Need help and dont know what to do

Well I havent been here in a while and I guess that is why I am in the trouble I am.  My surgery was on January 3, 2005.  I was 327 at surgery, I lost 175 pounds.  Well its creeping up on me.  I have gained 40 pounds back.  Most of it is due to lack of exercise.  I hurt my knee last september and I dont know if its in my mind that my leg hurts when I start exercising, or if it really is hurting, but needless to say I use it as an excuse.  I want to get back on track.  I just dont know where to turn, so I am turning to my Support groups for help.  Anyone have any suggestions.  I am not getting my protein in.  I just need some support and some direction.  Please help me or give me direction. I need protein ideas and exercise support.  I need to be accountable.  I dont have the money for a physical trainer, goodness that would break me.  Please give me feedback on some direction! Thank you~ Stephanie

Stephanie I hope you wont get mad at this but you really know what to do dont you? Sweetie get going on the protein drinks dont care what kind just do it. You need at least 80 grams of protein from your protein drinks daily evidently you are eating too many carbs so doing the protein drinks will fill you up and help eliminate the carbs from the diet. Drink lots and lots of water. if regular exercise hurts your knee there are plently of things you can do sitting or standing in place that will get your body moving . anything at all is better than nothing and get to the doctor to see about that knee.  Hope this loving kick in the pants helps. Dont like to be tough but sometimes that is what we need to get our selves motivated.  Get back to basics and the tool we have will help you lose that weight again. And if you arent going to a support group you do need one. They will help keep you on an even keel and give you someone to be accountable to.  Love you a lot and want you to succeed  please stay connected here and let us help ok?

I thank you so much Jan.  This is what I need.  I need support and accountability.  As far as the knee thing, they will just send me to PT AGAIN.  So I know what I need to do, its just getting my rear in gear.  Do you recommend any protein drink?  ITs been so long and the market changes so often.

 

I myself use ON 100%whey Gold STandard....I use a scoop of it in flavored water shook up about 4 times a day. keeps the carb craving to a min. You can find it on line at several places.   i just use the vanilla and use strawberry flavored water or if i dont have that i make up koolade with a little splenda and use that with it. use only about 5 oz of water and you can get it down even if you dont really like it lol  good luck and yes the pouch test is good too. ...will help get you on the right path. 

You might try the 5 day pouch test, I have talked to several that it works for them......vesta

Thats very strange you mention that.  I have already printed it off and going to hope on it first thing tomorrow morning.  Im following it to a tee!!!

Hi  Stephanie... I usually lurk because I have had some major issues that have kept me from reaching goal but you really struck a nerve with me.  Mainly because we have the same surgeon and I have followed your progress (I love to read profiles).  I understand your pain and fear because part of you is screaming that you are going to gain it all back!  I had my thyroid removed and have gained 25 lbs which now puts me 50 lbs from my original goal and I am so frustrated and scared.  My problem with exercise is that I have started passing out, having hot/cold sweats and seizures, so I feel I can't go to the gym because I don't know if I am going to have an episode.  (But I should try to do something here at home)  I have a hard time going to support group because it's all pre ops and new post ops and nobody there understands how hard it is once you are so far out, like we are.  I am willing to keep in touch with you if you would like.  I figure we could keep each other accountable, maybe even get to know each other a bit, if you would like.  I understand your pain, and I want you to know that I don't want you to give up.  Look how far you came, and we both know how to stop this, it just takes knowing that someone else is going thru it too.  I am the most scared when I think I am the only one in the whole world going thru this.  Let me know if you want to work on this together.   Peggy

Peggy~ Thank you for the encouragement.  I am so jazzed to focus on me again.  So are you walking at home?  Have you consulted a dr. about the seizures?  Regarding the post-op, I would feel like a failure walking in there.  I have just let things go.  Im grasping control again and not letting go this time.  Im going to try that 5-day pouch test diet and see if I can tell a difference.  They says is it a cleansing mechanism that gets all the icky carbs out of your system.   I would love to get to know you and exchange stories.   A girls friend of mine is going to help me as well.  We will email out our weights every friday and our exercise schedule that we have done and intend to do the following week.  Im a big journaler and so I am writing everything down, including my feelings and thoughts to battle this monster again.  My personal email is [email protected].  Just shoot me an email.  I dont have internet at home, so the weekends if you need support we will exchange phone numbers, im not going to list that down here.  lol!   Im so glad you reached out.  You believe your the only one out there and so afraid on what to do, even though we both know what we need to do. Hugs to you ~ Stephanie

Stephanie... You don't know what it means to me to know that someone else out there is struggling.  I have been to every dr. I could about the seizures but hit a brick wall until I went to see Dr. Hoehn.  (They don't show up on the EEG, so the neurologist just wrote me off!)  I thought it could be surgery related but my sugars aren't dropping when I have them.  He was extremely ticked that no one was working with me and called an endocrinologist and got me an appt. for this Monday.  I'm beginning to think it's related to the Synthroid.  We will see.  I did try the 5-day pouch test before I started the seizures and it felt great.  So I'm thinking I'm ready to do it again.  Since the seizures started I have tried to stay away from anything sugar or white carb related but I haven't started exercising yet.  I'm planning to order an exercise dvd I read about.  I figure something is better than the nothing I am doing now.  I'm with you, too, on journaling.  I seem to keep my food demons under better control when I write them down.  I would love to get in with you and your friend so I will email you later today so you can have my address then we will be able to keep in touch.  I will admit, tho, that accountability is tough for me.  But I DO NOT want to be the 350+ lbs I was when I started this journey, therefore I need to have someone to talk to that's not family.  Someone that I won't get ticked off at when they give me a kick in the hiney cuz I want to scream when my family tries to because they don't understand where I've been and what I'm going thru.  Sorry to ramble, but you can tell that I am excited!  Hugs and have a great rest of the day.  Peggy