THIS IS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well guys, I just wanted to send a quick plea out there for everyone's continued support.  Today was OK to begin with, but quickly went down-hill for whatever reason, and I blew it!  I ate too much, and BAD STUFF!  I am trying to get all depressed about it, but I know that I have been doing better, and that one day does not determine my success, so I'm picking my butt up off the floor, and tomorrow I will just start again.  I have no doubt that I can do this, but MAN is it hard sometimes!!!  A LOT of the time, actually!  It is definitely true that this surgery is no "easy way out"!  After the initial weight falls off, you are left in charge, and if you don't make some good choices, you will be in the same boat you started in, and I HATED that boat!!!!!  Anyway, I can rant and rave all night, and it won't change the fact that I have got to get REALLY determined, and stop "halfway" doing this.  For crying out loud, I just need to lose 10-15 pounds at the most, and I'm making it feel like 110-115 pounds!!!!  This is SO within reach, and it just feels so impossible.  I just pray that I will wake up in the AM with the right attitude, and the determination to keep the right attitude.  Thanks so much for all the support.......you all mean the world to me because you ALL REALLY understand.......you've been there, and that means so much!!!!!!!!!!!

Beth, This is my first time visiting this board and I am sooooo in the same boat you're in.  I had my surgery 8/22/2002, lost 217lbs and was doing wonderful.  I had to have a hysterectomy 2/2005 and started Premerin... now 2 years later I have gained about 30 lbs back and I'm freaking out about it.  I want to get on that loosers bench again but can't quite seem to figure out how to do it.  I feel like the right attitude is there inside me but I can't quite get it going...  Tomorrow I am going to start writing down everything I eat and drink and get my behind working out or walking again.   Whew I said it...  I feel better now!!!   I'm on a mission!!!  Have a great day!

Hey Sheryl! Welcome to the grads board!  You will find an enormous amount of support here.  Everyone who I have interacted with has been great! Anyway, I also had a partial hysterectomy 4/03.  That didn't seem to bother me much at all weight wise, but I then had to go back and have my one remaining ovary removed 11/05, and it's been downhill ever since.  My weight has gone up, and my hormones (or the lack thereof) went CRAZY, and with that came more overeating!  I have finally found a hormone therapy that is helping me a lot as far as the menopausal symptoms, but it is like all the others, people tend to gain weight, and I have got to overcome that.  Not every menopausal woman gets fat!   So please feel free to send me a message any time you want to talk.  It really helps me to get all this out, and I love to hear that I am not alone, although i don't wish a weight problem on my worst enemy, ti's still nice to know that someone else has been there too, and in some cases, they can help pull you through. Good luck!!!!!!

Hi Ladies! We CAN do this! I had RNY almost 8 years ago and lost about 200 pounds. I let 50 creep back on and have been on a mission for the last 8 weeks. I have been in the gym 6 days a week, doing pilates 2 times a week and haved hired a personal trainer. I have lost 11 pounds and better still I feel amazing. WE CAN DO IT! We are definitely in the same boat. Make it a great day!

Good for YOU Donna. Thanks so much for posting and letting us know that it can be done!!! Wow. 11 lbs. is GREAT!  It is AMAZING to me just how much a difference even 5 lbs. makes. Before, I had to lose 50 lbs. before anyone (including myself) really started to notice. Now, you let me gain even 2 or 3 lbs. and I can sooooooo tell it in the way I feel and the way the clothes fit!! That's a good thing though. I don't EVER want to be wearing size 30/32 again!!! Hugs,       Piggybabe

wow, i guess after a few years they do creep back on and i'm glad that there are others like me that feel the need to loose again. i thought i was the only one that had let the pounds come back. i'm so glad to have a place to come and get support. we all need encouragement and you never realize how important even that can be. it's emotional support and we all need to know that it's possible. i set my goals small, 15 lbs here and there and look in 2 weeks i have almost lost my 15 pounds, i am now down to 217 from 230. it can be done. even tho i had a small fall yesterday doesn't mean that i am going to do it every day. we are human, food is there and you are going to eat it, just be responsible and don't eat the whole thing. =)

Wow Gina,  15 lbs. in only two weeks is incredible!!! I am sooooo proud for you. I hope that I can say the same thing soon!!!     Hugs,   Piggy

It is hard, but we have proven that "hard" is no big deal for us!!! I hate to mention "the book" again (Life is Hard, Food is Easy) but it is really helping me. One of the suggestions was to not say that you "blew it" when you had a bad day or even just a bad moment. She suggested using the word "pause" in the place of   "blew it". Now, I don't know if this will really work or not, but "pause" does sound much gentler than blew it. In the past, I've always fallen into the TRAP of "well, I've already blown it for today, I may as well just finish out this day with a BANG and then start over tomorrow". Well, maybe if I say I had a "pause" I can just "unpause" myself and start over RIGHT NOW instead of eating everything else in sight tonight and starting over tomorrow.  Just "throwing some things out there" that might help...                 Hugs to all,              Piggybabe

Hi Beth!  I really DO understand. I hope things are better for you today. I know what you are feeling and have also decided to really attack this thing called "regain"! We can do it! It's all about one good choice at a time. I am so used to doing one good choice: cheese along with one bad choice: pretzles. Or cheese and crackers. I just have to say no to crackers and pretzles and yes to cheese. It seems over simplified but it is simple just not easy. Molly

I have been so depressed lately and so glad I visited this board! I now have a chain and lock on the "carb cupboard" in my kitchen and am determined to do the"basics" thing before I gain more than the 10 pounds that has been driving me crazy for 6 months or so. I have a big carb problem and have been letting it ride thinkin I am just weak and can't do it now that the honeymoon is over. Well reading your posts I now feel I can do it and I will do it and I am going to work hard to prove to myself I can. I work with a bunch of eaters and need to quit joining in even for one  bite as that sets me off to a day of "just one more" Wish me luck Nikki