Wrote this one year ago today - did it help anyone?

Howdy guys -

I wrote this post exactly a year ago, about how you have to be militant in mind in order to get to some of the WLS goals we have.  I'm curious if it's helped anyone at all?

For myself, at least, this mentality has served me well into passing my surgeon's goal and (so far) maintaining my weight.

You know I love it! It's how I got to goal. I am a little more lax now, but still watch it close. I learned a hard lesson just recently, I had an injury which took me off my tri training and cross fit, and I instantly started gaining weight because of the amount of calories I am able to consume now (and in many cases need to consume to keep my body working during training), and I had to go right back to that militant way of eating and thinking to get the weight off and maintain until I could start working out again.

17 months out and still maintaining in a 5 pound range with 100% of my excess weight gone, and I give all the credit to being super strict with myself while losing and teaching myself new habits and skills to cope. Am I perfect, not in the least, but getting a handle on it all early really helps me from totally spinning out of control.

We always knew you were going to be wildly successful!   

Hi

I remember reading that post pre surgery. I frequently tell myself that I have to become more militant to make it to goal. I have twenty or so more pounds to go and to get there I am going to have to really step it up and be stricter. The slow eventual creep of calories, quantity and not as perfect of choices has started to occur in my life and if I don't rein it back in I will be done with only 75% EWL. Although I am happy with this amount if loss, I want it all so militancy here I come. So yes your post has impacted things for me and glad to see you posting again.

Stephanie

Thanks for reposting this! I know I'm going to really need this!

I really appreciate the no nonsense points! Thanks...post occasionally for us to remember....it's a good perspective that I think many of us need to hear!!

Don't know about last year, but it certainly helped me today!  I am starting my 6th week and working on getting this right. I had just decided yesterday that when faced with questionable food choices, I'll be asking myself, "Is this worth slowing down your weight loss?"  along with "You are 55, if this doesn't work, you don't really have a plan B."

I told someone a couple of weeks ago that I have turned into a carb Nazi, but desperate times call for desperate measures!

Thanks for sharing your observations and the research you find!

I was also a carb nazi... but it served me well.

I told myself - "This is temporary. Carbs are for after weight loss."

Good luck to you!

Thank you so much for re-posting this.....terrific information and I have saved it to my favorites. Appreciate all of your posts! Barb

I remember that post...I had just started looking into surgery!  Thanks for reposting...