Guest guest Report post Posted February 20, 2008 That link doesn't work for me, nor can I find the article through any kind of search on the page. Carolyn > > Annie, > > Welcome to the group and thank you for being so willing to share your > story and what you have been through. I don't think you could have said > it better when you said the bypass didn't help with the heart hunger. > That's what I have seen with pretty much everyone who has gone through > the surgery. But I believe it has a place, and as you said it saved your > life. But I applaud you for understanding there is so much more to this > process than just the surgery. > > I know a physician that had the surgery and discovered the same thing, > the emotional stuff isn't taken care of with surgery. I wish this was > addressed more ahead of time, but maybe it will as we see patients > gaining weight post-surgery because of the emotional stuff. > > Anyway, welcome! I would love to share this article with you and > everyone here. It was written by the physician who had the surgery and I > love the title, " They Didn't Staple My Brain " . What a perfect title! > http://www.bariatrictimes.com/displayArticle.cfm?articleID=030730- 31_Pat\ > ient > > > Thanks! > Gillian > > Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM > http://www.HealthierOutcomes.com <http://www.healthieroutcomes.com/> > > > Want to eat your favorite foods without gaining weight? > > Check out our upcoming Am I Hungry? seminars beginning March 6th and > April 1st: http://www.BreakOutofDietPrison.com > <http://www.breakoutofdietprison.com/> > > > > Find out how you can win your registration - scroll down to the bottom > of the Diet Prison page Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 20, 2008 I was having trouble with my email last night and had to post from the group website. Let’s see if this works today: http://www.bariatrictimes.com/displayArticle.cfm?articleID=030730-31_Patient If you still can’t get it to work, let me know and I’ll put it up in the links section of the site. Thanks! Gillian Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM http://www.HealthierOutcomes.com Want to eat your favorite foods without gaining weight? Check out our upcoming Am I Hungry? seminars beginning March 6th and April 1st: http://www.BreakOutofDietPrison.com Find out how you can win your registration - scroll down to the bottom of the Diet Prison page From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of blitz_icestorm Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 6:19 AM To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: Intro That link doesn't work for me, nor can I find the article through any kind of search on the page. Carolyn > > Annie, > > Welcome to the group and thank you for being so willing to share your > story and what you have been through. I don't think you could have said > it better when you said the bypass didn't help with the heart hunger. > That's what I have seen with pretty much everyone who has gone through > the surgery. But I believe it has a place, and as you said it saved your > life. But I applaud you for understanding there is so much more to this > process than just the surgery. > > I know a physician that had the surgery and discovered the same thing, > the emotional stuff isn't taken care of with surgery. I wish this was > addressed more ahead of time, but maybe it will as we see patients > gaining weight post-surgery because of the emotional stuff. > > Anyway, welcome! I would love to share this article with you and > everyone here. It was written by the physician who had the surgery and I > love the title, " They Didn't Staple My Brain " . What a perfect title! > http://www.bariatrictimes.com/displayArticle.cfm?articleID=030730- 31_Pat\ > ient > > > Thanks! > Gillian > > Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM > http://www.HealthierOutcomes.com <http://www.healthieroutcomes.com/> > > > Want to eat your favorite foods without gaining weight? > > Check out our upcoming Am I Hungry? seminars beginning March 6th and > April 1st: http://www.BreakOutofDietPrison.com > <http://www.breakoutofdietprison.com/> > > > > Find out how you can win your registration - scroll down to the bottom > of the Diet Prison page Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 21, 2008 Hello everyone, Thank you for the kind words and the welcome. It means a lot to me because I feel so much surrounded by diet dictocrats and food police. I am feeling much more relaxed because of the decision I made to listen to my intuition. Now I am exploring that more, trying to find the gap between good nutrition because I know my limitations and finding pleasure in eating. I did want to mention that prior to surgery my surgeon required us to go through a psychological evaluation to see if we were appropriate for the surgery. The support group follow up was suppose to help us too but we were still obsessing about the kinds of foods we were suppose to eat it in the group. It also enforced the morality/shame issues too. A few weeks ago Oprah had on people who developed new addictive behaviors after their bypass surgery. Carnie , one of the most famous ones, developed severe alcoholic behaviors. Some others had severe sexual addiction. It's still food for me. Annie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 21, 2008 It works now. Also, that was an excellent article. It truly shows that even something as drastic as gastric bypass surgery does not fix all the problems, even if weight is lost. A reaffirmation of the reasons behind what we do here, for sure. Carolyn > > I was having trouble with my email last night and had to post from the group > website. Let's see if this works today: > > > > http://www.bariatrictimes.com/displayArticle.cfm?articleID=030730- 31_Patient > > > > If you still can't get it to work, let me know and I'll put it up in the > links section of the site. > > > > Thanks! > Gillian > > Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM > http://www.HealthierOutcomes.com <http://www.healthieroutcomes.com/> > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 23, 2008 I’m glad you liked the article, I thought it was really great insight into bypass surgery. Thanks! Gillian Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM Get your report, " The 6 Steps to Guilt-Free Eating " by visiting http://www.HealthierOutcomes.com Check out our upcoming Am I Hungry? seminars beginning March 6th and April 1st: