Do you remember the "early" days out?

I've been posting lately that I am struggling to get back to that "early" days surgery feeling, you know the go-getter motivation to do whatever it takes to make this surgery work, and the euphoria of stepping on the scale and seeing a loss...

Last night I started thinking back, I don't still have the worksheet my Nut gave me about quantities per meal/snacks ( it also listed all the low carb veggies ), wish I had kept it, cuz I'd like to refer back to it now...Anyway, the early plan from my doc was 2 weeks straight liquids, 3 weeks pureed, 4-6 weeks soft foods and by about the 3rd month I was able to "eat" as long as I remember to REALLY chew well, last was at about 6 months when I could add back in carbs of the high fiber variety & eat anything my pouchie would handle...Of course this whole program was built on the concept of low fat, no/low sugar, etc...

Well, today, I'm feeling really on track...I think I can make it back part of the way to that early feeling...I'm not talking all liquids or eating puree again, but I feel like I can commit to the basic tenents of those early days ...I changed my eating habits when I got to maintenance, I had too in order to stop the weight loss process, so said my nut, try : adding back full fat cheeses & real butter, increasing my allowable real sugar to about 15grams a serving ( instead of 5 or less ), allowing more bready type carbs into may diet...It all worked great to finally stop the loss, but now I realize the long term reprocussion was that it sabataged my thinking, because my nut said to do these things in MODERATION...Now over time my idea of moderation seems to expanded...

Is anyone else out there feeling this too ...

So I'm starting a modified basics plan today...Back to smaller servings - protein shake for breakfast, 2-3 oz serving of lower fat meat and a spoon of lower carb veggies for other 2 meals, snacks will be lowfat choices too (like string cheese or a slice of lunchmeat )...I'm being realistic and know that I may not see immediate results from following this type of plan, but in the long haul I know I will AND I know it will get me back to my clean living and eating goal...

I invite all of you looking in to re-evaluate what you did to lose and what you are doing now that has put a kink in the process...Join me in getting clean again, euphoria is just around the corner, I can feel it ...

Continue success to all...I look forward to hearing from you on your new commitments...
 

I just wanted to assure you that the longer you keep the evil carbs out of your diet, the easier it gets to stay away from them. Sugar, white carbs...all are evil.

Keep on track and keep moving in the right direction. It's not an all at once-instant journey like a microwave...it's more like a crock pot.

Thanks Dawn,

You are right, carbs are like a drug, get used to them and your body can just take more and more...

I would long to have that euphoric experience of stepping on the scale and seeing a loss once again. That feeling of amazingly fullness after eating just 1 slice of dli meat & being happy with that.I wish I could still be happy with 1 stick of string cheese - but im just not anymore.
Honestly - I can down 3/4 of a 7oz rib eye steak, a couple pieces of brocolli AND a 1/2 a baked potatoe (oh, not to mention the drink & part of the salad too).
For me, this is a real struggle e-v-e-r-y day just to get back down to where i was at 1 yr out.
& both & Dawn are totally right about the carbs.  once you let them in, its really really hard to eliminate them from your daily intake.
I know what i did to lose the weight (which was largely the surgery), I just dont know how to get BACK to that.

Kudos to you for maintaining since 2005.

Hey Candace,

I don't think we can ever go back all the way to the early days, our bodys have healed, the hunger sensor in our tummies is working again, for me the days of eating because I needed to eat, not because my body told me it was time has passed...While I don't ever experience the feeling that I'm starving and HAVE to eat now, my head definately plays its part in reminding me "this or that looks good & sounds good, why not eat it?"...And yes the pouchie can hold ALOT more before the stuffed signal hits...

What I do think is possible and am currently working towards is retraining my pouchie & my mind that I can be satisfied on a smaller portion and don't have to eat until my pouch screams that its had enough...Back to measuring and keeping the portions reasonable but healthy, like going by the serving sizes on the veggies and keeping meat at 3-4oz sizes...I think this is reasonable, doable and achievable - which is where I want to be...And I hope that by doing this I will eventually see the scale move back into the downward direction or at the very least stay where it is...

 

This is what I did to get back on track. It really works! I got that getting full fast feeling back!

http://livingafterwls.blogspot.com/2007/08/five-day-pouch-te st.html

Good luck! 

Hi Kay,

Thanks for posting about the 5-day pouch reset...I've actually done this once before and yes it works well in reminding the tool does still work...Stupidly I still let the carbs back in the door  after several months of following the rules...I may turn to doing it again, but for now am going to give my plan for reducing servings and just nixing the simple carbs a try and see if I can overcome the carb cravings in this way...

By the way, I follow your's & Dawns accountability posts and I have great admiration for you both, you are doing great...