Still learning 2 years out....
I am over 2 years out from my VSG and Have been at goal for quite a while now..and feel great. However, I guess I am still learning and I wanted to share with you what I learned! I need accountablility!!..and I think I always will. Since my VSG I have always been a daily weigher....first thing in the am I get on the scale. (before my VSG...I NEVER went on the scale...denial!!)...So about 2 months ago I stopped going on the scale first thing every am...don't know why but I just stopped. Then last week I did and I was up 9 lbs!! I was so mad at myself....I had not realized that I had starting letting little things "creep" into my daily diet...and not drinking my water the way I know that I should. It was a real eye opener for me....and now it is back on the scale daily! (and it is already going down in the right direction!) I need that daily accountability...it really does keep me on tract. I do have about a 3 lb fluctuation that I am ok with....but not this! I have worked too hard to get here..I am not going back ever! So learn from me..if you are a daily scale watcher...don't stop! Do whatever it is that keeps you accountable!
Have a great sleeve friendly day!
Patty
Have a great sleeve friendly day!
Patty
Good lesson. I also check the scale at least 3-4 times a week; I just cant help but want to see how I am progressing. I am only 2 months out today but know I will also have to be accountable for my food choices for the rest of my life. I dont want to get back into my bad eating habits. Thanks for the info.
Good for you for catching it early!! Thanks for the lesson. I also continue to weigh daily and to track my food. Becoming mindless is what led to us becoming morbidly obese in the first place. I also need the accountability that daily weighing and food tracking provides. We have worked too hard, to go backwards.
((HUGS))
Gail
((HUGS))
Gail
Good lesson.
I weigh daily. Sometimes at night too. I gained a lot of weight by ignoring the scale. I'll never do that again. I might even buy a extra scale to keep in the closet in case this one dies!
I read a magazine article that said people that weigh often are more likely to keep the weight off. I believe it. You have to catch the gain early.
I weigh daily. Sometimes at night too. I gained a lot of weight by ignoring the scale. I'll never do that again. I might even buy a extra scale to keep in the closet in case this one dies!
I read a magazine article that said people that weigh often are more likely to keep the weight off. I believe it. You have to catch the gain early.
VSG 6/10/2011 Dr. Ann Lidor BMore MD 5'5 HW-247 SW-233 GW-145 CW-120
http://www.youtube.com/user/72Crabadams Me rambling about my journey : )
http://www.youtube.com/user/72Crabadams Me rambling about my journey : )
I had the same problem earlier this summer. I had been running so much that it seemed like I could eat whatever I wanted and the scale never moved. I stopped weighing everyday and cut back on my running and had a 5 lb creep.
It's taking me a long time to get it back off. I've upped my running miles again and I've lost 3 of the lbs, but its taken me over a month to get them off.
It's taking me a long time to get it back off. I've upped my running miles again and I've lost 3 of the lbs, but its taken me over a month to get them off.
hi guys,
good post! i've always been a weekly weigher and then the last couple of monhs i've just been waiting 'til i see my NUT once a month AND eating crap. seeing her Weds and expecting the worst. so, back on the weekly scale i go! i'm going on 2 yrs out and this is the hard part, i know!
my dumb move lately (why?!?!?) is drinking while eating. so many reasons not to -- including the fact that the food just comes flooding back up! Gug!
Tales from the trenches!
good post! i've always been a weekly weigher and then the last couple of monhs i've just been waiting 'til i see my NUT once a month AND eating crap. seeing her Weds and expecting the worst. so, back on the weekly scale i go! i'm going on 2 yrs out and this is the hard part, i know!
my dumb move lately (why?!?!?) is drinking while eating. so many reasons not to -- including the fact that the food just comes flooding back up! Gug!
Tales from the trenches!
Hey Peanut Butter & Jelly......
That's where my mind goes when I see your name......yah.... I still have issues.....
I'm afraid the learning on this thing is ongoing......
Seems the more I learn..... the more questions I have..... or an alternate route I may try......
If we ever thought we could just have surgery, lose the weight, than get back into life without any effort..... we thought wrong......
I sometimes feel like a crackhead at those support groups..... we're all crackheads and Dr.C given out the crack......and if I want the real good stuff..... I make an appointment to see him........
frisco
SW 338lbs. GW 175lbs. Goal in 11 months. CW 148lbs. WL 190lbs.
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