yes, that happens to me periodically ( and, in my case, is certainly a welcome thing). being 2 years plus post-op i can normally eat like a VERY BIG AND HUNGRY pre-op without any discomfort. periodically that results it some weight re-gain (not good, obviously).

but, like you over the last couple of weeks, i've been feeling full after eating a small amount of food (and I still LOVE FOOD). over the last couple of weeks here were a few time i actually skipped meals unintentionally because i had been stressed as i recently moved to a new city/running late/ anfd ACTUALLY FORGETTING ABOUT FOOD(skipping meald is not a good thing, i know, but the weird thing is that pre or post op, food has always been on my mind --i imagine that's how it must be like for a recovering drug/alcohol addicts--kind of an everyday struggle. 

since i hit puberty  (i grew up being skinny as a stick never thinking about my weight but, when i started developing boobs and hips, a few family menemebrs told me i should really be carefull and go on a diet--i guess that's how this whole wieght problem/eating disorder/yo-yo dieting  nighmare stared--ironically, all that happened  during puberty is that i may have gone from being 5'4 and around  100 lbs to being 5'4 and maybe around 120--not exactly a weight problem but my big brother made fun of me and my mom started teachig me about  dieting). anyway i'm 33 now and for about 21 of those years i never ever stopped thinking about my weight, calories, dieting, eating uncontorllablly, tyring all kinds of eating disorders just to control my weight and,ultimately, totally losing control and ending up at around 225 lbs--i became an official Lane Bryant/plus size shpopper and, what's een worse, being oveweight compeletly took away my self-esteem and did not allow me to appreciate any of the good stuff i had going--like being lucky enough to get into really good schools (college law school, etc.), graduating near the top of my class, landing an awesome job, being repeatedly promoted, later starting my own law practice and doing great at running my own firm while still being in my 20s and very early 30s--all the stuff i used to have  i was never able fully to appreciate or because, ultimately, none of that mattered as as long as i was 10, 20, 30 and and the end of the day, almost 100lbs overweight.

having RNY a little over 2 years ago worked like a charm--i lost all the excess weight and then some, re-gained some back (went from size 20-22 to a (healthy, not anorexic)  size zero, rewarded myself with a very owerpriced pair of jeans --size 24 waist, the smallest size the store carried. over the next year, i re-gained some weight (10 lbs or so) but am still "normal" as far as BMI stuff goes. gaining weight as a pre-op, losing weight as a post of, struggling to avoid re-gain, no matter how fat or skiiny i was, food control was always one of the dominant factors in my life--i was always hungry, always trying to eat the right thing/not to eat too much, binging when i was stressed/bored/PMSing --food was something i always obsessed about. RNY helped immensely but didn't take away the whole onsession with weight/food/compulsion to overaeat mind set. And, yes, i even tried the whole threrapy thing--that didn't work either. 

in the last couple of weeks, for some reason, and for the first time in my adult life, something wierd happenned for no conceivable reason at all--i no longer want to eat all the time. i'm o.k. with my weight now (except for the 14lbs i'd love to lose) but have been eating less/and actually getting full just because i was gebuinly full. i actually have been forgetting about food and only remembering to eat when i actually felt physically hungry---i thought it was very weird until i vaguely remembered being like that 20 some years ago--before food/weight became an issue.

i think that is what being normal (as far as as as a relationship with food) must feel like. i know it will probably not last but. for now, i'm enjoying every second of it. i LOVE not struggling with an urge to eat every seconf of the day/ i love not having to deal with or think about food.

yesterday, i was at an awesome italian restaurant and was genuinly starving because i was so busy all day i actually forgot to eat (forgetting to eat is, for me, is normally inconceivable). the food was superb, the wine was good, the company was great and i totally allowed myself to eat as much as i wanted. and then something weird happened--i enjoyed the food very much all of it -the appetizer, the entree, the desert --but ended up only having a little of each because i no longer wanted to eat after i stopped being physically hungry--yes, i know that's a normal thing and that's what normal people do and nothing to ramble on about but, for someone like me, it was incredible.

Like you, I can't explain how this change happened--but  i'm going to enjoy evry single seconfdof it while it lasts.

love, Nat

NOPE CAN'T SAY THAT THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME BUT SURE WI**** WOULD  LOL

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
MINI ME

last week i posted about having gone way above 140 after a few weeks of eating like a pregnant elephant (being depresed and PMSing didn;t help) and was seriously worried about getting on a slippery slope to major re-gain.
the good news is i'm under 140 and even 130 again...officially 129.5 as of today (btw., for some reason i hae this weird thing about numbers--there's no rime of reason to it but to me a difference beween 130 and 129.5 is a bigger deal than, for example a difference between 125 and 129 or 131 and 134--makes no sence but it's some weird psychological thing i have about thresholds.
i haven't kept my resolution to start exercising again ( i had like literary 10 job interviews in the last week or so so i've been stressed and hurried) but i've got to stop making excuses, it's always something or other, like  choosing which job offer accept, starting a new job, not feeling well, being under the weather (whatever the weather may be), alien abduction, global warming, crises in the middle east--i admire those of you guys who stuck with exercise long term and hope to join your ranks again.

love, nat

Taking your hand Diana.... you can do this.... be strong.

Ok Diana.. tough love time.. just gotta make it happen my friend.  Say no to the junk, put down the carbs and get back on the wagon, I know you can do it! I know its hard, I have been there and have repeatedly been there but don't allow it to get any more out of hand.  You are the only one who an make this choice and food is not worth sabotaging all the success you have achieved so far!  It is five seconds of pleasure for a quick serotonin release from our brains.. then its over, a vicious cycle, the guilt, the scale moving the opposite direction, the clothes feeling tighter and the pictures taken of us not so satisfying like u mentioned.

You CAN do it Diana.. u just have truly make your mind up that food isn't worth it to you.. what do u want more???? answer that... I know you know you want your health.  Hang in there my friend!

HW: 328
SW: 280
CW: 145