Where moderation got me ...
So this may be unpopular... but I'm not one to be quiet.
I got to 167 lbs without moderation -- running 6+ miles a day on less than 1000 calories a day. I'm 5'10 and this was thin for me. I was also routinely fainting. I couldn't stand up without getting a head rush.
I gained up to 212 lbs through eating more freely (I fell in love and stopped tracking as much). I lifted all the weights and did all the crossfit and put on a ton of muscle and some fat.
Over the past 3 months I have been working on finding moderation. I'm now 193 - 196 lbs (I don't know where I will end up, but I feel effing strong and love my body rigth now). I eat between 1000 - 2000 calories a day. I eat healthy and I eat unhealthy sometimes too (I had a cupcake last night!). And I climb freaking ropes for the first time in my life. I'm not fainting when I stand up (win).
VSG: 12/12/13, LBL, small TL, BL/BA: 11/7/14 Twins 12/9/18 HW after Twins 260. 5'10 37 years old - Stacy_WLS (MFP)
Awesome. Moderation can mean different things to different people. (like I used to think moderation was only a half cup of M and M's). So you have done it right. I envy you for being able to climb the ropes! Upper body strength rules. Diane S
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As I commented to you in the other thread - my concept of moderation was definitely broken and damaged pre-op. For me, moderation was something like "I'll only have a pint of ice cream once a week." Or some other stupid thing.
At this point in my life, I'm trying to redefine, correctly this time, what moderation is. :)
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
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Moderation is my problem, what I used to think of as eating things in moderation got me to where I am now. I am so good at rationalizing everything, I am rarely extreme about anything. I am beginning to see that I must become extreme about my eating habits or I will never make a permanent change. It took me 55 years to get here, moderation will not make enough of an impact.
Maybe some day I will get to a point where I can balance it all out but from this side of the mountain I need to be vigilant.
HW: 321 SW: 308 Sleeved: 1/12/2017
The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do!
You make a good point. My mouth says "moderation" but my brain just uses rationalization. There is nothing I do moderately. I think THAT is my greatest struggle. Maybe in my next life...
"...This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away, to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. What he was doing..."
Rachel, PMHNP-BC
HW-271 SW-260 LW(2009)-144 ~ Retread: HW-241 CW-190 GW-150
