I just got my wisdom teeth out and I'm on vicodin for the pain. It really cuts down on my appetite.

But I'm worried because once I'm all better and able to eat that I will toss my plans out the window, because so far I haven't been able to get down any more than a cup of applesauce in the past 24 hours. I've still got a few more days to go. I know it's going to be psychological but I'm afraid I'll lose control once my mouth heals.

I don't have the option of taking bad food out of the house. I live with my family and I'm a vegetarian, so they buy food mostly for my big football playing brother. In short, that means there's a whole bunch of everything available all the time.

): Any advice?

Hi , I am from Texas too and new. I sorta have the same problem you do in not having control of what is kept in my home, because Hubie loves his sweets! The thing is I don't have to eat them so why do I when I am not hungry?
I think that this is the place I need to be for I need control of my eating . I have high cholesterol and 45 pounds over weight. I have lost 90 pounds in the past but regained 45 and I cannot seem to control my eating and it scares me, for I don't want to gain all that weight back! Also my husband was on a diet in the past with me and that made a great difference!

The only advice I know to give you is to never give up on yourself, write down everything you eat, that helps, even those little sample tasting for one week. Continue to write down everything but cut back some if you are gaining weight, like 500 calories back. See if that makes a difference. Find a hobby that can get you moving ,for when your moving you use calories. Keep posting! You have a friends that care.

that is the million dollar question, isn't it?
it seems like so many people struggle with this but no one has an answer for us.
I eat a meal and the very next thing that comes to my mind is 'ok, what do i eat next?"
clearly this is the major contributor to my weight problems. but the compulsion is so strong, and the excuse 'i can start tomorrow' sounds so reasonable. What's another day after all? Todays already screwed up but tomorrow looks perfect right now.

I hate endless cycles

I think that is it Kaebea! You hit the nail right on the head ! You and I both and everyone else has the answer within us. We need to look at it as there is no tomorrow, because we are using that as an excuse to eat what ever, we need to do what we should today or we will continue to live in this endless cycle. Ok is there anyone out there ready to fight this fight with me?

Do you have a computer? If you do, visit one of the diet-tracking web sites. I use Fit Day, but there are others. I liked Fit Day so much that I purchased the software for $19 from their web site. These software packages will keep you honest and see exactly what is going into your mouth. I spend about 10 min/day entering what I eat. There's something about entering the food BEFORE you eat it that lets you see what the calories will do to your diet. Give it a try. Good luck!

I use the daily plate at livestrong. It's unsettling to see how little I eat in a day since I've been on my meds. Before I managed to have maybe 50-200 extra calories leftover by the end of the day, which was good.

But since i've been on my meds I haven't been able to down more than 500 calories in a day. I've still got at least 4 days on this medication, and I'm hoping I'll be able to down more food as i get closer to healing.

I had a root filling done last year that became infected and 2 teeth out last Summer and lost 21lb in a very short period of time because of it. Even while we were on holiday in the middle of this treatment I managed to keep calorie intake down. I kept off 14lb of what I lost, the other 7lb I lost and regained 3 times - the 3rd time I decided it was time to get back on track and lose weight again (I broke my ankle at the end of our holiday and didn't want to cut calories in that time to ensure my ankle had all the nutrition it needed to heal - it was a very very bad break). While when I was better from dental treatment and my ankle I did start to binge again the problems with my teeth (and ankle) had helped me to learn I could lose weight, I did have a problem with binge eating and I could manage without binge eating and left me stronger to fight the binging urges now. I don't want to go back to the person I was 12 months ago so I have to be strong enough to face the urges to binge.

Once your mouth has healed you just have to be determined to continue to fight the urges to binge. I didn't eat everything that was in sight as soon as my mouth healed - I gradually began to binge again until I started to write down everything I eat. Write everything down then you can be accountable to yourself, remember you don't have to eat all the foods you are missing at the moment the second your mouth heals but you can eat a little within whatever your plan is gradually over the following weeks.