I GᑌEᔕᔕ ᖴOOᗪ ᗯᗩᔕ ᗰY GO TOO ᗷᑌT ᑎOᗯ IT'ᔕ ᑎOT ᗩᑎᗪ ᗷEᑕᗩᑌᔕE Oᖴ TᕼᗩT I'ᐯE ᗷEEᑎ GOIᑎG ᗪOᗯᑎᕼIᒪᒪ ᖴOᖇ ᗯEEKᔕ.

I'ᗰ ᖴᗩTIGᑌE ᗩᒪᒪ TᕼE TIᗰE

IT'ᔕ ᕼᗩᖇᗪ ᖴOᖇ ᗰE TO GO ᔕᒪEEᑭ ᗩT ᑎIGᕼT

I ᗪOᑎ'T ᗯᗩᑎT TO ᗪO ᗩᑎYTᕼIᑎG ᗯITᕼ ᗩᑎYOᑎE

I ᒍᑌᔕT ᗯᗩᑎT TO ᗷE ᒪEᖴT ᗩᒪOᑎE

ᑎO ᔕE᙭ ᗪᖇIᐯE

ᕼᑌᑎGᖇY ᗩᒪᒪ TᕼE TIᗰE ᗯᕼIᑕᕼ Iᔕ ᑕᗩᑌᔕIᑎG ᗰE TO ᗰᗩKE ᗷᗩᗪ ᑕᕼOIᑕEᔕ ᗯᕼIᑕᕼ Iᔕ ᖇEᗩᒪᒪY ᗰᗩKIᑎG ᗰE ᖴᗩIᒪ ᗰY TOOᒪ

I ᕼᗩᐯEᑎ'T ᒪOᔕT ᗩ ᔕIᑎGᒪE ᑭOᑌᑎᗪ Iᑎ OᐯEᖇ 6 ᗯEEKᔕ

I ᗯᗩᔕ ᖴEEᒪIᑎG GᖇEᗩT ᗩᔕ TᕼE ᑭOᑌᑎᗪᔕ ᖴEᒪᒪ ᖇIGᕼT Oᖴᖴ, IT ᔕEEᗰᔕ ᗩᔕ TᕼOᑌGᕼ ᗯᕼEᑎ I GOT IᑎTO TᕼE ᔕTᗩᒪᒪ EᐯEᖇYTᕼIᑎG EᒪᔕE ᔕEEᗰ TO ᖴᗩIᒪ.

I'ᗰ GETTIᑎG 80-90Gᖇᗩᗰ Oᖴ ᑭᖇOTEIᑎ Iᑎ ᒪIKE ᗰY ᗪᖇ ᔕᑌGGEᔕTEᗪ

I'ᗰ ᗪᖇIᑎKIᑎG ᗯEᒪᒪ OᐯEᖇ 64ᖴᒪ Oᘔ ᗩ ᗪᗩY

I'ᗰ TᗩKIᑎG ᗰY ᗪᗩIᒪY ᐯITᗩᗰIᑎᔕ

I ᒍᑌᔕT ᑕᗩᑎ'T ᔕEEᗰ TO ᔕᕼᗩKE TᕼEᔕE ᕼOᖇᖇIᗷᒪE ᖴEEᒪIᑎGᔕ...

ᗩᑎYOᑎE EᒪᔕE GOIᑎG TᕼᖇOᑌGᕼ TᕼIᔕ?

ᗩᑎY ᔕᑌGGEᔕTIOᑎᔕ?

I don't feel like you, but did you ever think your hunger feelings might be indigestion? I was feeling hungry too, then I tried the prescription the doctor gave me for indigestion and now I don't feel hungry. You gotta stop making the wrong choices, don't wreck everything you did so far! Get outside and do something! Good luck!!!

I don't feel like you, but did you ever think your hunger feelings might be indigestion? I was feeling hungry too, then I tried the prescription the doctor gave me for indigestion and now I don't feel hungry. You gotta stop making the wrong choices, don't wreck everything you did so far! Get outside and do something! Good luck!!!

