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I have been struggling with being over weight since grade school. My mother is a chronic dieter so I had to be too. I remember her taking me to Weight Watchers at 7 years old because she wanted me to loose 7 pounds. She would send me to school with bean sprout sandwhiches because peanut butter was too fattening. I was not allowed to have sugar, chips, juice, red meat, french fries, pancakes, you name it. So everytime I got a little bit of change I would stop at the conveince store on my way home from school and buy junk food. I would eat it before I got home and was in big trouble.
This was the start of my sneak eating which followed me thru life. I am now dealing with it by no sneak eating. If I eat in a private place, like my car, I make sure it is healthy food so I stop reinforcing this bad habbit which has caused me to be obese since the age of 15.
I have learned that I am an emotional eater and a sneak eater. I am still working on feeding my emotions, this seems to be the harder part for me. I know recognize the behavior and most of the time can control it. I don't binge eat any more. Sometimes I do emotionally eat but I keep it to a normal sized snack and that is satisfying. So I just take everything day by day and I don't beat myself up when I get sucked into an old, destructive habbit.
It is amazing how much better I feel emotionally and I am looking forward to completing the pre-op and getting approved for this surgery. I think that now that I have been dealing with the emotional side, I am ready to add in the weight loss tool so that I can do all the things I want.
I am barely over five foot and 226 lbs today. I weigh 50 lbs more then my husband and have a hard time keeping up with my active 3 year old. He is very athletic and I am constantly encouraging it. I want to do things with him like teach him how to roller skate and ski. Now I can't even keep up with a soccer ball.
I am glad that things are looking up. I am finishing my nutrition counseling and then I will be ready for surgery.
This was the start of my sneak eating which followed me thru life. I am now dealing with it by no sneak eating. If I eat in a private place, like my car, I make sure it is healthy food so I stop reinforcing this bad habbit which has caused me to be obese since the age of 15.
I have learned that I am an emotional eater and a sneak eater. I am still working on feeding my emotions, this seems to be the harder part for me. I know recognize the behavior and most of the time can control it. I don't binge eat any more. Sometimes I do emotionally eat but I keep it to a normal sized snack and that is satisfying. So I just take everything day by day and I don't beat myself up when I get sucked into an old, destructive habbit.
It is amazing how much better I feel emotionally and I am looking forward to completing the pre-op and getting approved for this surgery. I think that now that I have been dealing with the emotional side, I am ready to add in the weight loss tool so that I can do all the things I want.
I am barely over five foot and 226 lbs today. I weigh 50 lbs more then my husband and have a hard time keeping up with my active 3 year old. He is very athletic and I am constantly encouraging it. I want to do things with him like teach him how to roller skate and ski. Now I can't even keep up with a soccer ball.
I am glad that things are looking up. I am finishing my nutrition counseling and then I will be ready for surgery.
Age: 49
Height: 5 feet 1 inches
Starting Weight: 226 lbs
Weight on Day of Surgery:
Current Weight: 226 lbs
Goal Weight: 150 lbs
Weight Lost:
BMI: 42.7
Surgery: LAP-BAND
Surgery Status: Pre Surgery
First Dr. Visit: 03/10/2011
Surgery Date: 09/04/2011
Hospital Stay: Outpatient
Surgery Funding: Insurance
Insurance Outcome: Yet to Apply
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