Fighting a Regain!

its going to be hard. i do about 2 hours a night on the elliptical and three days a week I lift weights. the eating right was the hard part but you have to keep a journal of everything. Some days I have chicken breast for breakfast or egg beaters for a bed time snack. Just make it healthy. WATER WATER WATER.................please get in a minimum if 64 ounces of water and I dont coun****er in tea or coffee .......I count the bottles of water I drink. that are plain or have crystal lite in them, then everything else is just extra fluid intake. my trainer has me eating 1200-1400 cals a day and I have ti use protien shakes to get there. I have a fear of eating and shut down,,,,,,,wont eat.....I am terrified to eat to be honest. he prefers I eat oat meal in the morning.....try to consume the carbs early in the day. Taking in less than 100 grams of carbs daily can cause headache and mental problems like confusion. Your body needs some carbs but healthy carbs. you can do this.  tammy calorieking.com is a good site for nutritional info as well

You have just explained how I feel throughout the day.. You are on point... I refuse to have a revision if it is not needed.. I know my pouch is still working...no defects... I just need to realize I am not the same person I was prior to August 5, 2003.. I got beside myself.. I need to utilize every tool available to me.. Thank You So Much, Tye

first and foremost.............YOU ARE HUMAN!!!!!!! do not let anyone tell you how they have lost 100 gone forever......we are always at risk of re-gain. no matter who we are. you are not the only one to re-gain. You are not the only one who slacked off and slipped off the rule band wagon. It happens for many reasons....not just being a rebel or trying to eat what we should not. I re-gained 10 pounds right after my boob job.....and my boobs dont weigh 10 pounds.!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Some people do not admit to re-gain.....you have taken the first step and the most important step too....you admitted to it and you are taking steps to reverse it!!! just go back to the basics and do not beat yourself up. I did that and it made me insane.  I wore a bikini last weekend.....and by god I was not ashamed....if others thought I might have been too flabby or maybe a few pounds over weight.......I challenge them to walk in my shoes. I am proud of you.........we are all here to support each other......we are all here for the same reasons...... email me if you need to tammy p.s.  why am I harsh and to the point???? because to this day I am still considered over weight, I am told I took the easy way out, I still dont fit into what society says I should.....98-113 pound....oh please thats a 3rd grader....I am 38 I am sick of people being attacked and attacking themselves. No one said our weight loss journey was going to be easy. Do not take anything personal. I am actually taking classes to be a personal trainer.....people need help....and who better to help someone than a person who has been there.

Hey!!! I will be 38 on Friday.. Tye

Happy birthday!! I will be 39 on Thursday. Belinda

Thank You!!!

jumping in here- i have been following this thread--i am 54- i need to get down to 125 # (at 5'1" ) to be considered normal...ouch! i would love to! i was actually down to 150 at  approx 13 months out from my surgery then hubby got very very (deathly) ill and my stress coping skills flew out the window-i shot back up to 183 (which was still 50 # down from surgery weight!) -these last 3 years have been hell and while i am not getting any heavier i am not losing---i am still trying to get rid of some of that regain--and am ashamed to say that i am still at 175...so-i need to get off 25 to get to where i was when i was  on a roll and another 25 to get to goal-ouch! my exercising is limited to walking - i cannot afford the gyms or the Y-- i cannot afford to buy any machines- damn i wish you lived in Ohio instead of Arkansas! anyhow- thx for allowing me to jump in here!  i think i am going to go back totally to basics...and start as if i were a new postie! ( i did the 5 day and it didn't do diddly-the few pounds i lost i regained!) again-thx for letting me ramble!!!

i just turned 38 last week....happy early birthday

Thank You !!!