Question:
I'm about 3yrs out and gained 10 to 15lbs in 2 months.
I find it annoying trying to measure my food. How do you know how much you should be eating I don't like measuring everything that I have to eat. I know weigh 160 and the lowest that I weighed was 145 I would like to stay at 150 but am finding it difficult to drop the 10lbs. — TTT (posted on October 26, 2006)
October 26, 2006
From what I was told by my doc and from long term success stories who have
spoke at seminars is that we are never to eat more than One cup of food at
any given sitting. That should be about 8 oz. To make it easier on myself
is I either eyball it and see if it looks as big as a one cup measuring cup
when I put it on the plate... or I put my food in bowls instead. The
smaller the container to eat out of , the more food it looks like you
have. For me anyway. Hope this helps!
— Deb S.
October 26, 2006
This is going to come off as sounding snippy I guess but what it's really
coming down to is...which do you find more annoying, measuring out your
food or dealing with the weight gain. To ME it really is just that simple.
I want to lose this weight so I WILL do whatever it takes to lose it and
whatever it takes to keep it off! Please, try your hardest to think of
measuring your food as lifetime change you must make to keep you
successful!! You went through this to look better, feel better and live
longer, right? You are worth it, right? YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!! I wish you
all the best, Tammy!!!! Be strong, stay strong!!!!
— LindaLee H.
October 26, 2006
Same thing happened to me.....I've gained 10 pounds. Can still wear most of
the same clothes but some don't fit as comfortably. I'm working hard to get
back to the basics. I know what to do, it's just going to take more effort
than it has before. I still find that the more protein I include in my diet
early in the day, the less likely I am to overeat later in the day and the
more water I drink, the more controlled I can be. I don't mind measuring
but I do hate the drink, drink, drink, drink so I have to really work at
that. Figure out what works for you and make up your mind to pay the
price. Even those who have never had an obesity problem have to use some
sort of control or methodology to prevent it. Good luck to you (and to me
too :) )
— scbabe
October 26, 2006
After the death of our 14 year-old son in April of '05, I was absolutely
eating everything and anything, sweets, breads, starches - all the bad
stuff. I would work on watching my eating sometimes, but any little slip
sent me right back to my comfort foods. I went from 125 way up to 157. I
did get started on Cymbalta, and have been very good, making myself stay
with protein, water, and exercising again, and since October 2nd, I have
made it back to 139 so far. I want to get back to 115, my best weight for
my 5'2' height. I had to to what the other posters have mentioned -
"just do it"! It hasn't been easy! But the boost I've gotten
just getting back into a couple of my favorite things is giving me the
impetus to keep up with my struggle, and keep loving myself enough to work
hard for what I remember - the rest of my clothes, and feeling slender,
healthy and happy! This time, I know what I will look like. Before, I'd
never been under 165 as an adult. I was wearing 14's in Jr. High School.
I was Wearing 4's at 112 - 115, so I know how "hot" (well,
according to my DH!) I looked. At 250 pre-op, I never dreamed I would be a
12! You can do it this time, too! You keep that picture in your head, of
your lowest weight, and reach for it! I've been making mini-goals -- 3 to
4 pounds at a time, and I've made little signs and change them when I meet
the next goal. I journal, which has been very cathartic for me, too.
That's where I do my dreaming on paper. It's fun to see where my thoughts
take me, and looking back on what I've written lets me see where I've been
mentally as well as physically. Gosh, I've rambled on, but I've really
become passionate about this again. I will be 5 years post-op on January
2nd. My hope is to make my goal (115) by then, but I won't soothe myself
with food if I don't. Hang in there, and I wish you the best.
— kabookie
October 26, 2006
After the death of our 14 year-old son in April of '05, I was absolutely
eating everything and anything, sweets, breads, starches - all the bad
stuff. I would work on watching my eating sometimes, but any little slip
sent me right back to my comfort foods. I went from 125 way up to 157. I
did get started on Cymbalta, and have been very good, making myself stay
with protein, water, and exercising again, and since October 2nd, I have
made it back to 139 so far. I want to get back to 115, my best weight for
my 5'2' height. I had to to what the other posters have mentioned -
"just do it"! It hasn't been easy! But the boost I've gotten
just getting back into a couple of my favorite things is giving me the
impetus to keep up with my struggle, and keep loving myself enough to work
hard for what I remember - the rest of my clothes, and feeling slender,
healthy and happy! This time, I know what I will look like. Before, I'd
never been under 165 as an adult. I was wearing 14's in Jr. High School.
I was Wearing 4's at 112 - 115, so I know how "hot" (well,
according to my DH!) I looked. At 250 pre-op, I never dreamed I would be a
12! You can do it this time, too! You keep that picture in your head, of
your lowest weight, and reach for it! I've been making mini-goals -- 3 to
4 pounds at a time, and I've made little signs and change them when I meet
the next goal. I journal, which has been very cathartic for me, too.
That's where I do my dreaming on paper. It's fun to see where my thoughts
take me, and looking back on what I've written lets me see where I've been
mentally as well as physically. Gosh, I've rambled on, but I've really
become passionate about this again. I will be 5 years post-op on January
2nd. My hope is to make my goal (115) by then, but I won't soothe myself
with food if I don't. Hang in there, and I wish you the best.
— kabookie
October 26, 2006
Although I am only 27 days out of surgery I too don't like to keep weighing
my food but like others have suggested do not eat more than 1 cup of food
at any one seating. I also eyeball my food myself but I was also told that
if the food fits in the palm of your hand it is not too much to eat. Good
luck! Phyllis
— silentwriter1949
October 26, 2006
I understand how annoying it is to measure food. I am 9 weeks out and just
decided that I am no longer counting calories. The surgery keeps me from
overeating, so I am trusting it.
Since you are further along in your surgery timeline, it may be necessary
to do something radical to drop that last bit of weight.
If I were you, I would:
- increase fiber
- eat more "free" foods, like sugar free ice pops, raw
vegetables, sugar free jello, salad
- drink more
- include some deep breathing and stretching to my routine
- consider a revision
Be encouraged!
Everyone here wants you to succeed!
— belovedideas
October 26, 2006
i am 4 yrs out and i never measure my food.just more or less put smaller
portions on my plate. i never count calories neither.i just watch my sugar
grams because if i go over say maybe 15-20 at one sitting, i puke.
— deb44m
October 28, 2006
The best way I have found to deal with the annoyance of measuring/portion
control is to find things that you can compare a serving of food to. For
example, if you cup your hand, that's about one cup. This won't work for
people who've had wls, but I remembering being told by a nutritionist that
a serving of meat was about the size of a deck of cards. If you can learn
to make these estimations, you won't have to measure anymore. You'd
probably need to estimate then measure until you get good at eyeballing
it.
Good luck.
Sid
— mrsidknee
October 29, 2006
I too don't like weighing and measuring but I have a bowl that holds about
a cup of food. I measured it once, how full the bowl looked when I filled
it with the cup, and now I use that bowl to eat from. So in a sense I am
measuring without REALLY measuring! 'Works for me maybe it will for you
too. Good luck.
Deb
— Debra R.
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