Regained almost all my weight
I had GBP in September 2002 and have regained about 50 pounds. This past Tuesday I decided to try to get back on track and pretty much just do a high protein diet and lay off all carbs. Has not been easy but I do feel better. I also have made myself start exercising again. So far I've lost 4.5 pounds. Have a long ways to go and hope I do not lose momentum again. I can't offer anything except support. Maybe together we can do this! :)
Shelly
Shelly
Mrs. Chez...well hon, let me tell you that you are not alone. If you can go to a bariatric support group. Regain is normal and crap...we aren't failures. You can still lose that weight. Time to take your tool out of the shed my friend...getting back on track.
You did great to post the truth. No lying just stating the facts.
So you admitted you aren't eating right.
Maybe you need to detox your body and I'm a firm believer in it's okay to detox your body of sugar and carbs. I like the EAS protein shakes, 17gms of protein and 110 calories. Drink it on lots of ice, it's like chocolate milk or at least I pretend it choc. milk!
As we get older (and I'm 55 years young)...don't let menopause be the excuse of your weight gain. Take the bull by the horns and work it. By working it that means exercise and calories in/calories out concept. Move to lose. YOU empower yourself this very minute, you can do this. Is it dieting? For you YES if you don't drink the protein drinks. Reach for protein first before you eat anything else on your plate. Leave 3 bites on your plate for every meal. Do that and you will automatically lose 9 pounds in a year. You are going to lose slow now. So stay off the scale. Ask yourself if you are reaching for a treat if it's worth it? If you eat ONE M&M you have to walk the entire length of a football field.
I'm passionate about getting people back on track and thinking how they are about food. Does food call to you? Do you need to detox your house of treats? Only you really know what you need. I can't have chips or cookies in my house. They are my trigger foods. I won't touch a cake or even pie but potato chips and cookies...No way!! Know your limits.
No one needs to beat up on you and failure is not in my vocabulary. We are hard on ourselves. Tell yourself you deserve to be a normal weight. Why are you reaching for food? I will always want comfort foods when I get upset, someone dies...I reach for food. That hasn't changed.
I will continue to always have to be mindful of my eating. Am I addicted to food? Well I would never kill anyone for a Reese's peanut butter cup and we have to fuel our bodies with food so temptations will always be there for all of us. Never give up. This is a lifetime fight we have on our hands. Yep, I gained 30 pounds and I've taken off 10 of those 30...20 more to go but I stay off the damn scale. Why? Because I work out and don't lie to myself about what I put in my mouth. The weight will come off. It's not a race. Journal your food, you might be surprised how those calories add up. PM me if you want to talk more. Your situation isn't embarrassing, it's just plain life...and life happens to all of us. Hugs and good luck! Debbie
You did great to post the truth. No lying just stating the facts.
So you admitted you aren't eating right.
Maybe you need to detox your body and I'm a firm believer in it's okay to detox your body of sugar and carbs. I like the EAS protein shakes, 17gms of protein and 110 calories. Drink it on lots of ice, it's like chocolate milk or at least I pretend it choc. milk!
As we get older (and I'm 55 years young)...don't let menopause be the excuse of your weight gain. Take the bull by the horns and work it. By working it that means exercise and calories in/calories out concept. Move to lose. YOU empower yourself this very minute, you can do this. Is it dieting? For you YES if you don't drink the protein drinks. Reach for protein first before you eat anything else on your plate. Leave 3 bites on your plate for every meal. Do that and you will automatically lose 9 pounds in a year. You are going to lose slow now. So stay off the scale. Ask yourself if you are reaching for a treat if it's worth it? If you eat ONE M&M you have to walk the entire length of a football field.
I'm passionate about getting people back on track and thinking how they are about food. Does food call to you? Do you need to detox your house of treats? Only you really know what you need. I can't have chips or cookies in my house. They are my trigger foods. I won't touch a cake or even pie but potato chips and cookies...No way!! Know your limits.
No one needs to beat up on you and failure is not in my vocabulary. We are hard on ourselves. Tell yourself you deserve to be a normal weight. Why are you reaching for food? I will always want comfort foods when I get upset, someone dies...I reach for food. That hasn't changed.
