How much have you lost or gained??

I'd love to hear how everyone has done with their surgery. I was on my way to 350. I lost down to around 190 but gained back up to 243 right before cancer in 2008. Thanks to chemo I lost back down to 199 and have only gained a few pounds since that time. I want to get back into onederland!!!!! I think the gym will help but I'm also going to start tracking my calories/carbs/etc.

It's ok to admit it if you've gained weight. We were all obese when we started and the surgery did not change our thinking/binging/snacking/or bad choices. When I had my surgery they did not require a psych evaluation. That's too bad because maybe that would have helped me more. I struggle every day to make good choices but I don't win every day.

Last night I ate 2 pieces of birthday cake. Leo just turned 54 and don't cha know I just had to buy him a bakery cake. Yes, I dump on sugar but does that stop me???? NOOOOOOO. But I don't give up. I start all over every day. Some days I win - some days I lose (no pun intended).

If we really want help and support we first must be honest. Ladybug was honest yesterday. I try to be honest every day. We can do this but we sure can do it a whole lot easier if we have each other!!!!

DebbieDoo

AMEN...great post Debbie!!!!  When we do not admit, we are living in denial which only hurts us.  I can say that I never gain and stay the same, but that is a lie LOL.  Wouldn't it be nice, though.  I weighed right at 350 when I began.  I now weigh between 200 and 205.  I just cannot get below 200 for some reason.   I am tall and that helps LOL.  I blame the extra few pounds on my big feet LOL.  I judge gain by my clothes.  I can tell when the clothes I wear are getting snug and then I have to admit...I am not doing what I should.  As you said, we have all been obese, morbidly obese and I was the next step up when I began.  I feel so good now, though and for the first time in my life, I have maintained weight for over 3 years.  I will be 5 years out Sept. 13 and I am thrilled that since my 2nd year out, I have stayed this weight...not that I would not want to lose a few more pounds (because I would), but because this is something I never thought I could do.  (And I have to give the Lord His due...because without Him, I could not have done it.)

I love ya so much, my DebbieDoooooo!!!!!!!

Lets see--I was 324 when I had my surgery on May 1st 2009 and I've stayed between 152-155 since the end of May....I think I may be done losing, but we'll see.  I'll be tickled pink to stay where I am!

It is easier as time goes on to eat more, and to tolerate sugar......I've never dumped, but I've had several "carb comas" from trying fried foods....I've had some sugar (had 1 and 1/2 donuts Saturday) and I was fine....which isn't a good thing....I'd kind of liked the fear of dumping!

I do allow myself a few extras every now and then--and I just make sure I exercise more to burn it off.  You are right though....we will always be obese (in our genetics and our brains) and we'll always have to fight obesity--it helps to have our army to do it!

Much love to you all---YOU ARE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I'M SUCCESSFUL!

Kim

I was close to 300 when i started my journey. I got down to 165 and wanted to lose 15 more lbs. well they never would come off and slowly i slipped into crappy habits again and guess what...the pounds slipped back on. Geez im such a failure at this!
Im up to 215 now and im short and fat and i look like i never had surgery at all. I wish i was better at this. I totally wish i had done SO many things differently from the beginning. I will get back to 165 if its the death of me. My 5 year surgiversary is Nov 8th and i want to atleast be back in onderland if not under 190. If i can get back under 200 i will feel accomplished and will be motivated to get to where my goal is. When i get to 175 im going to start my plastics journey. I have all this figured out, just doing it and the weight coming off is the problem.  Atleast im aware of what im doing wrong and what i do wrong, so fixing it shouldnt be the problem its just you get so use to being comfortable where you are. well....NO MORE!!!

I always said i wish they'd done surgery on my head instead of my stomach. Its gooing to be a lifelong battle for me i just know it.
 

My highest weight before surgery was 343. My lowest weight for one whole day was 149. I now bounce between 153-159. I am pretty happy with that. I started out wearing size 28/30 or 30/32 pants. I now wear size 6. I wore 4xl tops and now wear either small or mediums.  The clothes fit much better at the lower weight. It is unbelievable how much difference 5 pounds makes in the way clothes fit. Five pounds was nothing when I was 343.

I just finished the 5DPT (or reset) to try and kill the carb monster that I had become. It worked (well so far anyway). I was able to give up the diet cokes that I had begun drinking.