Update since getting back on track ~ There is hope !!

Mo Diggity
on 1/23/18 12:34 pm - poughkeepsie, NY

RNY on 07/03/13

Hey guys :)

So, today is day 19 since I snapped out of my 2 year denial that my bad habits had reared it's ugly head, and allowed me to regain...

50 lbs

Denial can be our best friend when we pretend those chips/cookies/carbs/junk aren't gonna make "too" much of a difference... and then denial becomes our worst enemy when the pounds come back, and back, and back.

Anyway, I am so glad that I came back to OH and committed myself to get right again. And although I know that the scale is not the only way to tell that we are on the right track, I am happy to have lost 11.2 lbs in the last 19 days !! It's a start anyway.

So, for anyone coming on this website, hoping to get back on track... there is hope !! Just go back to basics - I am eating so much more protein each day, I cut out the crappy carbs (which the cravings for have gone down SOOO much), weighing every ounce/gram of food, logging everything into myfitnesspal, and drinking a lot more water - And definitely not drinking anything for at least 1/2 hour after any meal (which was another bad habit that I fell back into).

One major change that I am doing this time, that I never did before - was logging the foods that I am PLANNING on eating throughout the day into myfitnesspal, before the day starts. This has made such a difference for me !! I always used to eat something, and THEN log it in to myfitnesspal (which would sometimes put me over, calorie-wise, than I wanted. But logging it in before gives me such a better roadmap for the rest of the day, and helps me better not to stray. I saw the people on here doing it in the "What's on you menu RNYers", and I decided to try it that way... WOW, what a difference for me !!

Good luck to everyone !!!

Maureen Tired of Living my Life in the Dark

The Salty Hag
on 1/23/18 1:01 pm

RNY on 05/20/13

Yay, Mo!

I'm so thrilled for you!! You're doing fabulously.

I woke up in between a memory and a dream...

Tom Petty

Grim_Traveller
on 1/23/18 1:22 pm

RNY on 08/21/12

Good for you Mo!

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

Laura in Texas
on 1/23/18 2:19 pm

RNY on 09/17/08

Good job, Mo!! Super proud of you!! You can do this!!

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."

Emiepie
on 1/23/18 3:53 pm

RNY on 08/11/14

You rock, Mo!

RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150

NANNY13
on 1/23/18 3:56 pm

WLS on 12/21/15

Great Job! You are really taking the bull by the horns. Great consistancy!

NANNY13
on 1/23/18 3:57 pm

WLS on 12/21/15

Great Job! You are really taking the bull by the horns. Great consistancy!

seattledeb
on 1/24/18 12:10 am

RNY on 12/22/08

You don't know until your not eating them but carbs can make you endlessly hungry.

Sounds like you are doing great.

Coming up is the highest calories eaten in one day holiday...Superbowl! It's the death of many a resolution. I'm starting to see the dip recipes. A least avocados are cheap.