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I am 4 months post op , I started at 258 , today I hit the down 60 mark , I'm 198 .. I am super excited about getting below 200. I haven't been under 200 in 12 years. BUT , this is getting harder. The first couple months were a breeze. Now. I crave food and have to try hard to eat the right thing. I do a good job at my choices most of the time. But to be honest. I'm scared. I feel like I'm slipping into old habits. Or if not slipping , I know it is possible to gain weight back in the future and that terrifies me. Does anyone else feel this way. I am proud of me for what I do choose to eat.. But there are days when ive failed and had some mnms or kettle corn. I know this is a lifelong process that I will always have to deal with. I just could use some help right now.

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Hey I am 1 moth out and definitely having eating challenges so I understand, you have to be patient and remember what you went through to get here. When I think about that I am not interested in eating anything that helped put me in this position in the first place.

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Being scared and feeling like you're makin "wrong" choices is natural when you're struggling to live a healthy lifestyle, whether you've had surgery or not. Don't beat yourself up for having something that isn't "healthy". Take a small portion, savor the taste and move on. The more you restrict yourself and think that you're failing if you eat a certain thing the more control food will have over you and your life. You have to understand that you're in control. I'm only one week out and I found myself having the same struggle. I feel like I'm developing a love/hate relationship with food. Before surgery I ate whatever I wanted and how much I wanted and now I can't eat anything. I loved food before and I starting to loathe it. Somewhere we have to find that happy medium and a place where we are using food for fuel and not for pleasure. You've got all of us behind you!! You can do this!!

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