just saying hello

My name is Charmaine and I just wanted to say that I joined yesterday.
I had my RNY Jan 13th, 2006.  I lost 164 pounds and was down to 164.
I have put weight back on.  I am at 211.  That is why I joined BOTT.
I could use some encouragement and suggestions.  I started writing sown everything I'm eating.
Thank you, in advance.
Charmaine in PA

Charmaine,
   Welcome aboard!  You've come to the right place for motivation and encouragement.  I would start by reading all you can on this site.  Everyone of us is working to get back on track and we are there with you.

Good Luck!

Big Ed

Hello and welcome to BOTT!

You and I aren't that far apart, I had my RNY on July 12, 2006. I know the feeling of frustration with regain but you're already doing great by comming on here. We're all working together to get back on track. I reccomend you look at the stickie posts at the top of the forum for the Back to Basics guidelines as a starter for BOTTing.

Writting down everything is a great start. Make sure you portion your food and eat your protein first. That'll fill you up faster. Start trying to figure out your "trouble foods" and "trouble times of day" for noshing. Up your water intake and exercise, or change up your routine if you already exercise regularly.

The BOTT Cardio and Cafe is a great daily post by Cathy to help us plan our meals for the day and be accountable for that and exercise. 

Hope to see you posting more soon!

Welcome to the BOTT board. One good idea besides writing down your food is to keep an online food journal at a site like www.fitday.com so you can see your calorie and nutrient intake each day. I agree with Sion that the Cafe and Cardio post is a great accountablity tool. Praying for your success.

Hi Charmaine!
 to Bott!  Everyone here has great advice.  What has helped me is to back to the basics.  Protein, no white foods (carbs), no drinking with meals.
You can do this!
Deb

WOW is all I can say....thank you all for your suggestions......that was FAST!!!!
One of my BIGGEST problems is that I don't exercise like I want to.  I have walked twice this week and rode my bike once.....I know that I need much more.
One day at a time, right???!!!!

Thanks again,
Charmaine

One day at a time is right. But even better is one moment at a time. HappyLapbander puts it best. What are you doing in the next 5 minutes?... now normally she uses this philosophy for resisting food, but I've been thinking it'd work great for working out (especially for us spontaneous types who hate working out).... 

Are you in a place you could sayyyy... do a few situps or pushups in the next few minutes? Its not much, but its way better than nothing. This website looks really fun and I think I'm going to post a challange in a seperate thread for anyone who wants to play along.

http://hundredpushups.com/

Something like this burns calories, can be done anywhere, anytime and really doesn't take long. Its a fun little way to challange yourself. That and its free, you can do it just about anywhere, and you can use so many different types of simple exercises. Situps, pushups, squats, lunges, leg lifts....

Hope that helps!

You got me good on that one....I LOVE a challenge....I am gonna dosome sit up and push ups right now.....THANKS