Falling off the wagon

For the past few days I have been sitting here beating myself up because I have been stuck at the same weight for the past 3 or so weeks. I lost 3 lbs and gained it back. I had to reflect on what I was eating and how much I was excercising.

    Well I came to the conclusion that I must be in denial because I can tell that I'm falling off the wagon. I am snacking more, no weighing food but eyeing it, not counting calories, havn't excercised like I should.

    I don't know what is wrong w/ me. I know what is expected of me and what I need to do so I don't know why I am not doing it. So as of today I am back to counting calories,protein,carbs and so fourth. But I do need some tips and pointers from some of you.

     I am 5 months out can someone please tell me what my meal intake should be by means of oz? Also how many calories should I be at? How many carbs a day? Is it ok to have a snack? How much excercise are you doing? Do you think i'm done losing weight?

    I guess I just have so many questions and fears that i'm letting it interfere w/ my success. I don't want anyone to bash me but I do want some help. Please and thank you :)

Beating yourself up can be a good thing and a bad thing. You realized something is wrong and ur going to fix it, but if you continue to dwell it on it ur setting urself up for failure.

I had asked my surgeon how many calories I was suppose to take in. She looked at me as if I had 2 heads. I asked again. She came back with. don't worry about the calories. Stick tomeeting your daily goals of protien carbs and fats and u shouldn't have a problem. Now she also said. keep away from the bad stuff. I looked at her as if she had 2 heads.

I don't really count calories per-se. I know in a roundabout way how much stuff is and try not to go over 300 - 400 calories a meal working with the food  I am eating.

I am bad I haven't been exercising either. and yes I notice the scale sometimes goes up but it always goes down. so I am not worried about the scale at this point.

I have been told to get the majority of the weigght loss in the first six months. I have been bad about that too. Can't do what i want to do due to an ankle injury.  So I have been using that as an excuse not to do anything.

Becareful what u are having for snacks. just remember it is a snck and not a meal.

I have had issues with the snack monster too. I still have those moments were the chips rule and I drool.

I know this probably inst the advice ur looking for but just know ur not alone in this fight.

We can get thru this together

I could not have said it better myself.  It is the snack monster who is keeping us from losing more weight.  He must be slayed like an evil dragon.  Or something like that.  Just try, for one day, to not have any white bread or evil carbs like that.  If you can get though one day, that's good! If you can't, it's an addiction.  Just my 2 cents.  I have lost only 62lbs and am coming up on 6 months myself.  I should have lost 75 by now.  But I'm not as good as I could be.

Please don't beat yourself up too much. You recognize your mistakes, now as one of my favorite songs go.  We fall down, but we get up... Just be more prepared with healthy foods because once we get hungry our rational mind and will power leave us...HUGS

 Hey there! I just wanted to say that I will be 30 weeks post op tomorrow and I feel the same way you do. Up until about 3 weeks ago I was diligent with my protein shakes, tracking and weighing my foods and exercising. I never drank carbonated drinks and didn't eat "junk" such as sugar free candy etc. Then I guess I got too comfortable with things and got lazy. I see what I am doing and especially what I am NOT doing and I feel like I am going to fail. I am at the same point that you are and know what I need to do, I am just having a hard time doing it for some reason. I'm not overeating but I am not making the best choices for the foods that I am eating. I know that I need..no HAVE to get back on track or I will end up right back where I started and that for me is unacceptable. I was losing an average of 3 to 4 pounds a week, and now I am lucky to squeeze out MAYBE 2 sometimes it's less than 1. I know that both of us CAN do this, I just think that we need to remember why we had this surgery in the first place. I am also going to start attending WLS support meetings, maybe that will help kick me back in gear too. Please feel free to contact me, maybe we can get each other motivated to get back on track. :)

~ Candice