Bounce-Back Weight is A Reality!!!!

Hello LW Friends....

    I am two years post op and dealing with the dreaded issues of Bounce-Back weight lately!!  I am still learning how to adjust being in maintenance mode but I got to tell you it is quite a challenge!!  In the last week, I have managed to add 3 lbs to my weight and its scaring the @#$% out of me!!!!  I know I need to keep up charting my carbs on a regular basis!!  How I miss those first months in the "Honeymoon" phase.  I could drop a few pounds overnight or by having a bm!!  Not happening now!! 

   So to all you newbies do your best to take advantage of the "Honeymoon" phase and get down as low as you can so this Bounce-Back weight isnt so tramatic!!  Anyone else experiencing this or have noticed this along their weight loss journey...I could so use some advice!!  Have a wonderful day Everyone!!!!

Good morning, S.S.

Yeap, bounce back is a *****! I miss those early days too when the weight just FELL off!

It's why we say to go as low as your body will go...don't try and stop it unless you get right on the "underweight" line of the BMI chart. It usually will stop itself.

Liz

Liz,  Thanks for reply My S.S.   I love your analogy weight just Fell Off...so true!!  Im sure glad I am taking the "bull by the horns" and getting those 3 lbs and maybe more off right away!!  Its a struggle this maintenance thing but I would rather keep on top of the few pounds then the 115 lbs excess weight I used to weigh!!!!!  Don't want to ever go there again!!  

You are right.  Bounce Back Weight is a reality!!!!!!!!!  It takes a while to learn how to do maintenance.  I found I had let too many

carbs creep back into my meal plan.  The bounce back is coming off slowWWWWWWWWWWly, but it is coming off. 

When I'm in my 80s I have no doubt I'll still be planning, tracking and adjusting my carbs.

Thanks LinR for your reply...Im thinking the Carb Monster is behind my 3 lbs too!!  Going to have to pass on the carbs and get back to basics...again!!  I will be right up there with you in my 80's too tracking proteins, carbs and fluids...!!!!

It is really scary.  Mine just started in the last 3 months.  I am up a few pounds and am working on getting it back off.  It is a lot easier to get 3-4 pounds off rather than more.

Exercise is important too - another thing I am lacking right now.  Do you exercise?

Hi Linda,   Thanks for your message!!  I try to keep active even if its walking!  Im glad I am motivated to grab hold of these few pounds and deal with them now!!  Amazes me how fast those pounds can appear with a bad food choice day!! 

I warn posters every day on M&M not to let the carbs back into their menus during the honeymoon phase because it leads to bad habits and when the honeymoon phase is over the pounds will start creeping back on.  It seems like one day you are in the honeymoon phase and then you wake up to Maintenance.

Maintenance = Protein and Low Carb if you want to be successful. 

Thanks Roz...You are so correct with the low carbs and protein...I am all over this few pounds, so it doesnt turn from a few pounds to many pounds!! 

yep to everything everyone else has said.  I'm working on a few # too that came from nowhere??? Well, really, I know where they came from.  but high protein, low carb is still the trick for me.  this is work and thoughtful work at that.