I was out with friends and my choices were not great.

I was starting to beat myself up when I realized it was silly. I'm human. Today's "bad" choices do not rule my life. It doesn't mean that my journey is over.

And, when I put it in myfitnesspal.com, I was just over 1000 calories. Pre-surgery, would you ever have beat yourself up for limiting your calories to 1000? OK ... today is done and tomorrow is a new day filled with all kinds of new choices.

Rock on!

You are still most certainly in a calorie defecit and can make each day a little lower than usual and you'll even out.

You are so right mini!!

I was so frustrated with the dumb stall that I splurged last Sunday. I had 1/2 of a McGriddle for Breakfast and then KFC for lunch AND dinner! On Monday, I was down over a pound! Go figure! LOL

We are advertising our business at the Spring Fair this weekend and there are so many wonderful food smells everywhere! I have been a pretty good girl tho.

Like you said, if it was every day, that would be different. I think a little break is good once in awhile!

Mini You wouldn't believe all the junk I eat constantly. I gained 8 lbs on my Caribbean cruise. I had

ice cream more than once a day, a wonderful desert every night called chocolate melting cake, and everything and anything I wanted to eat for 10 days. It took me a week to get back down to goal.

The sleeve is the greatest thing.We can mess up and then get back to our regular eating habits and the small portions our sleeve allows and we don't keep the weight on the way we did before surgery. If I see that I have gained 2 lbs from eating out or going to some party on a weekend, I go right back to what I know works and it's gone the next day.

There are speed bumps along the way, but that's all they are. We don't gain weight and keep gaining it unless we constantly graze every day so don't worry about one bad day or even one bad week!

Thanks all. I cannot let this become a habit (of course), but this morning I jumped on the scale and I was down 2 pounds. What????

That means, I broke the 40 pounds down mark. Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the main reason I love the sleeve. Grant it, right now, I have a love/hate relationship with my body, but for 99% of the time, I absolutely love the sleeve and the way it keeps me on track.

I went on vacation for 6 days, gained 5lbs and came home and dropped it within a week by getting back to my normal eating habits.

YAY for breaking the 40lb mark, you're doing great.

Are you ready to work-out? I am, I'm going to type up my routine on the dry erase board, and mark it off every day that I complete it. We're gonna do it, we're gonna get toned and slim. I can't wait ! ! !

You betcha I am ready. I've got my plan all ready to go!!!!! We are going to be two of the healthiest, hot babes around. :001_tongue:

So ... has anyone else had a day where you were totally able to eat more than usual, but the next day your restriction was so tight you hardly got anything down? That happened to me today. Weird!

Congrats on the big 4-0 Mini!!!! You're doing great don't be so hard on yourself. And yes, there are days that I feel like I can eat a bunch and then the next day barely anything. Gotta love the sleeve!!!

So ... has anyone else had a day where you were totally able to eat more than usual, but the next day your restriction was so tight you hardly got anything down? That happened to me today. Weird!

It happens to me when the humidity is super high here in Florida. It's kind of weird because I dealt with that issue with the band. The only solution that has worked for me is drinking some hot herbal tea. I found some by Celestial seasons called Candy Cane, and it totally relaxes my sleeve. Plus, it has real peppermint in it which I've found really helps when my stomach feels weird.

I was out with friends and my choices were not great.

I was starting to beat myself up when I realized it was silly. I'm human. Today's "bad" choices do not rule my life. It doesn't mean that my journey is over.

And, when I put it in myfitnesspal.com, I was just over 1000 calories. Pre-surgery, would you ever have beat yourself up for limiting your calories to 1000? OK ... today is done and tomorrow is a new day filled with all kinds of new choices.

Rock on!

Girl! Don't worry the small stuff. . . you can't go wild like you did before. . .I usually let my weekends go to the dogs too. . . no, i don't eat chocolate, cakes, or junk, but i do eat and don't eat . . for example i won't eat Breakfast, then at about 10ish i'll have coffee and a piece of toat with butter. . .then around 1ish i'll chew on cheese and crackers, then about 3ish i'll have tea with a teaspoon or 2 of condensed milk and maybe another couple of crackers. . . then i'll cook dinner and have whatever i've cooked in small amounts of course . . . then later i'll have a fat free blue bunny ice cream (yum). . . but during the week, i am really good. . . :thumbup:

Hey Mini! You're doing great, sister! Let yourself have some food fun every now and then, in the long term it will help keep you on track as you'll be less likely to binge - if that's even possible with the sleeve! I know that sometimes on the days when my cal's were too high (usually not carbs tho) I too, strangely would be down a pound or two the next day. Maybe our bodies twisted way of thanking us??? LOL.

Also, I too notice more restriction in the mornings. Not every day and not after eating a particular lot the night before, my theory is that the thing kinda collapses overnight after laying down for hours?? Just my theory... Have a great week!!!

This is a really weird journey! I've been up and down for the past 3 weeks. From what my doc said, my metabolism has bottomed out because I'm eating so little. I guess that could explain some of the comments some of you made about feeling guilty about overeating (1000 calories hmmmmm!) and losing weight. Could it just be that your metabolism got geared up again after being in starvation mode?

I posting on another thread that my doc said my next step is to get my calories up to 700-800 a day. Then I could begin building muscle. He said, "It is impossible to build muscle on 300-500 calories a day."

Just saying...........

One more thing...

My DH and I were out doing a little shopping on Saturday and decided to stop and eat the Soup & salad at Olive Garden. I so love the salad at OG! So he had the Soup, Salad and Bread Sticks (I so love the bread sticks at OG!) and I had the salad. I ate my salad. After I was done I tore the middle out of a bread stick and had a couple of bites. Enjoyed it all immensely. My point is that the salad and the couple of bites of bread did not satisty me at all! I felt empty in only a little while. I guess because there was not any Protein in my lunch. Next time I'll be sure to get something with some chicken in it.

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This is a really weird journey!

You said it! :thumbup:

I am 5 weeks out and I just can't understand overeating. I have gastritis they tell me and the meds make me sick, I have stopped taking them today as they made me throw up. The sheer taste of the capsule does it.

I am still so lightheaded I cannot work and I do not want to eat. Everything seems to taste so nasty. This morning I had an egg and 1/2 slice of toast and the feeling it makes in my stomach is not pleasant. It's not like the stomach of old being really full, it's the feeling of nausea/discomfort. Anybody have any thoughts?, Protein drinks are nasty, brushing my teeth makes me gag. I can't even change my son's diaper with vomiting. Help please.

I am 5 weeks out and I just can't understand overeating. I have gastritis they tell me and the meds make me sick, I have stopped taking them today as they made me throw up. The sheer taste of the capsule does it.

I am still so lightheaded I cannot work and I do not want to eat. Everything seems to taste so nasty. This morning I had an egg and 1/2 slice of toast and the feeling it makes in my stomach is not pleasant. It's not like the stomach of old being really full, it's the feeling of nausea/discomfort. Anybody have any thoughts?, Protein drinks are nasty, brushing my teeth makes me gag. I can't even change my son's diaper with vomiting. Help please.

Sorry you are having a rough time.

eggs are hard for many people - especially 5 weeks out. Toast can also be a problem. Protein shakes are nasty - I agree.

How do you do with refried Beans, cheese, Soups, etc.? Have you been able to eat any meats?