So Happy I Found U Guys :)

Hi Everyone,

I was up late on New Years Day searching the web for something....anything to encourage me with this weight loss. I'm 4 years RNY post op and luckily havent gained back any weight. However, the battle is becoming harder by the day and I need help. I started out at 376 and am currently 175.

The only reason I've yet to start regaining is b/c I'm constantly forging a psychological battle with myself not to eat bad foods. What once seemed so easy has now become incredibly difficult. I'm always hungry and seem to suddenly be craving the worst foods! Not only do I not wanna start gaining, but I/d like to drop an additional 40 pounds to reach my goal but that seems nearly impossible.

For my new years resolution I've of course restocked my house with health conscious foods and have placed a new order for Unjury as I do beleive not having the protein supplements is one of the culprits keeping the scale from going down. Any advice? suggestions? encouragement?

I am almost three years out. I often times find myself struggling with what I eat and how often I eat. To be honest, I eat "junk" food. I eat what the papers say not to, but for me, I have found that if I let myself have that one cookie, that I crave, instead of denying myself of it. For me, that one cookie is sufficient because I will dump or have dumped on more then one cookie or any other piece of "junk" food that I so chose to eat. When I first had my surgery, I was obsessed and I do mean obsessed with the scale. I weighed myself everyday and I mean everyday. To be honest, I cannot tell you when I finally quit looking at the scale everyday. But I did eventually quit. I then started weighing every week and then that turned into once a month. And now, often times, I forget to weigh at all. I would really have to guess that the scale was not so important to me once I reached my first original goal. Then I got obessed again for awhile, because I wanted to reach a new goal, losing 200 pounds. Now that I have reached that goal, I don't weigh as often anymore again. I sometimes notice my pants feeling different, meaning a little tighter or a little more loose. That is my biggest indicator now. Now trust me when I notice the tightness, I back off of my poor eating habits again. It scares me on a daily basis that I might gain my weight back. I flucuate +/- 5lbs. But I keep in mind that 5 pounds turn into 10 and 10 turn into 20. And that scares me. So I am so sorry that I carried on like this, but I am just telling you what works for me and has worked for me. I know that it is different for everyone. Good luck. Let me know if u need me to "talk" your leg off again. LOL.