What the hell?

I'm a newbie, only 7 months out and starting to loose motiviation to work out already. I fractured my ankle 5/1/10 and really cant do much working out anyways. Can you ladies give me an insight as to when you really start falling off the wagon? Examples like:  not drinking protein, taking vitamins, eating too much and not working out. I need to prepare myself for the fall, if I can.
THx!

I lost 20 pounds during the time I was out on sick leave from my plastic surgery in March (even with all  the swelling).  Unfortunately, those pounds are back and trying to bring their friends along.  I know what my problem is......Mickey D's Sweet Tea!  I have 2-3 every day!  Also, because of the post surgery healing and swelling  I'm experiencing, I have little to no physical activity.  I just sit on my butt all day with my feet propped up drinking Sweet Tea. 

I am almost 9 years out and frankly, I am just plain ole  sick and tired of this.  I just want to live a normal life without having to think about my weight and make decisions about every morsel of food I choose to put in my mouth.  I want to be soooo over thinking about this stuff on a daily basis and move on with my life.  Unfortunately, the day I decided to have this surgery is the day I gave up that freedom.  My battle with weight will never be over and it's something I'll have to deal with for the rest of my life.  So, 9 years ago I knew what the problem was and today, I still know what the problem is. 

I am about 35 pounds up from my lowest weight post RNY and need/want to drop about 25 of those pounds.  It's all mind over matter.  I just gotta do it.

I don't even know how you can drink that sweet tea,  I had 2 sips off my nephews and it was so sweet I got dizy.

Dam 9 years and it is still number one topic, guess it never goes away.

Unfortunately, I don't dump on sweets.  Only thing that I absolutely cannot eat and will not even touch is ice cream.  Everything else goes down and stays down with no trouble unless I'm just being a pig and over stuff myself. 

Lee dang this is so true as well wow we all share the same feelings OMG sweet t wow never

I am almost 9 years out and frankly, I am just plain ole  sick and tired of this.  I just want to live a normal life without having to think about my weight and make decisions about every morsel of food I choose to put in my mouth.  I want to be soooo over thinking about this stuff on a daily basis and move on with my life.  Unfortunately, the day I decided to have this surgery is the day I gave up that freedom.  My battle with weight will never be over and it's something I'll have to deal with for the rest of my life.  So, 9 years ago I knew what the problem was and today, I still know what the problem is. 

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That's a big statement sister ... do you recommend against WLS? Would you not do it again?

Oh heck yeah....I would do it again in a heartbeat!  All I"m saying is that this is a daily battle that I have to deal with every single day for the rest of my life.  Just like any other battle, the warrior gets tired.  Not saying they are going to throw in the towel and give up, they just need a break.  That's where I am TODAY!  I am physically and emotionally tired of my weight being the focus of every single thing I do.  It''s been 9 YEARS !!!!!!!!  It's not new and fresh to me anymore....that's all I'm saying.    It takes EXTRA, EXTRA effort for me to stay motivated, that's why I'm still a part of BAF.  Just like the newbies look to us vets for advice, I look to them for that kick in the butt to stay on the grind.  Honestly, I'm tripping cause my size 6's are a distant memory and my size 8's are too tight.  Shoot, 9 years ago I was turning flips cause I could fit into 18's.   

I love my WLS....I'm just trippin' TODAY! 

Wow that is very well put I feel the same way to the tee

6 years out and have never met my goal. Over 135 lbs. off, Thank God  399 was my highest and hardest, I was dieing. I could not breath. I also go up and down because of water retention and edema, which comes and goes often. I just got out of the hospital wed. night, they were able to get  20 of the 30 lbs. off of which I gained in 2 weeks. Here stands a constant problem that I am dealing with but will overcome. I can't wait to see the other me when I reach my goal. It is difficult to exercise due to degenerative bone syndrome. But I am going to roll on the floor or something. The problem will be getting up    I can't drink as much water as you guys can because it does not come out. Still I'm hanging.
                   With Gods love and banding success/ Coke 

HEY COOKIE ya I am in the same boat eatin everythiing in site it's 1am an I am eatin wow thought if I got on obh I would get motivated to stop ya right gotta get back on track should be on my knees praying to ask God to guide me heck i am gonna gained 20plus
 since surgery this weight thing AIN"T no JOKE!!!We gotta support each other get back to basics had alot of angels when I was first out that really helped now hardly any of them post us to call and hitem up on the back line gone are those days wow nothing against the newbies but I miss all the old friends glad ur still here