at 3, I get to eat an apple then." That calms me down and makes me feel like hunger is manageable.

And get crap food out of the house -- why are there frozen waffles in your house? No one needs frozen waffles. If someone in your house is a waffle addict, buy them a cookbook, some whole grains, and a waffle Iron.< /p>

You might benefit from reading some books on cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to deal with hunger in ways other than eating. Sometimes hunger is just something you have to learn to live with, and CBT techniques helped me a lot. I really got a lot out of The Beck Diet Solution. Good luck!