Nightmare

I woke up from a nightmare that I went to see my surgeon and the nurse told me I had gained 20 lbs. I had not weighed recently because I was feeling puffy and first I did not understand at first that I had gained 20 lbs. I was totally freaked out. I knew I had to weigh today and there was real fear there. I had not gained 1 oz! In fact I had lost a couple of lbs. It was all in my head!

There is so many times I really feel fat or I am afraid to try an outfit on because I think it is going to be too tight. I used to weigh about 6 times a day. I made myself stop because I was so obsessive but now I am having nightmares about bounceback.

I have been at this weight within a 5 lb range for a year but I do not know if I am doing maintenance right. Some days I am so hungry and eat quite a bit and other days not so much. I run 6-8 miles a day so I really do not know how much my body needs. When I eat more I think I am going to gain but end up at my lowest range. I just do not want to wake up one morning with a 20 lb weight gain.

Weighing six times a day is way too much, but if you can get yourself to just wait yourself once a day in the morning after the bathroom naked on the scale LOL that's what most of us do... I think... It really is great accountability to yourself.

That is a real fear ... if we put our head in the sand we may wake up one day, or at least it seems that way, and gained 20 pounds. That's why I've made a choice to weigh myself every day good bad or ugly, and if I have too many days going in the wrong direction I need to reevaluate what I'm doing and make a little adjustment. Easier to make A little adjustment than a big adjustment later

I agree! Starting tommorrow every day. I am only going to let myself do it once or (twice).

as long as you weigh yourself every day (or almost every day), you'll never wake up 20 lbs heavier. You'll notice upward trends right away and be able to nip it in the bud.

I would say if you've stayed within a 5 lb weight range for a year, then you're "doing maintenance" correctly!!

All you guys made my day for all your responses. Thank-you SO much! I am back to weighing a couple of times a day which is not a lot for obsessive me! I lost another lb today so I am back down to my lowest range. I just keep going back and forth about losing more if I have to gain 15 or 20 in year 3. None of my clothes would fit e then.. I know with a little effort I could do it now and it would be easier now.

Maintenance and bounce back regain are things that you will deal with in year three. The first years are honeymoon.

While malabsorption is doing its job RNY is fun and effortless.

Your good habits with food and exercise will become more beneficial as your restriction lessens and your absorption of calories increases.

i considered weighing a fun and pleasant thing to do for the first years. Then I put the scale away and just enjoyed life.

By the end of year three I faced the scale and fourteen pounds of regain. Now I weigh daily.

Understood! I am not going to put the scale away again. Just put a max of 2 times a day limit.

The last nightmare I had, I was a doughnut. The last donut, sitting on a tray at the OH annual convention.

You have been too quiet lately... I miss this :)

You are so funny! You always make me laugh! Thank-you, Grim.