Discouraged

Losing regained weight sucks.  It is a frustratingly slow process.  Please don't give up.  Post here on BOTT so we can support you.  On our daily catch up and food, post on it.  When I post to it, I'm more accountable.

My story and struggles with being back on track is that I've had two regains.  I lost it and then turned around and regained it again.  Dumb.  I'm an emotional eater and with my second regain, I returned to grazing and sugary carbs.  I had to deal with the issues that caused me to emotionally eat and develop non-food strategies so I didn't regain again.  

Both times, I returned to how I ate after I'd been post-op a few months.  I had RNY/Gastric Bypass so I lost quickly and easily right after I had surgery.  The regains were anything but quickly and easily.  I stopped grazing, cut out sugary simple carbs, ate complex carbs occasionally and focused on protein and vegetables.  At the time, my knee was okay so I was able to workout 4 times a week.  I lost slow, an average of 1 to 2 pounds a week.  

There were lots of times that I was frustrated and wanted to give up.  A few times, I did for awhile only to regain a couple of pounds.  I got really tired of that cycle so I stopped weighing myself, and ate healthy and exercised.  

For me, it has been important to be consistent with eating and exercising, and only weigh once a month.  

I wish I could skip the scale but for some ridiculous reason my nut wants me to weigh every day. UGH do I hate that thing. It hates me as well. Even when I'm down a few ounces or even a pound or two I hate that thing because I knwo it's going to go back up again. UGH.