10 months out and out of control! Help

Let me start by saying this RNY has been the best decision I've ever made! I'm down 110lbs but now getting scared.

I am hungry all the time and I am out of control. I'm chowing on peanut butter pretzels and craving salt all the time. I don't crave sugar or care about that ( which is a miracle) but the salt and breads are sliding in. I know mentally I shouldn't be eating the carbs but my head is not fighting back the urge. I justify it and play head games like " tomorrow ill straighten up!" Ugh.

I know I need to surround my self w heathly options etc. I just have lost that "head in the game ". Attitude and I'm scared. I've stopped losing and have spent the last 2 months bouncing between 153-157lbs. And I feel great but I also know its a slippery slope to gaining again.

How do I snap out of this cheating mode? I need to use my tool and gift. Ahhhhhhhhhh!

 I totally get what you are saying! I have eaten beef jerky almost every day for a week because I am craving salt like crazy! And somehow justify beef jerky as a protein , rather then a salty treat.  I feel like my beef jerky is almost a gateway food to eating chips or something. I won't do that, I've come to far, but totally am aware of this slippery slope! I think it's good that you and I are aware, and I look forward to seeing the replies to your post.

 " tomorrow ill straighten up!" 

Ahhhh.... TODAY is yesterday's tomorrow!!! or Tomorrow never comes!!!

Does that help???

 Throw it all away and don't buy any more. If it's in the house you will be tempted. 

I'll do better tomorrow has been my mantra my whole life and it never worked. Good luck on getting back on track.

Thanks so much!!!! My mother in law fills my house w crap for the kids and my husband and I toss it usually. Problem is usually! I think I need to water load before meals and up my liquid intake and maybe that will help the hunger.

I so get that slope to chips ughh even snagged some from my daughter yesterday. I'm so out of control!

I'm about as far out as you are and have been struggling with head hunger and mindless eating for a month. Part of it may be cravings due to nutritional deficiencies and part of it may be the result of getting complacent. I know for me I have fallen into some really bad habits. What has started to work for me is logging my calories every day. I include a nightly treat of one piece of candy that I had to buy online since i have food allergies. I look forward to it and get my one treat and that is all. If the food is not in my logged calories for the day I dont get to eat it

I am also chewing gum while I prepare meals to avoid tasting it. I have a bad habit of tasting food for flavoring while I am cooking and that adds up to extra calories.

I remind myself daily that this surgery didnt fix my head so my success on eating consciously and deliberately is up to me. Every meal, not every day, is an opportunity to eat in my plan and celebrate my success. If I fall down during one meal, the next meal is when I get back on track.

When I feel like the carb monster is sneaking back in I will do a day (or 2) of protein shakes and water only. No solid foods at all. It can be tough, but it seems to detox those carb cravings and help me focus on protein foods again. I think most of us know eating carbs makes us crave more carbs, so this helps to get rid of those cravings. It also makes me appreciate eating solid protein food again! :)

 I know exactly what you are feeling.  I'm almost 10 months out and the hunger seemed to be getting the best of me.  For me I decided to drop carbs almost completely, or rather the bad white ones and my hunger has dropped off again to what it was 6 months ago.  I really think it is the carbs that were making me hungry.

I would try limiting your carbs, especially the white ones and once you get through the first couple of days of the carb withdrawal I think you will find that your hunger also subsides.   I would also suggest using myfitnesspal or sparkpeople and tracking everything.  I often was surprised at how many carbs I was consuming even though I thought I was doing well. 

I still have 60ish pounds to go, so that is why I am restricting my carbs so much, ymmv depending on where you are in your journey

Your story is very similar to mine along with your stats.  I have been at a stall for about 2+ months, also bouncing between 153 and 157 lbs.  I am finding that my hunger has returned and that I am letting crappy carbs back in as well.  For me, its been those Murray's sugar free cookies.  I don't get to the U.S. often to shop so I tend to stock up when I do.  Bad move.  Because they are in my pantry, I eat them, and not just a few of them.  Ugh!  Finally, they are done and I am going to try my hardest not to buy them anymore.  Spitz sunflower seeds are another snack that I have much too often, usually at night in front of the TV.  I have also started to graze again.  Another bad move!  It's hard and I am scared as well of gaining.  If I stayed the weight I am now forever, I would be happy.  But with these bad habits creeping back in, I think it's just a matter of time before this stall turns into gaining weight.  Sounds like we both have to smarten up.  Sometimes I can give good advice, but not take it myself.  My plan is to stop grazing, and eat 5 small meals a day and to drink more liquids when I think I am hungry.  We'll see if it works.  I really would like to lose 10 more lbs (145 lbs) and I am almost a year out so the loss is slowing down crazily.  Good luck to you (and me).  We can do it!

Giselle