Where's the restart button?! Please help! :)

[thall04 11]

Hello, friends!! Does anyone else feel like they would like to get back on track? If so, let me know! I had my surgery on February 20th and have officially lost 50 pounds, plus the 20 pre-op. Right now I'm 195 (I creeped back up slightly during Christmas, but only by 3 or 4!!! ) and I would like to possibly be at the very least 185 or 180 by my appointment at the end of January. Preferably more. Is this possible/healthy/realistic? The only exercise I'm getting is weekly horseback riding (yes, it is a sport!), in which I burn about 700 to 800 calories, and the occasional bike ride.

I feel like I'm falling back into old habits, which really scares me. I need to get back on track!! Please help!!!

[SuperDave 1,115]

Of course losing 10 pounds by the end of January is possible. Probably not easy, but definitely possible. You didn't say much about your current eating habits, but you could definitely bump up the exercise. You can do this. The holiday eating is over. Get rid of the treats that are still in the house, recommit yourself and go for a walk. You have got this!

[jmrondo 10]

I lost 25 in 3 weeks pre op- go to an 800!calorie liquid diet to kick start you back into routine.

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

Why not just get back in the groove and behave the way you need to behave to continue to lose weight and get healthier

Why even think about crash-dieting?

That never feels healthy to me.

It just feels like I'm losing weight to impress someone else on an artificial timetable.

YUCK!

[athena3127 199]

Suggested restart by walking yourself back through the post op eating. Start with Clear Liquids then progress forward. It is after all how you started out after WLS and could be used as a "reboot" getting you back to focus on nutrition and priority of Protein first.

[livvsmum 2,370]

I agree with what the others have said. I've done a couple "re-starts" along the way. I found that doing them helped (1) eliminate any bad habits I picked back up of snacking, portion sizes, etc., and (2) gave my sleeve a little rest that seemed for whatever reason to help increase the feeling of restriction when the re-start was done.

Basically what I've done is either go back on a couple (2-3) days of liquids (Protein shakes, sugar-free clear liquids), or start with liquids and work my way a day or two at a time through each of the post op stages (liquids, pureed, soft, full foods). I am actually starting with this tomorrow to kick these 3 pounds that I gained over the holidays.

It has always served me well to "get back to basics" when I start to feel old habits sneaking back in.