Gastric Bypass Surgery Support Group

Gastric bypass (GBP) is any of a group of similar operative procedures used to treat morbid obesity, a condition which arises from severe accumulation of excess weight in the form of fatty tissue, and the health problems ("co-morbidities") which result. If you are considering gastric bypass or have had it, join the community where we share our experiences and find support.

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graciesmom2000 06/02/2013

I cannot figure it out. I have made so much progress and I am still loosing weight. However, I am kind of down today. I just feel like Im swimming up stream today. Has anyone felt like this? Am I normal? Just wondering.

becca1960 06/02/2013

Now that you are not eating away your emotions (Like I did for years!), finding peace with them can be a challenge. It is normal, even when all is going well... to have down days. Just let yourself feel whatever you need to feel, and keep in mind tomorrow is a new day! :)

I am working on similar things too... trying to get a handle on letting myself feel whatever I need to feel, vs thinking I need to fix it (or bury/stuff it with food!) or that what I am feeling is wrong somehow. Nothing wrong about having emotions, up or down ones... they just 'are' :)

(((HUGS)))

graciesmom2000 06/02/2013

I really did eat away my emotions. For years and years. You know before I had this surgery, I knew I was going to have to change my lifestyle as far as the eating and stuff, but I had no idea the emotional toll it would take on me. Ups and Downs. Plus all the extra stuff I went through. I am really having a hard time dealing with that. I guess I just need to feel them and move on.

deleted_user 06/02/2013

I think that is very normal... I have had many of them, especially since surgery...

For me so much has changed... And I don't always know how to process it all... And most of the time I couldn't even tell you what is really wrong... I just feel "lost"... I don't feel like me anymore...

I get compliments constantly, and I have recently even run into people who don't know who I am... And they feel great, but as we all should know by now, losing weight and being healthy doesn't fix everything in our lives.... It helps a lot, don't get me wrong, but we have to learn how to fix many of the same things that bothered us pre-surgery...

Hang in there my friend... You are very normal... And tomorrow is another day....

deleted_user 06/02/2013

Yep, very normal. One thing I'm trying really hard to keep in mind is that I had my good days and bad days before surgery and I try hard to not attribute my down days now to food. One thing I've started to help distract me from myself is counted cross stitch. You can't really zone out doing that so it's a nice distraction. And music. I have those few songs that, no matter my mood, these songs make me feel great.

Sending lots of love and big silly smiles. :-) :-) :-)

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