[sashybash]

Morning All,

For the last month or so I have not been good with my food choices. I saw the dietation last month. She gave me some good pointers and I felt good and postive. But recently I have been feeling really low. My weight has gone back up. I am so angry with myself. I was so proud of myself for taking the 1st step in having the operation and now I have let myself down. I have given myself until 1st March 2011 to reach my goal weight and I am so scared that I might not get to that point. My thought process is so off the charts. Is there any pointers or advice to get me back on track

[kitcatcopycat]

My 1st thought is that you have food in the house that are not wise choices. I know in my case that if I have it in house I am more likely to eat it. My rule is if I can't eat it no can. I know it sounds mean, but it really is good for every one. If my husband has to have some thing I tell him to buy & take it to work with him.

In addition I have found if I plan my food out, meaning I prepare it in advance. I do much better. Then I can just grab & go. I use the small Zip-Lock containers as serving size (1/2 cup). This also helps when I am not feeling very good & my family can just pull some thing out & warm it up.

We all fall off the wagon, all of us are going to have to battle with food for the rest of our lives. In the end it is our reaction that proves our success!

Hang in there you can do this!

[Catherine77]

You are not alone... I am 3 months out and although things are still "easy" most of the time, I can tell that I can eat more. Just this morning (yesterday morning actually) I got off work (I work graves) and I always eat a bit before bed so I can get enough calories in. I just ate too much of several different things, even though they were good foods. Anyway, my tummy was extrememly hating me at that point, and I still decide to take my Milk of Mag to help things out and that sent me over the edge. I was so sick that I literally had to sit by the toilet for over an hour. Then about 2 hours later it was coming out the other end, ugh... The point being that I have known I am not eating properly (as far as the amount) in the mornings when I get home, so when this happened it really taught me a hard lesson. I need to eat the last little bit at work before I go home, or whatever, but not do what I did again.

We are truly all learning everyday. The fact that you KNOW you need to change some things is HUGE!!! Make a small change, like KitKat said, maybe take the chips (or whatever) out of the house for a while until you know you can handle it better. Then make other changes as needed. You can do this! I am here if you ever want to talk.

[DocSanae]

First off, are you anywhere close to the monthly visits? If so, the gain is more than likely water retention from PMS. A lot of people have this. When this happens, once you're off the hook, that weight will leave along with some extra added, so, so long as you are sticking to the rules, don't worry.
However, as kitcat said, if you have stuff that isn't good for you in the house, it's best to kick them out to the curb.
(((HUGS))) You can do it.

[SummerBreeze]

We had chips around and junk food the first werk of csmping the 2nd week we thru it in the trash can, I wasnt eating that much of it , still put my protien first but I was worried its to easy to do it when with a group of people...I figured my g/d didnt need it anyways so filled the frig with fresh fruits and veges and said this is our snacks, I always travel with lots of yogurt, it seems to taste good anytime...good luck, you have doen great so dont beat yourself up !

[Karlos]

Originally Posted by sashybash

Morning All,

For the last month or so I have not been good with my food choices. I saw the dietation last month. She gave me some good pointers and I felt good and postive. But recently I have been feeling really low. My weight has gone back up. I am so angry with myself. I was so proud of myself for taking the 1st step in having the operation and now I have let myself down. I have given myself until 1st March 2011 to reach my goal weight and I am so scared that I might not get to that point. My thought process is so off the charts. Is there any pointers or advice to get me back on track

You've taken the most important step towards getting back on track by identifying that you need to do so. Its a fact that WLS can fix the plumbing but not the real area that drives wight loss success or failure, our heads.

My first thoughts are thus, are you feeling low because you're making bad food choices causing your weight to go up a little, or are you making bad food choices because you feel down? You've done really well so far and should be proud of what you have achieved so far.

Good advice has already been given here so nothing really useful to add, but I try to avoid bad choices by planning my meals each day and preparing them in advance. I also avoid over eating by measuring out what I believe is the correct amount of food, and I eat seven to eight small meals a day. This means my meals are much smaller and it also keeps my metabolism high too.

Another trick that works for me is that before anything new goes into my mouth I ask myself would I feel comfortable calling my surgeon and telling him what I'm about to eat? if the answer is no, then it doesn't go in. I don't do well with moderation so whilst some people can eventually eat most things, even bad things moderately I cannot so for me its only total avoidance that works.

You are still quite new to all of this. You went through WLS because you want to try and do things better, live a life that is better in every way. Eating great food and enjoying it rather than just shoveling it down our necks is a big part of that new life. Making the decision to eat properly is a huge part of learning to love yourself, and learning to love what you eat all over again, taking care of our bodies is so very important, it is after all the only one we get to make use of.

We've spent our entire lives eating all kinds of foods that are poor and dangerous in terms of their calories, sugars, and fats, so now is the time for us to get serious about learning how to eat right, and get a proper healthy balance in our diets for life. However the only day you can change is today. Forget what you did yesterday, and worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. Concentrate on what you eat today and take each day one at a time.

I'm not saying you should never eat what I would consider poor choice foods again, WLS is designed to change your life not be a life sentence, but even months from now when you are maintaining, even then you need balance and cannot eat these foods everyday. You're in the honeymoon period now and should want to make the best use of this time to work towards your long term success.

Without wishing to offend you in anyway remember it was eating these bad foods that got you and I and everyone here to to where we were. You went through WLS to give you a great chance to have a new and healthy life. To make that possible we need to do our bit. I don't know about you honey but when I think of what my life was like pre op I know I don't ever wanna be there again.

Good luck with it, and why not keep and post a food log here each day to help you make the right choices.

[LisaH]

You gotten a bunch of great advice. Let me just add what works for me, to keep my on the straight and narrow.

1) I journal my food every day, I actually come home from work evey night and fill in my food journal for the next day so that I don't even have to think about what to eat, I just cross things off as i go through my day and once everything is done, I'm done.

2) I work 3-11 pm, I never eat after work, I come home and get on my computer with a huge bottle of water, 24 ozs, and sip on that until bedtime. Get's me extra water and keeps my mind off food.

3) I always eat protein first, once I'm full on that there's no room for anything I shouldn't be eating.

If you follow the rules to a T you can't fail, 64+ oz water per day, 80+ grams of protein per day, always eat protein first, never drink with meals, wait at least an hour after to drink, eat 6 small meals per day and try not to eat after 8pm if at all possible, my last "meal" is usually around 9:30pm, so I don't stick hard and fast to the no food after 8 rule, but it works for me, you have to find what works for you while sticking as closely to the rules as you can. You can do it!!