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Topic: RE: Old Habits Die Hard
Try my "Three-hour rule". Or, since you eat so late, you might make it a "Two-hour rule". You must wait that two or three hours AFTER having dinner BEFORE having a snack. I just keep telling myself that I CAN have a snack, and I am GOING to have a snack, I just have to wait another ____hours or minutes. It works for me.
Topic: RE: Happy 10 Months to us
I second that Lorna! Congrats to you and all of us! 
Good Luck on your TT!
Lets count all the pounds lost in 10 Months too!
Myself lost: 81 pounds 
Add Your: 108 = 189 pounds 
Lets keep it going! 
Darlene 
309/228/???
I second that Lorna! Congrats to you and all of us!
Good Luck on your TT!
Lets count all the pounds lost in 10 Months too!
Myself lost: 81 pounds
Add Your: 108 = 189 pounds
Lets keep it going!
Darlene
309/228/??? Topic: Happy 10 Months to us
Happy 10 months to us!!!! Hope everyone is doing well. Hard to beleive that almost one year has passed. I am at goal and very pleased. I have applied for a TT and should hear from the insurance soon. Wish me luck.
Lorna S.
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Lorna S.
242/134 
Topic: RE: At goal and denied for PS
I was told that if you have to appeal, make sure you tell them of the emotional issues (and not to get personal, sexual issues) associated with the hanging skin. It is embarassing but I am told that it works. Make sure appeal letter has the photos your doctor took or some you have taken yourself. Document your back pain because your plastic surgeon may not have. They use diagnosis codes and if he did not include back pain they will not approve it.
Don't lie, but don't sugar coat the issue either. Think of every little thing.
Good luck
Topic: RE: Having fun buying clothes
I always hated shopping for clothes, now I just can't help myself. It has become an addiction. I can now fit into old navy clothes and have banned myself from there.
I have a wedding to go to and I can't wait to buy a new dress. Actually a dress since everything else was given away already. I also have to get a winter coat soon or I will be freezing my butt off. Oops I forgot, I have no butt. LOL
Topic: RE: Old Habits Die Hard
Hi Donna,
I certainly don't have a solution for you, but I can offer a few ideas. I found that if I removed myself from the food, put it all away and out of sight it helped. Also, I found something else to keep my hands busy. That way they couldn't keep putting stuff in my mouth. If I do have a snack, i try for pretzels or fruit. nothing overly heavy and small amounts still. at ten months out, I still need to remind myself.
Marianne
Topic: Old Habits Die Hard
Hello All!
I am struggling with old eating habits. I do great all day. Kashi Go Lean for breakfast every day, a small lunch, sometimes an afternoon snack, and even a sensible dinner. But, after dinner, oh boy! My old nemesis! Night time eating. I end up eating way more than I should or need to. It's like this terrible compulsion. I am not even hungry. I usually don't eat dinner until after 7:30 or 8:00 p.m., so there's only 3 hours till bedtime, but I feel compelled to just keep stuffing things in my mouth. It's a terrible cycle! Then I eat Tums because my stomach feels sick. STUPID! But, while I'm doing it, I can't seem to stop or convince myself I shouldn't. HELP! Any ideas?
I sure don't want this surgery to be in vain! I do fear gaining, rupturing staple line, pouch stretching, etc., but that doesn't seem to stop me either. Also, I find I eat more often than I used to, even though the amounts are smaller. I can't seem to find time to exercise - I'm serious! I have lost about 104 lbs thus far, but have been on a plateau for months!
Is anyone else going through the same thing, or have you gone through it and made it out the other side?
Donna
Topic: RE: Food we are not supposed to eat...............
I'M TOTALLY WITH YOU ON THE HEAD HUNGER! THATS MY LIFE, I WORK IN A CONVIECE STORE FULL TIME,AND AM SURRENDED BY BAD CHOICES! I TAKE MY BREAKFAST,A PROTIEN BAR FOR A SNACK, AND LUNCH EVERYDAY( I'M THERE 9 HRS) BUT STILL FIND MYSELF WANTING THE WRONG FOODS. I DO FAULTER NOW AND AGAIN, AND I THEN FEEL LIKE CRUD BECAUSE OF THE DUMPING,AND THE GUILT! THE GUILT IS THE WORST, I FEEL I WAS SO LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THIS SURGERY, AND THEN I SABATOGE IT WITH NASTY OLD HABITS! I AM 19 LBS. FROM MY GOAL WEIGHT AND AM FELLING ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!!I AM REALIZING THIS HEAD HUNGER WILL PROBLEY BE SOMETHING I DEAL WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE, IF I KEEP IT UNDER TIGHT WRAPS IT SHOULD'NT EFFECT ME REACHING MY GOAL OF A LONG HAPPY , HEALTY LIFE.
KELLY
OPEN RNY 11/11/2003
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