one year update
Its my one year re-birthday, and I just wanted to post an update. I am 131 lbs down - not quite where I imagined in my pre-op fantasies where I would be, but feeling SOOOO much better! I still have fat brain syndrome, where I still think people look at me like the fattest woman in the room, but at the same time I think I'm looking great- does that even make sense? now I just need the brain surgery to match my WLS and I will be fine LOL. I am so glad I had this done - I was hoping I would be a dumper and I am not, which is a bad thing for me since I tend to go back to bad eating patterns based on emotions, so I have to keep right on top of things. For those of you one year or more out, how do you keep your food straight, now that you arent as restricted in what your body lets you eat, and those emotions can get more tied into your eating? I am joining curves next week - maybe that will give me the added incentive. I love you guys - I have heavily relied on this board to get me through the rough patches!!!!
-Sherrie
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Hi Sherrie;
Congrats on your anniversary and also your fine weight loss. I totally agree with you on the brain surgery. I wish that some medical genius would invent a "WLS Lobotomy"!! I'm not a "dumper" either and really wish that I was. I still have a carb problem although my interst in fat seems to have dwindled greatly. I'll take any help I can get!
As for your question about control..... I think that most of us will agree that this is the trickiest problem we face. I have mentioned here before that I keep a pair of my jeans from when I was at my largest in my closet. I try to remember to put them on every week or two. This usually shocks me badly enough to keep me behaving for a while. I wish you continued success for year #2 and keep posting.
Mike
Happy anniversary Sherrie!!! Congratulations on an awesome loss! Way to go! Wishing you continued success! woo hoo! 
I hear you about keeping control when you arent restricted. Its VERY hard. I have stopped loosing but haven't given up hope. It will happen we just have to try harder. I wish you all the best! We'll get there!!!
Elizabeth M 
I hear you about keeping control when you arent restricted. Its VERY hard. I have stopped loosing but haven't given up hope. It will happen we just have to try harder. I wish you all the best! We'll get there!!!
Elizabeth M 
You are doing fantastic Sherrie - I know how you feel about not having lost it ALL by 1 year out, but we are still in the middle of our journey, so we need to keep ourselves out of the negative self-talk!
I am a dumper which does indeed help keep me in line, but some things I shouldn't have I can eat with no problem. Don't ask me why, but hard candies, all fruit and raised donuts, apple pie, pasta, rice and bread do not bother me. Cake, cookies, ice cream, crackers, breakfast cereal (not even the sugary stuff!) all make me quite ill. There is no logic there! 
The thing is, I just have to resort to my best dieting strategies at this point. It's all nose to the grindstone for me now and has been for awhile. I was getting sick on fat for the longest time but that isn't an issue now, so I have to watch it or I will load up on butter and cheese like there is no tomorrow. For the longest time I was having a couple apples or more a day. This helped fill me up and let me go longer between meals. I ate so many of them, I no longer crave them, so I don't have them as much lately. But one trick that I discovered that others might think horrible might be just the trick for me on keeping full. I discovered this on Valentine's day when we went out to eat. Of course, they bring chewy sourdough bread and a salad before your dinner. I ate a little bit of the bread and the salad. I wanted to eat my dinner so I tried to wa**** down with some coffee - YES - I deliberately was breaking the pouch rules. But, I just felt fuller. The bread was so dense and chewy that it stayed with me and I was only able to take 2 "show" bites of my entree so that it didn't look like I was not going to eat anything. I stayed full for a long time. So while it's the dreaded bread, I think I'm going to start my meals with a small piece of chewy sourdough on occasion and see if it continues to keep me satiated. I had a 4 oz pouch from the start and probably have an 8-10 oz pouch now. That's a lot of food for a wls patient, so I really feel like I have to employ lots of tricks to keep me losing!
Dina
The thing is, I just have to resort to my best dieting strategies at this point. It's all nose to the grindstone for me now and has been for awhile. I was getting sick on fat for the longest time but that isn't an issue now, so I have to watch it or I will load up on butter and cheese like there is no tomorrow. For the longest time I was having a couple apples or more a day. This helped fill me up and let me go longer between meals. I ate so many of them, I no longer crave them, so I don't have them as much lately. But one trick that I discovered that others might think horrible might be just the trick for me on keeping full. I discovered this on Valentine's day when we went out to eat. Of course, they bring chewy sourdough bread and a salad before your dinner. I ate a little bit of the bread and the salad. I wanted to eat my dinner so I tried to wa**** down with some coffee - YES - I deliberately was breaking the pouch rules. But, I just felt fuller. The bread was so dense and chewy that it stayed with me and I was only able to take 2 "show" bites of my entree so that it didn't look like I was not going to eat anything. I stayed full for a long time. So while it's the dreaded bread, I think I'm going to start my meals with a small piece of chewy sourdough on occasion and see if it continues to keep me satiated. I had a 4 oz pouch from the start and probably have an 8-10 oz pouch now. That's a lot of food for a wls patient, so I really feel like I have to employ lots of tricks to keep me losing!
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