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I had my surgery July 2003 I started at 254 and got down to 159. Was very happy not to be fat. I did it!!!!! Then the demons came back. In 2005 I have gained 20lbs. I really do not know what to do. I am just disgusted with myself and joined weigh****chers and can not loose.
I am hungry all the time and I seem to eat little bits all day which is grazing but I vow I will take it off. I am just feeling awful about it. Is there any one else out there that this happened to please let me know
Hi RoseAnne,
I too had my surgery in July of '03. I started out at 297 and went as low as 158. I now weigh 174. I had a few cosmetic procedures and seemed to lose fast after the surgeries, but then gained some back afterwards. I so can relate to you. I walk every day on my treadmill and try to drink alot of water. All I can say is hang in there and try to eat different things that will shake up your metabolism. I lost a lb. in two days by eating some grapenuts and plain yogurt at night instead of having chicken and salad or a stir fry dinner. Good luck and be thankful you lost all that you did. I know I am, but there are days where I just FEEL FAT. I understand----------Angie
Hi RoseAnne,
I have the same problems as you!! I tried Weigh****chers also. I lose 2 or 3 lbs and then they come right back. So know that you are not alone. I am going to go back to the basics and stop the sugar all together. I am also going to start back moving. Good luck!! I will keep you in my prayers and know that you are not alone.
Nikki G
This all sounds (unfortunately) pretty normal. I'm fighting the head hunger demons every day. After starting out at 424 (NOT my all-time high!) I actually got below 200. Since returning to work after my second round of reconstructive surgery however, I want to graze all day long.
Beating ourselves up over rebound gain (Nearly everyone stabalizes at some point above their lowest weight, according to the medical director of my program.) only reinforces our feelings of failure, hopelessness, and makes it easier to rationalize poor eating decisions.
Eating mindfully (Is this food filling Tank One (my body's need for fuel) or Tank Two (my head's need for something else) and keeping in touch with my "beginner's mind" (getting back to basics) helps, but it's a daily struggle.
Hope this helps, if only to assure you that someone else is sharing your issues.
Tim 424/207/175
You are definitely not alone, RoseAnn. I went from 335 in 7/03 to 155 in September of 04. Since then, there's been a slow, steady climb back up on the scale, and down in my habits. I have no one to blame but myself. Unlike you, who took action at 20 pounds, I kept letting it go and go, and now I am veering ever closer to going back to 200 (194 this morning).
I vow each day to stop and go back to doing it right, but so far, I haven't been able or willing to do it. I have a real chocolate addiction--and it's funny, because I didn't really have one before--and one really awful habit, which I did have before: I eat in the car-=-practically all the time! I had that habit broken for months and never thought it would come back, but it did. Now I feel like I need hypnotic suggestion, or some other drastic move, to get me back on track.
Just as a point of information, I have never had any plastics (though I sure could use a lower body lift) and until I broke my elbow 3 weeks ago, I was going to the gym, spinning and doing cardio at least 3-4 times a week.
I have to: stop eating in my car; stop eating fast food; stop eating chocolate; stop drinking with my meals and stop drinking sugary drinks, period.
At least I know what I have to do--now I have to do it!
Good luck to you on your continuing journey--I have come too far to backslide all the way. I just pray I can stop it soon.
Amy
And here I thought I was the only one.
But, my story is a "touch" different.
Was 302 lbs, then got down to 151lbs.
I was happy with my loss, and my new clothes, but, crisis happened in my life, and... well... Let's just say I did a LOT of soul searching, and travelling this last year.
BECAUSE of the traveling, I lost track of my eating habits. I know, I know.
I've been promising to go back, and I am slowly working on it, but, I am too afraid to step on the scale.
I had been down to a size 12 (just a touch "snug") and am now in a size 16 (also a tuch snug).
But I WILL get back on track.
I swear I will!!!!!!
We all will!
I know what you mean. I got down to 190, had a tummy tuck and breast reduction, and then gained back up to 208. I talked to the bariatric surgeon and he said that the surgery had done all it could for me. I really knew that from all of my research but it came off so easily to begin with. Last October I started taking Metabolife, and I finally started exercising regularly (I had not exercised at all before), and I follow the South Beach Diet. I am down to 165 and would like to loose 10 more pounds, but I wear a size 8 and everyone thinks I'm small enough, including the Doctors. Never thought I'd hear that in my lifetime. I reccommend making the sacrifice to exercise regularly (I walk 5 miles EVERY day), and if you are going to eat often, make good choices. Look into Weigh****chers, or look at the South Beach Diet, I love it. It takes time to make new eating habits. You get better at it all the time as long as you start somewhere. Give yourself some grace, it's ok to make a mistake, it's not ok to stop trying.
Well, I can actually say that none of us are alone. I did really well, lost all my weight got down smaller than I thought that I would and was feeling great. Had some health problems, divorce, job change, moved and all that combined caused some weight gain. I was 280/140 but in the last 2 years I have gained 30 lbs. I am still thankful that Im not 280 anymore but I know that I have to get back on track. Good luck to everyone trying to get back on the wagon.
Paula 280/140/170
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