I eat 6 times a day. Very small amounts, but I need to stretch it out. Try eating smaller amounts more frequently. Good luck!

I have the same types of issues. I have a hard time saying no to all the snacks the girls at work eat. They have a lot of good food all the time and not just sweets. Some days I feel myself slipping into the same old habits. I have to face that I am an adict. I love food, have not thrown up once and I am scared of not losing as fast as I could. I have to reset almost everyday and take each day as it comes. Some days I have a "bad" snack but I also have realize that I used to each a whole bag of chips or a lot of cookies and now I have one chip or cookie. One thing I am trying to do is pack all my food and not carry cash. If I don't have cash and I have my food i will not order lunch with everyone else. It helps me on two fronts. I eat what I packed and spend less money.

One thing can't believe is that when I eat over 500 calories I actually start to beat myself up. I used to struggle on a 1500 cal diet and now I am trying to stay under 500? What a change in life. We are all learning and we will get there. I just keep telling myself that it took me a long time to get to my heaviest and it might take me a year to get back to a healthy weight.

I guess I rambled enough but I feel you for sure!

K

First I just want to say I don't think you're rambling, this what these forums are for. You're just looking for a little support & motivation.

Now I won't have my surgery until march 4. But that is something I really wasn't thinking about. Are you an emotional eater? That may explain why you are kind of having a hard time to stop eating while you're full. With food, you really have to change your way of thinking. Maybe it's just the fact you're not used to leaving food on your plate and it feels kind of strange like you're wasting food or something. Idk how open you are to talking to a professional but that is something you should consider if you're still struggling to stop eating after you're already full. Because like my doctors tells me, any weight loss surgery can be undone with too much high calorie food and drink. I have a friend now who got the lap band back in Dec. 2010, she lost weight real good for approx. 8 mos, like 75 or 80lbs. Then after a year or so she reverted back to her old eating habits and of course put almost all of her weight back on.

Good luck to you and keep us posted.

I have just the opposite problem! I am 4.5 weeks post op and my sleeve tolerates very little. I have yet to get over 400 calories in one day. I've never reached my fluid intake limit! It is very frustrating. But I can surely see how being able to consume a lot is just as frustrating or more so. the point with having the surgery is to help you with the over eating.

Hang in there! Hope it gets better soon!

Try eating the things your body needs first. Leaves little room for the rest. Dont temp yourself by keeping the wrong foods close and at hand. I keep nuts and when I must have a crunchy snack, I nibble on a few wheat thins. I am only 4 weeks out and thought I would never again enjoy food. Can see thats not the case. I have just started with regular foods the last few days and can see I will be able to eat the regular varity without being sick but I can't hold large amounts. My "full signal" in pain in my stomach. I really dont like full because it hurts, so I'm learning that I dont have to be finished when the rest of my family is finished. Make yourself slow down, even if it means to leave the table for a bit. If eating out, when you order have them give you a to go box. Remove what you know is more than you should safely eat and make another two meals out of it later. This is much too expensive and too much to go through to undo what you have done. Make your portion sizes smaller and eat from a salad plate. I used a baby spoon in the begining to help me gauge better how much a "new" bite was. The sleeve is only a tool and its how you use it that will make the difference. Hang in there, its a journey and still a choice. You can do it.

hey everyone that posted thanks for the positive feedback just got to stay the course and take it one day at a time. Yes I agree my doctor says eat 3 meals aday but i know its hard to get 60-80 grams of protein from food daily so i find myself eating more than 3 times then i feel guilty but today i stayed the course and havent snacked in between meals----. i measured out my lunch which was a salad from home with a lil ranch dressing on top in 4 oz container and a few grapes cut in half and a strawberry sliced. I had for breakfast a half banana and i was full but when i got to work they were offering hotcocoa coffee or cider. I chose the hot cocoa. I didnt drink all of it i had water in between. Now i am home and havent had a snack or dinner. I feel ok when im at work but its something about when i come home i feel the need to pop somethin in my mouth once i insert the key in the door! Not today i came in and put clothes in the dryer and tried to focus on doing things around the house until hubby came home. I guess i have been emotionally eating for so long now its a part of me. Yes i agree the surgery and whole process is such an experience but i dont want to sabatoge by just eating and snacking for no reason. I am very proud i ate all of the salad in the 40z container and a lil bit of fruit because i was starting to get the tight feel in my stomach. I am nervous tomorrow i go to see my surgeon for my overdue 6 wks check up. I dont want to be made to feel bad if i havent lost enough weight. I think i look great but i also believe i will loose slow since i started out at 221lbs. I stepped on scale this morning and i had lost another lb from yesterday. I told myself i wouldnt become a slave to the scale but find myself checking a couple times a week just to try to jolt me into knowing i have to do my part and the new tummy will do her part we are partners for life(lol). My clothes fit so much better and i have gone down 2 sizes in shirts and pants. thx for listening and good luck to all of you

TD41

I suspect I am would be like you TD41... especially the coming home and needing to eat... I have learned that my problem is that I really want to relax but don't have time so eating seems to have become my way to relax... I have 3 kids, a busy household, a full time job, etc... so I never really get to just stop and have a break/nap when my body needs it... food is always there and i seem to have made that my way to take a break. I wish I could just lay down and take a nap when I want to eat b/c I think that is what I actually need at those times. I am not sleeved yet, but I am going to start working on this now so that I don't have to battle it once I am post op, but it will likely be a long journey... so much of this is mental... like everyone keeps saying, the sleeve is just a "tool" - they can't operate on your head!