What makes you think you won't regain the weight!
It's good to see someone two years out maintaining. So far (I know it's only 3 months) I haven't had head hunger, and I really haven't had physical hunger. I eat because I know I need to. This is really different for me - I'm the one who checked out the kitchen for something to eat every time I got up. I'm really hoping this feeling just stays with me - then I know I will be successful.
Ms. Shell, I think one reason I don't eat too much is that it takes me forever after I eat to be able to drink water. Most of the time I have to wait 1-1/2 hours before I am comfortable drinking water. I think my digestion is kind of slow or something - the quanitiy of food I eat is still very small. At most 2 ounces of protein at a time. So if I ate more often or grazed I would never be able to ge****er in. That may be the best deterrernt to overeating now.
Ms. Shell, I think one reason I don't eat too much is that it takes me forever after I eat to be able to drink water. Most of the time I have to wait 1-1/2 hours before I am comfortable drinking water. I think my digestion is kind of slow or something - the quanitiy of food I eat is still very small. At most 2 ounces of protein at a time. So if I ate more often or grazed I would never be able to ge****er in. That may be the best deterrernt to overeating now.
Oh girl you are ME!!! You will be successful cause you will continue to absorb everything this forum has to offer, the good and the bad. My only advice...never loose track of where you want to go and why...
"WLS is only for people who are ready to move past the "diet" mentality" ~Alison Brown
"WLS is not a Do-Over (repeat same mistakes = get a similar outcome.) It is a Do-BETTER (make lifestyle changes you can continue forever.)" ~ Michele Vicara aka Eggface
Honestly, if the hunger comes back and the restriction is significantly reduced, I would gain long term. I know that I can't maintain without this tool. I have lost weight many times in the past but have never been able to maintain, I have no illusions that this time would be different. To a large degree, my tool has to take me 60% of the way or more. It's a scarry preposition, but I'll not be able to judge this tool until at least five years from now. That is the ultimate truth.
Hmm makes me wonder what we all consider is significant reduced restriction. I went from about 2-3oz to now 6-8oz at a time. But my problem is eating out of boredom (among others) so I could easily eat that 6-8 more then 3 times a day which is why I have continued to work on my coping skills. Thank God I'm still not physically hungry, but the head hunger, still likes playing games...
"WLS is only for people who are ready to move past the "diet" mentality" ~Alison Brown
"WLS is not a Do-Over (repeat same mistakes = get a similar outcome.) It is a Do-BETTER (make lifestyle changes you can continue forever.)" ~ Michele Vicara aka Eggface
This post scares the peewater out of me...
because I know how I eat around my period.. The feeling of the hunger and the fear of it for those few days of PMS into period..
I don't have anything profound to say other than thanks for posting it.. and I love reading the responses.. they give me hope..
and if I ever regain.. I may either retighten or go DS.. but I hope my new lifestyle keeps that from happening..
because I know how I eat around my period.. The feeling of the hunger and the fear of it for those few days of PMS into period..
I don't have anything profound to say other than thanks for posting it.. and I love reading the responses.. they give me hope..
and if I ever regain.. I may either retighten or go DS.. but I hope my new lifestyle keeps that from happening..
"If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning." ~Aristotle Onassis
You know love...fear for me is when I walk into the room with the lights off and my eyes closed and I have no clue what's in the room. I'm hoping this post will continue to be the beacon of light INTO that room for myself and others.
"WLS is only for people who are ready to move past the "diet" mentality" ~Alison Brown
"WLS is not a Do-Over (repeat same mistakes = get a similar outcome.) It is a Do-BETTER (make lifestyle changes you can continue forever.)" ~ Michele Vicara aka Eggface
Well said.
I started logging my food again today after a maybe 3 week break during the holidays where I did see what I hoped was "water weight" creap on (few pounds). I noticed that mindless eating behavior creaping back, and that scared the poo out of me. Friends say "wow, but you're still the size you want to be", but it's about maintaining the "careful" behavior that will create my longterm success.
I haven't skipped a day of weighing, so back to increased protein and time to say NO again to the delicious Lindt Truffles that are still sitting around the house. Time to stay under 2000 calories a day and to lose these few pounds that came back!
It's easy to be in control when you just "stay" in control. It's getting "back" there after straying that's tough.
I'll always need this OH group!!!
Meg
I started logging my food again today after a maybe 3 week break during the holidays where I did see what I hoped was "water weight" creap on (few pounds). I noticed that mindless eating behavior creaping back, and that scared the poo out of me. Friends say "wow, but you're still the size you want to be", but it's about maintaining the "careful" behavior that will create my longterm success.
I haven't skipped a day of weighing, so back to increased protein and time to say NO again to the delicious Lindt Truffles that are still sitting around the house. Time to stay under 2000 calories a day and to lose these few pounds that came back!
