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Topic: RE: Accountability...it hurts but time to face it
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Topic: RE: Accountability...it hurts but time to face it
Hi Kathleen,
I'm glad to see that you still check in here once in a while! Size 8-10 is still really good. Think of where we were 3 years ago. I do agree though that we do have to be accountable to ourselves. I don't think I will be able to wear most of my clothes from last summer either. I put on my baggy jeans the other day and THEY WERE TIGHT. I started the 5 day pouch test on Friday. It's Saturday night now and I have stuck to it so far. I really want to get back to eating less and eating healthy. I too have let a lot of the rules slide. Amazing how easy it is to do isn't it. I hope the pouch test will at least cure me a little of my carb addiction. I hope you have a great summer. I still check in here every few weeks so I hope to hear from you soon.
Fran
I'm glad to see that you still check in here once in a while! Size 8-10 is still really good. Think of where we were 3 years ago. I do agree though that we do have to be accountable to ourselves. I don't think I will be able to wear most of my clothes from last summer either. I put on my baggy jeans the other day and THEY WERE TIGHT. I started the 5 day pouch test on Friday. It's Saturday night now and I have stuck to it so far. I really want to get back to eating less and eating healthy. I too have let a lot of the rules slide. Amazing how easy it is to do isn't it. I hope the pouch test will at least cure me a little of my carb addiction. I hope you have a great summer. I still check in here every few weeks so I hope to hear from you soon.
Fran
Topic: RE: Accountability...it hurts but time to face it
HI all! I hope everyone is doing good. I am so glad I am not alone. I cannot believe I let myself gain again. It just sickens me. I do not exercise like I used to, and I can eat way more. The only thing I have not had is soda. I have stuck to that rule at least. I cannot wear any of my clothes from last summer. All too snug. I am in an 8 or 10 now. My hubby says I am a Grandma and should be content with that. I am not. I love you all and I support you. Please send me some words of wisdom sigh.
Topic: RE: Accountability...it hurts but time to face it
Our surgery dates are just a few days apart...mine was 8/22/07. i too have gained a few pounds (about 15 from my very lowest). i have been trying on last year's summer clothes and i am not as comfortable. i need to de-carb myself from sneaking chocolate morsels here and there. i have signed up for a boot camp work out at my local gym starting next month. i have until then to get my head in gear. i want to loose at least 10 pounds. those 10 pounds seem like climbing a mountain to me. i know how little of food i need to eat on a daily basis to get there. like we all are saying...these few pounds are so much better than what we originally lost. HERE I AM...IM JOINING IN TOO.
Topic: RE: Accountability...it hurts but time to face it
Hi Kathleen, Nice to hear from you again. I hear you. I am having the same problems. I can eat a lot now and I often seem to eat almost constantly. Real hunger has nothing to do with it. I have told myself the same things as you. My lowest was 143 and I am now 159. I have been as high as 164. I want to stay 145-150 as well. I try to tell myself that 10-15 is easier to lose than 100 too and I can start with back to basics but soon back slide. I have started swimming again and walking a bit more. I am starting to feel a little better. You are right. It is very hard to fight the old demons. I started logging my food again for the last 3 days. Although I haven't been perfect it has helped somewhat. I want to be accountable to myself but it helps to have some support here as well. I'm with you. Let's try to motivate each other. Keep in touch and let me know how you are doing. When is your 3 year surgiversary? Mine is August 13 and I want to be down to at most 150 by then. Right now I hover between 158 and 162 so that's only 8-12 lbs.
Topic: Accountability...it hurts but time to face it
Hi all! Long time, no posts. And now I admit the price. I weigh 168 lbs. My lowest was 118, stayed between 140-150 for a year and a half, and now, I am gaining. I want to get to 145-150 again. I must say, I can eat alot more, and I do. Once a stress eater, always a stress eater. No more size 4 or 6, at 8, even 10. I know, I am not a failure. But I feel like it. I get the poor me's, and I give up. Tomorrow, I will be accountable for everything I put in my mouth. I will take the clothes off my treadmill, and use it again. 18 lbs. is nothing compared to 100 lbs. I know some of you shy away from here, just like I did, because the truth hurts. COME ON. JOIN ME. LETS FIGHT TOGETHER. I am going to go back to the basics, protein and water. I believe I can do this. Please, if you are out there, join me. You are not alone. I need you. So, where is your post?
Topic: RE: 25 months out RNY...anyone else like me?
man, we sound like twins. the most i lost (for a split second) was 90 pounds. i told myself that my limit was was to stay between 135-145. well, i have been 145-148 for many months now. i too know what it takes to get lower...but i am hungry all the time. doesn't this all sound familiar? alot of post rny'ers say that. i really dont eat bad stuff, just too much good stuff that equals above my daily calories limit. i have a gym membership and i need to get going on that. im just so tired when i finally come home from work...and mentally tired too. i know, all dumb reasons...heard them all. i am so looking forward to the nice weather in a few months. i really got out and walked alot...and it was a stress reducer too. i would walk for 1 hour and walk about 4 + miles. i know what you mean about choc. i have a little here and a little there. my problem is my grazing calories add up at the end of the day. if i could stick to my normal meal plan and drop a couple healthly snack i probably could do better. i get myself together and stop snacking at night (healthy snacks) and i can drop a couple pounds, but i never get below my 145. i am 5' 2"...i really should weight about 130-135. just this 10-13 extra pounds seems to all sit in my belly too. hang in there...i know we can do it. just have to get our minds around it.
Topic: RE: 25 months out RNY...anyone else like me?
I have the same problem. My weight was stable for about six months once I got to my goal and now I have put on 15 lbs. I'm really scared that I will put on all the weight I have taken off. I know what I should be doing but I keep eating the wrong things and way too much. I think about food all the time and I eat a lot of chocolate...even if it makes me feel ill. I haven't been exercising either. I know it will be easier to lose 15 lbs than 150 but I never start. My stomach is the part I hate the most too. I think all of the 15 lbs went there. I haven't been on this site for months. I hope I will get some motivation to get back to basics....Good luck to you both. Fran
Topic: RE: 25 months out RNY...anyone else like me?
Wow. Thanks for the reply. I know we have to get back to the REAL basics. I feel that i dont eat bad now, just too much. I did go and work out last night...that made me feel somewhat better. What bothers me the most is my stomach blubber. If I could just click my heals twice and make that go away...it would all be good for me. Gaining 13 pounds up from my lowest isnt that terrible (i figure thats the bounce back everyone talks about). i just need to keep it there. when i was 13 pounds less, my stomach over hang (not the lower panni part) but the "mushroom top" portion didnt bother me as much as it does now. I guess we are always hardest on our own selves. hang in there too. why did you have to get your stoma stretched?
Topic: RE: 25 months out RNY...anyone else like me?
Hi Lori! You are not alone my friend. I stayed in the 140's for about two years. Then, this July I had my stoma stretched. Since then, I have gained 15 pounds. The Dr. told me to not go above 145...at 158-160 now. I do not exercise and can eat ALOT more than I used to be able to. I totally understand how you feel. I think we need to go back to protein and water, seriously, for like five days. I hear that gets the pouch back in shape. It is still going to be a battle for us forever. Hang in there, you are still successful. I have two friends that had the surgery six and eight months prior to me, and have gained all their weight back. We have to work our minds with our tool...hugs to you
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