How well are you following your surgeon's guidelines?

Interesting you said that. I wanted to eat like a 'normal' person too. And I did it! For awhile. Then it got out of control, because I forgot I was a fat girl! I used to say no matter what I weigh, I'll always be a fat girl. Well finally I felt good, felt like a thin girl and maybe that's what happened? Treats weren't just treats anymore. Instead of eating a few chips I started eating a lot more, etc. Now that I'm trying to get back on track it's not working that well.  Time for another whole new mindset I guess!

I will be 5 years post op on 9/17/08. While I do consider myself to be a successful WLS story I do not by any means believe the way I am choosing to live my WLS journey will work for everyone because I do eat sugar & carbohydrates daily, sometimes lots. I do not dump and am a self proclaimed sugar addict. I occasionally allow myself alcohol also.

with that said, I have lost and maintained a loss of 167 pounds to date. I do watch every Calorie I eat and treat them as a bank account, meaning I eat whatever I want but when the calorie bank for that day is full I stop. So if I choose to eat poorly for the day I know that I have to eat very healthy for the next few days to "save" more calories.  I also walk almost daily and for most of my weight loss journal I exercised tons but have come to realized I HATE HATE HATE exercise and will not be able to live the rest of my life maintaining the amount of exercise I was doing so I am currently watching my diet more carefully and establishing a new life plan that I feel like I can live with long term.  

I do still see my surgeon once a month for a weigh in & b12 injection, I take my vitamins daily, I drinks lots of water, I weigh myself every morning and I stay very much apart of the WLS community both here and with a monthly support group. I do believe these things have made me the success I am.

Diana
RNY 9/17/03
360/194.5/ forever aiming for 180

I forgot to add   

I never drink with meals
I wait atleast 30 mins after I eat to drink
I avoid soda
If I eat porly for the day I take a few doses of liguid protein to get protien in

Thank you all for being so honest and sharing your stories.  Everyone can gain encourgement from the many stories posted each day.

Best wishes to all as you continue your weight lost journey.


Happy Slimmings,

Tammie

I have other WLS family and I would see them drink with their meals...drink soda or beer...always have a bag of goodies in their room to snack on, snack and eat before meals, and not work out, and they still lost weight (this was early in their weight loss process) So I found I started slacking on the rules... man at the begning i followed them to a T, but after watching my other two family members eat crappy I thought "oh maybe I can get away with that now and then".. and then my one family member moved in with me, and my habbits got even worse. And just gradually I started to slip more and more, until for a while I don't think I was keeping ANY of the rules, I was still losing weight...but then it caught up with me!. It's still hard for me because the other two family members got to goal, or VERY close to it... so it's hard for me, somehow they "get away with it".. I didn't! So i have to separate myself and do what I know I need to do, regardless of what they do. The one after a while gained back 30 lbs.. and how now managed to lose it again.. (not really sure how, maybe she started following the rules) and the other one who had surgery teh same time I did has now started gaining weight as well. So maybe I can be the example, follow the rules agian, get the weight off and everything still be ok.  So what caused my weight gain (30 of the 160 I lost) NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES...mainly grazing all day, and not exercising, I got enough protein in, and not drinking with meals is easy for me.. I pretty much have that bad habit out of my system entirely.


I like what you said "do you remember why you had WLS?" I need to remember that.. I need to remember the fire I felt and how determined I was to be "perfect" (or as close as possible lol) and how determined I was to not be one of those people... the one's who didn't f ollow the rules and gained weight back..etc.

I know a guy who lost about 180 lbs simply by following WLS rules... but he didn't even have the surgery! he ate one cup of food 4 times a day, mostly protein and veggetables! WE HAVE A TOOL to make that easier! How lucky we are!