Re: eating thoughts... kinda long...

[Guest guest]

Kathy! Sounds to me like you've hit that RIGHT on the nose! After reading

your post, it sounds SO RIGHT!

Thanks for the input and figuring us out! LOL

Dawn

eating thoughts... kinda long...

Ok, its election night, there's nothing else to watch on tv... I've already

cleaned the kitchen, put the little ones to bed, waxed my eyebrows.... and

here I sit thinking.... (this can be a very dangerous activity!!)

I was reflecting back on my last week or so when I suffered what appeared

to be an unexplained increase in depression, lost my appetite, forgot to

drink, even forgot to take some of my meds and supplements... This

depression came on suddenly, and vanished just as quickly... Nonetheless,

very alarming! Just before the depression lifted, I started to get sick

with

some crazy flu like thing, and again didn't eat, or drink much but slept

more

than usual. I know it seems like I'm rambling endlessly here, but I do have

a point.... In the days before the increased depression, I had been very

busy, out late a couple of nights, up late completing monthly paperwork for

my business, and probably only got an average of 6 hrs sleep per night for

4-5 nights. Prior to surgery, this reduced amount of sleep would have

caused

me to eat... picking at unnecessary foods all day and night. But now at a

post op status, that kind of eating is out of the question, I simply can't

do

it. So I can't help but wonder or assume that with my best comfort tool

removed, if my body and mind was forced to do something natural... get

cranky, teary, impatient, and miserable. Almost sounds infantile doesn't

it... a child who is tired would have behaved the same way... Is it

possible

that my surgery has not only given me the tool I need to loss the extra

weight, and, in addition, has imposed upon me to learn the natural ways to

deal with difficult situations in my life...? Have my umpteen years of

therapy started to click with the aid of surgery? I can't help but wonder,

and be hopeful... Any other post ops have thoughts on this or similar

experiences???

Kathy

09/25/00

[Guest guest]

Kathy,

Oh My God, This is what I have been saying and going through for the

last couple of months. It wasn't till I started seeing a Therapist I

figured it all out, still figuring it out. I was getting mad at everyone

for reasons I didn't understand. Taking things way to personal and not

being able to shake things off and get on with it. It was awful just

awful. My Therapist has helped me so much,with my marriage, my kids, my

daily life. I still need a lot of work (no coment Dawn) but at least I

have started. I have been going through so much more than just a (huge)

weight lose. Then you start thinking, Am I the only one who is this

Fuxx-up. The answer is no I am not alone, (Dawn is right there with me.

Only kidding) LOL But I am seeing some of you guys do know what I mean.

Thank god, because it helps to know that I can post about something like

this, even when it's not all happy yahoo I've lost weight. Yes, that is

GREAT, but I do have other issues now that most of my weight is gone that

I didn't know I had. And I really beleave that solveing these issues is

the Key to keeping this weight off for good. I see at lot of people

writing " so many pounds gone forever " . That is not true. Just the

surgery alone is not going to do it. It takes a lot of hard work to

figure yourself out even if you think that you've done this prior to

surgery. I thought I was one of those people. I truly thought I had it

all together, but the rug was pulled right out from under me and I had my

eyes closed when it happened. So I guess the Morell of this is just

because you " think " you have it all together, You to could be a basket

case like me.

Pam

320/190/?

On Tue, 7 Nov 2000 22:05:50 EST kchyet@... writes:

> Ok, its election night, there's nothing else to watch on tv... I've

> already

> cleaned the kitchen, put the little ones to bed, waxed my

> eyebrows.... and

> here I sit thinking.... (this can be a very dangerous activity!!)

> I was reflecting back on my last week or so when I suffered what

> appeared

> to be an unexplained increase in depression, lost my appetite,

> forgot to

> drink, even forgot to take some of my meds and supplements... This

> depression came on suddenly, and vanished just as quickly...

> Nonetheless,

> very alarming! Just before the depression lifted, I started to get

> sick with

> some crazy flu like thing, and again didn't eat, or drink much but

> slept more

> than usual. I know it seems like I'm rambling endlessly here, but I

> do have

> a point.... In the days before the increased depression, I had been

> very

> busy, out late a couple of nights, up late completing monthly

> paperwork for

> my business, and probably only got an average of 6 hrs sleep per

> night for

> 4-5 nights. Prior to surgery, this reduced amount of sleep would

> have caused

> me to eat... picking at unnecessary foods all day and night. But

> now at a

> post op status, that kind of eating is out of the question, I simply

> can't do

> it. So I can't help but wonder or assume that with my best comfort

> tool

> removed, if my body and mind was forced to do something natural...

