Why do I crave sweets and want to eat when I'm not hungry? Anyone else the same?

Hello to everyone! I had my surgery on Feb. 14th 2003, so I just celebrated my 4 mth. post-op. I am eating more since the surgery. I am down about 70-75 lbs. it does fluctuate a little bit. I try not to go on the scale too much. Anyway, I am craving alot of sweets and am very worried that I stretched my stomach pouch. Just this past Monday I was very stressed in the evening and started binging on sugared items. I sure did pay the price with dumping that night and into the next day. I must have eaten about 5 granola bars and several butter cookies. How IN THE HELL WAS I ABLE TO EAT ALL OF THAT WITHIN A PERIOD OF ABOUT A COUPLE HRS? It must have been about 8 oz. of food. I know that granola is light weight, but still I shouldn't eat it. I know I shouldn't be eating certain things but I'm testing the waters here and I need some advice and need to start GETTING ON TRACK AGAIN LIKE I WAS AT THE BEGINNING RIGHT AFTER MY SURGERY. I will go on these binges like yesterday; during the day. I have been at home the past couple of days and I do notice that when I'm at home I get bored sometimes and want to EAT WHEN I'M NOT HUNGRY. It's like my old habits and ways of eating are coming back. Just yesterday I ate 2 nutri-grain bars- the strawberry cheesecake ones. And right along with them I ate 3 granola bars; the maple brown sugar and the oats and honey. I ate all 5 of these granola bars within a period of about 30 min. HOW IN THE HELL AM I ABLE TO DO THIS? I am so upset and hate myself for this and really need advice on getting back on track. I don't understand how with some foods, for example, like a ground turkey meatball that I ate for dinner last night, I can get full from that after a few bites, but with some of these higher sugar foods that are light in weight, I can eat more. I wish I didn't have any appetite or have the desire to eat. I feel like I am regaining my old habits of eating and binging and eating when I'm not hungry. I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE HERE. I really need some advice and some feedback here. I am sure I didn't burst my stomach pouch, but I am being worried and paranoid that I did. I was told that if I did, I would know it. BTW, I forgot to say that I had the laproscopic Roux-En-Y. I also feel that I'm not losing weight fast enough. 70-75 lbs. in 4 mths. I feel like it's not enough. I started out weighing 352 lbs. I know I weigh alot less, but I am still getting worried. My 6 mth. post-op apptmt. with my surgeon is on Aug. 6th, and I really hope to see a big drop from the last time I got weighed in. I just started posting on this website again and could really use some good advice from those of you who have been through all of what I'm talking about. I know I need to exercise more. I live in South Florida and since we are in the rainy season, it rains so much and it's hard to use the outdoor pool. There is no indoor pool here and I can't afford to belong to a gym now with an indoor pool. I love to do aqua aerobics and need to get back on track. It seems as though since I already lost alot of weight I've become cocky, and I need to get back into the frame of mind of taking baby steps again and feeling like I was right after my surgery. I want to feel like I don't want to eat. I don't want to keep thinking about food. I know that alot of these are psychological issues that I will need to discuss with a therapist when I find a new one. I'm sorry for babbling, but I'm just feeling very guilty with myself. Can you relate to having binged on sugared items and then dumping after and feeling guilty? Am I alone here? I hate to say this, but I didn't mind the dumping at all. I didn't have vomiting, but did have the diarreah part. Everytime I have the diarreah- dumping, I like it because my whole body is flushed out and I feel thinner automatically. I just want to get back on track. Sorry for repeating. This is my first time posting on this website. Please SOMEONE respond to me. Good Luck to everyone! I look forward to meeting some people from here and making pen-pals. Bye for now.........Bonnie in Florida

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