I'd like to hear from someone who has regained and then lost
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Kristina,
Hello and you GO !!!! I has a baby in DEC of 05 and I have gained back almost 80 lbs and I am so scared and not sure how to get back to the basic's...your message was such an inspiration...please help me get back on track..I guess just how you got started and what you remeber was helpful to you..
Il tell you I just have retuturned to most of my old habbits ,I graze alot and fast food...well its just faster , and I dont work out like I used to , so I know what I am doing . well thank you and great job !
I am thinking about trying to go back to the liquid diet for 3-7 days that seems to be a suggestion by some people....God I just need whell power and then go through our stages again...what do you think about that ? well thank you again.
Beth Brown...RNY/LAP 5/13/2004
Hello !
My name is Beth and I dont have any suggestions for you.. I am in the same boat.. I am almost 3 yrs out as well and and I have gained almost 80 lbs back and I have been trying to get back on track, because I dont want to get back to wear I came from being 336 the morning of my WLS. I am 275 now !!!! YEAH i KNOW THAT S scary!!!!
I had a baby in Dec 05 and I have never lost the 60 lbs I gained with my son and well I have gained about 15 lbs more.. I do know were I have went wrong...I eat fast food alot and I graze and I dont work out like I used to...I am lost for words and its like I tell myself that I have to get back to teh basic;s as we all say...starting w/ liquids and then following the stanges of our diet...what so you think about that ?
Well I wish you the very best and I really belive that prayed is very stong and believe in ourselves ...we did it once and we have the knowledge and know what it took..and we still have our tool...we just have to have the strength to get back on teh band wagon. I wish you the best ..please feel free to e-mail...mabey we just need to suppot eachother and have someone to talk to who is THERE !!! also...anyway hope to hear freom you soon.
Not 40-50#...more like 25#.
So, here's what I did...
1. Wrote everything down. Everything that passed my lips was counted with regard to calories. I know a lot of people use fitday...I don't, paper is always accessible, and I found that I have to write immediately or I forget what I ate. My weight loss calorie amount is 1400, I will gain if I eat over 1800 calories.
2. Weighed and measured everything. Kind of difficult when eating out, so my suggestion is to really know what portions look like before guessing when outside the house.
3. Planned all meals. I knew the night before what I was going to eat the next day, and had the food on hand.
4. Paid attention to my hunger level (1 not hungry to 5 starving) and also recorded these.
5. Ate just about every 2 hours. Snacks were no more than 100 calories.
6. Always ate sitting down and without any other activity. In other words, paid attention to the activity of eating vs. reading the paper, watching TV, driving...
7. Minimum of 30 minutes of exercise each day...sweat inducing, heart pumping exercise.
8. Recognized that I was responsible for both successes and challenges. In other words, situations, people, emotions could not derail me...this was about me, reaching my goals and achieving the unthinkable.
9. Made a commitment to success every minute of every day...and still do today.
10. Came to the conclusion that doing all the above and living my life like a normal person is far easier than experimenting with food, blowing off behaviors, and letting outside forces control me.
You can do this, I did while entering my 4th year post op. Into my 6th now, still successful, still practicing all of above every day.
Karen
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