Back, after a long absence and a 46lb regain - My story, 4 & 1/2 years out!

I need this today....thank you!

Thank you I needed this today.!

Keep up the good work!! 

Hi! How do I add you on My Fitness Pal with your user name?  I have exactly 2 other friends on there, so I'm a novice at adding.  :)

Hi Lady_K1126,

You can use my email address: [email protected].  I had to go on the site as well, I have had to use people's email addresses!

Hope this helps!

HUGS!
Megan

Megan,

 I really enjoyed reading your post. I am stuck after losing a little. I am new to this site and just got my band 6 weeks ago...have only lost 11 pounds. What is dumping? I am so curious after reading the post's. How do you motivate yourself? Bulawookie

Hi Bulawookie!

6 weeks out, you are doing GREAT!! There is always a wee bit of a stall as your body adjusts to the new "stomach", band, etc.  Just keep on getting your protein in and drinking tons of water, not drinking when eating, etcetc.

What motivated me was when I went to see my ortho doc last July 5th and I was 226 LBS.  My highest weight was 326.  Day of surgery, I was 320.

I got down to 170 and then stabilized at 180...was doing great there and BAM..was doing all the wrong things....gained 46 pounds.   I got RE-motivated because I wanted to get back to 170 or less and since I had my hip replaced on 4/1/2014, I am doing all the right things.

I just decided that I did NOT want to regain all my weight back so I went and had everything checked out; I still have the tool SO!

I made the commitment.  Protein, Complex carbs, 4 ounces of caffeine a day, NO junk food, no sweets, no processed foods, NOTHING like that.

I was addicted to the carbs and sugar again and that first week of NO sugar and Simple Carbs was HELL.  BUT I made it over the hump and just kept on doing the right things. 

I never want to be fat again.  I like I how I can move, I can walk without issue and, I have NEW hip, at 44 YO. :)

Dumping!! UGH! I HATE IT.  With Gastric Bypass patients, some of us are VERY sensitive to sugars and carbs.  Since they removed (in my case, 150 CM of my small intestine) sugar trickles through the pouch and it is immediately absorbed from the small intestine and hits so quick, O MY GAWWD!! I get light headed, cold sweats, heart racing.  I am STILL glad I have that trigger...it TOTALLY helped when I was stopping all the bad food choices. 

Same with simple carbs = bread, rice, potatoes, chips...every so often I could eat those things, but the next time, BAM! Laying down because the dumping was so bad. 

I also motivate myself by looking in the mirror, seeing the person I am now versus where I was in Jan 2010, before surgery.  BEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE FOR MYSELF!!

And, I like being able to workout in my basement gym...some days are harder than others to motivate, but once I get into the workout, I feel FABULOUS!

I am on www.myfitnesspal.com under megawatt823 - if you haven't joined, you should!  I track EVERYTHING I eat, all my exercise and it helps to track EVERYTHING!! :)

Keep it up, you are doing great!! :)

Hugs!
Megan

O and I am down 24 pounds, working it every day! :)

what exactly are simple carbs?

1. Simple carbohydrates are sugars. All simple carbohydrates are made of just one or two sugar molecules. They are the quickest source of energy, as they are very rapidly digested. :)