I had no idea I was such an emotional eater until I had surgery. Even at the time I spoke to the Dr, I actually told her that I only ate out of habit, not emotion. Apparently, I was in denial about that and many things. The fact is, I am an emotional eater. Food is my comfort. Shortly after sx, I was faced with an emotionally stressful situation at work. I let habit take over and before I knew it I had eaten all the food in front of me entirely too fast. I ended up in the bathroom miserable and praying for the pain and nausea to pass. As I sat there I realized, holy moly, I feed my emotions! Since that day, I have battled many urges, but there are times it overtakes me. Sadly I can say that I have figured out a loophole. A way to comfort myself with food even through the restrictions of the sleeve. There are foods we call slider foods, to the wls patient slider foods are the bane of good intentions. They are often soft simple processed carbohydrates of little or no nutritional value that slide right through the surgical stomach pouch without providing nutrition. The most commonly consumed slider foods are pretzels, crackers, popcorn, Cheetos or cheese crackers, tortilla chips with salsa, potato chips. Most of which WLS'r will rationalize, are better for you than chocolate bar, candy, cookies or cake <if eaten these are slider foods too.> Sometime's I can even find "healthy" "sliders" like granola bars. You can actually eat an unhealthy portion of healthy snacks with the sleeve, just not all at once. You can eat until you’re full, then wait a little bit, then just eat some more … and some more … These foods seem harmless enough, in fact some of the snacks I choose are quite healthy. Part of the problem is that on tough days I rarely journal. Another problem is not necessarily the ingredients, as much as my relationship with food. I have to get back to basics. Back to listening to my tummy. Back to eating when I need to eat, not because I want to eat. Back to focusing on protein and water. Back to logging things more accurately. Looking for treats and rewards that are not food related. Hunger Scale
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Tammy Shields-Conway
7/8/2015 08:03:07 am
Thank you for sharing.... i definitely can relate.
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