someone kick my a$$ back into gear.....PLEASE!!

man i never thought this would be me...i've been so strict with my diet and now over the past month i've been out of control.. i've discovered carbs and i'm addicted! i've even put on about 10 pounds i'd say...i'm just falling back into my old habits! i told my hubby to help me and not let me bake stuff for myself or eat too much bread anymore but he's no help. i don't know if i need to just go back to eating no carbs at all...totally cut myself off from them. i crave them now so badly!! what do you guys suggest? i even quit using fitday but i DO still keep up with my Walk away the pounds and weight training. i do 4-5 miles a day (mon-fri) and do chicometrics w/extra arm work 3 days a week. and i usually just do a quick 1 mile walk on sunday. but it's the eating...argggghhh! thanks steph 350/155 (5'8")

I think we've all been there or are currently there. Carbs are the devil incarnate for me. I just can't eat them. If I eat any simple carbs, I start craving them and it's all downhill from there. I've gotten to be very selective about the carbs I do eat and really try to stay away from the whites - flour, sugar, pasta, rice. I love bread but I buy the really chunky stuff - 7 or 12 whole grain. Then I freeze it. Take out one slice at a time. But I don't do it very often. Think back to how far you've come. Is it worth undoing all that for a lousy white carb?????? I don't think so. Susan Maria's saying is "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels!" Memorize and learn to chant that when the carb demon comes calling. Paste a fat picture on the fridge. Do you really want to go back there???? You need to de-carb NOW! In 3 days, the cravings will come easier to manage. Drink lots of water. If you think you are hungry, drink first. You've lost almost 200 pounds! You've come a really long way. Don't give into the old habits. Get back on fitday.com. Measure your portions. Eat only what you measure. If you're getting too hungry, try 5 small meals a day. Remember, protein first. After you've eating your protein, then and only then can you have carbs. But make them complex - green veggies, salad, cauliflower. Stay away from peas, corn, potatoes. You can do this! Most of all, keep posting so we can all help each other! Lyn 262/146/142 (I'm going to get there!)

ohhhh....thank you! i know what i need to do i just need to hear it from someone else for some reason. i do keep old pics of myself throughout the house and i look at them while i'm exercising sometimes to push myself to get through when i'm getting tired. i just need to go through the cabinets and get rid of all the stuff i don't need to be eating. luckily...hubby is a sweets junkie and won't miss the carb stuff. i dump on real sugar so i'm good when it comes to that!! whew....thanks for the reply...i'm gonna get back on track and i'm starting first thing in the morning...too late for me now today...my eating is already done for the day! wow....i feel like a weight has been lifted. i'm sure all the stress i've been feeling lately doesn't help me any either but i'm working to eliminate all that too!! thanks again!! you've been more help than you know....

Steph, Im there too.... too many carbs, too much grazing, too little exercise... to many bites of this, that or the other.... 10 lbs here too... pants just a hair tighter.... Am hitting the road today...... water, protein drinks, as low carb as I can get.... Just gotta go back to basics.... We can do this... Im petrified that 10 will turn to 20, 200..... I found myself eathing this weekend, not even hungry... bad karen bad..... We can do it!!!!!! Karen

sounds like me...clothes just a bit tighter and that scared me! i need to keep myself busier during the day so i don't think about food! i have more problems at night when i'm sitting here watching tv or waking up in the middle of the night to find something. it's hard for me to watch hubby eat his ice cream every night but i'll get over it. i try to just drink drink drink while he's eating that stuff!! i did good last night and didn't let myself eat anything after dinner...that was hard but it's the first step. and i'm going back to basics today and i'm going back to keeping track of all my food on fitday. you're right though...we can do it!! cuz i'm not going back to being a fat butt again!! no no no....never ever again!! we can do it...we just need a little kick in the pants! thanks replying!!

