Anyone Around The 2 Year Mark?

I'm feeling so lost and depressed right now. I don't get on here much, really not at all anymore. I'm on dial up and with the board changes it's too slow, almost painful to watch. So my weight has pretty much been okay for the past 8 months. I usually play up and down the same 4 pounds, which is okay for me because it's still under my personal goal. Well here lately, and I know it's my eating habits, I've added an additional 4 pounds. Today I am up to 141. Nowhere near the 133 I was just a few weeks back. I'm back to weighing daily now because I'm so afraid it's just gonna keep going up. I know it's all me. I've been eating off track for over a year anyway. Too many carbs and candies. I did start up my exercising two weeks back in the hopes that would get the weight back down, but nothing yet. My new job doesn't help. I'm now eating 3 meals a day at work. I used to never eat like that. Good thing it's just a weekend job. I don't really know what to say. Just wanted to put it in writing. I did go back to Fitday.com yesterday and was astonished at my carb and calorie totals for the day. So those of you around 2 years out, how are you doing? Are you able to maintain or are you gaining? What is your calorie and carb intake? Do you even still track it?

So, yes, I just hit the 2yr mark on 1/11. Things are certainly not as easy as they were a year ago. I too have been maintaining for several months now, but went thru a time when I went back up 10lbs! I was flipping out, but I went back to basics, tracked everything, upped my workouts and got those pesky pounds back off. That's not to say that I'm perfect b/c I too float up and down the same 3 or 4 lbs. when I'm really trying to be good I will still journal at sparkpeople or in writing~that helps to visually see the calories. I have been a daily weigher for the past year so I still do that~it helps me to know exactly where I'm at for the day and if I need to be careful or if I can slack off a bit. I've had to detox from sugar and carbs a few time in the last year~it sucks but I always feel better after I get all of that out of my system! For maintenance I eat 1600-1800cal daily and if I'm trying to lose I drop it down to 1300-1500cal daily~that seems to work for me, but its weird how everyone's caloric intake is so different! I don't track my carbs, but I try hard not to eat the "bad" carbs and try to stick with the good ones from fruits and oats. I am thankful that I was giving this too b/c it still works if I chose to work it! It sounds like you're back on the right track. Just give it some time and those 4lbs will be gone soon! Tracy B 328/150 5'9"

Amber, My two year mark was in December, I never thought I would be where I am at today then when I walked into Shawnee Mission Medical Center 2 years ago. I swore then I would never go back to my old ways, well guess what, I notice myself start to drift back to those ways like graazing ALL day, or eating that cookie and I watch the scale constantly. I worry daily about those few lbs that I have put back on, and I know that since I have done plastic surgery it HAS to stay off. I just wanted you to know that you are not alone with what you are going thru. Do you go to Hoehn's support groups? I never did but I know now that if your support system is good it does make it easier. Good Luck Courtney Egelston

I can relate to the grazing thing. I can be okay almost all day, but when after 5 p.m. hits I seem to lose control. I just have this need to constantly be putting food in my mouth. I only did the support group for the first several months. Since I moved out to Holden the drive is alot longer now and the meeting time doesn't work out with my schedule. I wasn't too impressed with them anyway. So you mentioned plastic surgery. If you don't mind telling, which doctor did you choose? What did you have done? How was the price range? I wanted to go for some consults this past summer, but realistically I just can't afford to have anything done yet. There always seems to be something more important. I was hoping by my 2 year, then it was by '08, now it seems like as long as I do something before I hit 35. Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone. I know there are others out there like me. It's just nice to hear from them.

Thank you for posting. I'll hit two years in April, and I feel like I'm back to where I was. Not, thank goodness, with the weight, but with the food. I finally admitted that I'm a food addict. Step one, I guess. Now I have to figure out what to do about it. I'm going to ask about a good therapist. I know WHAT to do; it's just doing it.

Amber, less than a month away from my 2 year anniversary and I to am dealing with some emotional and/or grazing times. I feel refocused today as the past couple of days have been great. I did a liquid diet a while back and it helped tremendously (3 days), felt like I could hardly eat anything again, then the holidays and too much junk put me back a little. The scale is moving significantly, I do tend to scale back when I see it above my comfort zone but I can definitely see old habits creeping in and it's scary. I don't track very often on fitday any more, every once in a while I will just to see. I think 1000 calories work best for me and carbs below somewhere around 50 or less. I'm very carb sensitive. I don't tend to crave carbs as much as sweets though, OMG I wish I dumped as I could definitely get myself in trouble with chocolate. I literally cannot keep it in my house or I'm grabbing it everyday. Try to regroup, we are at the point that I see the challenges of longer term post-ops. Try getting into a support group or finding some time to visit OH more. I definitely could not do this without OH. Best wishes, good to see you posting. Dana

Hello Amber, I was at my two year mark in December. I have still not reached my goal yet. I am stuck right now between 218 and 213 and the scale just wont budge. I have gotten into the bad carbs and the grazing and I dont want to get back into those demons again. I have been working out, but not as much as I should. Its so discouraging sometimes. I am so grateful for the success I have had so far, but I am getting scared about gaining it back, I hear so many people do and I dont want that to happen. I am so grateful to this surgery and I want to just get out of the 200s. I dont want to ever see that number again, I was so thrilled when I got out of the 300s it was so exciting for me. I am in sizes I have not seen since highschool 27 years ago. Its awesome. So I know I can do this, its just so hard sometimes, stress doesnt help either I know that. Well I hope we all get through this. Good luck to you too, hope to chat sometime. Hugs KimC 325/213/150 WAS/IS/WANT TO BE