Don't do what I I did! UGH!

It's good you're here and trying to get back on the right path. For me, weighing and logging my food and coming here for accountability really keep me on track.

Stick around. You can do this.

Glad you came back, there is always time for a new beginning....

I love that there is so much support here for you and will be for any of us who lose their way in the future and need to get back on track. Before WLS, once I started going up after a diet I avoided my Doctor because I didn't want to hear what he'd say (it wasn't helpful).  Here you get support and concrete suggestions from people who have struggled with the very same issues. 

Welcome back!

Thank you for being courageous and sharing your experience. I look forward to reading about your progress!

THANK YOU for being so honest with us... being a newbie, it's so easy to forget how the future will be, and it's good to hear the struggles, to help us stay in line!

You can do this! Join us over on the RNY board for our daily menu posts... they really  help with accountability and support!!!

I am out 10 years. In those 10 years life has been good. I too was one to be on this site all the time reading and responding to stay in touch with my new journey. I got away from it and just began to enjoy life. I met my husband we always went out drank and hard a great time. I just recently I have gotten to that point of needing to get back in a regular routine and back to basics.  I was but on a med that had be gaining weight 20-25 lbs, I feel awful, fat, bloated, I am tired and just want my clothes to fit normally. 

 

This weekend was the weekend I took to prepare for my start. I had to prepare my mind to get ready to let go and get back to basics. I went shopping for meats, veggies, berries and making meals for easy grab and go. I learned how to make a full fat yogurt this weekend that is unsweetened so I can sweeten it myself. I am ready to do this and tired of feeling the way I do. I am with you on this. 

It's commendable that you figured out what you need to do after gaining 50 pounds. It could have been worse. 

 

I find that keeping a food record, weighing weekly and reading g and posting here keep me on track.

You have already taken the hardest step by saying enough is enough and now I want to get back on track.  Here are some steps I hope will help you. They helped me...  

Planning/Preparing

Remember when we were preparing for surgery?  How many meetings, classes and such did we attend?  We were told the more prepared we were the better our chances were for success.  And they were right. Go through the house, car and work place and get rid of trigger foods.  Stock up on foods that will keep you on track. I removed every bad carb/sugar temptation and replaced it with lots of protein, veggies, grains and fruits. 

Journaling

Get back to journaling.  This will help you identify when you feel like eating, stress factors and any triggers in your life.  Once you identify these factors, this will help you put tools in place to keep you from eating.  It became clear I was not taking time for me anymore. I worked my day job and then spent the rest of my time caring for my husband.  It was easy to reach for fast, prepackaged food.  Since I purged my home I have to eat clean as there are no other options LOL

Use a tool to track you're eating and exercise like Getting Started with Health Tracker.  Once I started to track ever bite and drink it became clear why I had gained.

Goals/Rewards

Make a list of goals for yourself.  Make them realistic and small.  Some of mine were move more, purge all junk from my home, eat more protein.

Food

In general, a long term post-weight loss surgery eating plan includes foods that are high in protein, and low in fat?, calories, and sugar. Important, vitamins and minerals are provided as supplements. (if you had a different surgery adjust this to your food plan).

Water

Water is our Best Friend. I have to say I never went back to pop or any bad drinks, however I was drinking tea like crazy. What is wrong with drinking tea?  I was either using sugar or 3 equals and 3 sweet n lows per 32 ounce glass.  So I was either pushing to be diabetic or get cancer.  I found once I started carrying a bottle of water around 24/7 (yes had one at my bedside) I lost the cravings for the sugar and I KNOW those artificial sweeteners are not good for me. Look I am old and if you add up all the artificial sweeteners I have consumed I am sure I am at the rat in the lab getting cancer threshold.

MOVE!

I can't say enough about how key this was for me. The reason I kept my weight off for almost 10 years was no matter what, I kept moving.  If I could not go to the gym I would walk. I loved Zumba, bootcamp workouts, lifting weights. When I stopped, the weight started coming back.  So for me I am starting slow to avoid injury by walking and using some of the workouts on my Demand TV.  Find something you love to do and it won't feel like a pain in the *** to do daily.

Support

If it's an option "run" don't walk to a support group.

Keep me posted on how you are doing.

I bought a fitbit.

It has an app to track steps, exersize and such...It vibrates to remind me to move my A$% lol

It has a food tracker app as well but it only tracks calories which was a little disappointing as I wanted a one stop shop. So I am using another app called "Lose IT!" that helps keep track of fat, carbs and protein. ZERO sugar and ZERO bread carbs.

My goals daily are 120+ Protein, >75 Carbs and 100+ Oz of water. I have been doing pretty amazing sticking to that so far.

I have the Beach Body On Demand workouts, so 30+ Min of cardio/strength training or 2 miles on the treadmill...sometimes both daily if I have the time.

 

Actually, if you go to your fitbit.com dashboard online, you can see: 

Daily Totals

Calories 646 Fat 11.9 g Fiber 3.7 g Carbs 56.4 g Sodium 789.6 mg Protein 82.3 g Water 36 fl oz Daily Calorie Composition: 34% from carbs, 16% from fat and 50% from protein   That's mine so far for today...