I have done very well since my surgery on Jan. 8th. Then on July 4th weekend we were camping and I had brought food I could eat but I slipped up and ate chips with french onion dip and now I can't stop wanting them! I go for another fill next week, my 5th and I wanted to be 5 more pounds lighter but I've gained 3 just this week. I'm dealing with "head" hunger really bad right now. I get idle hands and my brain wants to eat. I slipped up but now how do I stop so I can continue to loose?

Thanks,

Felicia

Oh, I feel your pain. It's so easy for me to just say what to do, but doing it is very hard esp if you need a fill.

I've been having trouble lately with junk food myself; in my case it's chocolate and ice cream. But I'm slowly getting back on track and hope to have it under control this week.

Some people say, if you crave something, just let yourself have it. Build it in to your regular eating.

For me, I can do that with some foods, but not with my trigger foods. Trigger foods start a downward slide for me. So I have a NO CHOICE card. (just a 3x5 card with NO CHOICE written on it). I read it every day. I remind myself that I'm making the choice not to eat my trigger foods, and that when I'm confronted with the possibility of eating one, I don't even need to think about it. The answer is NO. The decision is already made. NO CHOICE.

It doesn't work when I've completely gone hog wild off the wagon, but when I'm really working my band this strategy does work for me.

Good luck!! And I'm sure you'll feel better after your fill, too.

Thanks, I did a little better today. I wasn't hungry at breakfast. So at 11am I ate 1/2 a tomato and some cucumber slices. I knew we were going out later today and I didn't want to ruin it. I ate 4 pieces of shrimp and a little bit of salad at 2pm, then at 8 I cooked fish for me and my nieces, nephew and hubby had pork chops. I just keep telling my self no and I'm not going to ruin what I've worked so hard to have done. I like the no choice card. I think I'll try that. I also started drinking more water. Didn't think I could do that but yesterday I drank 120 onces of water as compared to 80 the past few days. Each time I think I'm hungry I'm gonna make myself get some water. Oh and I crave chocolate during the "month" thing badly. I thought that would end after surgery but it didn't. I still get chocolate but not the biggest bar I can find. I used to eat 3 candy bars a day during that time of the month now I do good to eat a whole one.

Thanks for your advice. I'm looking forward to the next fill.

Felicia:thumbup: