protein first

So I am at goal but have begun the up 3 ...down three...up four...down two dance.
I was really worried this week that my "appetite" was back...I was eating too much...too often and then at night eating crackers and carbos....a bit of sugar free ice cream...then a wasa with almond butter...and jam....on and on....and up and up went the scale and I was hungrier during the day and I thought that my "appetite" had come back and that my sleeve no longer worked....I CAN eat lots of slider foods and more solid than I used to....but I am also eating things I did not eat during the weight loss phase...ANYHOW...I am doing the five day pouch test...and let me tell you it's not my "appetite" that has come back...nor is REAL hunger my problem....my problem was the CARB addiction which was returning...or at least that was getting a chance to re appear....so here's the deal....
I am eating all protein now....the weight is gone....and I'm back to where I am happiest....I am not HUNGRY like I was... I am off carbs again...at least really low on carbs...because we know dairy has some carbs...life has carbs...but I am eating well under 30 grams a day...
My carb addiction will NEVER go away... I will struggle with it for the rest of my life...
even though I can eat fewer I can still eat them... I am one of those people who needs to stay away from white flour and sugar forever....I can't eat SMALL amounts and be satisfied....even though I can't fit a lot in....I eat it... and then half an hour later I CRAVE it again....not HUNGER....just NEEEED....
So this surgery saved my life...and got me off of the carbs....detoxed...lean....and now I have to live my life and ALWAYS be mindful and realize that the only thing that has changed is the size of my stomach and also the appetite....at least the REAL appetite...because the lack of grehlin is still working for me....when I eat as I am supposed to my appetite vanishes and my head hunger stays under control. So that's my two cents....have a wonderful memorial day...SEAVIEW


 

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 I'm kind of going through the same thing with the weight.  I hit my final goal and WTF I am going up and down.  For 10 months I could count on my weight being pretty stable between loses.  I would hit a weight and stay there for several days.  I rarely lost weight 2 days in a row.  It would stay the same for at least 2 or 3 days and then drop a bit.  I could count on one hand the number of times I had a gain.
Now all of the sudden it is different every day.  I haven't weighed the same 2 days in a row all week.  I am nearly 2 lbs higher then my lowest.  I have to admit I am kind of freaking out since this is not what I am used to.  I haven't changed what I am eating at all.  I am still eating the way I was when I was losing.  I haven't added anything in at least a month.
I am afraid it will continue to go up although logically I don't see why it would.  I don't feel like the malabsorption thing applies to me since my revision was to decrease my malabsorption so I don't know why it would decrease even more but I really don't know.
I know it would take at least 7,000 extra calories to gain 2 lbs and I know I haven't eaten that many.  Even if my calories went up 200 a day that is only 1400 in a week, barely half a pound, not 2 pounds.
I hope this levels out again.  If my weight is still going up by next Sunday I am going to start tracking it again and see if I need to change anything.
I haven't added any carbs.  If I have added anything it would be more healthy type fats from things like avocados and dairy.  Maybe I need to watch those?

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I am exactly like you . even though I am not at goal.i have found out that carbs,even good ones keep keep me from losing...I just maintain.

I have to keep my carbs,even the good ones down pretty low also.
Keep up the good job,
Holly

 So I just finished three days of only protein and I'm all the way lean like I like...I was 4 pounds up before I started this... I think it's not just calories...it's water...carbs which cause water retention...
salt...sugar...tons of stuff...eating at bedtime...i notice the weight goes up when I get into the carbs but mostlly the carbs make me crave...so it's a dance ...some carbs and I'm ok...certain carbs and i'm triggered...they do say not to weigh every day or you go nuts...but I can't help it..i'm only 13 months out so I think this year is all about adjustment...don't worry about going up and down a bit once you get to a normal BMI....losing is harder when your BMI is normal...and you have to really have the food dialed in and the excercise too ....especially when over 50 like me...SEAVIEW

This describes me to a t...ugh!! Even my fruit carbs mess me up

 oh yeah...fruit scares me...how far we have come....fruit!.
I eat bananas with trepidation before a long work out....half a banana...
i don't even think about fruit as an option in my diet these days...
except in breakfast if I am going to work out...
I eat baby tomatoes when I am really hungry...they seem to satisfy and
not trigger ...I think of tomatoes as fruit...
raisins and I am gone baby....too much sugar...
oh well..I have abused my body for so many years that now it is tired...
not processing carbs the way it used to....and I was probably carb sensitive
from birth....at least more than most...throw in serious food addiction and 
wham...my life...it took 50 years to get here and now I have to figure out how to
make food my fuel and live another 50...lol...SEAVIEW