Confession time. . . .

Marc,

It's good to see you posting again!

Jeane

Thank you sweetie... I appreciate it

Marc, I don't think either of us can just sit back and let the other one row. One paddle for each of us. If only one rows I think we go in circles??? I belong to TOPS and weigh in each week. I find it works as well for me as Weigh****chers. Been there, done all of them including OA. Thinking about going back there as it deals more with the deeper issues. I'm just kind of in a "don't wanna do it right" kind of mood. Want it to be easy like it was early one. Darn. . . . life sucks sometimes!

Do the whey products bother you? I am mildly lactose intolerant but I can handle fat free milk. I still like my Champion pure whey chocolate mixed with water. Don't know if you might be able to handle that or not.

Hi Karen,

Thanks for sharing your struggles with what to eat and the need to exercise. consistently. Sorry to hear you too gained some weight back. I am in the same boat and rowing hard to not gain any more. I too take my vitamins consistently and do the water loading.

As I have said before in other places and times, they fixed my body with this surgery but not my head, and craving for sweets is what gets me. I started seeking sweets even though they make me sick within my first year post op. Back then the magic part of the surgery was still working so I did not gain, even continued to lose but now in my third year the weight gain is all too real. The feeling of failure is right there all the time as as I realize I have done it again, gained weight back but thankfully not all of it. On the other hand, I have a tool now I did not have before so I just need to use the pouch and follow the pouch rules. I need an exercise routine, and have a pool at my apartment and a gym membership which I just need to use.

Have a good week being back on track.

Karen Martin

I've got a nice recumbent exercise bike upstairs and a bike in the garage and a nice walking trail. . . Like you said just need to get my ever expanding rear in gear and use what is available! I'm going to try really hard to do what I know I need to do this week. I started today and will renew that pledge in the morning.

Hi Karen

I am almost 1 year out and I appreciate seeing people that are further out that are honest about the struggles.  I grit my teeth when anyone ever says that WLS is the "easy way out". 

I'm finally at the point where I can exercise 1-1/2 to 2 hrs a day 3-4 days a week (usually more like the 3 but getting to the 4).  I'm using the treadmill, eliptical and weights in addition to water aerobics which is all I was doing before. 

I will be officially 1 year out on Thursday, July 9th.  I am 175 pounds from my highest weight and 155 pounds from my surgery weight.

I can eat most protein if it is moist (sometimes including steak).  I discovered plain greek yogurt (something I would have never thought of--I flavor it with sugar free pudding powder or sf toriani syrups).  I discovered fresh fruit.

Can some of this be (and I do not want to be preachy) the difference between if we can and if we should eat something?  What are some of your thoughs on that?

I am trying to adjust my mindset because I know even though I have more weight to lose (about 75 pounds to get to my goal) and deal with the emotional eating.  I haven't succumbed because I have had a lot of issues in the last year (daughter getting married and moving away, parent with severe health problems, financial issues, etc) which, with this surgery, I am physically incapable to holding much and have been fairly successful in not grazing which has been my downfall (a handful here, a small plate there).   

I look forward to hearing from others --hang in there--the tool is there (that's what I keep hearing and seeing).

Sylvia

Karen,

It's good that you see the problem and know what to do about it.  I dread the day when I start balancing out.  I've been plagued by this ulcer, but in reality, it is a blessing.  A lot of my weightloss problems, meaning too much weightloss, are directly a result of not being able to eat because of the pain that I feel from eating.  If I didn't have that, I'd be in a world of hurt.  I still exercise like it was the month after surgery and mainly I do it because I remember when I wanted to walk and couldn't or wanted to bike and couldn't.  I think getting into the gym is your key.  Good luck

 

Karen, you have already won more than half the battle.  First you had the surgery.  Second is you are taking RESPONSIBILITY.  I can't tell you how often I have to smack my hands so I do not type a response when someone on another board I post on says they can't understand why they gained weight.  Then a little later they post that they are going out drinking.  Okay....

Anyway, you have stepped up.  Now take control.  You can do it and you have all of us to lean on.