.. and a slightly different 2 yr post on the Maint forum.. long.

I know. But, my brain does.

Jo, I stopped weighing myself daily a long time ago.  I found on my low days it gave me permission to eat bad which isn't good. So for about a year now I've only been weighing in about every 6 weeks or so. I go by my clothes and I seem to eat better too. If I mentally think I have wiggle room then goodies slip in. So far it's working great and I haven't gained at all.  So for now, I've got the monkey off my back. But I never say its forever cause, well, you know how that goes. And I have never tracked my food at all except for protein. I do however still weigh out my meat when I'm home just to make sure I serve myself enough. But other than that, I just can't live my life watching the scale and recording everything I put in my mouth. I think I'd shoot myself, lol. Keeping my fingers crossed that things remain as they are!  Good luck to ya!

 

Laura

Thanks Laura!

Yeah- some similar issues here, plus if I had calories to work with- I'd sometimes not make the best choice, go way over- get sucked into the all or nothing routine..  Weight up or down, effected me every time. My jeans & body don't trigger me like that, I can tell when I'm getting too much food, or too little.. plus I still do jot down what I eat for now.

I only track protein and total cals now, and fairly loosely.. overestimate on cals, and on or maybe under on protein.. I don't worry about carbs anymore. I know as long as I stay around or under 100g carbs/day, I'm good.. and most days are well, well under that just by the nature of what I eat. Some day, that jotting down may take a pass too.. but for now, I'm ok with that level of attention.

Sometime around the same time frame as you are in right now, I did the very same thing and stopped weighing and tracking every bite.  I still weigh myself every day, but my food is pretty routine most of the time and I have learned to trust myself to keep things in check.  It was hard to let go of some of the control, but it was necessary.  I am glad that you are finding what works for you, just remember that is keeps changing.  Many things have changed for me from the two year mark and year 3-4 have been a great deal more challenging than I would have predicted at two years out, but it didn't happen until about half way through the third year. 

This is true, nothing is static. I am giving it my best to stay aware of my needs and deal with things that pop up- the giving up the level of control was obv one of them.. when one system you have in place starts to cause more problems than it fixes, it's time to replace that system with an improved method of operation! We shall see if this works, if not- it gets tweaked again. 

 

Thanks for posting this, Jo. One thing I learned early out was to never say never - and to never say forever in this whole freakshow that we call WLS. LOL!

Funny, I just posted something similar to Elina on the main board a few minutes ago before coming here. I think it changes and being able to roll with the changes (and those freaking punches) is half the battle.

HUGS for Slim. Honestly? I think when I stop trying sometimes I have the best results. LOL. Not a full out "well **** it", but a "well, I'll just say where I am then, screw it". Sigh, my body and brain like to totally **** with me.

Lol @ freakshow!

Some days really do feel like that.. I considered calling it the darkside of the sleeved life.. all the head-crap, dealing with the tiny stomach when you have a full-sized appetite.. trying to force yourself one direction, and having the opposite reaction, or not and getting the one you wanted.. I went into this with the cringing reaction when anyone says or professes a "forever" change, or worse- forever results.. 

I've lost, gained, lost, gained, lost, gained, etc entirely too many times in my life to EVER say the world "forever" LOL. I dunno, part of me really believes that this is all temporary, but the bigger part of me knows that I've made enough changes that while I may fall down from time to time, I have made enough lasting effort to pull myself back together again. I think that's the real success.

Sleeve girl I know how you feel this has to be real success, I am out of all options!...lol

"Forever" should be ****-out like all the cuss words that I see when I'm lurking. The other day i was lurking on the main VSG forum and I came up to the word cir***stance. That made me laugh.

I think I have sort of said screw it, I'll just stay here for awhile. I don't hate how I look. I think I just want to get to goal for once in my ******g life.