ObesityHelp

losing weight is hard...I think I forgot that part during all the wonderful, fast pace loosing days of wls....and well, gaining is EASY !!! But, I have officially made it under 200 pounds, even if by the hair of my chiny chin chin.....lol but it gives me the hope I need to continue onward...I am at 198 today, 9/25/07 and my first goal is 190, then 180 and then 170......then I will work from there... I had bounded up to 206 and flucuated few pounds back and forth, but I decided last monday, enough was enough and I have to do this for ME ! This is what I have changed:
I do not snack at work during the day AT ALL ...I had gotten where I had crackers, candy (yes chocolate) in my desk and would snack all day, literally and bam, before you know it , it was a habit that I was out of control of.  I am drinking tea all day, plain, extra ice nothing else and then eating breakfast ( normal days: a smuckers uncrustable (pbj) and lunch: walk 1/2 mile most days, then just share something with my co-worker., dinner, whatever I want to eat, but conservative on heavy fats/carbs....) yes, I still eat potatoes, I love them, and bread....but I just try to moderate the amounts, etc) I am trying to stick to at least 1000 calories or less per day....sometimes I do go over but not overboard. I am learning that everything is ok in moderation ...something I wish I would have learned and realised at the begining of this wls journey. My thinking is this....It is easy to get so consumed in the rapid loss, that you can say all day long you will loose, etc and you know what you have to do but I am living proof that yes you can do this, but yes it still takes work...some are luckier than others in this dept, some never gain it back and can eat what they wish but well, not me....but that is ok , I can do this...and I never ever will go back to 340 pounds, if my life depends on it !