Combatting Regain. . . How you doing it?

Happy Friday Everyone,

Just wanted to check in with all you folks that might want to say something about how your week has gone. . .

I have gone to the gym 4x this week, and the tracker I use says that I've burned aproximately 2600 calories burned, I have tracked my food and on average consumed 1400 calories per day.  I've taken all my supplements and drank gotten in my fluids and so I can say that to this point it has been a good week and my intention is to keep it going, tomorrow will not be a gym day, however, I will be there on Sunday and while I still am not loving the gym, I am feeling good about doing it.

So how are you combatting your regain, if that word applies to you?

Have a great weekend!

Laureen

No combating nothing for me this week.  Food has been okay, only because there is nothing in this house to push my buttons.

Exercise has been the pits. No time spent at the gym. These constant dizzies make every day movement difficult. Gym equipment or the pool would send me over the edge.
 
Walking this energetic puppy has been the only form of exercise.

No scale here so I have to guage weight loss or regain according to how clothes fit. The size 4's still fit so it must be okay.

I have to be careful because my sense of actual size is dangerously distorted. There is a constant battle between obesity and anorexia in my mind. All I see is FAT. Thank God for a good therapist.

Kisses
Annette

Nettie,

There is a woman where I live that I met at the dog park, she lost 30 lbs. in a year and her doctor asked what she had done, she responded, I got a dog.

As for your distorted view, thank God for your therapist because you sure are not seeing what the world sees and I get it, but hope one day you see yourself the way you are now. . .

Hugs, Lil Sis

Combatting Regain:
Drinking EAS Protein shakes for breakfast everyday or at least most of the time.
fruit for break
WW frozen dinner for lunch along with baby carrots or celery and diet pudding
Apple for break
All my water and vitamins
So last night for dinner I had another EAS shake and baby carrots.
Can't exercise like I use to so I HAVE to cut back on calories. Calories in/calories out.
My plan is to walk some this weekend, keep moving and not let this damn pain get me down!
I will survive...I am a success...I will lose this weight in time....and I will stay off the scale.
My pants are more loose but my tummy swells most of the time when I eat...like when I was younger and it was that time of month. My body craves exercise and I need to push myself more.
So until my body feels right for exercise it's watching the calories. Sigh....

Laureen
I have been doing nO WHITE breads , rice etc for a while .  I eat only whole wheat , brown brown and i try to make all thing s  I crave sweet with Splenda.
My tea is always with Splenda for years.  I use no fat low fat everyting that I can and I exercise a minimun of 30 minutes seven days a week on the treadmill and add in weights 2-3 day s a week as I can .
sitting around idle will make me want to graze so I try no to do that ..

I want to lose some ,,,I havent gained in a long time but when I regained from am 8 to a 10-12 that is where I have stayed and would love to be back at 8.
I am thinking though that thi may be where I am supposed to be.  MY Dr said we all would have a regain (  I DID TO THIS SIZE) when I had the surgery and that if I watched my food and exercise , that where I regained to would be where I should be.
Not sure I beleive that but that was his take on it ..
I was one of those who went in not knowing the whole story and thought I could eat what I wanted the rest of my life ....WHAT A JOKE ..
Have a great weekend
Shirley

Shirley,

I think your doctor is right, as our bodies know where and what is a healthy place.  It is why when I regained the first 10 lbs. I accepted that and was ok, that had me at a size 10/12 and I truthfully had hoped at the outset of my surgery to get to a size 8 or 10, really thinking size 10, so to be within that range for me is my goal and that means I now have approximately 13 lbs. to lose.  As far as thinking we can eat whatever we want?  You mean we can't (lol). . .  seriously, though I think so long as we avoid the stuff that is trigger food and the white stuff, sugar, white flour and that stuff, exercise regularly, that at that point where our bodies are is where they are meant to be. . .

Thanks for sharing a part of yourself. . .

Laureen