chelly12A

Is there a support group for those struggling to hang on?

I am struggling. I gained about 10 lbs since Thanksgiving. I have a terrible time at night. How about you?

Is there a support group for those struggling to hang on?

It all depends on your personality. I for instance, am too easily swayed by those choices. I wish I had more self control, but I've chosen to learn from past experiences. I'll be forced to change some situations that I used to normally enjoy. No more "all you can eat buffet's, as the temptation is too great, no more going to the pizza Hut because my willpower will eventually fail me. Maybe not the first time or even after that, but EVENTUALLY I WILL BREAK DOWN. I always have. The sleeve didn't change that. I must change inside, and at 3 months out, I am going to hold off on temptations. That being said, I WILL try a cruise (next year)

Is there a support group for those struggling to hang on?

Maybe we should try and encourage her. I am not as obese as she is but I'm not perfect either. I hope she finds what she needs to move forward, her son needs her and wants her to succeed. The husband it between a rock and a hard spot, I feel bad for him.

I am 8 weeks post op and I am hungry every couple of hours. Not sure if it is real hunger or head hunger. How do you know the difference?

Maybe we should try and encourage her. I am not as obese as she is but I'm not perfect either. I hope she finds what she needs to move forward, her son needs her and wants her to succeed. The husband it between a rock and a hard spot, I feel bad for him.

Her son is a real sweetheart and really loves his mom. She needs to learn some self-love and turn things around. Or she won't be around to see him grow up.

I am with you nana I now have no way to contact the people on my friends list and I miss them. I started a forum saying we want our chat room back. Please go there and tell them that you want it back. I have written Alex that is the one that discontinued it but he just says the same thing as he told you. If they don't bring the chat back I won't be staying on this site. If you find another site with a chat let me know and I will join you.

My niece did the perimeter diet before and she lost weight but it can get very expensive. I guess I will try it that way and see if I do any better. The nut is also supposed to give me a call today with I hope some good info. Have a great day and maybe I will catch u in the chat room.

I have met a lot of people on this chat and I hate to see that end. I go in and out all day long. A lot of people don't know it's there because you don't really make it obvious. The last time you moved the chat to a different location on the site you didn't let us know and we lost a lot of regulars. I vote to keep the chat. It is much nicer to chat with someone then to have to go to the forums and keep waiting for an answer.

I have met a lot of people on this chat and I hate to see that end. I go in and out all day long. A lot of people don't know it's there because you don't really make it obvious. The last time you moved the chat to a different location on the site you didn't let us know and we lost a lot of regulars. I vote to keep the chat. It is much nicer to chat with someone then to have to go to the forums and keep waiting for an answer.

I haven't been able to access the chat room for a few days. I don't see it anywhere. Please let us know if you discontinued it?

I think the dominant app/website people tend use is my fitness pal. You can sync your fitbit to it and lots of apps like MapMyWalk or MapMyRun. And you can customize your nutritional profile. So you can set it for 90 g of Protein if you want to. You can also have it showing Fiber intake if that is important, or whatever.
Download a couple apps to your phone. Look at them and play with them. And remember that you are going to see an overwhelming list of foods for something as simple as "roasted chicken". Don't fret over that otherwise you will never be successful at logging your foods (this is what I initially did - I freaked out at not seeing the EXACT sub I had at subway or whatever). Pick one that is a close approximation to the kind you had. Make sure it has all the nutrient profile filled out and move on. Know that unless you are scanning barcodes (which is a handy feature in MFP), calorie counting is an approximate thing - everything depends on how you cooked the item, the flavoring and seasonings you may have used. It is not a hard an fast science!

I use livestrong.com. Thanks for all the info. My worst time is lunch but I will start cooking more and saving for lunch. They also told me to shop the outer perimeter of the store, which means no processed food.

Everyone is doing so good on here and I am doing terrible. I am 6 weeks post op and hungry. I am losing slowly and don't know which way to turn. I am definitely getting to much sodium which I never see anybody else mention. If you have any suggestions please let me know, as I am getting desperate.

I am glad it worked out. That was nice of them to reply right away and get it straightened out. It never hurts to ask, I applaud you.