Whats on your Monday menu RNYers?

once the malabsorption ends the weight crept back on for me- at a 30 pounds per year rate.

I wish I had dealt with those issues as I saw them creeping in. it was easy right out because everything was 'off limits' for me.

I am having a difficult time figuring out what is "regain", (because my choices have not been good) and what is to be expected, as most surgeons let wls patients know that after the lowest weight there will be a sort of bounce up to what is our maintain weight. I guess if I was doing everything perfectly I would KNOW, but I second guess myself and am a hard critic. How did you know what your "maintain" weight vs. regain was? You mention issues that crept in that you wish you had dealt with. Are you comfortable sharing what some of them were?

sure- my appt last year in Jan with the surgeon I was 160 pounds. he was very happy me and said I looked strong and healthy. I continued to gain after that. My low weight was 118 which was underweight.

Most of the things early on were things like not sleeping, getting up and eating. Not even needing food just wanting it. Then thinking- well I already messed up so I'm just going to continue to eat whatever. I could eat 1000- calories during a night which caused the gain.

sometimes it is boredom eating. sometimes it is being 'tired and exhausted'.

the therapist said it wasn't binge eating disorder as it didn't fit the criteria.

I appreciate you sharing. I am not sure how tall you are but I am fairly tall and so I can carry a heavier weight than someone shorter; however, I just want to know that I am doing what I need to do as far as drinking water, protein, daily vitamins, some daily exercise eventually and feeling healthy and strong. I started some bad habits trying to make gaining weight easier and now I am fighting the consequences of that. I have gained the weight but I don't feel healthy or strong. :/

I'm not quite two years out but in my head anything that is over the weight I want to be at, I would consider regain. It's less complicated that way.

I'm about 40 lbs under what my surgeon said was the "absolute most I would lose and only if I did everything right" - so while he is an excellent surgeon and I'm looking forward to my 2 year follow up, his opinion on regain, bounce back, etc is invalid. I believe if I went back to him at his best case weight for me, he would still consider it a success but I would not.

*and to be clear, I am not under weight. I am exactly at the normal BMI and still have a belly to lose!

You can get through this!

not only is the malabsorption most likely over, but I can totally see how meds for hyperthyroidism could slow down your metabolism. I guess you'll have to cut back on calories or really step up on the exercise (or both) to offset it. Ugh - sorry about that!!

Good Morning! Karen, thank you for starting things for us this morning.

Accountability: Meh over the weekend with too many extra snacking.

TSS: 5 years 5 months

B: SF latte, Eggbeaters, 2 turkey sausage links, and 1/2 an orange

L: Albacore lettuce wraps and baby carrots

S: Chaffle and carbmaster yogurt

D: Turkey burger with SF BBQ sauce on cloud bread bun, green beans, sliced fruit, 2 squares dark chocolate

ES: Low carb pita with cream cheese and SF jam, Homemade Greek yogurt with SF syrup and ¼ cup fiber cereal

E: An hour stair climber and 40 mins of elliptical

V/W: On track

Totals: Cals: 1446 Protein: 129 Carbs: 100 Fat:64

Have a great one!

Mornin' All!

I was planning to go to water aerobics this morning but got up a bit too late - so I'll do TRX later this morning (it'll be a nice change from the weight machines. I should probably alternate them ANYWAY so I don't get burnt out on one or the other). May go to Aqua Zumba or land Zumba this evening for cardio. We're also going to go see Parasite with MIL this afternoon. AND I need to do some research for a trip I'm trying to plan to the Amalfi Coast. Not sure if I should do it myself or use some mostly-unstructured tour company like Untours (which would cost more, but they take care of a lot of the legwork that can be kind of a pain to organize yourself). I'm not crazy about escorted tours where you're hopping on and off of buses all the time, but just having someone figure out some of the more irritating logistics but otherwise allowing you to do your own thing might be nice as long as it's not too expensive.

TSS: 4 years 7 months

B: two chaffles topped with plain Greek yogurt and homemade blueberry sauce, coffee with half & half

MS: Fit Frappe

L: salad with diced chicken and light dressing

AS: probably nothing since we'll be at the movie. I know DH will get popcorn, so I HAVE to control the urge...

D: maybe chicken salad made with plain Greek yogurt

have a great day, everyone!

Hi all, I keep coming here to post, get distracted by commenting and then never post.

Today is a *****aotic and I'm having trouble focusing/motivating.

so far today I've had all the coffee and teas (except my bed time tea) so it's jus****er for now.

b - 2 oz cheddar

l - cottage cheese and 1 oz hazelnuts

d - tbd

s - light and fit greek

i am doing an aerial yoga class tonight and then have to stop at the store to get everroast chicken for the rest of the week. Also going to see if I can find a low carb or keto English muffin type object.
hope the rest of your Monday is great!