I am so glad you posted this. I don't feel so alone. I am like you. I exercise like crazy so that is not the problem. It is me snacking on the wrong things. I know I can't eat simple carbs. I know they turn me into a crazy person who gets out of control. But once you ever start back eating them the cravings are so hard to control. I don't want to go back where I came from either. My problem got kinda bad when my best friend who also had WLS moved away and hasn't kept in touch. She and I helped each other. I have tried to keep that going between us but she has gone on and started a new life and left this one completely behind. Let's start this today and completely decarb ourselves. I read that if you can make it three days through the torture and not cave in then it gets easier after that. We need to do daily post and really be there for each other. I have read that those who are actively involved in a true support group setting are the ones who are successful long-term. WE need to encourage one another and post the things that we find hard and difficult and see if someone out there has a suggestion for us. And tough love works too. I am not afraid to hear the truth. I know it already. Someone spelling it out kind of puts it out there and makes it real. I gotta quit baking stuff too. I am the queen of baking crap with splenda. Just because it is sf doesn't make it legal. Sf is still a simple carb. Hello!! I know this then why do I keep eating it? I am up for some group work in this if you are. We can get it started this evening by checking in. We have come too far to let something as stupid as food be our downfall. Melissa 277/135 5'4"

i hear ya on the baking with the splenda crap....man have i been really doing myself over on those things. banana bread, zucchini bread, banana nut pancakes, etc....it's crazy! i know that the sf stuff is no better for you and i tried to justify myself by using whole wheat flour...yeah right...i still pigged out on the stuff! i need to get back my self control! it's those darn carbs!! doing a daily check in sounds good to me! i've got my meals for the day planned out so hopefully i'll stick to them and not stray!! i made it through breakfast...that's a start. i had a banana w/a little peanut butter and a low carb protein bar. i'm planning on tuna w/a bran-a-crisp cracker and a piece of fruit for lunch and some chicken for dinner...i may allow myself some sf pudding with dinner...is that bad?? do you know if wheat crackers are a no-no too? i've got these low carb bran crisp things that say use with a low carb diet and they are good for fiber but i also have a box of wheat saltine crackers....ever tried those and should i get rid of them too??

I know that the nutritionist here said that unless it states low carb then whole wheat means nothing. He said that whole wheat crackers or breads are just as bad as far as spurring carb cravings as the white stuff. The wheat tends to hold you longer and not cause as drastic ups and downs with insulin levels but they are still packed with carbs unless it says 100% whole grain specifically intended for use in a low carb diet. He says wheat thins are the worst, and man do I love those. But when I think about it once I start eating those I can hardly stop. So, I guess it is true. I have been buying lots of the Kashi products as they were recommended as being really good for you, taste good and do not cause carb cravings. I was skeptical I must say, but thus far everything I have bought has tasted really good. And last week I tried to decarb and the days I ate my proteins and used the Kashi stuff for snacks I really did good on those days. So, I am stepping it up this week and getting back in the game. I have to before it is too late. And I know I have followed your profile and several others on here, and we have lots to be proud of, but we are only human. And, several of us have fallen lately. It is time for us to get back up and show these insurance companies that WLS works for the long haul so that many others can get a chance at using this tool. Plus, most importantly we need to do it for ourselves because, girlfriend we are worth it. Don't you think? Of course we are. So, let's do this. I have kept a food journal since surgery. And I have them all in a drawer with all of my other WLS stuff. I went back and read through them. I see where it all started. And it was with the introduction of damn carbs back into my diet. Should have never done it. But now that I have, I have got to get them back out of my diet. Because without them, I was fine and didn't have those days of wanting to eat the house down and being down on myself. Melissa

ok then....we're are worth it! today is day #1 of starting all over!! i'm ditching the wheat crackers right now!! they're out the door along with the rest of the bad stuff....i need to get my journal back out and keep up with it again! thanks again and i'll talk to you soon!!

Good luck to us. We can just be each other's cheerleaders. And if I make a bad play, don't hesitate to kick me in my a$$ LOL. Melissa