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That's amazing!  We had company and parties all weekend.  I won't get on the scale until Tuesday.  Had a great 4th though.  Tri

Great question!

I have actually started some changes now (drinking all my water, recording my food, eating veggie/protein, exercising, etc.) but I find I have been more successful when I am 100% committed and I understand what commitment means (going back to what made me successful in full - all the steps - vs some or just saying I am starting but not really committing) and having a date to launch that full commitment from and making it public seems to work for me.

That is inspiring and impressive - thanks for posting! I have just about that plus a few more pounds gained since my surgery 7 years ago to lose - so love reading this. And your comment about your mother rings true for me too - and I found fear for me to be a great motivator if used constructively.

 

Can you share with me (if you are comfortable doing so) how many calories you are eating and how you got to your half way mark? How you approached getting BOT?

Hello!

I am 7 years out from my GB WLS and just joined this group.  My highest weigh before surgery was 324 and my lowest post 215.  Today I weigh 252 a gain of 37 pounds over 7 years. Time to get BOT :^)

When I have had success in losing weight on my own before I geared up to it mentally and prepared, so I am doing that now and have set July 10th as my start date.  I have a birthday Aug 8th so would like to make my first mini goal 5 pound loss during that time.

I know I need to go back to basics and what caused my gain (carbs, larger portions, sugary treats, not enough exercise, etc.) but any tips, guidelines, URLS, articles, etc. you have to share to re-boot my BOT I would appreciate.

Go****'s amazing to be back on this site...it is where it all started for me. I cant believe I ma 7 years out. Unreal! But grateful I have this site to return to. I need a place to be accountable to and to remember why I started this and why I need to commit back to it.  It feels daunting and I am actually afraid - can I commit - can I get as motivated as I once was? Time to find out...

Thanks!!

 

 

 

 

Everyone's different I guess , I'm going to weigh myself once a week and really concentrate on keeping a food diary. I'm going really low carb and try and get this belly weight off. I want to keep my blood sugar under control and get my blood pressure lower. My doctor says I need to lose at least 60, I want to lose 90-100. I'm 5 3 and weigh 254 that's according to my scale. So I'm going to keep my carbs under 30 and hopefully I will lose. The hardest thing for me is not having potatoes. I LOVE potatoes, my favorite carb. I also have been eating too much fast food and junk -chips, pizza, burgers, fries... This needs to stop so today is a new day and a new week and I'm starting fresh.
Thanks for being there friends🌼
Edie