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I have had a three month stall and I have been eating all the wrong foods, I feel like I have really lost my way. Can some one toss me a life saver?

Toss!!!   Did you catch it? 

I was thinking along these lines earlier today in that at a year out, or almost 10 months for me, the focus seems to shift and the whole thing is getting kind of old.  I'm proud that I've stuck to the program so well for so long but I can see how easy it would be to get off track.  It gets kind of boring "being good"! 

Go drag out some old pictures and look at yourself pre-op.  How were you feeling about yourself and life in general?  Congratulate yourself and realize that the party is over now, for a little while.  Get yourself back to 3 meals a day and dense protein FIRST!  Then a little veggies if you have room.  NO CARBS!!  Just set a small window to be militant, one that you know you can do, like 2 weeks.  Get in all your water and see how much better you feel both physically and mentally.

You can do this!  I can nag you every day, if you like.  It's one of my talents!    (ask the hubby!)  Maybe you just need to be accountable to someone besides yourself!  You can email me what you're eating and we can hold each other accountable.  My personal email is [email protected] - I expect to hear from you SOON!

Kim

I am so glad that I read your post.  I was just sitting here thinking about how bored I am with my food, drink, etc  and then I read your post.  I am 11 months post op and getting bored as you say "being good".  You "refreshed" my thinking on what I still need to do for the rest of my life.  It is so easy to fall back on your old eating habits.  I am going to look at my pre-op photos and I think "being good" will sound fine then.  lol  Thank you for the nudge that I needed. 

Ah, that's great!  If I have encouraged you in any way, I'm thrilled!  I think I was trying to pump myself up too!

Keep me posted on how you're doing.   We all need each other to get this done!

I just got home from my 9 month appointment with Dr Walton and I had Brandy print me a copy of my consult pictures. I am going to put it where I can see. I NEVER want to be that person again! She commented that I even looked like I had more energy. I so do and I am going to think about how I feel now and how I felt 9 months ago any time I even think of going back to old habits!

Thank you I caught it.  You are right, I do need to get back on track, it can be done. I would appreciate the nagging.

Yes, being good is terribly boring.  But being able to walk more than a few feet, not so much.  Being able to swim and go to water aerobics, no, not boring.

Sometimes we need to pull the focus off what we are not having and back to what we are "gaining". 

Hey Sara!  No life savers for you, they have too much sugar in them!  Just kidding! Seriously, you are not a lost cause.  Trust me.  I have been stuggling myself.  They were right about the first 6 months being a honeymoon period cuz honey my honeymoon ended big time!!!  This is now a daily choice for me to eat right and exercise.  However.....it is much different than before surgery because my tool has given me such hope and helps me keep from overeating like I did before surgery.

Here is what I did and it has helped me over the past couple of weeks get myself more on track than I had been.  I started tracking everything I ate on a internet site called thedailyplate.com.  It is free and has a great search engine where you can look up the calories of whatever you ate.  Trust me it is easy or I wouldn't be doing it.  Once I started being honest with myself about the carbs (bad white stuff carbs) I was sneaking in...basically grazing on...I was able to turn some things around.  OH and big key here --forgive myself and move on.

I can't say I am perfect but I am doing so much better than I was before and the scale started moving again with a 3 lb loss last week.  I think i would have lost this week when I weighed except my TOM is tomorrow.

Those newbies reading this please know that you do have to work your tool, whatever WLS you picked, you have to do your part or you can fail it.  Not trying to scare anyone just want you to know that we have real struggles and the surgery is not a complete miracle cure because we still have to put effort into it.

My 2 cents worth!  Hang in there!  Also, I can testify that glitter is a great person for accountability.  I have been emailing her everything i eat for the last week and it has helped me stop some of the bad things I would have eaten because I didn't want to have to tell her about it!

This happened to me once I hit my year mark. Damn, I did so good. I am not going to let this carb thing beat me down though. It's time to get up and dust myself off and get er done. Good luck to you as well.

Wow! I would like to thank you so much I feel like I am ready to get back in the game. Amy  I am going to start on the website. Thaank u for the advice.