Good days and bad days.....

 Hey everyone!!  

There are so many new faces on our board that I'm losing track.  It's really great to see that though, I hope all the new people are getting some good, positive feeback.  

Lately I've been sort of going through a funk of really good days and really bad days.  I'm not sure why this is.  One day I'll be doing great, getting everything I need withough snacking too badly, exercising like a champ..feeling pretty awesome.  Then the next day I'll be grazing my way from lunch until dinner causing myself to feel sluggish.   Believe me, I have plenty to keep me busy from eating but for some reason the fridge always keeps calling.   I already know what I should do but some days it's getting it done that's the problem.    

Anyone else having some extreme good and bad days?  I know you have to, because I'm sure I can't be the only one!!   I'm needing some shoulders to lean on right now!  Thanks!

~Emily~

Hey Emily,
 I know exacty how you feel. I seem to do wonderfully on this liquid diet some days . The other days ,I call them demon days. The fridge calls me louder and louder and it drowns out any other thought in my head. I just keep telling myself " I can do this"  then " im not even hungry" then "Shut up !!" does it work? sometimes . but I know that i am willing this battle . and so  are you.!!

hang in there..........
Tia

I definitely know how you feel.  I had some great weeks followed by two awful weeks.  I was kinda in a fog during those two weeks.  I went out of town and it through my WHOLE routine off.  Vitamins, exercise, protein, etc.  I felt like crap.  I just woke up and was like enough if enough.  I just feel better when I'm eating healthy and exercising.  Also, my plumbing works better.....if you know what  I mean.  When that got all clogged up.....I was like NO WAY!  Get it together chick.  Because of my two week down fall, I only lost two pounds this month!  I'm not crying because before my VSG, I would have gained 10 pounds.  I have 7 pounds  to get to goal now.  My personal goal is 12-15 more pounds and a size 4.  I have to get it in gear to make that happen.  I'm 6 months out today.

We can do this.  You can do this!  You have come sooooooo far.  I think when we get close to goal it's easy for us to get relaxed because we finally feel normal.  Let's rock our tools to the end!

aw em i know excacly what ur talking about i have has such an amazing month u know( i lost 9lbs yay""), but this weekend was awful   i ate what ever i wanted, the onlyh positive thing is that i felt sooooo bad that  i ran sunday also lol. ( and sunday is may day off of working outI)
but i also think that this is normal and helthy, when i start freaking out i tell to my self calm down is not a big deal sometimes having breaks is healthy also, we just have to be careful to still have more good days than bad days. and don`t quit the gym. lol.
gosh i wish i didn`t need food to live!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahha
hugs!

 Totally!  If we didn't need food at all, life would be so easy!  

I did myself and a favor and signed up for a calorie burning challenge at our rec center.   For the next 6 weeks you track how many calories you burn while you work out and then if you burn 10,000-20,000 you get prizes.  Of course I'm aming for 20,000, then I get a hoodie!   I figure this will be a great way to keep me in line.  It's not so much exercising that's my problem, I'm pretty religious about that, but knowing how hard it is to burn off extra calories is motivating to me to eat better.  

Thanks for the responses guys, I feel so much better that I'm not the only one.  It's so true that the closer you get to your goal weight the harder it seems to be.  I figure though that this is going to be a forever thing so I can't get down on myself too much, just pick up and try again.  

Have a great day everyone!

~Emily~