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You can and you WILL make it. Your routine sounds amazing, keep it up

IWatch is awesome to track your workouts and the calories you burn! It tracks your steps and all that. I'll send you a direct message with my phone number and we can add each other if you want

Good morning friends. Today is my weigh in day. I got a new scale but my weight is pretty much around the same as last week. My new scale tells me my body fat, muscle mass, water weight and some other stuff which is pretty cool. It's reading up .6 which I'm not sure if it's the new scales calibration or what but I know I've been eating right and exercising so I feel great. This past weekend I caved and had like 3 Starbucks caramel mochiatos in the span of two days and learned that drinking my calories isn't the wisest choice. This journey is much more to me then losing weight, its healing my mind and heart and learning to truly love myself. It's not something that will happen overnight but I know that I am well on my way. I created this thread to keep myself accountable and a part of me wanted to run and hide because I didn't have a huge weight loss but I realized that I am not doing this for anyone but myself and this is my journey. I will not quit and I know that I will reap exactly what I sow, I'm expecting a harvest on these good food choices and exercise seeds I've been sowing lol. I hope everyone is having a wonderful week and sticks with it as this is a lifelong change that must be made and the longer we avoid it the deeper we get. We can do it! I can't wait to look back on these posts in 6 months and see how far I've come, the time will pass regardless, I am choosing go make my time count! On another note, does anyone have an iWatch? We can share our activity to keep each other motivated. Let me know!

Kathy, your message really blessed me. Try not to get down on yourself but begin to love and treat yourself kindly. This journey that we are on is so much deeper then the number we see on the scale. It is issues of our hearts that are surfacing as we push our own limits and force ourselves to face the very things we have tried to cover up. This is a journey and it's a day by day process that we will be in for the rest of our lives but Gods grace is sufficient for us all, for His strength is made perfect in our weakness. Remember that you are beautifully and wonderfully made and created to shine! You can do it and you will succeed!

Hello friends! I just wanted to encourage you all to keep going and not quit. Lets remember why we started this journey in the first place and how helpless it felt when we got our surgeries. We may feel that same sense of helplessness to a degree today with regain but know that if you continue making new choices, it will pay off! Drink more water, exercise, protein first, limit sugar and carbs and you will see results!!! Keep at it and don't buy the lie that you can't because you can!!!

Yes! Amen! He is so wonderful and gives us all we need to accomplish what He has called us to do

I had gastric bypass in 2013. My regain began February 2015 because I stopped exercising, watching what I was eating etc. completely went back to pre surgery eating habits. After surgery I picked up a substance abuse addiction since I could no longer abuse food. In January 2015, i came to know Jesus as my Lord and Savior and He delivered me from all drugs. At that point I went back to food (hence the weight gain) but now with His help I am getting to the root of why I abused food and other things in the first place. Our weight is byproduct of something deeper going on and getting surgery and losing the weight will not solve the root. It's important for us all to get healing from whatever it is that was causing us to abuse food in the first place. This journey has been a wild ride but I wouldn't trade it and where I am for anything.

I'm with Liz on this, don't give up. We are all on this journey and we have good days and bad days. I murdered some chocolate brownies the other day and got in the "well I blew it, might as well just have more" mindset. Despite falling, I've decided that I will always get back up. Our tools are only a portion of weight loss, 90% of it is mental. We must renew our minds. Rooting for you

I like your scale Liz and those numbers on it! Lol #goals May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

Go girl! May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

Happy you are here. You can do it and we are here to help encourage you along the way! Welcome! May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

You got this. Glad you are here May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

Monday weigh in! Down from last week! Out of the 200's! Yay! We can do this friends! May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

Beautiful!!! A true inspiration May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

You're getting back up and not staying down. I say that's a win. Keep it up and keep moving forward! Proud of you. May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

I've ran from pain my whole life but in the midst of running from it, I ran head first into it. We must learn to deal with hard things and not seek to run away from them. Exercise is hard but the consequences of not exercising are harder. Eating right is hard, but consequences of not eating right are harder. Let's face the hard things and conquer them because the more we put them off, the harder the battle will be in the end. Love you all and keep pushing! We got this. May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

Welcome Jenny, so happy to have you on this thread! We all can and will get this weight off and will be here to support each other along the way. May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

When I began this thread, I said I'd be weighing in on Monday's and have been posting a picture of my scale. Monday's are weigh in days for me, you all should join in! Great idea May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

Your message really blessed and encouraged me, thank you for that my friend May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

Great job on exercising Kathy! Keep it up! Don't we all wish that about carbs? Lol, I know I do! May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

Of course, jump right in! Welcome! May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

Good morning friends, So the scale is showing that I have gained from last week but I know I am retaining fluids as it's that time of the month. I have been going to the gym 5 times a week and feel great, my eating this past weekend was decent but I didn't follow my plan to the T. I wish I could have handled my cravings better as I know when I'm about to start my menstruation because I want to eat everything in sight!!! I am really proud of myself and know that there has been a mental shift because typically if I see a gain, I would give up and binge for a few weeks and start back over when I couldn't tolerate myself anymore- a cycle I know all too well. I am going to continue doing what I am doing and know that it will pay off because this time around I aim to make a lifestyle change and not just a temporary fix. We can do it ladies!!! I believe in each and everyone of us, we will succeed! May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

I'm glad [emoji16] May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

Back to the basics is just getting back to what the rules were after surgery. Protein first (80oz a day) no drinking with food or 30 mins before or after meals. No snacking, drinking at least 64 oz Of water and exercising. I know for me the weight came back because I stopped following these rules and started eating a lot of carbs and sugary foods. That's what back to basics means for me [emoji4] May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela

Nice to have you back on the grid May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️ -Mariela