Bonne, you inspire me.  The weight is slowly coming off, but its a battle this time around.
That 30 lb bounce just snuck up on me.  I'm convinced I'll get back down but wow...

Have a great weekend!

Denise

I miss the good ole days when this board was hopping.  Glad a few folks stop by from time to time.   I too wonder how all others are doing.

Come out... come out wherever you are!

Have a great weekend!

My heart goes out to all of you facing weight gain. I'm 6 years post op this month and maintaining my weight loss by watching everything that goes in my mouth. Finally I've learned that I can't eat everything I may want. I did indulge over the holidays 2008 and gained 30 lbs. in no time. Quit eating at night AGAIN, cut out sweets entirely and made changes I knew had to be done. It took over a year & a half  but this morning I weigh 138 lbs. ONLY I HAVE CONTROL OF ME.  I may be compulsive now but I get on the scale every single morning to keep myself in check of my eating habits. It works for me.
 
Please try to get tough with yourself TODAY. Work on today, don't look to tomorrow or yesterday, do what's right today. You faced surgery for a reason and that surgery was a stepping stone to get you on track and a big risk that you survived. You owe it to yourself to not let that slip away.

Bonnie

It's been a long time since I've been here...

Starting Weight: 352
Lowest Weight: 215 (Feb 2007)
Current Weight: 267

You can do the math.

When the weight first started coming back, I was doing fertility treatments and figured those pounds would disappear once I stopped those funky drugs. Never lost the weight, never had the baby. Job stress, a foster child, moving, losing job...emotional eating at its finest. A few pounds here, a few pounds there...some clothes no longer fit, but other still did. No biggie.

Weigh****chers, a therapist, a registered dietician, the diabetic exchange, diet pills, calorie counting, a gym membership...surely those things would help me take control of my life. Sadly, my heart wasn't in it, and my motivation dwindled.

Then summer arrived, and I found myself avoiding my snug bathing suit, avoiding rollercoasters that I should be riding with my daughter, avoiding doing things that looked like they took physical effort.

I am at THIS POINT! You know, the one where you've completely had it, fed up with where you are. I REFUSE to let fat destroy my life.

So here I am again, the fire in me once again. I am going to use all of my resources to approach weight loss with an arsenal of weapons. While I attack the enemy with a frontal assault, I am also planning a sneak attack...I have an appointment set up to evaluate the possibility of having a revision.

I am not going down without a fight...

Pamela

Hugs to you also. I have continued to be an active silent reader of this site. I read July Babies forum, revision, complications and Arizona on a regular basis. The reason I do not post is when I was 2 yrs out I developed VERY VERY serious complications and struggle to this day as a result and I do not want to discourage anyone considering surgery.  My anniversary is the 13th and it seems in some ways it was only yesterday and other times it seems a life time ago..but 6 yrs wow for us..and all the others. I often wonder how the others are doing!!!!

Janette