I am nine months post op and worried about my diet.

I started at 278 and I am now nine months out and I am down to 170. I have gone from a size 26/28 to a size 12/14. I am 5'8 and I do not really want to lose any more weight.I weighed 152 in college 10 years ago. I originally thought that I wanted to be 152 again, but I realized these last 20 lbs must be around my waist because I have ALOT of skin and flab there. Anyway... I am concerned with my eating habits. I want to continue to try to eat healthy, but I dont want to lose that much more weight. As far as my eating habits...some days are better than others. I generally eat 5-6 meals a day. I always feel like a pig.My surgeon suggests 3 meals a day only and no snacks. I followed that for the first 4 months maybe then I abandoned that theory. Some days I can eat more or less than the day before. I worry that I am eating too much sometimes..that is the volume of food at one sitting, but my husband and others around me comment that its all in my head. Sometimes I can eat 7-8 times a day if I dont watch it. Typically I eat pretty normal, but I try not to eat junk foods. I may enduldge in pork skins, air popped popcorn, a few pretzels,sf popsicles or 3-4 sugar free cookies, but that is as far as I go with the junk food and I only eat the serving size mentioned on the package maybe 3-4 times per week. Sweets are my weakness so I try to choose sf chai mixes, sf cappucino powder or like today I made chocolate drops made with cottage cheese, unsweetened chocoalte, splenda and PB. I ate two of those cookies today. So far today I had a steak taco for breakfast, 1 slice of lunchmeat and cheese with veggies and mustard on 1 slice of low carb bread for lunch. 2 of those cookies I mentioned earlier for snack and a Ceasar salad for dinner. I typically only drink water and ocassionally drink Crystal light, but its mostly water. No pop or juice, just water and Crystal lite and sf chai or sugar free cocoa made with carbcountdown milk. I am afraid of gaining weight, but dont want to lose too much more. I feel like I overeat everyday. I also fee like I experience head hunger alot more throughout the day. I do notice the more carbs I eat the more cravings I get. I feel like I am babbling and going on and on. I see other people that had the surgery at my job that have gained some of their weight back and it makes me worry. If I continue to eat super healthy I will lose weight, right? If I dont it healthy I will gain right???? What do I do?

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