Good morning Lightweights!

So grateful that I have had this site, and many supportive people to share my journey with.

I sit here this morning pondering my 7 year journey as a post op rny.

The first 3 years were blissful, the honeymoon period is a very appropriate term! lol

Then real life set in! Old habits can come back. Fast forward 4 years, I had gained 32 pounds from my lowest post op weight. Never made it to my goal, but my type 2 diabetes is still in remission and that was my biggest goal.

Went to a friend's wedding in June and saw pictures of myself, and was not happy at all.

So the very next day, I cleaned out the pantry and went to the store to restocked with good proteins and veggies.

Dusted off my fitness pal account and started journaling my food intake. Good days and bad.

Fast forward 91 days, I have managed to lose 18 pounds so far. I know my tool still works. Somehow along the way of my parents both battling health issues, my son becoming a Marine, and menopause, I forgot to eat like a bariatric patient.

I am grateful for my tool. I have learned not to beat myself up (atleast not too much) and to take one meal at a time. If I make a bad decision, I get back on track the next meal. I have been great at losing and gaining, now I need to learn how to maintain.

Hope you all have a great week!

This is really helpful, thanks for sharing! Question - as a lightweight, why did you choose RNY instead of VGS?

The best advice my surgeon gave me was to go ten, twenty or even thirty under the goal that he set for me. That is to allow for the bounceback regain that happens when malabsorption goes away.

I looked too skinny for a while, but was shocked when regain happened during year three. I never looked too skinny after that.

I have found that my lifetime maintenance calories are about 9 to 10 calories a day per pound that I maintain. So at 150 pounds your lifetime might be 1500.

WARNING TO SELF AND TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN!!! AVOID 'BAD' CARBS AT ALL COSTS!!! THEY ARE ADDICTING!! THEY WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR WEIGHT LOSS DURING THE LOSING STAGE (and you won't even notice)!! THEY WILL MAKE THE SCALE GO UP AFTER THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OVER.

Success in Maintenance starts with GOOD CHOICES during the Honeymoon Period.

I feel I need to repeat this: I am a FIRM believer in Good Whey Protein Drinks!!!!! It is sooooo much harder to do Maintenance without them!

Happy Thursday!!

Protein: Matrix Mint Cookie 35g

Breakfast:

Lunch: 6" Chicken Subway with olives and cheese

Snack: Nuts, raisins, Cheese

Protein: Matrix Mint Cookie 35g

Snack:

Dinner: Not Sure

Snack: Maybe Plain Popcorn

I'll start this one today!

Last night I skipped Taco Tuesday and all the evil associated carbs! Unfortunately I had a bowl of Lucky Charms, but that was still less carbs than I would have encountered at the Mexican restaurant!

MENU:

B- 1/2 a can Banana Cream Pure Protein with half a banana cut up and 2 TBSP chia seeds (mixed last night and left in the fridge) -it wasn't very attractive, but it was pretty tasty. The half banana drove up my carbs but I'm OK with that as I think the natural potassium is a good thing from time to time.

MS- Hard boiled pastured chicken egg

L- last of my left over beef and scallions stir-fry

AS- Another hard boiled egg

D- Shrimp ****tail - 3 oz of shrimp and a tsp ****tail sauce. I keep a bag of frozen cooked shrimp in the freezer so this is an easy go-to on busy nights!

ES- Pure Protein Frosty chocolate 11oz can (post work out)

Total Calories: 938, Protein: 124, Carbs: 43, Sugar: 11, Fat: 36

MILES:

I rode my bike to work (about 10 mile round trip via shorter, city street route). Tonight is a weight lifting night and after that I'll take the dog for a walk/run for about 60 minutes.