Adding carbs helped jump start loss?

"No one talks about the three week stall"?!?  Are you serious?!? You must not have read much here at all. There has been at least one post -- usually more -- every single week here for the last 7+ years (probably longer, but  that is how long I have been here). Use the search function and put in " week 3 stall"... 

I'm sorry that somehow you didn't expect pain from major surgery (why would you NOT expect it, especially when they give you narcotic pain meds to take?). I'm also sorry if somewhere along the line someone lied to you and told you that you would lose weight every single day (or even every single week).

As has been pointed out now numerous times... You will lose weight right now no matter what you do/eat/don't do/don't eat... The carbs (no matter from what source) had absolutely nothing to do with the change in the scale... There is NO advantage to testing the waters as far as dumping (you are better off if you assume that sugar will make you deathly ill and therefore avoid it)... You need to follow your plan as closely as possible -- and deal with whatever psychological issue(s) contributed to your weight problem -- if you want to be successful long-term... The fact that you are only three weeks out and trying the sugar is part of what sent up red flags (regardless if whether it was one bite of sugar or a while damn candy bar).

Now, let it go... Continuing to repeat the same responses over and over again are just creating more opportunities for people to say things that upset you.

You had the candy and now just want to learn from it.  So go forth and do just that.

Lora

Yeah, the docs don't mention it ... but us losers should do!!  There should be a book about the stuff they don't tell you.... stalls, farts, etc.

The no carb thing does not work for me either. Like I said, my plan wasn't carb restrictive, so I ate them. Now I will say that eating them leads to wanting more of them.  It is better if I avoid them now instead of eating them... they don't serve me well in maintenance.

You want the anatomy of failure?  In 2002 I had WLS, a DS to be specific.  At that time it seemed to be a miracle surgery.  I thought I had found the holy grail.

I belonged to a local support group, many of whom also had the DS.  We used to post recipes on our board for Krispy Kreme bread pudding.

In a stall?  Have a Krispy Kreme.  If you want a snack have the peanut covered M&Ms so you can get in your protein.

We had gatherings and potlucks where the tables were laden with desserts like cheesecake (again the protein) and all kinds of decadent goodies.  We had a DS and nothing could do us any harm.

In spite of all that I lost 120 lbs in the first 2 years.  And regained 100 lbs in the next 6 years.  My magic bullet was broken.  Several in that group had regain and some had revisions because their sleeve wasn't small enough or their common channel too long.  Had nothing to do with what we were eating.

We've learned a lot in the years since.  I found out that WLS was not a get out of jail free card.  And that no matter what was done to my body I am addicted to refined carbs.  I may not be able to eat as much as I used to but I can still do a lot of damage with the wrong things.

When I had my revision, because of health reasons, not to lose weight, I finally got it.  To lose weight and keep it off after WLS I had to do exactly what I did before WLS.  Eat less and eat the right foods.  No magic there.  WLS helps with the eating less part but the only thing that helps with the eating right part is me.

Yes, I did get bad results from eating wrong.  I found out inadvertently that I dumped when I was given something that wasn't sugar free like I thought.  I never wanted to find out on my own but knowing that wouldn't stop me if I was practicing my addiction.  When I had the DS I had terrible gas and diarrhea from eating carbs but that didn't stop me.  I thought it was because I was willing to pay the price but now I know that I had no choice.  I had to eat those things because my addiction was alive and needed to be feed.  The only way I can keep my addiction under wraps is not to feed it.

Don't think people are picking on you.  Yeah, we joke and laugh but it's not at you.  It is a way to relieve tension when dealing with a life and death condition.  I know that when I really look at some of the things I believed and see how I was fooling myself and telling myself lies to justify what I really wanted to do anyway, I laugh, too.  I mean, really?  A Krispy Kreme doughnut to break a stall?  What was I thinking but at the time it sounded good, it was endorsed by others and it allowed me to eat what I wanted.  Of course I never bothered with one doughnut.  If one was good three would be better.

I mean seriously?  You really thing the answer to a stall is to put candy in your body?  Even if the answer is more carbs there are a lot better ways to get carbs in then candy.  A protein shake with milk has a lot of carbs and won't trigger a craving.

One half of one fun sized candy bar. The next time I added carbs was through protein shakes. I didn't eat it to break the stall. I noticed the stall broke after I had it. I made a mistake and I am trying to learn from it. The pictures, ridicule, and bullying were unnecessary. I'm doing everything else by the book. I appreciate the encouragement that is sort of woven in and out of these posts. I also know what I can and can't handle and have not had a bite of anything bad since.  

Wow. If I ever own a pit bull, I'm going to name him after you. You just can't let it go.

You should find a therapist, and have them read this thread before your first session.

I still think you are awesome after all these years.

Paul! I've wondered about you.  How is your little girl doing?

It's good to hear you are still hanging in there.  BTW, I have always thought you were awesome, too!

 WLS helps with the eating less part but the only thing that helps with the eating right part is me. 

My personal opinion is throw out the scale and the bag of candy, you need neither and both will sabotage you in the end.  Once you reach goal if you want to obsessively weigh yourself go for it, now is not the time.  Eat healthy, balanced, chemical free as possible and you will be soooo much better off.  I bet those other 99 replies you got weren't suggesting you try a milky way next.  lol

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