I will continue to always have to be mindful of my eating. Am I addicted to food? Well I would never kill anyone for a Reese's peanut butter cup and we have to fuel our bodies with food so temptations will always be there for all of us. Never give up. This is a lifetime fight we have on our hands. Yep, I gained 30 pounds and I've taken off 10 of those 30...20 more to go but I stay off the damn scale. Why? Because I work out and don't lie to myself about what I put in my mouth. The weight will come off. It's not a race. Journal your food, you might be surprised how those calories add up. PM me if you want to talk more. Your situation isn't embarrassing, it's just plain life...and life happens to all of us. Hugs and good luck! Debbie
Debbiejean: Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to me in such a passionate, caring manner. You really seem to have your head on straight about what you're doing and where you're going with this. That's awesome. I wish I could feel that determination and discipline, too. Believe me, I will definitely give your post a lot of thought, and try to map out some kind of plan for myself. I think I know that I have to detox and get off sugar and carbs, because for me there's no moderation with those, unfortunately. Some folks I know can do OK with eating a little, but with me, a little just leads to more and more, and then before I know it, I'm eating out of control again. It actually scares the crap out of me to think of not having those comfort foods, though. Thanks, again - let's stay in touch.
Carlita
Carlita
Carlita, you can have your comfort foods when you need them. Why? Because you will reach for other foods and they won't satisfy you, and in the end you eat whatever food you wanted. The point to all this is if you have what you want and really think about it....you will eat less. Think of all the calories you ate on food you really didn't want and in the long run we end up eating what we wanted/needed in the first place. The AMOUNT of food is the issue here. A good shrink once told me, 3 bites and your taste-buds are satisfied.
Sigh...what works for one person won't for another. We are all different. I'm learning about control, what I really want to eat and my relationship from food. I have an Eating Coach. Her name is Kristi. I copy and paste almost daily from her blog on the Over 50 Forum, that's where I usually post.
Since you don't like exercise I encourage walking. I mean walking is good for all of us. I'm in the Wellness program here at work, you get points and when you get around 550 points the gift I choose for myself is $500.00 toward my medical insurance. Kudo and score to me! So this month for extra points I'm walking at least 10,000 steps a day. So maybe you can challenge yourself to at least walk 4 times a week. Try and get a workout buddy, I bet you have a neighbor that would love to walk with you!
Here's some Fun Walking Facts to get you motivated:
1. A University of Tennessee in Knoxville study with pedometers revealed women who averaged more than 10,000 steps a day had 40%less body fat and waist and hip measurements that were four to six inches narrower than those who averaged fewer than 6,000 steps. (Los Angeles Times, May 17, 2004)
2. Researchers measured the steps of 98 Amish adults with pedometers and found men took an average of 18,425 steps a day and women took 14,196. Compare that to about 4,000 steps for the average American adult, and it is easy to see why only 4% of Amish adults are obese, versus 31% of the general population. (Cooking Light, July 2004)
3. On average, every minute of walking can extend your life by 1.5 to 2 minutes. That's about a 2 for 1 trade-off! (buzzel.com)
4. Walking an extra 20 minutes each day will burn off 7 pounds of body fat per year.
5. To burn off 1 M&M candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field. Think about that the next time we dip our hands in the candy jar! (buzzel.com)
6. Longer, moderately-paced daily walks (40 minutes at 60% to 65% maximum heart rate) are best for losing weight. (buzzel.com)
7. Shorter, faster walks (20-25 minutes at 75% to 85% maximum heart rate) are best for conditioning your heart and lungs. (buzzel.com)
8. The Duke University Medical Center found that a brisk 30 minute walk or jog around the track 3 times a week was just as effective as antidepressant medication in relieving the symptoms of major depression in middle-aged and elderly people.
9. A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine last year showed that older women who walked regularly were less likely to develop memory loss and other declines in mental function than woman who were less active. Those who walked 18 miles or more per week fared best.
10. A recent Harvard study shows that walking at a moderate pace (3mph) for up to 3 hours per week or 30 minutes a day can cut the risk of heart disease in women by as much as 40%
So Carlita, keep in touch, keep posting. We can and will give you support! Debbiejean
Sigh...what works for one person won't for another. We are all different. I'm learning about control, what I really want to eat and my relationship from food. I have an Eating Coach. Her name is Kristi. I copy and paste almost daily from her blog on the Over 50 Forum, that's where I usually post.
Since you don't like exercise I encourage walking. I mean walking is good for all of us. I'm in the Wellness program here at work, you get points and when you get around 550 points the gift I choose for myself is $500.00 toward my medical insurance. Kudo and score to me! So this month for extra points I'm walking at least 10,000 steps a day. So maybe you can challenge yourself to at least walk 4 times a week. Try and get a workout buddy, I bet you have a neighbor that would love to walk with you!
