need to confess this

Kim, misery loves company ya know!  Thanks for sharing.  Don't cancel your appt.  I saw your other post and wanted to reply but I was at work and didn't have time.  I think you should do liquids if you can the day before your weigh in to get off any water weight you are retaining.  You will feel better once you visit with Dr. W. and tell him what has been going on.  Of course this said from the girl that hasn't seen Dr. B since month 3!!!  But, in my defense, he cancelled on me and I just haven't rescheduled yet. 

I did better today.  I tracked all my food on the daily plate.  I still ended up eating 1,500 calories but according to the daily plate I should lose 3 lbs a week doing that.  Tomorrow i am going to try and get it down to 1,200.  I've got mouth hunger too and nope don't want any sf popsicles.  Now maybe some sugar free fudgesicles!! LOL!

WOW congrats on seeing what others would ignore!
Like you I have fallen off the wagon..Peanut butter cake and tequila sunrises was the culprit.
What I have doen is faced my demons each mean little mean carb of them. I know carbs will always be my demons. So I chose to not have them in the house...
I know you can fight these mean little demons because you area fighter and did not get to where you are today by backing down.
Keep your confidence high take control of what is going on with you and say no to the demons...
Huge hugs and alot of I know you can do its

mmmm....peanut butter cake....I'm sorry, what were you saying?! ha ha!!!

Okay imagine a doublelayer cake ..the bottom is a milk chocolate then a layer of peanut butter icing..next layer white cake a layer of pb icing with choclate drizzle over that then drops of pb icing with mini reese pb cups on each drop....It was heaven.....I could have killed my brother for buying it! but we had a dinner at his son's house who cooked jerked chicken  so maybe the cake was just to balance out the chicken...OMG my nephew can cook! no wonder he works as a chef in a 5 star resturant....
but the tequila sunrises not thats no bodies fault but mine....

Thanks for having the courage to confess Amy.  I thought I was the only one who wasn't the perfect WLS patient but now I know we're all fighting the same battle.  I love crunchy and salty snacks and also have a cookie or donut now and then.  Those carbs seduce me---they give me so much comfort.  I keep telling myself to be strong and resist, but sometimes I don't listen to myself.  My weight loss is very slow now, almost at a standstill but I'm determined to get back on the wagon and get to my goal.

Amy

Hang in there girl, I know how hard this is. Me and a bag of M&M's spent a Saturday night togehter and I don't even like M&M's! Go figure.

I know what a battle it is for me, so I can understand what a battle it is for you too. Know I will be thinking of you and sending you encouraging thoughts. Just take it one day at a time.

We can both do it!

Jennifer

Thanks  Jennifer!  I'm telling you, I would be lost without the support of this board.  Thanks for the encouragement!  I did good today so I just need to repeat it again tomorrow...and the next...

I don't think we'll ever not have times we backslide into old habits or fall off the wagon or whatever you want to call it.  But for me, since surgery, the falls have been shorter and for some reason (maybe because I have a tool to help me) the self loathing when it happens does not seem to be as awful.

I periodically have to clean house and go back to basics.  Right now my urge to snack is great because I'm craving fresh veggies, which aren't here yet....LOL.

I've noticed when grazing becomes a problem, I tend to "not have enough time" to eat a meal-so I have to get strict with myself and say "MEAL first, then SNACK if you want it-"  but of course, I never want the snack.  I am an eternal three year old. 

That's it!!!  I'm blaming this on my inner three year old!  I love it!

But the next step is to sit down with your inner child and find out what it really needs-it's not food.  **** now I have to go do the same thing (after I make a vet run).