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Question? Is there still hope?
Hello - close to a year and half out from surgery and I have lost only 50% of my excess weight. Now I will admit, I have not been the best exerciser.....But I have maintained my current weightloss for almost a year. So that is a upside...my question...will I ever get to 100% loss of excess weight, is exercise the key? I guess I need reassurance that I am not a complete failure.Thanks.
Good grief NO - there's not only hope - there's fact - to assure you you can solve your problem. Jump on the band wagon with the rest of us and, if you're comfortable, post often and allow us to share your exciting journey to your goal. 
Go back to basics to start with. Cathy has posted guidelines on our discussion page - many of us have found that helpful in setting our feet BOTT. Remember (and WRITE DOWN) all the reasons you wanted to have the surgery. It's amazing how we can become complacent and forget how desperate we were (and how much HOPE we had) at the time of our surgery. Plan (and WRITE DOWN your plan) your food at least one day ahead so that you know for sure how many calories you are eating (we can sure fool ourselves about this by "estimating") - your protein first, then your water, then fill in with the calories you have left for the day. Do your exercise the same (don't think you can eat more if you exercise more - well, you can, but if you do you won't lose, at best you will maintain). There's still only 3 ways to lose weight ****at fewer calories (2) burn more calories with exercise (3) a combination of 1 & 2. For us, FOR THE REST OF OUR LIFE, it is #3.
It's easy to get hooked in to our old way of thinking - fat --- diet --- lose weight --- abandon our healthy habits --- gain weight back. You are way ahead of the game for you have maintained.
Our problem is about .01% physical and 99.99% mental/emotional. Those things that triggered is tp want to eat before surgery will still trigger us to want to eat after surgery. Those same "reasons" (read excuses) we told ourselves about exercise before surgery we will still tell ourselves after surgery. Our tool of surgery simply makes it easier (some days) to not believe our lies.
I wish you well - and WELCOME - don't even entertain the notion you are "doomed" to lose no more. You can lose whatever you choose if you are willing to do what you need to do to accomplish your goal.
I wish you well and look forward to sharing your adventure.
Go back to basics to start with. Cathy has posted guidelines on our discussion page - many of us have found that helpful in setting our feet BOTT. Remember (and WRITE DOWN) all the reasons you wanted to have the surgery. It's amazing how we can become complacent and forget how desperate we were (and how much HOPE we had) at the time of our surgery. Plan (and WRITE DOWN your plan) your food at least one day ahead so that you know for sure how many calories you are eating (we can sure fool ourselves about this by "estimating") - your protein first, then your water, then fill in with the calories you have left for the day. Do your exercise the same (don't think you can eat more if you exercise more - well, you can, but if you do you won't lose, at best you will maintain). There's still only 3 ways to lose weight ****at fewer calories (2) burn more calories with exercise (3) a combination of 1 & 2. For us, FOR THE REST OF OUR LIFE, it is #3.
It's easy to get hooked in to our old way of thinking - fat --- diet --- lose weight --- abandon our healthy habits --- gain weight back. You are way ahead of the game for you have maintained.
Our problem is about .01% physical and 99.99% mental/emotional. Those things that triggered is tp want to eat before surgery will still trigger us to want to eat after surgery. Those same "reasons" (read excuses) we told ourselves about exercise before surgery we will still tell ourselves after surgery. Our tool of surgery simply makes it easier (some days) to not believe our lies.
I wish you well - and WELCOME - don't even entertain the notion you are "doomed" to lose no more. You can lose whatever you choose if you are willing to do what you need to do to accomplish your goal.
I wish you well and look forward to sharing your adventure.
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