Daily Post--3/28/08

It is something I'm concerned about, but I really want to always be mindful of why I had the surgery to begin with and everything I've gone through with having the surgery. I'm learning to enjoy eating healthy and exercising. It's getting easier since I've learned how to mix it into my normal routine. That's not to say life won't get in the way and throw things off from time to time but I think the fear of the regain will help me keep it from happening. Like the others... I'm setting 10 pounds as my maximum allowance. I plan on always staying on top of my weight, no more elastic waist pants that stretch, no more sweat pants. I will only wear pants that I have to button and if I start to have a problem with buttoning them, well then I will know I need to take care of that problem! Also I plan on not keeping multiple sizes in my closet. With no bigger clothes to wear then I will have to do what it takes to stay in the size I end up in!! My experience with having multiple sizes in my closet is that the smallest sizes always seem to keep getting smaller and the biggest ones start to become not big enough! Been there,done that and I got the t-shirts to prove it!!

Tammy you hit my thinking right on the head I am only 2 months post and have already got rid of the big clothes. Just feels like if I keep them I will put weight back on. So I don't want them around. I have learned alot of new good habits thru the years . I have been working on be healthy since my late 20's and I am 51 now. And since my diabetes and B/P are perfect I don't want to go back. Take Care Always

I'm scared i might never even loose all the weight in the first place and im terrified of gaining.

I am afraid of not losing it all and of gaining weight back. I know I will never regain all the weight, but I don't even want to regain 10 lbs of it!

I am afraid now.. when the scale does not move down or when it goes up a pound..

I fear that on a daily basis. I get mad at myself for eating things that I KNOW are bad. I think part of that is not having as much support as I need and also becasue I don't think I ever really dealt with WHY I eat what I do. Not so sre about what to do

I do worry a little bit about not being able to lose all of the weight and also about not being able to keep it off. I have been given some wonderful tools and I feel that I should be O.K. But I also know that in the past, I have had a terrible time losing weight and keeping it off. When I get really down about it, I talk with God, and that helps me alot. Jules

I agree with a lot here. I am worried I won't lose all I want but I do have the option to have some intestines bypassed in that case. I really do not have any fear that I will regain all of my weight. I just can't fit enough food in there and I am living a completely new lifestyle. Carla

I do fear not reaching my goal and gaining the weight back. I lost 126 pounds back in the early 90's and taught Jazzercise 6 - 8 times a week and put all the weight on plus some. This time I'm really working on my head. I got down to 148 pounds last time but never thought I was thin. I wake up everyday now and say I'm thinner and I'm looking good. I accept all the compliments I get and work and appreciate them. I will not fall back into the old traps of before.....I say that every morning!!!

You bet I worry about it!! That is why, once a month, I take out an old pair of my fat pants ****pt one pair) and look at them and remind myself that I never want to go there again!!!! It helps keep me on track!! Michele