Is it a 'Happy Monday'?

My surgeon uses 80% as a starting point.  Then together we re evaluated after six months and reduced it anothe 13 lbs to a solidly normal bmi.  In my insanity, I reduced it another 9 lbs to ideal my weight. 

I understand how you feel about your children.  I am a grandmother, currently taking care of 3 of hers and glad to see that they are with me!  That being said, I did get past Friday and the chocolate and pizza thing.  Ironically, tomorrow is my grandson's 5th birthday and made the trek to our local grocery store for lunch to buy cupcakes for his classmates tomorrow (school won't let you bring in anything homemade anymore).  But, while I was there I refrained from buying anything "bad" for me.  I started again, looking at labels and really being aware of the things that I bought.  This has changed over the past two years for me.  When I first had surgery, I looked at the content of everything, then as time wore on, it became less and less important.  I guess, everyone was telling me how "great" I looked and I was believing it.  I not only started eating more, but I started eating things that, let's just say, weren't on the list of approved items.  I lost "me" again.  I had done something, for once, just for me ~ this fantastic thing called RNY, but now I was letting myself fall into patterns that were okay with everyone else.  So, that being said, I am getting more selfish now, and I am working for me during this time.  I have set some goals, and here they are:

Long term goal:  160 lbs
Goal for this "social experiment":  to lose 30 lbs
Current weight:  205.5
Starting weight (last Wednesday):  213.5

 

Lisa my dear, you look barely old enough to have children, never mind grandchildren!!

I think it's imperative that we keep on checking labels- because your right, it's easy to become complacent.   The other thing is be careful when you do read them.. lol- for example- (from personal experience)- if you look at something like M&M's- it usually tell you that it's for 15 pieces.. so- it's easy to say to ourselves 'well- that's for 15, I can cut everything down by two-thirds if I only have 5 pieces....'  Bad is bad is bad..lol.   I find the other thing you have to be careful of is the 100 calorie treats- sounds good... but in reality a slippery slope to go down- once you start- you can't stop.
 
You lost 8lbs in 5 days??? THAT IS AWESOME!!  Keep it up! 

Hi, Interesting post.

This is long - in summary -  if you are setting a goal for you - do not concentrate only on the weight - concentrate on your body size, your body fat %, and not the weight itself. 
  
I think some carbs are worse to some of us.  It is, IMO, how the body is reacting to the carbs. 
I know, by experimenting, that I can eat 1 lb of blackberries, and not get any sugar problem.  Gas - probably, but carbs in that do not affect me at this point. 
But, bananas, melons, grapes, etc- high glycemic fruits  - they may cause a severe BS fluctuation - even if I combine them with nuts or cheese. So - automatically - I try to stay away from them.
I also try to avoid starchy vegetables - and vegetables that can be considered as fruits (i.e. tomatoes)  I will eat them - but in in a salads, cooking, and not by themselves. 

As for a goal - I have a large frame (big bones, muscles) so I really never though of a goal in term of a weight, but more of "size".  I thought I would be happy once I get to size 10-12.  Now I am size 4-8 and I still have days that I feel fat. 
My doc set a weight goal for me - that it is a bit too low( IMO), but since I am overachiever - I met it.  My weight goal by my doc was 149, that puts me just barely below 25 BMI.  But at this weight my body fat is only 16-18%.  I not only met his goal - but now I am in a 142-148 lbs window.  
What is funny, IMO - that there are some girls in my program who are shorter than I am, and who have smaller frame, that the doc set up a higher weight goal.  WTH?  By the way - I can wear my friend's clothes - and she is same height as I am, smaller bones frame and weighs 130 lbs.  And looking at her - you can see she has more body fat %. 

Maintenance is difficult.  There is still the desire to lose more weight - even though I have no more fat to lose.  Maybe that is why I have very strong reactive hypo?  Maybe not... 

You sound like you are doing great!!!  I think getting to ones ideal weight is one thing.. lol- maintaining it is the difficult challenge.

My weekend was good with the exception of our family day which was Sunday we went to Texas Roadhouse. As you come in and wait of course there are barrels of peanuts, well needless to say before I stopped I had eatin more than a cup  ,that threw me for a minute but I picked my self up and continued my diet as I had planned . I had a smothered chicken breast smothered with pepperjack cheese mushrooms and onions and a garden salad. Other than that I have been on hi Protein low carbs I am getting 25 to 30 grams per day.

My long term goals are to get down to 170 #'s currently I am at 210. I have never gotten to goal weight but I have lost almost 200#'s. I Iexcersize daily in my home walking with Leslie Sansone. 3days a week I go to Gym do cardio, and 1 day with a personal trainer .

I do drink my protein 4 times a day each serving with 3 grams of carbs.

Any suggestions or comments are welcome I am looking for ways to tweek this so I can make it work long term. As I stated previously I have lost 7 #'s well its now 9#'s, I want to continue this weight loss, somehow or other it always slows down.

I want to do this right I am in this for the long haul--HELP

Melva

You are doing awesome Melva- don't tell yourself otherwise. 

As you lose weight, you have less weight to lose.. so it's hard to continue to lose at the rate you started to lose at... lol- does any of that makes sense?  9 pounds is great!  Is that since you began cutting back on the carbs? 

Keep up the great work.

Yes, I wasn't able to keep up the other plans. This one works and I weighed this morning it's now 10#
Melva

hey congrats Melva, sounds like you are doing amazingly well! 

I have still managed to avoid all simple carbs since my surgery, and I find I don't crave them at all.  I think I'm more afraid of starting to crave them again than anything else.  I think if I don't open the door to simple carbs in the first place it will be a lot easier to turn away from them.  So far it has been easy but I hope it keeps up.  

Cheryl