Question:
while i sit here munching on Nutter Butters, i feel like a failure!!!
my question is how can i stop my cravings???I have tried it all, more water, cutting out carbs, i am extremly depressed and so dissapointed in myself, yet i cant seem to help myself either. I have not weighed myself in weeks in fear of waht the scale might say. I am 20 months post-op and only down 117lbs from my highest weight of 325. I need to loose another 40-50 more. I am just misserable latley. I am thinking of a liquid diet for a week or so. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated??? — roxxyblue72 (posted on November 17, 2004)
November 16, 2004
I am right there with you. I had my surgery May 2003 and lost 130 pounds,
but haven't done any in 8 months or so. I still need to loose 30-50 more.
I joined Weight Watchers Monday. Yesterday went okay. I had to think
about everything I put in my mouth and say "is it worth 3
points?" It kept me accountable. I also can tolerate sugar and love
it. Bad for me. I heard some other phrases that I say to myself when I
want to go eat.
"Don't mistake thirst for hunger"
"If you bite it, write it" - makes me accountable for every
mosel that goes in my mouth
"All food eventually goes to waste, it doesn't have to go through me
first."
Hope some of that might help.
— Heather M.
November 16, 2004
Hi,
Sorry you are having trouble. I weigh everyday and it helps keep me on
track. When I have ups and downs the ups remind me to stick to the plan and
the downs make me happy. Staying the same is still frustrationg but also
helps keep me in line with my eating. Good luck, you can do what you set
your mind to do!
— catleth
November 16, 2004
{on loudspeaker} STEP AWAY FROM THE NUTTER BUTTERS AND NOBODY WILL GET
HURT. {just kidding}. Everybody has their downfalls. You just have to
get back up and figure out what damage this lapse has done and get some
structure back into your daily routine. Get the junk food out of the house
now. If it's not there, you can't eat it. Try going back to what you did
when you were a new post-op for a few days and then gradually work into a
solid eating program where you eat only at meals and have a structure
exercise regiment. Everybody falls at some point--the success factor is
if you get back up and go again.
— Cathy S.
November 16, 2004
Get everything that causes craving OUT OF THE HOUSE or desk drawer or where
ever you have it. Don't keep any money at work to go to the vending
machines, drink more water and when you start to eat something, make sure
it is PROTEIN FIRST. Three days off the carbs will break the physical
craving but it will not break the mental craving. You may need help with
that. Get a counselor or go to a support group or find someone to talk
with instead of putting food in your mouth. Here is what I do to combat
the urge to eat too much or eat stuff that is not good for me. I will cut
out all food that is not protein or vegetables. Then if I have too, I eat
a dense protein snack every hour or I drink a protein drink. Usually that
will take the edge off and if I'm still wanting to eat, I know it's
something other than hunger so I stop and try to figure out what it is.
I'm almost 15 months out and that practice has only failed me twice and on
those occasions it too about two days to figure out why I thought I was
hungry. Please find someone to help you with this and good luck.
— scbabe
November 16, 2004
I can understand where you are coming from. I also think not everyone is
meant to be a certain size. I was a lightweight, and still need to lose
about 40 lbs at two years out from surgery. I confess that I sometimes
endulge in foods I know are "bad" for me, but, hey, I am still
human, still make mistakes and am by no means perfect with what I eat. All
the advice you have been given is good. If you think you can stick with a
liquid diet for a week or so, more power to you, but if you can't and
don't, will that just make your feeling of being a failure worse? I don't
think I could do it. But, if you tell yourself to cut out carbs completely
for just three days, I guarantee the fourth day will be MUCH easier. I get
in those moods, too, where I just don't have the self-motivation to do what
I need to do. Sometimes its hormones, sometimes fatigue. But, those
situations will pass and you will find a day when you can get back on
track. In the meantime, don't beat yourself up for eating Nutter Butters!
(If you were eating them and NOT recognizing you have a problem, that would
be a lot worse, right?)
— koogy
November 17, 2004
Hi Roxanne , I am Ruthie , 20 months out also , been there and done that .
I need a buddy too ..wold you like me to call yo ? If so privately email me
at nan054 @ol.com Hugs , Ruthie
— ruthie
November 17, 2004
I started doing the 6 week body makeover. I had the program from before my
surgery. You eat every 2 1/2 to 3 hours, and it is satisfying food....2oz
protein, 1/2 cup carbs, 1 cup of veggies. You probably wouldn't be able to
eat that much, just cut down the carb and vegetables. When I get the urge
to eat something wrong, I have another meal to eat and it keeps my cravings
down. The downside is that you have to be prepared, you have to prepare
and portion your food in advance. Today, I didn't have time to do that and
I have been eating things that I normally would not eat. Anyway, it is a
good plan to help cut your cravings.
— misha
November 17, 2004
I ave to keep it out of the house or I eat them too.
— Belinda W.
November 17, 2004
When the cravings hit I make myself remember what it was like being at my
heaviest weight. I WILL NOT allow myself to go back there. I know this is
easier said then done. Best of Luck!!
— Randy W.
November 18, 2004
I think people make the mistake of concentrating on eating. Exercise. Eat
your protein & water, take vitamins for health. Exercise for health.
Screw the scale it will only enslave you.
Whether you eat Nutterbutters, or in my case toast with butter, it is just
empty calories. But the fight to stop eating them, the drama, takes longer
than just exercising for an hour.
We spend all this time trying to change behavior that is bred into us from
thousands of years of evolution. It is stupid to think we can control our
eating. So concentrate on what you can control -- exercising.
— mrsmyranow
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