It's three years now (yesterday) since I took one of the most positive actions in my life - that to have WLS.  

I can eat pretty much anything I want, but in smaller quantities than I ate before WLS.  My portion sizes are a bit bigger than my support group peers, but that has been the case from the beginning.

I've regained 12-15 lbs from my preferred weight, hanging on the +15 side after the holidays. I'm joining the millions of people trying to lose weight for the New Year, but I intend to succeed!  Maintaining a weight is MUCH more difficult than losing it was!

I know what I need to do, I just have been letting myself be undiciplined for too long. I haven't journaled my food for a couple of months and that was one of my foundations during my weight loss. I have allowed myself to have free reign of food and I know that I cannot succeed with that mind set.

Despite the small weight gain, my self esteem is better than it was before.  I have been dating a man that seemed more interested in himself than me.  I dumped him - even though he was still interested in dating.  This is something I would never have considered before the weight loss.  I now know that I deserve better!  Man # 2 treats me like a lady and seems genuinely interested in me. I will keep hime around for a while. :-) 

I'm still working with the personal trainer 2x per week.  I also did a boot camp fitness class that was offered at work. I thought I was in good shape until the boot camp! It was a nice change of pace from the gym, though, so I'm going to try it at home in addition to my gym workouts. I have a DVD that a friend gave me and I bought some resistance bands so I'm all set. More exercise should help with taking off the extra pounds.