rockstar33

Thank you so much for the advice. I have not done a good job of keeping measurements but I should probably step away from the scale for a few days. I have increased my exercise and intensity of exercise so I have been wondering if I should be eating more calories but that is such a scary thing for me. It's such a mental thing to break through years of restriction being the answer for weight loss and now trying to figure out what my body needs in order to lose and then what will it need to maintain. I find that to be very overwhelming and frustrating some days. I will feel " full" but not even eat half of a portion and then the next day feel like I am starving in between meals after finishing 3 ounces. I feel like I am up against this time line before my body goes into maintenance mode and this fear that it will happen before I have lost all that I want to lose. For now I will praise my current success and stay focused on my overall new lifestyle!

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I am going into surgery in 2 weeks. What advice would you give yourself looking back? Has it been extremely difficult to maintain the new lifestyle long term? Any insight you wish you had last year ?

I am going into surgery in 2 weeks. What advice would you give yourself looking back? Has it been extremely difficult to maintain the new lifestyle long term? Any insight you wish you had last year ?

What advice would you give to someone who is 7 months behind you?
And what things do you think made you so successful and continue to make you successful?

I am scared that I will not succeed. I am addicted to food. It is my crutch. What is it like to live without being able to eat all of the foods I love? I keep thinking will I miss out on eating if I travel to France or Italy? Or how about a cruise? And then I think.......this is exactly the problem. Why is that my major concern? Because food controls my life. Is it hard to wake up from surgery and think that you will never be able to eat certain foods again? Will I have a healthy relationship with food? What is it like to be successful with weight loss?