YoYoing Right Now and a few bad days

I have a gift card to Runner's Depot to get my gait analyzed and be fitted for some running shoes. I am hoping I can find something to minimize the impact on my knees and ankles. That might make it better. Tonight on the treadmill I plan to spike up the speed a couple times to at least see how it feels.

Don't beat yourself up! I stayed the same weight all week last week but dropped three pounds in 3 days and I am NOT killing myself like you are! You know that you are doing the right things and a little slip up isn't the end of the world. I think that's what's changed for me. Before surgery, I would go on a diet, inevitably screw up and hate myself so much that I gave up all together. Now,  I know my stomach is always going to be small so if I eat something not on plan one day,  tomorrow is a new day. I know I will not gain all this weight back because of one "bad" choice.  Life is about pleasure and joy. Allow yourself to have it. You work hard and you will continue to lose, look at you, you are a machine! 

I do between 40-70 carbs a day (omg, i know) because after doing Atkins 10 years ago and gaining weight back at such a ridiculous speed, I don't want to have that hanging over me.  

Don't worry! A week from now you will be back on track!

I am of the same mindset as you. But what spooks me a bit is will one bad choice lead to another and I have made a couple of bad choices in the past couple of weeks. I just need to be sure that I can control it and that I do have it under control. Hopefully that is what this post is doing. But as a whole I am in agreement with you on if you deny yourself you will want it more and it might be a lot less damage to have a small bite of something now to save you from binging later. But it has to be under control. We cannot ignore that there were things that lead to our eating habits that may not be fully resolved. That is why intense self reflection is necessary some times. My question is last night did I just have a small slip or is there something else that is steering me in a particular direction. Its not just about weight loss its also about not going back to my old ways and not going to the gym and relaxing about food are my old ways. This is about accountability.

Going super low carb right now is probably going to help you Keith.  I cannot seem to add carbs back into my daily diet unless I want to sabotage my weight loss or even maintain my weight for that matter!  Carbs are total triggers for me... all carbs!!  You are still very early out & I think it's critical to work that sleeve to the best you can; the future of of your weight loss depends on it.  I know you can do this!   You inspire so many people on this board, myself included!  Get tha****er in, go low carb, stay focused!!  I'm talking out loud so I can follow this too.  Come on, we've got this!

Thanks for the pep talk! I do have this. I think it helps to sort of put it out there and I can see it as if someone else posted it and I can objectify my response and hopefully internalize it. (wow what a bunch of crap), I fell asleep a the wheel gotta get the car back on the road. I mean its not like I gained weight. I just haven't lost and I know I have done a few bad things in the past 2 weeks. But I need to see it in front of me. Plus hearing from you guys is the point of this forum. If I can di**** I need to be able to take it.

This is a perfect example of how life gets in the way.
You learned from it & will adjust & move on.
Once you make the adjustments, you will feel better about things.

Stalls are quite normal and natural.  Our bodies are smarter than we are.  It's called survival.  Just clean up your diet, no more BD cake, popcorn seems to be a trigger for you.

Clean carbs only, steak and salad, shrimp and salad, fish and salad, chicken and salad or any reasonable facsimile.  It is going to start coming off again.  You're a man.  It ****** us women off because you all lose faster and easier than we do!!!

I am the stall king. I have lost count of the number of stalls I have had. This is not a stall, this is YoYo. I am still losing, it just pops back up too. I am reasonably certain the spikes up are due to constipation and/or poor elimination which has become an issue for me again. What I am most worried about is what is going on in my head. The absent minded eating, the cravings, the desire to eat.

The head stuff will haunt you maybe forever.  It takes a long time to get rid of life long habits, especially the bad ones.  Increase high fiber veggies even if you eat an once or two less of meat.  If you still drink protein shakes, mix up some benefiber in them.  Fish seems to be easier to digest than meat and moves through faster.

Keith-

I've followed your posts, and I def. disagree with some of your "habits" that you've tried to establish. But this post is a good one.

In the end, you gotta figure out what works for you. Carbs suck. and for me, they only beget more carbs. So, try to focus on more protein. Protein first. Veggies only if there is room. Carbs never (or seldom). Esp. simple ones like crappy sugar filled ones.

For me:

Breakfast was always a protein shake within 30min of waking up. Always. and second breakfast a couple of hours later (if I needed it) was some sort of protein (half a chicken sausage, 4oz greek yogurt, couple of laughing cow cheese wedges, etc).

Lunch was usually chicken salad. A VSGer by the name of Sublimate has this great recipe that she called her "sleeve buster" Super low carb. and very filling. You could eat a ton of that and it will fill you up.

Chicken salad (pasted from Sublimate's profile)

(All solid measurements weighed on scale)

14 oz boneless skinless chicken breast grilled and diced
1 cup fage greek yogurt
7 oz fresh pico de gallo
1/4 cup lemon juice
6 oz diced celery
Sea salt to taste
garlic powder to taste
onion powder to taste
Optional paprika to taste

Mix all ingredients well and serve. You can exchange diced cucumber for celery for variety with little effect on the carb/calorie count.

Calories     570.74
Fat    8.43
Carbs    29.83
Protein    99.66

Dinner: 2-3 oz of protein.

Snack: another protein shake if I needed it.

Now, if you are still hungry: add some veggies. But don't make them your focus. Protein, protein, protein first. and then IF you have room or are hungry, then veg.

You have been super successful so far, but you are still a "baby" postop. Heck, I'm still a baby postop at nearly 2.5 years out. This is about establishing habits FOR LIFE. Hang in there.