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Originally Posted by ERIKAASHLEE
13 days ago I had gastric bypass and I never realized the differance of true hungar and "thinking" Im hungry....I am really struggling with it...I dont feel hungar but I want to eat! Now I know how I blew up like a balloon (bad genes and bad habbits).
I am looking to see if anyone else has had this issue and how some have over came this problem?
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Hi Erika,
I don't know about the others (I've only been here a week or so), but I had to "re-train" my brain to think of food temptation differently, so that I can be satisfied by the *fantasy* of food rather than by the reality of eating it.
I mean (and I said this earlier too):
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Don't try to deny your "head hunger." It's real; most of us were food addicts pre-op. Face it, embrace it -- I get great comfort from looking at cookbook pictures sometimes! Imagine how wonderful stuff tastes, because you know it does, there's no point lying to yourself! Then imagine yourself taking a nice big bite of whatever it is...and feeling sick, feeling nauseated, overfull, dumping, just whatever's your worst gross-out. So...which feels better post-op, imagining it or actually eating it? Practice this, and eventually the *idea* of the food will be enough to satisfy the "head hunger."
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Jenn 5'8.5"
Lap RNY 6/22/05
Pre-Op: 367/ Current: 238/ Lowest: 228/ Goal: 175
Pounds from Goal: 63
Trying so hard to get back on track, face that I can't do it alone, stop beating myself up for my failings... UPDATE: Well, after the 7 lb. drop last week, this week I didn't lose *anything*.
Didn't gain, but it's discouraging.
Century Club: Feb. '06
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