Battling regain, coming home.....

Hi Fellow Botts,   My husband has health issues and it's made me focus all on him and I stopped doing all the things that contributed to me losing over 200 pounds and hitting below goal.  I stopped logging, I stopped taking the time to make healthy choices, I stopped going to the gym, I even stopped moving. It has resulted in regain. I really, really had this under control for years.  Just before Christmas when my jeans were getting tight "again" and the scale hit an all time high, I cried and then I got MAD!   I went back to the basics and have lost 18 pounds.  I am coming here to get this under control again.  I will be posting on the main board too for those that don't want to join our group.   Let's get back on track together.  Let's post daily about what worked for us, what didn't, vent, share foods, anything to help each other get back on track and back to goal.   Looking forward to us getting focused again, hitting goal again.    WE CAN DO IT  

Thank you so much for posting, Kathy! I'm new to your group, and excited to be a BOTT -- we'll do it, together, indeed! I think routinely connecting with this message board will be a good resource. :-) Take care of yourself and you can better take care of your husband. Like you, I also look forward to fitting back into my jeans again, and have been too nervous to step onto a scale... my clothes tell the truth anyway, there's no denying that! 

We're having guests for supper tonight so I'm in the middle of baking/cooking... but am sipping my big tall glass of ice water with lemon, and planning my "before dinner drink" (V8 juice) to keep my hands busy.

Hi sweetbettysue,

It's those basics we need to get back to. I went back to keeping a bottle water in my hands at all times.  It's really helped.  I upped my protein and was not as hungry. My big issue was carbs and sugar.  The withdrawals were terrible. When the headache**** I walked, knitted and put music on and dance.  As you said keep busy.  What really helped was logging my food.  That was a wake up call and kept me honest. I look forward to us taking this journey together!

I am definitely a newbie here as 12/18/14 was my one year.  And even though I have not re-gained any of the 114 lbs lost, I wanted to get Back On Track BEFORE that happened.

I haven't lost weight since October.  I have about 25-30 lbs to go and I know these last pounds will be hard but I know the reasons for the stall.  And I can't call it a Plateau.  I stopped logging, slowly started incorporating carbs, sweets and most of my trigger foods and little by little, my appetite and cravings for these things increased.  And I indulged.  Certainly my portions of these foods were nothing compared to what I could eat before surgery but I am pretty sure the only reason for maintaining weight and not gaining was continuing to exercise.

The last 2 weeks with the holidays have been disordered eating and NO exercise and I am committed to getting back on track.  

Starting yesterday, I went back to the early days after surgery...just to get my discipline and portion control in check.  I am only planning on doing this for a few days.  After that, I am going back to not eating any complex or nutrition-lacking carbs.  I won't say I will never eat them again but honestly...it's easier for me to stay away from them by not eating them at all.  I did this for the 9 months following my surgery and I was just fine.  Not deprived or miserable, etc.

I will also go back to measuring and weighing food and definitely logging food.  My Fitness pal makes it so easy...no excuses.

And I went back to the gym yesterday and will start a bootcamp 3 days a week starting next week.

I wish my surgery had created an intolerance of many foods but I have been fine with just about anything.  Interestingly though, I have not touched caffeine, soda or alcohol since 12/11/13.  The soda thing scares me due to pouch stretching and the others are just easy to stay away from now that its been so long.  Strange that I could not apply that to all the other foods.

But before my surgery, I desperately wished and hoped for weight loss success and until I made the decision to receive the help of surgery followed by all the hard work, it didn't happen.  So I know that all the wishing and hoping doesn't get the job done.  My mind does.

So...I'm on Day 2 and I feel motivated, renewed and optimistic.  Those are the feelings that result in success and along with everyone's support, sharing of experiences and strength to overcome struggles, we can all achieve our goals! 

 

I'm in! I have easily found 50# of my 110# lost in 2006 - I am sick about it. How did this happen to ME I swore it would not. I have not "moved" in over a year- I used to work out- I'm no Jane Fonda or anything- but in the last 15 months I have done nothing. UGH....back to the basics.....

So happy to hear you have lost those 18 lbs! I need to lose 20 to get back to my happy number. I kept ignoring the scale sliding up and the junk I was putting in my mouth until my clothes starting getting tight. So here I am to also get under control again.

I, too, lost below goal and then purposefully regained a few pounds (because I thought my face looked better when I was in the 160s) and then now the scale says 184?! Yikes! Time to get it in gear, so here I go! 

Lindsey

I'm right here, with you all.  This year I need to make some choices to get back on the road of healthy eating.  I have continued to work out, but that alone will not keep the weight from creeping back on.   My eating is out of control.  What I do know is we can do this!