Arrgh! Yo-yo-ing

I think I'll have to start religiously tracking on My Fitness Pal, because I'm in a bit of a cycle of lose a pound or two, then regain it the next day. I think it's water weight but I don't want to mess this up. I'm 99% sticking to protein (I'm actually sick of food right now; eating has become a chore); I'm learning my lesson with carbs because they do make me feel sick. I tried an egg and cheddar English muffin from Starbucks yesterday and only ate 1/4 of it before the stomach pain started. Never again.

I did measure myself to day and lost an inch all over, so that was good.

Anyway just wanted to vent a bit :)

The best thing we can do is weigh every bite of food and log it in MyFitnessPal. 

I've got 1408 consecutive days. I reached goal just under one year, and maintained steady for 3 years since goal. Logging has kept me on track.

I'm also tracking days without toast.

I really like tracking in MFP. It give me a huge sense of control. I'm chassibi on there too if you want to add me as a friend. The only bad thing is that it will never give you the end of day update on the newsfeed for folks like us (telling you how much you could expect to lose, etc) because our calories are too low.

The only straight carbs I've eaten since surgery are like 5 chips whenever we go to a Mexican restaurant (I actually count) and then last weekend I had some no-sugar added ice cream. It tasted SO sweet and was yummy, but ice cream is a trigger food for me, so I cannot have it often. AT ALL. I felt some mild tachycardia with it, so ate a cheese stick shortly after and was fine, but I don't want to depend on dumping to avoid trigger foods.

I've been surprised that I haven't had big swings back and forth with weight yet. Occasionally I will go a half a pound up and then be back down the next morning, but by the next day it's typically gone. I would say try to up your water intake. I know I don't get enough water in for sure.

Just added you; I'm under marybahl

chassibi,

added you on MFP

mine is HillaryVeitch

I agree- you will need to be consistent. When I'm not logging and weighing my food, I'm actually overeating due to lack of portion control. Plus some times i don't account for sneaky carbs...

Once you are back tracking you should be able to make your adjustments as needed. You should be still losing.

Now- I will get down to a number, have it up back up a pound, then3 days later, it goes back down. That is normal in the stair step losing and I'm now used to it.

Logging really keeps me on track for qtys & meal times, and avoid grazing.

Grazing is how I ate for years with issues with my vertical band, and that habit is one that will stop my weight loss if I am not careful.

For me weighing and measuring the food is key along with planning my day- ie. the menu post. I only count Protein and Fluids and did not do MFP, except fpr occasionally. For me it made me tend to eat more, rather than listen to my body- I was too obsessive. I do do occasional 'spot checks' to see what I'm up to... but for my mind it doesn't work.

Don't forget your fats in there as well. We need those too!

it is things like egg cheddar muffin that is causing the yo yo. You say you are strictly protein, but you are not. Every time carbs are eaten, the body has to hold water to process the carbs. This can take up to a week. The body will release the water, the scale goes down, more carbs are eaten the the body holds water again, and the scale goes up. This is your yoyo. 

You are not going to be as successful in your weight loss as you would like, unless you really get carbs out of your diet.