VSG Maintenance Group
Being happy where you are?
I get what you are saying about being happy where we are... and on one level I am happy. I am feeling and looking so much better than I did at my highest weight.
I got to goal. I got below goal. I attained what I wanted to. I am very proud of myself for that. Am I ok with my bounce back? Well yes, in some ways I am. I am still below goal. I am still well below the high for a normal BMI. I am doing incredible for my age. I could accept myself the way I am now...
But am I going to? No not yet. Why, because I feel with a few tweeks to my existing plan, I can not only get the bit I gained back off again, I can maintain it. I feel that with what I read here, and what I read from my books, I am learning how to do this. I am ok with the weight I gained. I know I still look incredbile. I felt and looked better, in my eyes, when I was closer to my lowest weight. And so, I am going to try to get back there.
Does that mean I am obsessed by a number on the scale or a certain look? I am not sure. Does that mean my outlook is unhealthy or unattainable... I am not sure. Does that mean I am getting myself in the 'diet' and maybe even the yo-yo diet loop again. We will see.
All I know is that I am not done. My maintenance will be a lifelong process. A process of learning, adjusting and working to maintain a weight that I personally am comforable with. A weight that suits me and my needs and wants, no one elses. So I am going for it. I am going to keep trying to attain my weight loss goals. If I have tried all I can, or if I keep failing, I may then step back and be thankful for were I am. But for now, I am not calling it done. I am going for it all. Every last pound I can eek out of this Sleeve and eating plan of mine.
Success to you,
Cindy
I got to goal. I got below goal. I attained what I wanted to. I am very proud of myself for that. Am I ok with my bounce back? Well yes, in some ways I am. I am still below goal. I am still well below the high for a normal BMI. I am doing incredible for my age. I could accept myself the way I am now...
But am I going to? No not yet. Why, because I feel with a few tweeks to my existing plan, I can not only get the bit I gained back off again, I can maintain it. I feel that with what I read here, and what I read from my books, I am learning how to do this. I am ok with the weight I gained. I know I still look incredbile. I felt and looked better, in my eyes, when I was closer to my lowest weight. And so, I am going to try to get back there.
Does that mean I am obsessed by a number on the scale or a certain look? I am not sure. Does that mean my outlook is unhealthy or unattainable... I am not sure. Does that mean I am getting myself in the 'diet' and maybe even the yo-yo diet loop again. We will see.
All I know is that I am not done. My maintenance will be a lifelong process. A process of learning, adjusting and working to maintain a weight that I personally am comforable with. A weight that suits me and my needs and wants, no one elses. So I am going for it. I am going to keep trying to attain my weight loss goals. If I have tried all I can, or if I keep failing, I may then step back and be thankful for were I am. But for now, I am not calling it done. I am going for it all. Every last pound I can eek out of this Sleeve and eating plan of mine.
Success to you,
Cindy
YES, very good post Jax, thank you.
I am having a muffin top, I no longer fit into the size 4 pants I bought but I might just be happy here instead of freaking out and then gaining more because of it.
you pretty much summed up what I meant but put it better!! I want to be as healthy as possible and I want peace of mind.
I am having a muffin top, I no longer fit into the size 4 pants I bought but I might just be happy here instead of freaking out and then gaining more because of it.
you pretty much summed up what I meant but put it better!! I want to be as healthy as possible and I want peace of mind.
once upon a time I had a group to talk about Binge Eating Disorder, and later one about Clean Eating.
PM me if you are interested in either of these.
size 8, life is great
I am below my original goal weight, but about 8 pounds above the more ambitious goal I switched to shortly after surgery. Today is my surgiversary and I have decided to revise my goal back upwards and declare victory! I am DELIGHTED to be where I am!! If I continue to lose, that will be awesome. And if I maintain where I am, that will be super-awesome, too!
Great post! Thanks for helping me think this through!
Great post! Thanks for helping me think this through!
I'm 5'2" and 55 years old. VSG 3/17/10
I'm so glad you posted this. It really spoke to me.
I really wanted to be 150lbs but at 161 I'm in an 8/6 ( really?!?!!? Me?!?!?) and happy. I don't want to get smaller I just want to maintain between 161 and 158 and keep my happy healthy lifestyle. It took me a bit to realize this is the size/weight I want to be. It isn't 150 and for me at my 5'6" 150 would drop me smaller than I would want to be in my 50's.
So here I am now, going on to my maintenance, at a weight I never dreamed I would be, and in a a size I NEVER have worn before and totally happy and satisfied.
I really wanted to be 150lbs but at 161 I'm in an 8/6 ( really?!?!!? Me?!?!?) and happy. I don't want to get smaller I just want to maintain between 161 and 158 and keep my happy healthy lifestyle. It took me a bit to realize this is the size/weight I want to be. It isn't 150 and for me at my 5'6" 150 would drop me smaller than I would want to be in my 50's.
So here I am now, going on to my maintenance, at a weight I never dreamed I would be, and in a a size I NEVER have worn before and totally happy and satisfied.
5'6" HW 310 Updated goal from 165 to 160 !!!