http://www.BreakOutofDietPrison.com From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of blitz_icestorm Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:11 AM To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: Intro It works now. Also, that was an excellent article. It truly shows that even something as drastic as gastric bypass surgery does not fix all the problems, even if weight is lost. A reaffirmation of the reasons behind what we do here, for sure. Carolyn > > I was having trouble with my email last night and had to post from the group > website. Let's see if this works today: > > > > http://www.bariatrictimes.com/displayArticle.cfm?articleID=030730- 31_Patient > > > > If you still can't get it to work, let me know and I'll put it up in the > links section of the site. > > > > Thanks! > Gillian > > Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM > http://www.HealthierOutcomes.com <http://www.healthieroutcomes.com/> > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 23, 2008 Hello my name is Deb and I have struggled with my weight nearly all my life. I was pretty slim until around 2nd grade which also coincides with severe family problems. I became an emotional eater. I can remember eating stacks of cinammon toast when home alone as that was all there was and I needed to fill the hole. I was introduced to diet pills by my mother and older sister as food, weight, appearance was a major focus in our house despite overeating and being admonished to 'clean our plates'. It was a no win situation which was the birth of my guilt over eating. Hunger became attached to being bad and feeling guilty. I can remember peanut butter malts at Dairy Queen, whole sacks of donuts fresh from the fryer, and pancake contests in which we competed to see who could eat the most. My first diet was the called the high protein quick weight loss diet around 1970 and it was the Atkins diet in the extreme. I lost over 50 lbs. but did not consume any fruit or veggie for over a year. My life changed in that boys started to notice me and I became more popular but a person can only diet so long before your body must eat 'normally' again. Going without carbs for so long left me with massive cravings for anything that resembled a starch. My first year of college the 'freshman 15' turned into 30 then with my first pregnancy I gained over 60 lbs. I did lose quite alot afterward but I believe I messed up my metabolism by dieting so that here I am at 55 weighing over 200 lbs. that I have not been able to budge. I am fed up with diets, tired of hearing about them at work and watching people go on and off them. For the last 2 years at least I have rebeled against dieting and have tried to eat healthy, increase exercise but I still find that I have guilt, beat myself up it I get on the scale so am willing to try getting support from others rather than going it alone. I bought the Intuitive Eating book and am at least a third into it. It makes so much sense but I have a hard time trusting my own system to feed myself correctly. I will end with a neat thing that happened yesterday. I was at a workshop when the lady sitting next to me was lamenting that she was 'bad' for eating ice cream. The workshop leader happened to overhear her and said 'there are no BAD foods'. My ears perked up as it sounded like Intuitive Eating to me. She went on to say that she had lost 45 lbs. with IE. I must say it gave me tremendous hope. Deb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 24, 2008 Deb you came to the right group they are very caring and supportive I am also an emotional eater I have discovered durring my IE journey so I know the struggle. Welcome so glad to have you with us. Eva Hello my name is Deb and I have struggled with my weight nearly all my life. I was pretty slim until around 2nd grade which also coincides with severe family problems. I became an emotional eater. I can remember eating stacks of cinammon toast when home alone as that was all there was and I needed to fill the hole. I was introduced to diet pills by my mother and older sister as food, weight, appearance was a major focus in our house despite overeating and being admonished to 'clean our plates'. It was a no win situation which was the birth of my guilt over eating. Hunger became attached to being bad and feeling guilty. I can remember peanut butter malts at Dairy Queen, whole sacks of donuts fresh from the fryer, and pancake contests in which we competed to see who could eat the most.My first diet was the called the high protein quick weight loss diet around 1970 and it was the Atkins diet in the extreme. I lost over 50 lbs. but did not consume any fruit or veggie for over a year. My life changed in that boys started to notice me and I became more popular but a person can only diet so long before your body must eat 'normally' again. Going without carbs for so long left me with massive cravings for anything that resembled a starch.My first year of college the 'freshman 15' turned into 30 then with my first pregnancy I gained over 60 lbs. I did lose quite alot afterward but I believe I messed up my metabolism by dieting so that here I am at 55 weighing over 200 lbs. that I have not been able to budge. I am fed up with diets, tired of hearing about them at work and watching people go on and off them. For the last 2 years at least I have rebeled against dieting and have tried to eat healthy, increase exercise but I still find that I have guilt, beat myself up it I get on the scale so am willing to try getting support from others rather than going it alone. I bought the Intuitive Eating book and am at least a third into it. It makes so much sense but I have a hard time trusting my own system to feed myself correctly. I will end with a neat thing that happened yesterday. I was at a workshop when the lady sitting next to me was lamenting that she was 'bad' for eating ice cream. The workshop leader happened to overhear her and said 'there are no BAD foods'. My ears perked up as it sounded like Intuitive Eating to me. She went on to say that she had lost 45 lbs. with IE. I must say it gave me tremendous hope. Deb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 25, 2008 By the way I hope this intro is not confusing to those who have already welcomed me to the group. I just felt it was time to 'properly' introduce myself and why I am here as have been reading for a couple weeks now. Thanks All. Deb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
