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Let me try that again.

The title of my masters thesis was The Relationship of Childhood Trauma and Abnormal Eating Patterns. In preparation one of the studies I read that helped me pick this subject, was a study of inpatient overweight girls who were on highly restricted diet and exercise program. In this particular study the girls who had experienced severe trauma did not lose ANY weight, even though being monitored. This was just one. There were other similar cases.

Sooo personally i do I think it's possible to have psychological issues that can inhibit your body from shedding the pounds, even though you are following a diet and exercise plan. I do not think its always calories in calories out. I think our minds can do funny things to us.

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I'm 10 weeks out. I'm only down about 25lbs from the surgery. Basically I had 3 decent weeks of weight loss (not in a row) & the rest were far slower than prior to surgery for me. I was not drinking calories' date=' not eating slider foods & the last thing I wanted to do was not lose weight. I exercise daily & track everything that I put in my mouth. I was very careful to keep my Protein & Water intake high. My bariatric team was very happy with what I was doing & said that the weight would just eventually start dropping.. but it wasn't. So, yes.. you can be playing by the rules & not see much happening. Not sure what would have happened in the long run (and wasn't going to sit there without seeing what I could change).

Last week I changed 2 days of my normal routine & added in some higher carbs. The pounds started to move once more. I think that for my weight loss I need to have a day or 2 a week like that (using healthy choices).[/quote']

OMG I needed to see this. I have cried and cried. I am 6 weeks out and have not lost anything in weeks. I feel so defeated and went back to liquids and trying to start over.

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I think there is a difference here, we get support from each other.

The reason I posted this is to make people aware. Both those who are struggling, and those who reply that you must be doing something wrong and not being honest. If you're stalled and struggling, mix it up!

For me I listened to the post that talked about adding avocado. I don't even like avocado, have always thought it was nasty and slimy, well right now it tastes good! Go figure. Anyhow I've eaten it for 2 days and I have lost 3 of the 4 lbs I've gained. Not calling victory yet at ending my stall, but getting closer.

Also, I need to find a new therapist to help me figure out how to deal with eating when I'm not hungry. I get the why behind it... In my case a childhood where many times there was not enough food in the house, but I need help retraining my mind.

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I do have alopecia and am currently seeing a dr for my craziness. (Just women problems). Hopefully he can help me with this. I'm following my drs orders and not losing much. Stalked twice within 4 weeks makes no sense to me.

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I do have alopecia and am currently seeing a dr for my craziness. (Just women problems). Hopefully he can help me with this. I'm following my drs orders and not losing much. Stalked twice within 4 weeks makes no sense to me.

I spoke too soon. I was stalled for 4 days...woke up this morning to another pound gone. Hopefully the stall is broken.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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