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lanagirl    65

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I have had lapband for 16 months I am 27 pounds from goal!! Here is my problem: I am at the point I have been at so many times as a yoyo dieter. Self sabotage :-( in the past I just would have eaten mega amounts of food. Thanks to my band I can't do that, but the urge is still there. I am well aware of how to get around band with sliders but I don't want to go there I really don't . Just having a really hard time right now.

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SkinnyJenn    68

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Don't let your old habits control you! Do something else you like to do, like read a book, go shopping, play a game, pin new things to Pinterest, do a craft, write a short story, fantasize about your dream outfit or vacation, go for a walk, jog in place, etc! There are toms of different options.

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hiddnstar    167

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I have had lapband for 16 months I am 27 pounds from goal!! Here is my problem: I am at the point I have been at so many times as a yoyo dieter. Self sabotage :-( in the past I just would have eaten mega amounts of food. Thanks to my band I can't do that, but the urge is still there. I am well aware of how to get around band with sliders but I don't want to go there I really don't . Just having a really hard time right now.

HI!

I SO know what you're talking about! 27 pounds from goal is wonderful! Do you have plans for how you will Celebrate reaching your goal? Would it help to focus on that for a while to get thru this particularly hard time?

One thing that has helped me is to practice accomplishing goals. Like, my goal for today is to walk 3 miles. (so far I've walked 1.5 miles...but it's still light outside!). When some piece of food is calling my name, I make my goal to not eat it until tomorrow. (and then what usually happens is I feel so good about not eating it that I don't eat it the next day either!).

It's helped me to remember how good it felt when I stuck to my weightloss focus and passed an opportunity to do otherwise.

It feels so good to recognize the power of your own intention!

I know all this is just talk, but I hope it may light a fire under your own imagination to come up with what may work for you.

Remember to love yourself. What a very loving thing you've done for yourself to have stayed so focused and to have lost so much weight .

One of my personal goals is to get below 200 pounds. I once got to 201!!! and then suddenly I was 204, then 206....all the way up to 235. Talk about self sabotage!! I was having complications back then. Im back down to 216, now.

I know what it feels like to wake up in the morning knowing I stayed on-goal the day before. It really fuels my day! It has helped me to focus on the excitement of the whole thing!!! How many people are in your life who have done what you have done! It also helps me to be successful one more day...

and one more day....and one more day.

I'm glad you wrote here. If nothing else, please know you are not alone. Ever.

~hiddn

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lanagirl    65

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Thank you for your responses, I am on my elliptical now trying to work through this. Oh and I was feeling all alone thank you

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hiddnstar    167

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Thank you for your responses, I am on my elliptical now trying to work through this. Oh and I was feeling all alone thank you

Hi again!

Yay! Good choice you made!!

I wanted to tell you, too, that because of your post earlier, as I responded to it, I was reminding myself of what works for me.

I just got back from finishing my 3 miles of walking! You email inspired me.

I also learned that someone reaching out is just as powerful a "giving" as someone reaching back! Thank you!

Keep up your good work and be kind to yourself!

~hiddn

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blondegal_    1,028

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Change your brain. Don't focus on those 27 lbs. focus on how much you've lost. And think about just adding one more pound to that loss. That pound isn't that much. You've already lost pounds. Just get rid of one more. And one more. And then one day all 27 lbs will be gone.

I've lost ~100 lbs and have ~40 more to go. I can't think about that 40. I'm just focusing on losing a few and getting under 175 lbs. Then I'll conquer 170. Just a little at a time.

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The Icy One    518

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Lanagirl, can I just say, wow! Congrats to you on all of your hard work and progress, so far. You look great. :D

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