New Year, Time to stick to it
Hello everyone,
I know I havent been very good at posting on here, just seems like life gets so crazy busy and time gets away from you. I hope you are all doing well.
As some of you know I had my RNY in March 2009. It honestly was the best thing I ever did for myself. I was doing pretty good at the whole diet / life style change. But as time went on it started to get harder when hubby & kids would buy junk food and we would travel. My last job seemed like it did me in. I was always traveling and found it hard to stick to my meal plans kind of hard to cook when you live out of a hotel room.
Anyway, I stepped on the scale around Christmas and had gained 4 lbs in the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So I decided OK MARY... enough is enough, you can NOT put that weight back on, you have to make the changes NOW. So I waited till Jan 4th, the 3rd was my birthday and thought I would make myself a SF Cake but ended up not doing that either. Which is probably for the best. Anyway I am now finishing day 3 of the 5 day pouch test. I have lost the 4 lbs on day 1 and 2 more lbs on day 2. I am super excited and today is going much better, my cravings for stuff I shouldnt be putting in my mouth are gone. (Since my surgery, I have a horrible addiction to crunchy foods so Gardetto rye chips have been my down fall) I got rid of the things I like in the house and have made my family cook for themselves the last few days. Day 1 was super hard for me. I am a HUGE Emotional eater and had 2 days of bad news and got news about a job I really wanted that day that just sent me over the edge, not to mention the bday was a bust. I so wanted to go home and stuff my face. But instead I went and bought some new tennis shoes (which I had not done since my surgery 2 yrs ago) and changed into my exercise clothes and hopped on the treadmill for 2.5 miles, put my MP3 player on and closed my eyes and just walked away my anger, disappointment and frustrations. Ironically I felt WAY better after that walk than I would have stuffing my face.
I also started exercising with a good friend of mine, who gained 10 lbs over the holidays. She isnt a WLS patient but I dont care cause we can hold each other accountable and push each other for exercising. Plus I get GF time which is so nice. The hardest part of my day is the evenings when we are hanging out at home. I was doing my protein during the day. But now I realize that I really need to drink it at night so I get that full feeling and dont have room for the junk.
Anyway if you all have suggestions on how you make it through the tough part of the day it would be appreciated. Or any other tips. I am determined to NOT be one of the stats of gaining the weight back. I was overweight way to long and LOVE being able to buy from the normal racks. Just need to get my head straight.
Thanks for listening, Again I hope you are all doing great. Happy New year.
I know I havent been very good at posting on here, just seems like life gets so crazy busy and time gets away from you. I hope you are all doing well.
As some of you know I had my RNY in March 2009. It honestly was the best thing I ever did for myself. I was doing pretty good at the whole diet / life style change. But as time went on it started to get harder when hubby & kids would buy junk food and we would travel. My last job seemed like it did me in. I was always traveling and found it hard to stick to my meal plans kind of hard to cook when you live out of a hotel room.
Anyway, I stepped on the scale around Christmas and had gained 4 lbs in the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So I decided OK MARY... enough is enough, you can NOT put that weight back on, you have to make the changes NOW. So I waited till Jan 4th, the 3rd was my birthday and thought I would make myself a SF Cake but ended up not doing that either. Which is probably for the best. Anyway I am now finishing day 3 of the 5 day pouch test. I have lost the 4 lbs on day 1 and 2 more lbs on day 2. I am super excited and today is going much better, my cravings for stuff I shouldnt be putting in my mouth are gone. (Since my surgery, I have a horrible addiction to crunchy foods so Gardetto rye chips have been my down fall) I got rid of the things I like in the house and have made my family cook for themselves the last few days. Day 1 was super hard for me. I am a HUGE Emotional eater and had 2 days of bad news and got news about a job I really wanted that day that just sent me over the edge, not to mention the bday was a bust. I so wanted to go home and stuff my face. But instead I went and bought some new tennis shoes (which I had not done since my surgery 2 yrs ago) and changed into my exercise clothes and hopped on the treadmill for 2.5 miles, put my MP3 player on and closed my eyes and just walked away my anger, disappointment and frustrations. Ironically I felt WAY better after that walk than I would have stuffing my face.
I also started exercising with a good friend of mine, who gained 10 lbs over the holidays. She isnt a WLS patient but I dont care cause we can hold each other accountable and push each other for exercising. Plus I get GF time which is so nice. The hardest part of my day is the evenings when we are hanging out at home. I was doing my protein during the day. But now I realize that I really need to drink it at night so I get that full feeling and dont have room for the junk.
Anyway if you all have suggestions on how you make it through the tough part of the day it would be appreciated. Or any other tips. I am determined to NOT be one of the stats of gaining the weight back. I was overweight way to long and LOVE being able to buy from the normal racks. Just need to get my head straight.
Thanks for listening, Again I hope you are all doing great. Happy New year.
Mary 
Proud Army Wife & Mom
Proud Army Wife & Mom
I hear ya Jan... Thinking they need to rewire my brain when the replumbed my system. But it is all about lifestyle changes so I have to substitute something good for the bad. If I have to put something in my mouth it will be water or protein at this point. Dunno what else is safe that wont send me over the edge again.
I can totally tell my stomach has gotten smaller though. I had refried beans, I am on day 3 of the pouch test. I usually could have eaten half of it (not a can a side order from Taco Johns) I didnt even get that much in today and still ate too much of it. BUT LOVED that I could feel my pouch full.
Hope your day is going well and your 5 day test does wonders for you too. :)
I can totally tell my stomach has gotten smaller though. I had refried beans, I am on day 3 of the pouch test. I usually could have eaten half of it (not a can a side order from Taco Johns) I didnt even get that much in today and still ate too much of it. BUT LOVED that I could feel my pouch full.
Hope your day is going well and your 5 day test does wonders for you too. :)
Mary
Proud Army Wife & Mom
Proud Army Wife & Mom
I cant wait to visit with you on the 15th. I have been really sick with no voice, sore throat, headache so I have been eating way to many bad things to try and make myself feel better and of course the scales are going up. I am thinking about doing the 5 day pouch test starting on the 18th. I cant wait to see everyone and hopefully get some good ideas to get these 10lbs off. Of course I need to go back to reality that the weight will not stay off if I don't follow the plan.
Thanks, Raynetta
Thanks, Raynetta
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