It's easy to be in control when you just "stay" in control. It's getting "back" there after straying that's tough.
I'll always need this OH group!!!
Meg
Goal weight reached ~ without malabsorption!!! Yipee.....
Oh child I will say getting back is EASIER but it's a far cry from EASY you know!! Always good to see you around these parts Meg....did you mention Truffles...OMG
"WLS is only for people who are ready to move past the "diet" mentality" ~Alison Brown
"WLS is not a Do-Over (repeat same mistakes = get a similar outcome.) It is a Do-BETTER (make lifestyle changes you can continue forever.)" ~ Michele Vicara aka Eggface
Good question..
I believe that the biggest tool I have to not gaining the weight back, aside from the ghrelin hormone not being as prevalent - is the fact that I cannot ever forget where I come from.
Just like watching myself for transfer addictions, right now is the time I to set up my going forward patterns. Right now - I am establishing patterns that are not so restrictive that they make me insane, feel deprived, or let myself go hog wild. I am not haphazard in my losing, I have not been casual about it from the beginning, hoping or wishing I wa****ting macro nutrients - my hoping and wishing got me pushing 300 pounds.
I am a person who gloms onto bad habits like dustbunnies gather in the dark spaces. I have to be ever watchful of myself and what I am doing - and I do not resent it - it takes work to get an education, have relationships, raise a family, and to maintain health.
I am learning strategies to fall back on when willpower aint nowhere to be found.
I do not think I can stop tracking, only because I know my eyes lie about portion sizes and I can conveniently forget how much or when I last ate. I need to watch myself. The sleeve was a tool to help get me to a place where I SAW results - and its done a great job, but the rest of the journey is mine.
And I do not mind, not one bit. I know loss will come and bad days happen - but loss and bad days are SO much better, when I do not have failing myself yet again as something else to flog me with. Every day I pray to not dwell in the past, but to hold it in high esteem - I ate to protect myself and distract myself when I did not have other tools, and now - I am learning new tools that extend beyond just the tool of my smaller tum.
I will not be afraid of what comes, because who the hell knows how much more life I have to live? But tell ya what - however much is left will not be about keeping me coddled in my protection. I am thankful for the life I have had and the boomalatti I have been on the outside and still am on the inside - I earned me some great personality! :} But now is time for the rest of my life - the rest of the life that does things willingly and gladly that the previous me pissed and moaned about (making goodbetterbest food choices, purposefuly moving myself, being willing to suck at a sport so I can be better later!).
Its good to have perspective. Its good to know where you came from and keep your eyes on the horizon - so many things wait for us there, good, bad, painful, pleasant - its all for us, and all a part of life.
No more hiding, or just eeking by.
I believe that the biggest tool I have to not gaining the weight back, aside from the ghrelin hormone not being as prevalent - is the fact that I cannot ever forget where I come from.
Just like watching myself for transfer addictions, right now is the time I to set up my going forward patterns. Right now - I am establishing patterns that are not so restrictive that they make me insane, feel deprived, or let myself go hog wild. I am not haphazard in my losing, I have not been casual about it from the beginning, hoping or wishing I wa****ting macro nutrients - my hoping and wishing got me pushing 300 pounds.
I am a person who gloms onto bad habits like dustbunnies gather in the dark spaces. I have to be ever watchful of myself and what I am doing - and I do not resent it - it takes work to get an education, have relationships, raise a family, and to maintain health.
I am learning strategies to fall back on when willpower aint nowhere to be found.
I do not think I can stop tracking, only because I know my eyes lie about portion sizes and I can conveniently forget how much or when I last ate. I need to watch myself. The sleeve was a tool to help get me to a place where I SAW results - and its done a great job, but the rest of the journey is mine.
And I do not mind, not one bit. I know loss will come and bad days happen - but loss and bad days are SO much better, when I do not have failing myself yet again as something else to flog me with. Every day I pray to not dwell in the past, but to hold it in high esteem - I ate to protect myself and distract myself when I did not have other tools, and now - I am learning new tools that extend beyond just the tool of my smaller tum.
I will not be afraid of what comes, because who the hell knows how much more life I have to live? But tell ya what - however much is left will not be about keeping me coddled in my protection. I am thankful for the life I have had and the boomalatti I have been on the outside and still am on the inside - I earned me some great personality! :} But now is time for the rest of my life - the rest of the life that does things willingly and gladly that the previous me pissed and moaned about (making goodbetterbest food choices, purposefuly moving myself, being willing to suck at a sport so I can be better later!).
Its good to have perspective. Its good to know where you came from and keep your eyes on the horizon - so many things wait for us there, good, bad, painful, pleasant - its all for us, and all a part of life.
No more hiding, or just eeking by.
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