Rambling...So....is the same behavior changed ok?

holy **** you're normal?!?!?  

My scale has not moved in almost a year.. except to go up and down between the same damn 10 pounds it has been seeing for the past year... and it ain't no buck 50 either.  BUT, as I FINALLY saw in the pics I posted last week, my body shape is changing. 

Find an old picture of yourself in an outfit and take a new picture of yourself in the same outfit so you can get the same perspective I have gotten.  You have been busting ass in the gym, and I can guarantee the shape of your body is changing. 

You handled the situation famously.  You made all the RIGHT moves.  You did NOT eat, graze or cook unhealthy food.  You made HEALTHY food and choices.... my freezer is empty right now because I was just too lazy and short on cash to stock it.  That ends today.. I am going shopping today with recipes in hand so I get all the right ingredients.  OR, you can come cook for me LOL!!

We are all human and we all have our moments, whether they be minutes, days, weeks, months.  This too shall pass.  

You can get back on track.  I have the ultimate faith in you!!!

Yes, my body shape is changing.  As evidenced by the size LARGER jeans I bought.  Not the shape change I wanted.

I am busting at the gym.....

And yes, it's been a REALLY rough time for me....but that doesn't mean I have to not continue successing

sorry about the larger jeans.. guess I wasn't thinking when I posted.

Hopefully, you'll be able to get back on track and get the shape you DO want. 

Not your fault and don't EVER worry about what you post - I appreciate any and all imput, no matter what!

When we all had our WLS did the surgeon's implant a lobe in our brain that told us we have to be perfect now and always seem to 'have it all together'?? We know that they couldn't fix our food addictions by operating on us but for some reason we all seem to put this unbelieveable pressure on ourselves to be perfect and not have setbacks along the way - and I say WE because I do it too, and after reading your post, Beth's Nic's - what the hell is wrong with us?

We're human - sh*t happens - we don't always make the right choices BUT I have noticed that most of the time we do own up to that and when totally stressed we come here to vent and ask for support - and sometimes all it takes is one person to let it out and the rest of us come venturing out of our little holes of denial and fess up to problems we're having as well.

I've been struggling lately, too - my pants are snug but still fit - thankfully not screaming tight yet but if I don't kick myself in the butt and get moving and eating right they will be. And I know what happened to me before when I would tell myself 'oh, its just one size I'm going up' - until I had NO more sizes to go up - AND I AM NOT GOING BACK THERE AGAIN.

I think part of my problem right now is facing this whole thryoid thing - of course that's just an excuse, too - if its not that then it'll be something else, right?

So this afternoon after I take my dog to the vet I'm going home and getting on my bike and getting back into the exercise routine (which has been NON-existent for me) - and the grazing HAS to stop - I'm terrible at work, of all places, because I'm freaking bored to pieces with what I'm doing now.

So Pam - kicking you in the a** for being so hard on yourself, and kicking myself in the a** for not being hard enough on myself!!

Let's live together.....we could be a very good thing for each other, lol

Pam-

Thanks for your blunt honesty.  I just hit a year and am in a 4 month STALL.  I am beating myself up over it.  I know the reasons, to much alcohol, not enough excercise, not sticking to my diet...
I blame it on everything I can too.  Work is stressfull, I am tired, etc etc... 
I haven't gained any I say to myself, but I havent lost in 4 months.

Your post reminded me to MAKE MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE, get some support and get my 1 year blood levels drawn.  The scale was up 3-4 lbs this morning after I cut the alcohol and ate great for 4 days...go figure.

Maybe I will see you all at Barix.

You'll see me at Barix....

I own up to what I am doing wrong....I have made a lot of mistakes throughout this journey.

And from someone struggling at three years out I implore you...you are still WAY to "young" in this journey to be messing around with the diet, the exercise, the alcohol.....learn now so that it can help you fight the demons as they grow as years pass....

Hey there babe!  Firstly - let me apologize for my lateness in putting in my two cents - I have been struggling with my day to day to even get on here for you, secondly - we "talked" a little earlier today.  I am so looking forward to spending time with you before the barix meeting later this afternoon.  we will certainly TALK!  What I have always found about you is that you don't play with this!  You DO seem to have it together - and by IT I mean the way you jump on yourself when you are not happy with the way things are going.  How many times in our lives have we talked ourselves into continuing to be unhealthy?  How many times have the demons in our heads WON?

I understand that you are "older" so to speak on this journey - but you spent the majority of your life living one way and only a few years living this way.  you are bound to fall back on what you did the majority of your life at times.  What is amazing is that we now have a forum to "get it all out" and get the love and suport we need from others who are at a good place.  I know that seeing an old friend earlier today was a "good" day for you and I hope later today proves to be just as good talking with those of us who "get it"  We are all in this together - and though we all have to live within ourselves, it is great to share the big stuff and the not so big stuff with friends!

I love you!

Dead on woman, dead on