Hello all, just checking in to say I'm still alive and kickin'...no issues to speak of with my surgery...  and i'm still lookin' good! yeah!  hope this finds every one else in good health too!

Lisa

I too find that I am using some of my previous activities, like stress eating. I am holding my own on the weight, but I have to watch it more.

If I weigh in the morning and have hit the "magic number" I will do liquids for the day, maybe for two days and I am back under that number. That is the only way I have been able to keep things level for me.

I have read that this is the point where most people will start putting on weight. I will sew my lips together before I go back to weighing 400+ lbs!

HELLO To My Fellow AUGUST 2006 Babies!!!
Okay...
I'M 2 YEARS Post-Op And STRUGGLING!!!
ANYONE Out There AGREE On This???
HOW ARE YOU DOING???
I Have STRAYED AWAY From "OH",
And EVERYTHING I Had Learned PRE-OP!!!
Man Did I SCREW UP,
BIG TIME!!!
:(
But...
I Am BACK,
And I'm TRYING To Get On Back On Track!!!
Just Wondering How You ALL Are Doing 2 YEARS PLUS,
Post-Op!!!
(((HUGS))),
Michele / WONGA!

Maybe we need a good butt chewing from our Dr. Like a reality check. But I don't forsee that truly doing it for me. I am trying to get more exercise but frankly I just don't want to. Yes I want the end reward, but I cannot find the motivation to truly do anything about it. So small steps I have started logging my food again, I am trying to only eat when hungry, and I am try to slow down and listen to my body for signs that I am full. Bad habits are so hard to break and although they went away for while, they are finding their way back into my life, and I cannot allow that....on a regular basis. Like you said we are human, we make poor choices from time to time. We can get back into it, I am sure! Good luck!

I had a similar problem...I got down into the low 170s and blinked ...then went back up into the high 170s and have been there for months. I have had a few fills only to be unsuccessful in maintaining them (I get too tight) and then need the fill taken out. So for now, I am adjusting. I still look much better than I ever did before, I'll wear a bathing suit without hyperventilating, and plan on renewing my exercise program. That helped me tremendously in helping take off the weight in the first place, hopefully it will do the trick to get things moving downward again on the scales. Good luck to you. My advice: think of where you were, think of where you've come to, and celebrate that while renewing your commitment to the healthy eating and maybe even some exercise. I know it's easier said than done, but we all know, that's what works.