TᕼᗩᑎK YOᑌ, I ᗪO TᗩKE ᗰEᗪIᑕIᑎE IᑎᗪIGEᔕTIOᑎ ᗩᑎᗪ IT'ᔕ ᗪEᖴIᑎITEᒪY ᕼᑌᑎGEᖇ TᕼᗩT I ᖴEEᒪ.
ᗯᕼEᑎ I ᗩᗰ ᕼᑌᑎGᖇY I EᗩT EᑎOᑌGᕼ ᑌᑎTIᒪ I'ᗰ ᖴᑌᒪᒪ ᗩᑎᗪ ᗩ ᕼOᑌᖇ ᒪᗩTEᖇ IT ᑕᗩᑎ ᗷE TᕼE ᔕᗩᗰE ᗯᗩY.

I KᑎOᗯ I ᕼᗩᐯE TO ᔕTOᑭ ᗰᗩKIᑎG TᕼE ᗯᖇOᑎG ᑕᕼOIᑕEᔕ ᗷᑌT TEᗰᑭTᗩTIOᑎ

Can you please change that goofy font you are using? Your post is hard to read and annoying.

Can you please change that goofy font you are using? Your post is hard to read and annoying.

Yep, that's the way to respond to someone who's suffering from depression. Classy and empathetic.

I GᑌEᔕᔕ ᖴOOᗪ ᗯᗩᔕ ᗰY GO TOO ᗷᑌT ᑎOᗯ IT'ᔕ ᑎOT ᗩᑎᗪ ᗷEᑕᗩᑌᔕE Oᖴ TᕼᗩT I'ᐯE ᗷEEᑎ GOIᑎG ᗪOᗯᑎᕼIᒪᒪ ᖴOᖇ ᗯEEKᔕ.
I'ᗰ ᖴᗩTIGᑌE ᗩᒪᒪ TᕼE TIᗰE
IT'ᔕ ᕼᗩᖇᗪ ᖴOᖇ ᗰE TO GO ᔕᒪEEᑭ ᗩT ᑎIGᕼT
I ᗪOᑎ'T ᗯᗩᑎT TO ᗪO ᗩᑎYTᕼIᑎG ᗯITᕼ ᗩᑎYOᑎE
I ᒍᑌᔕT ᗯᗩᑎT TO ᗷE ᒪEᖴT ᗩᒪOᑎE
ᑎO ᔕE᙭ ᗪᖇIᐯE
ᕼᑌᑎGᖇY ᗩᒪᒪ TᕼE TIᗰE ᗯᕼIᑕᕼ Iᔕ ᑕᗩᑌᔕIᑎG ᗰE TO ᗰᗩKE ᗷᗩᗪ ᑕᕼOIᑕEᔕ ᗯᕼIᑕᕼ Iᔕ ᖇEᗩᒪᒪY ᗰᗩKIᑎG ᗰE ᖴᗩIᒪ ᗰY TOOᒪ
I ᕼᗩᐯEᑎ'T ᒪOᔕT ᗩ ᔕIᑎGᒪE ᑭOᑌᑎᗪ Iᑎ OᐯEᖇ 6 ᗯEEKᔕ
I ᗯᗩᔕ ᖴEEᒪIᑎG GᖇEᗩT ᗩᔕ TᕼE ᑭOᑌᑎᗪᔕ ᖴEᒪᒪ ᖇIGᕼT Oᖴᖴ, IT ᔕEEᗰᔕ ᗩᔕ TᕼOᑌGᕼ ᗯᕼEᑎ I GOT IᑎTO TᕼE ᔕTᗩᒪᒪ EᐯEᖇYTᕼIᑎG EᒪᔕE ᔕEEᗰ TO ᖴᗩIᒪ.
I'ᗰ GETTIᑎG 80-90Gᖇᗩᗰ Oᖴ ᑭᖇOTEIᑎ Iᑎ ᒪIKE ᗰY ᗪᖇ ᔕᑌGGEᔕTEᗪ
I'ᗰ ᗪᖇIᑎKIᑎG ᗯEᒪᒪ OᐯEᖇ 64ᖴᒪ Oᘔ ᗩ ᗪᗩY
I'ᗰ TᗩKIᑎG ᗰY ᗪᗩIᒪY ᐯITᗩᗰIᑎᔕ
I ᒍᑌᔕT ᑕᗩᑎ'T ᔕEEᗰ TO ᔕᕼᗩKE TᕼEᔕE ᕼOᖇᖇIᗷᒪE ᖴEEᒪIᑎGᔕ...
ᗩᑎYOᑎE EᒪᔕE GOIᑎG TᕼᖇOᑌGᕼ TᕼIᔕ?
ᗩᑎY ᔕᑌGGEᔕTIOᑎᔕ?

