On the defense for the first time since surgery...

Need to hear some contributions from veterans that may talk me off the ledge a bit...

Year and a half out...cruising along and got to a "set point" (I think) for my body last November of about 125. I stayed there, going down a bit to 122 or so until Feb. Then lost a lb or two more. Yay...In March, because I was ill, I saw 117 on the scale once....so great. I kept telling myself that my range would be 115-125 and when I was well "in" that range, it seemed great.

Now, since mid march, the numbers have been on a steady increase. My pants were a bit more snug yesterday. This morning, I am back up to 124.8 and not happy about it. Let's just say I have been nursing a sweet tooth a bit too often...

Guys, help me here. Mentally, this is creating that old psychological self-talk that got me huge in the first place. I "feel" myself getting fatter. Self-sabotaging actions, like eating one more piece of crap....bla bla. This has got me in a tailspin and I'm worried.

Anyone else faced similar? Thoughts?

Having been on the skinny side of life I am frankly terrified of going back. Just cannot handle the thought of being heavy again. It is a much harder life, isn't it?

Been there, done that!  Yes, it's seems all too familiar.  It's so easy to get into those bad eating habits that got us to the point of having the surgery in the first place.  But now that you have realized it, you just have to work your way back to what was working for you before.  And after you wean yourself off of the "crap", it becomes doable again.

I had gained over the holidays and it literally took me months to get those pesky pounds off, but now  I'm back on a roll, and dropping more than I intended!

I hear ya!  I love the skinny side myself!

I am right there with you. I creeped up  8 lbs during the Christmas season . I did everything I knew how to do to take it off. I managed to take off 4 of them but 4 more are still hanging around,. And like you said , it's been months!

Please tell me how you took your holiday weight off  Summer, and even managed to drop more. I seriously need help because what I am doing is not working.

I know that you and I were both struggling with those holiday pounds.  I lost a few, (up 1, down 2) over the next few months.  But now(thanks to invisalign!) I stopped snacking, and the weight has come off and then some.  The first couple of weeks, it was a drudgery to pull out the aligners to snack, then brush and floss, then put the aligners in, etc.  So I just wouldn't snack.  Now I'm used to it, and I don't miss it.  I had gotten into the habit of eating every couple of hours(B,S,L,S,S,D,S).  So I guess my bad habits were creeping in more and more, after I allowed them back in after the holidays.  Now I have coffee, no breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, and I'm done.  My restriction is still very good, so I don't eat that much at meals.  I also can't drink anything with sugar, so no juice or coffee throughout the day as long as my aligners are in.  I'm still not exercising after my knee surgery, so I'm happy to see that I don't need it to maintain, but I miss it for my mental health!

Are you snacking?  Maybe you can try cutting back on that.  I know too that nuts put the weight on me, so I avoided them for a while, but eat them now when I'm at my low end of my maintenance weigh.  Are you at a healthy weight?  Maybe your body prefers to stay where it's at.  I know that I prefer to be on the thinner side, so I worry about any weight gain as well( I sooo understand your worries!).
  Ms. Shell is so right - at this point of our post-surgery life, it's more about us and the choices we make.
 

This comes the time when its less about the surgery and more about YOU and your CHOICES.  You have been YOU for years, decades and ALL those habits are still there lying in weight for you to let loose the reigns and dare I say "enjoy" more things here and there under the "guise" that you have it UNDER CONTROL.

We many of us don't have "control" over food.  We rationalize, we give treats, etc etc.

You are going to have to gain control and STOP the behavior.

Ms Shell

the problem is I have gained control and I am eating right and I seem to be stuck where I am
and it 's not where I want to be.

Ok there are always variables to EVERYTHING.  Are you tracking your calories/carbs/proteins etc?  Are you still eating the same amount of those say for the last 5 months or have your reduced/upped?  Are you exercising?  Have you measured?

 You are not by yourself!!!!  Due to stress eating, grazing all day and night on pretzels, crackers, cookies, etc. ( carbs and more carbs!!!) I too, have gained 8 pounds and I am sooo mad at myself.

I am taking one day at a time and going back to basics along with exercise.  I go on OH daily and get inspiration from all the veterans who have been successful and continue to be successful!
I feel if they can do it, there is no reason why i can't do it,too!  ( Shout out to Elina, she doesn't know it, but she is my inspiration and I love her posts!)

For breakfast i'm back to having a protein shake, then lunch and dinner doing protein first, veggies then a healthy carb. As far as snacking, I'm trying to make better choices!  and i'm trying to get back to drinking my liquids again which I totally have fallen short on.  Plus adding back exercise, which for the first 6 to 8 months, I treated it like a job everyday so I made sure I did it. Then I stopped cold turkey.

This isn't rocket science, we know what to do, we have this awesome tool, now we just have to get back to DOING IT!!!!!

My steady weight for a long time was 117.8. Gaining the eight pounds put me over 125! We are in the same boat!  I'm trying to get back down to 117-118 and maybe 115 (We'll see how that goes)

Good luck!  We can do this!

Huge hugs, that really touched my heart.

 I'm so glad it did!  Without you even knowing it, You are keeping me on track to get this weight gain off now, and hopefully a couple of more pounds!

I think of you and your success every time I get those weak moments and I want to say the hell with this and cheat.  Elina did it and continues to do it, so I better get with the program!
We had the same doctor and we have the same tool, so now it's really all on me to do this!

Thank you for being there for me and sooo many others!

You have a gift and you're really AWESOME!

Hugs!