Frustrated and Annoyed...
I am getting increasingly frustrated and concerned about my weight because it is creeping up. I have not seen the 150's since January when it was 159.5. This morning I stepped on the scale and it was 170. It has been in the high 160's/low 170's for a couple of months now. I know a few pounds are muscle because I started a new weight training program (the "Get Ripped Program) about 8 weeks ago and I can see more muscle. I also know I have water weight issues because yesterday morning, I weighed 167.5 and this morning, it was 170. But even with all of that, I know that some of it is weight gain. Last week, I banished all pretzels, crackers, and cheese from my diet. It has not really made a difference on the scale, though. This week, I will focus on tracking my food and eliminating as much sodium as possible. I wanted to be in the low 150's by my two-year anniversary on May 24th , but that ain't gonna happen. Nuh-uh. No way. What really annoys me is that my weight is exactly the same as it was this time last year. I basically saw no appreciable weight loss in the past 12 months - only bouncing up and down in the same 10 pound range. I am sick of hearing about people who get to goal in 12 months without lifting a finger to workout. I am sick of hearing about people who get to goal in 12 months while still eating sugars and refined carbs. I am sick of reading "what did you eat today" threads and seeing people who are more than 18 months out proudly proclaiming "I had two tic-tacs and and a fork-full of green beans and I SOOOOOO full...." I do high intensity aerobics, I lift weights, I do pilates, I do kickboxing, I do not overeat and I "still" cannot get to goal. Frankly, I am beginning to wonder why am I trying so freakin' hard if my body is not going to cooperate. Right now, I want to bury my face in a sugar free cake..but I'm not. Losing weight is a LIFE-LONG struggle. Whoever said weight loss surgery was a ticket to no more dieting was dead wrong and deserves a smack. I've got to watch every morsel that goes into my mouth or I WILL become morbidly obese again. Heck, I'm still obese at 5'2" and 170 pounds. This is really, really frustrating. P.S. I really just wanted to vent, so no lectures please. I know I ought to be grateful... I know I need to do a better job tracking my food... I know to up the water, yadda, yadda, yadda...
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250lbs gone! 410/160... Life's sweet! 
Tracy, I know what you mean! I'm only nine months out from surgery, and there's no way that two tic-tacs and a forkful of green beans would fill me up. In fact, I could have eaten an entire baked horse yesterday because my stomach felt hungry all day. I had to keep telling myself that I had eaten my daily allotment. It wasn't fun.
With all the high intensity exercise you do, is it possible you aren't getting enough calories and thus your body is trying to hang on to them? I've seen stories on the news where exercise trainers have gained weight because they were not taking in enough calories to compensate for what they were burning during exercise. Tracking your food would be a good idea to make sure you're getting enough calories.
I am very careful what I eat because I know I'm only a cookie away from gaining it all back. WLS is not easy (and a pox on everyone who thinks it is, I'd like to see them try to do it). It can be a giant pain in the azz. Just hang in there, and keep venting. That's why we're here!
Kix
First off, congratulations on your terrific weight loss. And I understand your frustration. I am at my year and a half mark and starting to do that "bouncing." I have always had to work at both what I eat and the exercise. (Still hate to exercise, but I'm still at it.) I came across a book "Winning after Losing" by a woman who had wls. It's about keeping the weight off. I've ordered it from Amazon, but can't tell you more since I haven't received it yet. And I'm sure you've been told to expect a 10% regain--as typical. Which means that some regain more and some less. Personally, I consider myself as one with a disease that has to be controlled. My body has "obesity." This impacts how my digestive system processes food/calories, how efficent my metabolism works, how it processes carbs and the insulin reaction, why my brain wants certain foods, how the fat cells are still there and crying out to be full and fluffy again, etc. This is a chronic disease that I will always have to deal with, as you say, LIFE-LONG. Maybe others aren't in this boat, but it is true in my case.
But sometimes we just need to vent.
I hope things get better for you. Good luck,
Sally
