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ardita · 10-03-2009, 06:47 AM

bumping this because I think it is a really great thread...

Godsblessedme · 10-09-2009, 06:04 PM

i agree ardita!

Deb how have you been doing? i need to do something, even though i'm on a good WL roll, i feel myself slipping often to the crackers and chips again and i HATE that feeling i've worked too hard to fall backwards

Liz02 · 10-09-2009, 09:06 PM

Wow!!! I admire you...you my friend have guts. I can say for myself I was once an addict of Meth and I thought I would never face anything so difficult to kick. But food has and will be my biggest challenge! So I totally understand where your coming from

Josephine · 10-09-2009, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Godsblessedme

i agree ardita!

Deb how have you been doing? i need to do something, even though i'm on a good WL roll, i feel myself slipping often to the crackers and chips again and i HATE that feeling i've worked too hard to fall backwards

If you like green olives, they're perfect for getting over that salty craving.. Just 3 or 4 of them does the trick!

Godsblessedme · 10-10-2009, 09:04 AM

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I can say for myself I was once an addict of Meth and I thought I would never face anything so difficult to kick. But food has and will be my biggest challenge! So I totally understand where your coming from

Same here! (amongst other drugs) and NOTHING is as difficult as this food addiction NOTHING

ardita · 10-10-2009, 09:19 AM

That says a lot about the addiction we all share. It is complicated by the fact that we HAVE to eat, so directly face the temptation every single day.

Claire-in-Texas · 10-17-2009, 06:03 AM

I have been catching up this morning on T-T, not having been on for a while.

And THIS post is the most important one I have read, not only for Debbie, but for all of us, pre-op, post op, or way post op. And even those consideirng op.

My name is Claire, and I'm a carbaholic/foodaholic.....

Diann · 10-18-2009, 04:16 PM

I remember hearing once in OA-nothing tastes as good as being thin feels. How true. I believe that addiction is one big disease that manifests in a variety of ways. When I lost whole people worth of weight, I shopped too much, when I stopped that I drank too much....get it? I am now trying to figure out what that little girl in side of me wants so badly and find a healthier way to get it.

Claire-in-Texas · 10-18-2009, 04:27 PM

Thin feels better than food tastes. This is absolutely true for me.

I think you are right in many ways, but I don't think it's an all or nothing thing. What drives me from my addiction is fear. I don't want to go back to what/who I was, and that included being in a wheelchair (back issues). Fear is a good thing, at least for me.

I have my days of overeating, and I don't worry about it. I just go back to my "default eating" pattern, and it levels out. I've been at the same weight for 1.5 years, and it is all becoming a habit that I don't ever want to break!

jerseygrl684 · 10-18-2009, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Claire-in-Texas

Thin feels better than food tastes. This is absolutely true for me.

I think you are right in many ways, but I don't think it's an all or nothing thing. What drives me from my addiction is fear. I don't want to go back to what/who I was, and that included being in a wheelchair (back issues). Fear is a good thing, at least for me.

I have my days of overeating, and I don't worry about it. I just go back to my "default eating" pattern, and it levels out. I've been at the same weight for 1.5 years, and it is all becoming a habit that I don't ever want to break!

Claire, when i wasn't a habitual hospital patient as my new career, I remember having those days where I felt like I was eating through my pouch. Could it be that you are more active those times and burning off more calories... in turn making you hungier? It's just a thought, because I never really paid attention those extra food days, i remember mentally trying to justify it, like a true food-addict.