So how'd you do

So how did you do eating over CHRISTMAS?

Myself crappy very crappy.........I didn't eat alot all at once but I ate often.  Enough where I had to stop and think of what the HELL I am doing?  I have gained 6 lbs in a couple weeks and I can not wait for this to be done.  I have really blown it and am mad at myself for doing it.  Ya know I can say I am mad at myself but I still continue to eat WTF........ Anyways I hope you all did alot better than me..............Gosh Dang it anyway..........

Don't feel bad.  I didn't exactly do myself proud either.  Granted - it was NOTHING like past xmases but some of the stuff that made it's way into my mouth was not low-calorie or healthy in any way shape or form.  Today I'm back on the wagon though.  Breakfast was greek yogurt with fresh pineapple and strawberries, lunch was an asian style salad with chicken....... dinner was a different type.  Now I am sipping on lemon tea.  Ahh..... feels good to back on track.  Gotta hit the gym tomorrow.  Gotta work on being totally sexified for 2010.  This is the goal anyway...... lol

I myself didn't do as good as I wanted to and I have another Christmas get together this afternoon, so I have a chance to redeem myself!!! My goal before the holidays was I wanted to be at 123.5# by Jan. 4th (my b-day) than I would've lost 50% of myself. Way back before surgery my goal was 100# in a year but to be honest it all came off so fast in the beginning that I than changed my goal, now I wished I wouldn't have thought of a new goal, I can be too hard on myself at times! I let the scale rule me!!!!!!!! I need to throw the darn thing out into a snowbank!!!! Today is another day to try to change my way of thinking and not be too hard on myself! The beginning was way too easy and now I really need to think about things more before they go into my mouth!!!!!!!!!!!  Good luck to you Marsha!!!!!

Good Morning everyone. I am feeling ashamed of myself for reverting back to pre surgery eating habits over the holidays. For so very long I could not handle surgary foods without getting very sick. Now sugary foods are a nuisance because I don't feel good after eating them, but it isn't bad enough to bring me to my knees like last year. I have managed to put on 5 pounds in the last 2 weeks. I am seriously letting the word DIET back into my mind and I am not even overweight. But I am very fearful of that 5 pounds becoming 10 pounds and so on. What do I need to do to stop this train? Any and all helpful suggestions from those of you who have been down this road and able to reverse the distructive path are most welcome.

Hello Marsha....no point in worrying about things until after the new year...more events to attend I am sure!

Love you....hugs....connie d

Pre-Christmas i did very crappy but ever since christmas I've been fantastic. But that's only because I've been so nauseated that i can't eat anything - has nothing to do with willpower unfortunately.

At this stage of the journey, I feel I've done great. No out of control eating. Now, that doesn't mean no treats...it just means balance. Now, if I could just keep my iron levels up, all would be good.

I did well overall... I didn't OVEReat per say, but like someone else said, I did eat too many treats. But I'm a sugar dumper so I know my limit on the treats.
 
Xmas eve I got SUPER sick.. we had quiche and fresh fruit at my gramas for an impromptu xmas eve dinner and I have never gotten so sick... Super duper bad tummy cramps... at one point they were so intense I was crying.. almost considered going to the ER.. until things started happening and I spent a couple of hours running back and forth to the bathroom.
I've never been that sick post-surgery.. don't know if it was fruit or quiche or what... OMG!

Xmas day did overeat a little but it was more that I did bad grazing.. but I didn't necessarily overeat... I know my limit on how much I can eat.. and I tried to graze on protein foods.. couldn't completely though... Did find some bars that my aunt made w/o much sugar but plenty of carbs that I didn't dump on.. which was bad.. ate too many of those..

Back to work tomorrow and the routine and back to regular eating... yay

I stuffed myself.... but it's relative. Compared to how it was before, it was NOTHIN'! :)

I didn't stuff myself, nor did I forbid myself anything.  I had plenty of "treats" to feel I indulged, but like Elena said, it's relative.  What I allowed myself to have this year was nothing compared to what I'd have "allowed" myself to have pre-WLS.  And I made sure to get the protein in first and foremost. 

We still have to live life.  We will still be tempted with goodies that we would be wise to avoid, but I know the minute I tell myself I can't touch something is the minute I begin to crave that very thing.  So allowing myself a taste is better than my former gluttony.