Good Morning. How do you stay accountable and to whom?

MajorMom
on 2/15/12 7:10 pm - VA

What tools do you use to keep yourself accountable and who do feel obligated to stay accountable to?
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I post my daily food, vitamins and fitness all over the place. OH LW and DS boards, Facebook DS groups and the new board, that must not be named here on OH.

I feel I must be accountable to me but I need the WLS groups for the "sunshine law" affect. I don't want to hide anything.

Next?

5'1" -- HW 195/SW 187/GW 115 July 08/CW 121 Dec 2012
******GOAL*******
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
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DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny

Tonya499
on 2/15/12 7:23 pm - Riverton, UT

I post on the lightweights board and "report" daily to DH. He has been a great support. I also use myfitnesspal as a food diary. I really needed you all on this board and you've been there for me.

Thanks,
Tonya

Start weight 226. Surgery weight 218 on 1/6/12

Mandy R.
on 2/16/12 9:35 am - Callahan, FL

RNY on 11/07/11

How are you feeling?
Feel free to add me, I also use MFP.......my username is mandynsnuf.
Mandy

HW-298 SW-251 Loss/Month post RNY(1)-23.5,(2)-23.3,(3)-9.9,(4)-10.6,(5)-8.9,(6)-7.7,(7)-4.2,(8)-7.5,(9)-1.7,(10)-10.8*first goal reached*,(11)-6,(12)-1.3,(13)-0.3,(14)+2.9-*changed scales that weigh 2lbs heavier*,(15)-0.3(16)-4.7(17),+5.8(18)-1.5,(19)+4.4,(20)-+4,(21)-1.2,(22)+3.5,(23)

bowknot
on 2/15/12 8:21 pm

RNY on 09/20/10

I feel very accountable to myself and my DH. He is my partner on this journey. I don't want to let him down by making myself sick by doing something stupid like not getting my vitamins or protein. I didn't go through major surgery just to fall into old habits and gain it back.

Regain is a fear. I'm still healing from my plastic surgery, so I'm not working out. I'm terrible at posting my food/vitamins. I use my pill boxes to keep me in line with my vitamins. I use an on-line tool to track my food (a few days a month, not every day these days). I still use my jeans and my scale to watch the creep. If the weight starts creeping up, it usually means, I'm snacking after dinner. Damn, that is a hard behavior to stop.

On the snarky side, my sisters have a love/hate relationship with my weight loss. That is always motivation, especially when we plan to see each other. I'm work really hard not to be a petty person, but, hey, I'm human.

Kay

Roz !!!!
on 2/15/12 11:21 pm - Butler, PA

My DH worries about me constantly so I make sure I take all of my supplements and drink my Protein so my health doesn't become an issue. He is always telling me to slow down because he knows my food gets stuck really easy. It is up to me to watch what I eat though because he encourages all kinds of bad things. I've told him I could gain my weight back but I don't think he believes me.

Posting M&M is what really keeps me accountable though. Sometimes life gets so busy and I think someone else could probably do a better job but I'm scared to death to quit for fear straying away would be the beginning of not being aware of what goes in my mouth.

Roz

God is walking with me every step of the way. Because of HIM this is possible!!

RNY 10/15/2008 9+ Years!!! Height: 4' 11" HW: 203 SW: 197 CW: 119 on Maintenance

lerkhart
on 2/15/12 11:59 pm

RNY on 08/03/09

I use the scale everyday. I know not everyone can do this, but it really helps me be accountable and it does not drive me crazy when it goes up or down. In the past when I really gained weight, I would totally stop weighing myself until it was way out of hand - I do not plan on doing this again.
I love using Liz's Sunday weigh ins and put my week into prospective and see what changes/improvements I need to make for the next week - or if what I did that week worked!!

I try to post my food daily on Roz's Menus and Miles. I also try to be very honest even when it looks bad. I think everyone needs to understand that we are not perfect, but that we do have to be responsible for what goes into our mouths whether it is good or bad. I need to make it a habit to go back on and update at the end of the day because most of my mistakes are made at night while watching TV.

I think I am mostly accountable to myself. I love my new life and want to try to stay as healthy as I can. I love the support I get here and don't know what I would do if I had not found this safe little group!!

Linda

14.5 lost pre-surgery 5'1 1/2"

imkristy1
on 2/16/12 12:57 am - WI

VSG on 02/13/12

Because my hubby and I had our surgeries on the same day, we hold each other accountable. I also use myfitnesspal to stay on track.

Kristy 5'5" HW-224 SW-207 GW-140 Goal reached in 40 weeks! PRE-OP - 17 MTH 1 - 15 MTH 2 - 13 MTH 3 - 12 MTH 4 - 8 MTH 5 - 5 MTH 6 - 4 MTH 7 - 2 MTH 8 - 3 MTH 9 - 0 MTH 10 - 0

Ladytazz
on 2/16/12 1:54 am

The only person I am accountable to is myself. No one really cares what I eat or how much. Even you wonderful people, I believe, will still be there if I goof up. We all do. It's part of being human. But I am the one that has to pay whatever price there is to messing up so I have to decide every day whether or not it is worth the price tags, whatever they may be, whether it is financial, physical or emotional. Sometimes I make the right decisions and sometimes not but that is how I learn.
My biggest motivation is my past and not wanting to experience some of the things I have because of bad choices. That keeps me in line more then anything.

WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010

High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.

Mandy R.
on 2/16/12 9:43 am - Callahan, FL

RNY on 11/07/11

I would like a hint about the "new board" LOL :)
Anyway, I use myfitnesspal.com to track my food, use a pill box for my vits, like you Gina I also post my food on every site I go to :) and I always feel like everyone is watching me Ha !
Mandy

HW-298 SW-251 Loss/Month post RNY(1)-23.5,(2)-23.3,(3)-9.9,(4)-10.6,(5)-8.9,(6)-7.7,(7)-4.2,(8)-7.5,(9)-1.7,(10)-10.8*first goal reached*,(11)-6,(12)-1.3,(13)-0.3,(14)+2.9-*changed scales that weigh 2lbs heavier*,(15)-0.3(16)-4.7(17),+5.8(18)-1.5,(19)+4.4,(20)-+4,(21)-1.2,(22)+3.5,(23)

gak
on 2/16/12 10:44 am

Revision on 06/21/13

I have used various boards in the past, but life is so chaotic right now. Hubby helps and makes sure I am eating properly in a nice kind matter. He knows when I am tempted and helps a lot. I also have a long term friend who is a DS'er and not on OH who I email with a few times a week. If I am tempted to be bad, I rely on her a LOT ! She does the same. It's kind of like a private confession!

Interestingly I am still a stress eater, and since stress is down, and schedule is just nuttier things have been going well.

Ginger<><
Revision #2 Dr John Rabkin June 21, 2013; First Revision DS - Dr Maguire 5-18-09; First DS 7-15-2003 Dr Clark Warden = Third time is the charm

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