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Hi,

I would contact Dr. Rutledge about this since he is the pilot for the MGB.  You MAY get a response here but I would go to the source.  It may just mean an adjustment on your meal plan or it may be something more.  Please, call him until he answers.  That is what his office staff say.  Keep me posted.  I'd like to know myself.

Hi again,

How is your bloodwork?  Are you getting your labs done?  This might give some indications but not sure.  Also, since the MGB only helps with calorie absorption and does not cure our eating issues, you may want to find a counselor who specializes in food addictions/disorders.  There may some food triggers that you are not aware of.  We did not put all this weight on because one day we decided to get fat.  There are all kinds of situations, crises, trauma, and other issues that can be triggers.  It's like peeling an onion layer by layer to find the source.  It's nothing to be ashamed of. It's just finding it, confronting it and dealing with it.  Yes, it may be unpleasant but once that is taken care of, you would be aware of the trigger when it rears it's ugly head in the night.  You will be given the tools to deal with them in a positive manner and then not have this eating frenzy to worry about. This is just a helpful suggestion.  We need a whole body healing, not just a physical one.

Hope this helps.  Try emailing him if you can't call.  He will eventually respond.

Hi,

I used to have hypoglycemia and was told to eat six small meals/snacks a day.  Maybe a nutritionist can help you with that.  When we become our own doctors, it can sometimes do more harm than good.  Glad you are doing well otherwise.

Hi,

Binge eating is not related to any surgery.  There is usually something else going on.  As I said, it may be something you are not even aware of.  I would not toss away the idea of talking to someone who knows about this issue.

Yes, I know about the eating.  I have many RNY friends who are struggling big time because they still have to diet, count calories etc.  Yes, I have, in the past, gained weight due to my lack of discipline in watching what I ate, but with the MGB, the weight comes off very quickly with a little wisdom in my food choices and more activity.  I am very pleased.

It sounds like some of this is physical and possibly mental with the feeling that you cant just eat a snack and move on so I just wanted to share something with you that I learned a few years ago...hope this helps! 

I  used to be a night time eater....would skip breakfast, half the time skip lunch, feel exhausted at the end of the day, eat some crappy fast food, feel sleepy from fat/calorie overload, take a nap, wake up and then graze the rest of the evening snacking on this and that sometimes good food and sometimes not so good.....

Then one night I was watching a special on TV about SUMO WRESTLERS and what kind of training etc they had to go through. Well since most of them are Japanese and the Japanese arent typically known as a culture plauged by obesity, I was curious as to how they got so round. It actually stated in this documentary how part of their training was to feed them large carb heavy meals and then make them take a nap. It went on to explain that the way to build a big fat tummy even in a body type that didnt naturally put on weight in the belly area was to have them lie down and go to sleep with a full belly.

Having a tendancy to carry my weight in my midsection already, that was the day I quit eating three hours before bed lol and I do believe I lost some weight just from that alone. I lost 50lbs that year and the ONLY things I did to achieve that were a.) stop eating fast food b). stop eating 3 hours before bed and c.) start eating breakfast no matter what (which also kept me from raging with hunger/snacking late at night because it started my metabolism earlier in the day)

I guess what Im trying to say is that you owe it to yourself after having come this far to put some effort into figuring out whats wrong and to exercise a little control of what you eat so late at night. It might be ok for now but any weight you do gain will probably go straight to your belly if youre not careful....just my advice! 

Angela