Today I declare myself a winner!
Hello,
I am 3 month out and love my new life and healthier me, but.....
I manage a seasonal tourist attraction with a gift shop and of course all the snacks (chocolate bars, chips, ice cream) you can think of plus we sell scooping ice cream!
In the last years, I was one of my best customers. Every evening after closing I would "reward" myself with 1-2 snickers, or a bag of chips or 1 Magnum (sometimes 2, hey nobody is watching). I would read the internet and declare half an hour me time. Then I went home (we live 5 minutes away) and would eat dinner.......
Fast forward to today, I will declare myself a winner every evening when I manage a day without giving in to all these foods! (Don't worry I will not announce my victory every evening on the message board!)
I try not to focus so much on how much weight I loose, but how many days I will be winner!
Because truth to be told: They did not do surgery on my head - I will still be tired in the evening, exhausted after a long day and will keep my job for years to come......
RNY 03/02/2016
In Pounds: HW 296, SW 292, M1:-34, M2:-8, M3:-13, M4:-16, M5:-12, M6:-11, M7:-9, M8:-8, M9:-5, M10:-4
Be careful giving so much power to food. Declaring yourself a "winner" for avoiding certain things implies you are a "loser" if you eat it. The all or nothing mindset can get us into trouble. I know pre-op if I ate something "bad", I considered myself a failure and then would go off the rails. I had to get over that mind-set after weight loss surgery.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
I don't know about THAT, but I do know I had to work through a lot of **** in my head to be able to lose 200 pounds and keep it off.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
Those transition times are hard too. Your tired at closing time. I read when we physically move from one space to another it can trigger hunger too. (My dog follows me everytime I get up...hmm).
Every morning for years I ate a donut after work. Early years it was a cigarette and a donut. To celebrate surviving a shift. Years after I quit both I still had to take a moment and take a clear breath. Being mindful going through that time. It is a victory. Plan ahead and breeze on through. Good luck.
Deb T.
