Been checking out the weight regain board

I've been browsing OH this morning and checked out the weight regain board.  That's a real eye- opener.  It makes me want to be even more diligent than ever.  I know that this is just a tool.  I know that to make it work I have to follow the rules for life.  It has certainly scared me straight! 

Hey Sybul, I couldn't find that forum. Are you talking about the "Failed Surgical Weight Loss" forum??
I'd be interested to go take a look there.

Gaining 3 lbs has scared me straight. Well, that and the fact that one of my clients even noticed it!! She asked me if I'd been putting on weight  Now, she's 88 yrs old and wasn't wearing her glasses....so if a half-blind old woman can tell I've gained weight, how bad must it be??

I know, I know, I'm overreacting, but still, it's made me take a better look at what I've been doing. I'm also going to check out a gym tomorrow, something I should have done 3 years ago.

Yep, that's the site.  Scared me into being more diligent with my food tracking and exercising and following the rules to the letter.  Mine has been the exercise thing since my surgery.  I am going to hop on the Wii this morning before work.  That's a good idea.  I use the excuse that I'm too tired at the end of the day too. 

I've always tried to keep that mentality from DAY 1. 

I've always told myself, "If you start eating like a morbidly obese woman again, you will BE a morbidly obese woman again."

Telling yourself that when you have weak moments really does help!  (With me it always helps anyway!)

Me too, Wendy.  I never want to get to where I was again, ever.  I had to admit to myself that I was where I was because of my choices.  Once I owned it, I found it easier to manage.  I got the impression that a lot of people on the site feel like the surgery is supposed to be a cure instead of a tool.