Here's some Fun Walking Facts to get you motivated:
1. A University of Tennessee in Knoxville study with pedometers revealed women who averaged more than 10,000 steps a day had 40%less body fat and waist and hip measurements that were four to six inches narrower than those who averaged fewer than 6,000 steps. (Los Angeles Times, May 17, 2004)
2. Researchers measured the steps of 98 Amish adults with pedometers and found men took an average of 18,425 steps a day and women took 14,196. Compare that to about 4,000 steps for the average American adult, and it is easy to see why only 4% of Amish adults are obese, versus 31% of the general population. (Cooking Light, July 2004)
3. On average, every minute of walking can extend your life by 1.5 to 2 minutes. That's about a 2 for 1 trade-off! (buzzel.com)
4. Walking an extra 20 minutes each day will burn off 7 pounds of body fat per year.
5. To burn off 1 M&M candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field. Think about that the next time we dip our hands in the candy jar! (buzzel.com)
6. Longer, moderately-paced daily walks (40 minutes at 60% to 65% maximum heart rate) are best for losing weight. (buzzel.com)
7. Shorter, faster walks (20-25 minutes at 75% to 85% maximum heart rate) are best for conditioning your heart and lungs. (buzzel.com)
8. The Duke University Medical Center found that a brisk 30 minute walk or jog around the track 3 times a week was just as effective as antidepressant medication in relieving the symptoms of major depression in middle-aged and elderly people.
9. A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine last year showed that older women who walked regularly were less likely to develop memory loss and other declines in mental function than woman who were less active. Those who walked 18 miles or more per week fared best.
10. A recent Harvard study shows that walking at a moderate pace (3mph) for up to 3 hours per week or 30 minutes a day can cut the risk of heart disease in women by as much as 40%
So Carlita, keep in touch, keep posting. We can and will give you support! Debbiejean
Terrific post! Thank you again for sharing this with me. I appreciate the support, Debbiejean. I will also check out the over 50 board too. Sounds like a great group there as well. I will keep posting - this has been good for me, seriously. I used to come to OH a lot when I first thought of WLS, then for quite a while after, but I dropped out of sight later on. I'm thinking I should have stayed here to help myself stay accountable!
Bless you for your post. I am 5 years post-op and over the last 3 years I've put on about 30 pounds. I lost 200, so I'm still sort-of happy, but I've got to nip this thing in the bud. I agree with everybody else - it all comes down to your calorie intake and exercising. I have a new iPhone that I just love, and I installed a new app yesterday called My Fitness Pal. You enter your birthday, current weight, desired weight, activity level, and it tells you how many calories to shoot for every day. It's so much easier to keep track of food, compared to the on-line sites. If y'all have an iPhone, you might want to give it a try. :)
I'm only 2 years out and have been in maintenance for one full year now--no regain....and I hope I don't ever have any. Here's my 2 cents:
1) Lose the diet mentality. There are no "red light" foods....food is food--some is better than others. Eat what you want in MODERATION.
2) I truly believe regular exercise (cardio and weight training) is the #1 key to long term weight management. That is the one thing I started before I had surgery, and I've never stopped. I've built quite a bit of muscle so now my metabolism works like it should. I do not starve, and I'm not 100% compliant....more like 80% and I can get away with it because of the improvement in my metabolism.
3) Never stop logging your food and weigh once a week only.
4) Stick with your support system. We are not failures. We fall sometimes. The only people that really understand what we go through is those that have been through it too. I still come to OH everyday.
We are here for you and you can do this. You are not a failure--you fell down. Now get back up! YOU are worth every bit of effort it takes to fix this.
Kim
1) Lose the diet mentality. There are no "red light" foods....food is food--some is better than others. Eat what you want in MODERATION.
2) I truly believe regular exercise (cardio and weight training) is the #1 key to long term weight management. That is the one thing I started before I had surgery, and I've never stopped. I've built quite a bit of muscle so now my metabolism works like it should. I do not starve, and I'm not 100% compliant....more like 80% and I can get away with it because of the improvement in my metabolism.
3) Never stop logging your food and weigh once a week only.
4) Stick with your support system. We are not failures. We fall sometimes. The only people that really understand what we go through is those that have been through it too. I still come to OH everyday.
We are here for you and you can do this. You are not a failure--you fell down. Now get back up! YOU are worth every bit of effort it takes to fix this.
Kim
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