Sabotage Snacking After Gastric Bypass Surgery: Why Do We Do It?
LivingAfterWLS reader feedback indicates snacking is the single biggest problem for people after having gastric bypass – the problem being we snack on unhealthy items, we sabotage our weight loss or weight maintenance and we spiral back into the self-loathing that is so much an emotional part of morbid obesity. None of us goes into surgery expecting to be the one “who lost all that weight and put it back on.” None of us goes into surgery expecting to become sneak eaters. We all believe we can beat obesity with our “tool” and we all expect to become healthier, more active, and yes dare I say more attractive and happier after WLS and massive weight loss. Then why do we work so hard to defeat the system? To abuse the tool? I spent time perusing the personal journal I’ve kept since weight loss surgery and I discovered some interesting things about myself and my snacking habits. See if these sound familiar to you: – Five PM is a trigger snack time for me because I grew up having an after sc
