Help! I need to get back on track!!!

I too need a pal/coach. ANyone interested. I am almost 16 months out and just re- introduced sugar. CAN WE ALL SAY STUPID!!!! I'm trying daily to get back on track. Maybe some accountability to a pal would help. Let me know if your interested. Thanks, melinda

hi! I cant believe I just found this board but I did and Im so glad! Im 2+ yrs out and so stuck in a rut right now its not even funny. I am in the same boat and feeling the same way. I def. need some help!! sarah

Sounds like a bunch of us could use some support to get back on track. maybe we could share email addys and AIM info? I sure could use some buddy support right now too!

Hey guys wait for me I want in too .... I graze alot and can eat all sweets without a problem and I can eat alot of food too but I watch that I have maintained pretty well for 4 years but never got to goal and I really want to be in the healthy weight range low end so count me in I can do south beach too when do we start? Should we start a buddy thread? Whatever is decided I want a buddy too..... Lemon RNY 4 year postop 263/143/119

Well, we could check in here daily with one another....or we could start a litttle email group. What do you think? Maybe all we need is a little group where we can check in with one another. Maybe check in first thing in the morning and let each other know what our goals are for the day and then check in later to see how we did.

Jenny, Welcome the the club nobody every wants to be in. I'm in a similar situation too. I feel awful about what I'm doing to myself and I also need to get back on track. I feel better that people on this board who have had surgery know what its like to slip up with the food again!!! Lets all support and help each other get back on track. I think on Monday I will go back to protein shakes and a lean cuisine for dinner, sort of like immediate post-op(without the lc) I just want to get myself in the right direction again and start losing some weight. I have been walking this week, so I feel better about adding exercise to my routine. Please email me anytime Anyone can email me and we can help each other. "regular people" although well intentioned don't understand us. We understand each other the best. Amy

Ok....my goal for tommorrow is to get outside for my walk. That would be a good start.

I want in on this too! I had done really well about maintaining about 4 pounds from goal. Until we went on vacation in May. Now I'm struggling to get the 5 pounds I've gained off. I also have issues with low blood sugar and find myself grazing to combat that. I do have an appt with my WLS doc Tuesday so hopefully, he can point me in the right direction. For the last 4 days, I've been de-carbing (if that's a word). If I don't eat carbs, I don't crave them. So if I already know that, why in the heck do I eat them?????? I know I'm not stupid. Maybe just stubborn. I like carbs, therefore, I'm going to eat them??? I really don't know. We all seem to have a self-destruct button that somehow got flipped back to the "ON" position. And I was feeling so smug about no regain. Serves me right! Those five pounds came on me faster than any I've ever gained! I am scarred. I won't let it happen. I will try to check in every day but can't until evening. I'm at work by 7 and really don't function very well early in the morning. Any post I would write would probably be gibberish! We are in this together and we can get back on track. I think I'll go take a walk! Lyn 262/152/142

I want in too!!!!!!!! I have 3 1/2 years post op, just had a TT, BL and ventral hernia repair and have recently lost 8.5 pounds since my TT surgery, but I would LOVE to lose the last 19.5 pounds I need to lose. I had purchased the South Beach book some time ago, and since then packed it away. I am going to go dig it out and pull an all nighter reading it. I would love to begin will all you "buddies".... WE CAN DO THIS!!! ESPECIALLY TOGETHER.... Connie

Hi Jenny! I just had to write you - I grew up in Mundelein - my father was a contractor and built 1/2 of the town in the late 60's and early 70's! I can still remember our house on Highland Road, the one on Midlothian Road, and the last house we lived in before moving to Phoenix - it was on Lucerne Court, and we had Loch Lomond Lake as our backyard - our house had the big black metal pier (that my dad built) Is it still there? Is the beach still right there? Oh gosh, I bet everything has changed so so so much! I havent been back to Illinois since 1973 - I bet Mundelein is COMPLETELY different now! Is Santa Maria del Popolo Elementary School still open? How about Mundelein High or Carmel High School? Ok, now that Ive strolled down memory lane...back to your question...I would be happy to be your WLS buddy and coach you back to success - you already are a success Jenny!!! You just need to get back on track - I fall off course every other week it seems like! LOL But I just get right back on! I am approaching my 1 year surgery-anniversary...I have so far shed 129 lbs and want to drop another 25-30 (my hanging skin prob counts for about 15 of that - ugh! Gross! LOL) It definitely is alot tougher this far out - finding that I can eat anything and no longer dump scares the crap out of me! But does that stop me from eatng the junk sometimes? Heck no!!! But such is life - we all know what works for us, and what it takes to reach our goal - so wat do we do??? WE GET BUSY AND DO IT AGAIN!!!!!!! So, feel free to drop me an email anytime, and if you have a chance, please catch me up on all the happenings there in Mundelein! Take care, and just remember Im just click away! Debbie [email protected]