I am medicated for depression and anxiety. I have had several plateaus with my weight loss. I'm 63 down at 6 months, not astounding but decent. Food was my coping tool and created vicious cycles for me.
Basics- if it is a temptation don't buy it. I know it is easy to say and hard to do.
Don't drink when you eat.
Walk- get out in the sun. Vitamin D deficiency is rampant with WLS.
Write. Journal your food and how you feel when you eat it. Look for patterns.
Be patient with yourself. Self care is of paramount importance. Emotional upkeep is a must as well as the physical side.
Be kind to yourself. This is a difficult journey. Surgery didn't "fix" any of us- it merely gave us another tool to use.

Even though you are taking an antacid you might want to check with your surgeons office to see if you need a different or stronger med. Feeling that level of hunger is not normal at this point.

Regarding depression, I suggest you get yourself to a doctor or therapist that can work with you and prescribe meds STAT. This is the most important time in our journey and it's important you have peace of mind and your soul is ok. I'm so sorry you are doing through all of this. For me I find the more active I am the more it helps fight the depression. So the other suggestion I have is to walk at least 30 minutes twice a day. That really helps clear out my brain. The sunshine, the upbeat music, the air and the exercise. All those things help elevate my mood.

Dear Amethyst,

Don't beat yourself up. Your body has gone through massive physical trauma and you will have undergone significant hormonal changes - depression is a perfectly natural response - and a side effect you can overcome.

If you can find a therapist - someone who specialises in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) should be really useful if you need help with the choices you are making. Little Lizxie's advice is good to, sunlight and exercise have positive physiological effects that will help boost your mood.

But it's really important not to feel guilty. You've been brace and honest and there are an awful lot of people like you who have the same anxieties and feelings - they just haven't shared them.

Good luck, get some help to make some positive changes and try to think of this as part of the journey.

Dear Amethyst,

Don't beat yourself up. Your body has gone through massive physical trauma and you will have undergone significant hormonal changes - depression is a perfectly natural response - and a side effect you can overcome.

If you can find a therapist - someone who specialises in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) should be really useful if you need help with the choices you are making. Little Lizxie's advice is good to, sunlight and exercise have positive physiological effects that will help boost your mood.

But it's really important not to feel guilty. You've been brace and honest and there are an awful lot of people like you who have the same anxieties and feelings - they just haven't shared them.

Good luck, get some help to make some positive changes and try to think of this as part of the journey.

Full of typos. Fat fingers.

Like others have said, I would encourage you to talk to someone, whether it's a group setting or a private appointment. You might also consider medication. You're body has gone through many changes in a short amount of time and is trying to cope with all of it. Things that have worked in the past no longer work. I would also look at what it is that is specifically bringing on these feelings, can anything be pinpointed?

As for hunger, are you sure it's not head hunger? That can seem like hunger and can really mess with us. Also look at what you're eating, as you said that you;re hungry an hour later. Could boredom attribute to this as well? I know that at work I sit all day and start to feel hungry but it's really head hunger. I make myself get up, drink water, and after a period of time if things don;t improve consider a healthy snack. But I try other things first. Sometimes all I need is a distraction.

Lack of the scale moving could be a plateau as those happen. I went 3 months on a plateau that drove me batty. Are you eating the same way everyday? Getting in physical activity? Sometimes your body becomes accustomed to certain things and what you were doing to lose weight no longer works. It's at that point that you might want to consider adjusting what you're doing or eating to see if the change will help rejuvenate weight loss. Search the forums for stalls, and you might find suggestions about what others did to get the scale moving again.

