Never Full!

[SarahBeth 11]

I am starting to get a little worried. I have not been doing well lately, and I feel like I am failing! It has been almost a month since the scale moved, and I know it is because I haven't been doing the things I should be doing. I am worried I will go back to my old habits & to make it worse...I do not get feelings of fullness anymore!!! Has anyone else ever had this problem? What did you do to get back on track and kick bad habits!?

[Shirl the Pearl 0]

Can you shake things up and go back to what you were doing in week1 or 2? Including measuring everything and eating slowly?

[Secondstart 2]

that is my best advice too go back Protein Shakes if you have to. Or you can also try the eat Protein first use fillers ( calorie free popsicles, and pickles are my trick to trick the head hunger).Good luck it is really hard for all of us to break old habits.

[kristenleigh435 10]

I was told by my doctor that it may be that I am not getting enough Protein. I went back to two meals and two shakes for my four meals a day. I also went back to exercising and the scale is slowly moving again. I too am not always feeling full but what I have noticed the last couple days I am eating way fast again and I am not measuring anymore. Then when I finish eating a few minutes later I feel sick. I know I need to slow down and measure again. My biggest problem is my husband. When he is home (he's over the road usually and isn't home much) I tend to overeat. He is usually supportive but he does it by "are you supposed to eat that?" "Isn't that too much?" which makes me mad and then even if he is right I will eat it.

Keep at it and the pounds will go again. They say you will hit plateus off and on and you just need to make sure you are doing what you should.

[muffin1001 11]

I so understand how easy it is to fall back into bad habits. Pre-op I did no exercise at all and ate continuously! I am 18 months out from my bypass and have lost 160lbs but I still find it hard every day. I am able to eat pretty much all the foods I could pre-op and volume-wise I'm sure I can eat more than I should!

That's the down-side, but on the flip-side because I'm physically smaller I can exercise! For the last year I have used my exercise bike every day - it's now in my bedroom so I have no excuse not to go on it! Initially I really struggled and could only do 10 minutes a day, now I do a minimum of an hour a day and at weekends I usually do an hour and a half. Not all in one go - usually half an hour at a time - I work full time, so it can be an effort to make the time. BUT - if I can find time to eat, I can find time to exercise! Luckily, exercising consistently means that I can maintain my weight without being too obsessive. However, if I stopped my daily exercise I would need to be much more observant of what I eat. Bad habits - like snacking, and eating late at night or in the car - are so easy to creep back in.

I am certainly no saint. Some days are much better than others, but the best advice I can probably give is to start fresh every day. Some days I go to bed thinking 'why did I eat that? I wasn't hungry at all' and other days I go to bed thinking 'that wasn't such a bad day, I ate well 90% of the time'. You can't be perfect, and positive thinking is so important. I was always really hard on myself before, and now I try not to beat myself up - it really doesn't help. I do the best I can!