5 month itch, anyone????

Hello Fellow Marchers! I was just wondering if anyone else has found month 5 to be a challenge? It seems like my food choices went to heck and I made a ton of bad discussions about everything I put in my mouth. I have been stuck at the same weight for 3 weeks and stuck in a size 18 for at least 2 months. Well just wanted to hear from all of you to see what everyone is doing to break this 5 month itch!!! Help!!!! Rhen

Rhen, It seems like a bunch of us are going through this. I went through the whole day making wise food choices, taking the stairs at work, getting in some exercise and then shoved a handful of tortilla chips in my mouth right before bed. I have no idea why I did this. The night before I ate too fast and probably too much and hurled my dinner. I seem to have forgotten everything I learned in the first 4 months. Frankly it terrifies me. Connie

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels this way !!! I'm so afraid I'll gain back my weight !! I've read on here that some people just don't like food anymore, Shoot, I love it just as much as I ever did !! I do good at meal time ,I don't eat fried foods or sweets or bad carbs, but I find myself eating a teaspoon of peanut butter or a bite of turkey jerkey or a few peanuts all durning the day . Everyday I think I'm not going to do this tomorrow , but I do it the next day , too. I'm the manager in a school lunch room and I have to be around food. I have 32 more pounds to go to my goal. We all need to band together and make a new comment to do better . Y'all have a good day. Judy

I am doing some of the same bad things. I find myself making bad food choices when I eat. I have been stuck on this plateau and it is finally starting to move but slowly. I have found that I can eat salty food and crave it like crazy. Peanuts just do not do it for me anymore. I crave chips and really salty fries. I have been doing better so far today. But it is only noon. We need to get back on track. Marissa -almost 80lbs

Yes....yes...This is also me....My 5th month I think will be a challenge. I can eat a bit more and have only lost 1 pound. My total weight loss comes to 76lbs but I weighed myself this morning and it shows that I am back to 75lbs total weight loss. I don't know what's happening but I guess just go along with the ride. I am still wearing an XL shirt and 14/16 pants. My hair loss has also slowed down (not mad at that). I have to admit I have not gone to the gym for about 2 weeks now and I feel ssooooo guilty, but I have been very busy with my life. My sister is having her first baby and of course it was up to me to start planning her baby-shower / well that's over and everything turned out okay. But this week I am getting ready to leave to Orlando with my daughters and I have been here and there trying to get everything that we will need and packing - well isn't that fun!!!!! I promise myself that when I do get back from Orlando I will start my daily routine of going to the gym. I know that going back to the gym will help my body get going with the weight loss!!

This month was definatley the hardest and most discouraging for me so far in this journey. I went 3 1/2 weeks playing with the same 3 pounds, up and down. Finally 3 days ago things started to move down again. I have had the same struggle with food choices and cravings, or just eating out of habit a few times, I admit much better than prior to surgery, but I dont want to fall back into that same pattern. I am confident I can over come this, but the ride will be bumpy sometimes. I am trying to be aware of making better, if not the best choices when I cant over come the urge to eat. And I have come to the conclusion that I have to allow a bite here and there or I will go NUTS and loose it all together. Lets keep sharing and supporting one another.

Off and on, yes. I stalled really bad at around 4.5 months and broke the stall just after my 5 month anniversary. Things have caught up to a degree but I still am slow going. I have been very impatient, but I'm learning to let it go.......... Dina 325/247/150

Must be a common occurrance around this time because so many of us are going through it. The worse thing we can do, folks, is keep our feelings of guilt and shame locked away inside our heads! That's the way I feel, anyway, when I feel I am eating for reasons other than to take good care of myself. And those kinds of thoughts only lead to more bad choices, more unhealthy eating. Here's what I'm trying to do every time I feel that kind of anxiety that will lead me to bad eating: I stop just for a moment, just STOP. I concentrate on a body part that looks or feels significantly different because of my weight loss. I channel all my thoughts and energy into that body part -- for instance, I just marvel a****ching the bones in my hands move! Go ahead, wiggle your fingers and watch your hands! Look how slim and beautiful they are! My hands used to be absolutely encased in fat. Now they are lovey with long, tapered fingers and I can't believe it's me! Try to do this until the feelings of panic or anxiety subside. Look at your new face, run your hands over your new waist, look at your beautiful new shoulders. Channel that negative energy into something positive that is uniquely you. This is working for me. You all have my deepest support and understanding. We're in this together. Maureen

Oh good, I thought I was the only one. I first thought it was stress (trying to find a perm job and going frm 1 temp to another. I am still losing but I seem to want to eat everything in site. But the good news is I am 100 lbs down!

Ok Now I feel better...I know I am not alone in this Journey/struggle, to eat the right foods and stay away from the bad carbs, I am at the point that if i even eat half a roll I am feeling so guilty, I say we just have to start reading again...I know my dietician gave us a work book that tells us why we over eat and what triggers it, and when we do it and why...when I opened the book for the first time yesterday it all kind of made sence to me why I ate that 2 pieces chocolate cake ... I am going to up my protien today and try to get in more water, I was doing so well for the first 4 months and I am not going to waste my efforts n pain n suffering all now!! I think because I have become comfortable with my new diet that I naturally just wanna slack off now...this comes very easy for me im ashamed to say... Now I know why they recomend a psych. eval. maybe I need one! hahahahah Stay well marchers! keep going...