New question for old WLS grad

You are so right. I need to start tracking, big time. I kind of feel lucky because I cannot tolerate donuts and cakes, but, OMG, I can go through a whole box of Sugar Babies without breaking stride! They are and have always been my weakness. The slider foods HAVE to be off limits for me, and I'm sorry to say that I'm going to have to put fried foods off limits now, which have never given me trouble, but make everything taste so good. You're right; I bet I could go through 3,000 calories without even realizing it (and I bet I have, too, with the malabsorption thing). And thankfully I can't handle ice cream at all. So....sounds like I need to start tracking, darn it! Poop! (LOL!)

That malabsorption is what got me into trouble.  Here I was wearing size three pants and eating Dairy Queen banana splits with extra hot fudge and still dropping weight.  I thought that I was cured of obesity forever.  Then the malabsorption ended and the scale started to go up and up.  Tracking is one thing that is helping a lot.  If I decide to take a day off from tracking and still stick to healthy eating, I find that by late afternoon I am eating things that I shouldn't.

I did that yesterday.  I got up this morning determined to start over and do it right.  I take it one day at a time, but have to plan a week ahead for groceries, meals, exercise and weigh****cher meetings.  Keeping the bad foods out of the house is so important.  They seem to want to jump into my grocery cart and tell me that I can stay in control - but I can't have them around me or they will get eaten.

I go to Weigh****chers.  I have their food tracking on my computer and on my iphone and also a paper tracker in my purse.  There is no excuse for not tracking except me wanting to slack off and eat bread.

Another thing that is different for me now is that I can't fill up on protein.  It is too high in calories and I no longer need those calories.  I need to stick to salad, vegtables and use meat as a side dish now.

In some ways it is so great to have this WLS; in other ways, its so stInking depressing!! I just need to stay away from loaded guns for a day or 2 until I wrap my brain around this....sigh. (just kidding)

I am rereading trying to get remotivated.  I am 8 years out and did fine for the first 4 years, then gained 15 lbs, then 20.  I still am down 80 lbs from my pre surgery weight but need to get a better handle so I don't gain any more.  This was a very useful chain of information.  Thanks, I needed it.

Yeah, I need this forum more than I thot. Now that I've been off the antidepressants for a couple of months, I feel a difference in my body and I'm not gaining anymore. Still is depressing to have my little bubble burst that from this surgery where I thot it exempted me permanently from any weight gain worries! Ergh!