Last, remember what you reasoning was for the WLS. What were your goals, and what have you accomplished since surgery? When I get frustrated I look at old pictures and remember how far I have come. The things that I can do now, and how proud I am of myself.

I GᑌEᔕᔕ ᖴOOᗪ ᗯᗩᔕ ᗰY GO TOO ᗷᑌT ᑎOᗯ IT'ᔕ ᑎOT ᗩᑎᗪ ᗷEᑕᗩᑌᔕE Oᖴ TᕼᗩT I'ᐯE ᗷEEᑎ GOIᑎG ᗪOᗯᑎᕼIᒪᒪ ᖴOᖇ ᗯEEKᔕ.
I'ᗰ ᖴᗩTIGᑌE ᗩᒪᒪ TᕼE TIᗰE
IT'ᔕ ᕼᗩᖇᗪ ᖴOᖇ ᗰE TO GO ᔕᒪEEᑭ ᗩT ᑎIGᕼT
I ᗪOᑎ'T ᗯᗩᑎT TO ᗪO ᗩᑎYTᕼIᑎG ᗯITᕼ ᗩᑎYOᑎE
I ᒍᑌᔕT ᗯᗩᑎT TO ᗷE ᒪEᖴT ᗩᒪOᑎE
ᑎO ᔕE᙭ ᗪᖇIᐯE
ᕼᑌᑎGᖇY ᗩᒪᒪ TᕼE TIᗰE ᗯᕼIᑕᕼ Iᔕ ᑕᗩᑌᔕIᑎG ᗰE TO ᗰᗩKE ᗷᗩᗪ ᑕᕼOIᑕEᔕ ᗯᕼIᑕᕼ Iᔕ ᖇEᗩᒪᒪY ᗰᗩKIᑎG ᗰE ᖴᗩIᒪ ᗰY TOOᒪ
I ᕼᗩᐯEᑎ'T ᒪOᔕT ᗩ ᔕIᑎGᒪE ᑭOᑌᑎᗪ Iᑎ OᐯEᖇ 6 ᗯEEKᔕ
I ᗯᗩᔕ ᖴEEᒪIᑎG GᖇEᗩT ᗩᔕ TᕼE ᑭOᑌᑎᗪᔕ ᖴEᒪᒪ ᖇIGᕼT Oᖴᖴ, IT ᔕEEᗰᔕ ᗩᔕ TᕼOᑌGᕼ ᗯᕼEᑎ I GOT IᑎTO TᕼE ᔕTᗩᒪᒪ EᐯEᖇYTᕼIᑎG EᒪᔕE ᔕEEᗰ TO ᖴᗩIᒪ.
I'ᗰ GETTIᑎG 80-90Gᖇᗩᗰ Oᖴ ᑭᖇOTEIᑎ Iᑎ ᒪIKE ᗰY ᗪᖇ ᔕᑌGGEᔕTEᗪ
I'ᗰ ᗪᖇIᑎKIᑎG ᗯEᒪᒪ OᐯEᖇ 64ᖴᒪ Oᘔ ᗩ ᗪᗩY
I'ᗰ TᗩKIᑎG ᗰY ᗪᗩIᒪY ᐯITᗩᗰIᑎᔕ
I ᒍᑌᔕT ᑕᗩᑎ'T ᔕEEᗰ TO ᔕᕼᗩKE TᕼEᔕE ᕼOᖇᖇIᗷᒪE ᖴEEᒪIᑎGᔕ...
ᗩᑎYOᑎE EᒪᔕE GOIᑎG TᕼᖇOᑌGᕼ TᕼIᔕ?
ᗩᑎY ᔕᑌGGEᔕTIOᑎᔕ?

I am 3 weeks out and I am feeling really depressed and increased aniexty. I have no energy and I feel the same as you like I want to be left alone. I'm not sure why ... I just seen a doctor today and he wants to put me on paxil. I am not much for pills and I am skeptical to take them... I hope the body gets back on track real soon. I hope you feel better and if you need to talk you can IM me ..

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