> get

> cranky, teary, impatient, and miserable. Almost sounds infantile

> doesn't

> it... a child who is tired would have behaved the same way... Is it

> possible

> that my surgery has not only given me the tool I need to loss the

> extra

> weight, and, in addition, has imposed upon me to learn the natural

> ways to

> deal with difficult situations in my life...? Have my umpteen years

> of

> therapy started to click with the aid of surgery? I can't help but

> wonder,

> and be hopeful... Any other post ops have thoughts on this or

> similar

> experiences???

> Kathy

> 09/25/00

>

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[Guest guest]

Pam,

Ditto! I was “aware” of my eating patterns and food issues for years.

Eventually, I thought, “There’s no big underlying trauma in my life. I just

love to eat and feel comfort. There! I eat for comfort, end of story.” Not!

After surgery is when the story really unfolds. It’s not that there IS some

big underlying trauma... it’s just that that using food for comfort is a

bigger issue than I had realized.

- AA

valiantduffy@... wrote:

> Kathy,

> Oh My God, This is what I have been saying and going through for the

> last couple of months. It wasn't till I started seeing a Therapist I

> figured it all out, still figuring it out. I was getting mad at everyone

> for reasons I didn't understand. Taking things way to personal and not

> being able to shake things off and get on with it. It was awful just

> awful. My Therapist has helped me so much,with my marriage, my kids, my

> daily life. I still need a lot of work (no coment Dawn) but at least I

> have started. I have been going through so much more than just a (huge)

> weight lose. Then you start thinking, Am I the only one who is this

> Fuxx-up. The answer is no I am not alone, (Dawn is right there with me.

> Only kidding) LOL But I am seeing some of you guys do know what I mean.

> Thank god, because it helps to know that I can post about something like

> this, even when it's not all happy yahoo I've lost weight. Yes, that is

> GREAT, but I do have other issues now that most of my weight is gone that

> I didn't know I had. And I really beleave that solveing these issues is

> the Key to keeping this weight off for good. I see at lot of people

> writing " so many pounds gone forever " . That is not true. Just the

> surgery alone is not going to do it. It takes a lot of hard work to

> figure yourself out even if you think that you've done this prior to

> surgery. I thought I was one of those people. I truly thought I had it

> all together, but the rug was pulled right out from under me and I had my

> eyes closed when it happened. So I guess the Morell of this is just

> because you " think " you have it all together, You to could be a basket

> case like me.

> Pam

> 320/190/?

>

> On Tue, 7 Nov 2000 22:05:50 EST kchyet@... writes:

> > Ok, its election night, there's nothing else to watch on tv... I've

> > already

> > cleaned the kitchen, put the little ones to bed, waxed my

> > eyebrows.... and

> > here I sit thinking.... (this can be a very dangerous activity!!)

> > I was reflecting back on my last week or so when I suffered what

> > appeared

> > to be an unexplained increase in depression, lost my appetite,

> > forgot to

> > drink, even forgot to take some of my meds and supplements... This

> > depression came on suddenly, and vanished just as quickly...

> > Nonetheless,

> > very alarming! Just before the depression lifted, I started to get

> > sick with

> > some crazy flu like thing, and again didn't eat, or drink much but

> > slept more

> > than usual. I know it seems like I'm rambling endlessly here, but I

> > do have

> > a point.... In the days before the increased depression, I had been

> > very

> > busy, out late a couple of nights, up late completing monthly

> > paperwork for

> > my business, and probably only got an average of 6 hrs sleep per

> > night for

> > 4-5 nights. Prior to surgery, this reduced amount of sleep would

> > have caused

> > me to eat... picking at unnecessary foods all day and night. But

> > now at a

> > post op status, that kind of eating is out of the question, I simply

> > can't do

> > it. So I can't help but wonder or assume that with my best comfort

> > tool

> > removed, if my body and mind was forced to do something natural...

> > get

> > cranky, teary, impatient, and miserable. Almost sounds infantile

> > doesn't

> > it... a child who is tired would have behaved the same way... Is it

> > possible

> > that my surgery has not only given me the tool I need to loss the

> > extra

> > weight, and, in addition, has imposed upon me to learn the natural

> > ways to

> > deal with difficult situations in my life...? Have my umpteen years

> > of

> > therapy started to click with the aid of surgery? I can't help but

> > wonder,

> > and be hopeful... Any other post ops have thoughts on this or

> > similar

> > experiences???

> > Kathy

> > 09/25/00

> >

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