Yesterday I kind of went off the deep end, and ya know what? I am not beating myself up about it. Got up this morning, jumped right back on the Protein wagon, gonna up my fluids today and move on!

After I sat down and actually calculated what I ate and drank I was still under 1200 calories! How many times have I been able to say that I "cheated" on my diet and only ate 1200 calories?

I have decided this is not really a diet, but a way of life and that I will have times when I am out with friends or just super hungry that day and I will eat more that I would like. Past behavior would have been to throw in the towel and give into my cravings, but not any more! I am stronger than that now. And while this is a way of life, I know I need to be a little more dilegent during the losing phase. There will be plenty of time for "treat" days later.

Whew....I feel better now! Have a great day everyone.

It's kind of like your sleeve is your lifeline when you go off the deep end. Maybe in the past you would have drowned, but now you've got something stable to hang onto. Nice to know that you came out of your "bad" day with a good frame of mind!

Keep up the good work gal!

Great attitude. Sounds like you are doing GREAT!

I have some bad days too. I realize my eating habits have changed in some ways for the good, because I eat more lean Protein and less bread than ever. Less cokes. But I'm not eating enough fruits and veggies and I'm eating too many Snacks which has ALWAYS been a problem...chips, crackers w/PB, stuff like that. Not drinking enough Water. Still too much sugar in my diet, although it is less.

Darn! It is slowing down my weight loss, but I'm just being patient with myself. I'm still adjusting. LIke you said, calorie wise I'm fine, but to be truly healthy I still have more work to do.

One day I got really uptight and nervous and tried to eat a lot. I felt so sick. It was beef Jerky mostly and then some shrimp. But it was too much. I finally threw up. It was nervous eating, which is so obvious now when it happens. But I still try. I hate the feeling of overeating now, but I guess it will take me a while to not have that tendency. I'm definitely a person that overeats when I have anxiety.

I'm only about 10 days out, but I've had some really bad days. Not bad in that I ate something I wasn't supposed to, but bad as in kind of depressed. I mean I've lost about 50 lbs and I still have a double chin. It makes me afraid that this isn't going to work. I know it's nonsense, but I just get down about it. I can't see the difference, and I can't wear smaller size clothes yet. It just doesn't make sense. I have my 2 week post op appt with my doctor on Tuesday, I guess I'll ask him about it.