My surgery date was 9/30/14

SW: 281

CW: 179

I am not "cured", let me start by saying that. My old eating habits are coming back. A chip there, a bit of a cookie there. I tell myself that I'll run later and I always do, but it's got me in a stall of 175-183 for about a month now. It's the first month that I've lost very little. I am incredibly proud of all I've accomplished, but am so scared of "replasing" with my food addiction. My question is this.. I have a lot of willpower when it comes to knowing I need to make a change and was very curious if anyone had tried a "pouch reset". I'm just wondering if going back as if I just had surgery would be what I needed to get over the hump. I found this website http://obesitycoverage.com/the-pouch-reset-losing-weight-after-weight-regain/ and thought maybe it would give me a boost toward my goal. I would feel much better about slipping some with my eating habits once I'm at my goal, not 30 or 40 lbs from it. One big thing I can pat myself on the back for is continuing to exercise. I typically exercise 60-75 minutes 5 to 6 days a week. I just have to get this eating thing down!!!!!!

You can't eat what you don't have access to. Get things like chips and cookies and crackers out of the house. No one in your family needs them either, they won't starve without chips. Plan what you will eat at the beginning of the day. For your meals, focus on lean meat and green veggies. This will help you feel your restriction and stay full. If you are still hungry after your planned meals and snacks, let yourself eat as much lean meat and green veggies as you want, but no snacking on anything else.

What situations are particularly tempting to you? Where do you tend to go off course? Think about it and make plans to avoid those situations or ways you can deny yourself the ability to give in. For example, I was having trouble staying away from the vending machines at work. So I stopped bringing cash of any kind to work. Then they brought in a machine that takes credit and debit cards! So I stopped bringing those, too. I can't buy it if I don't have any way to pay for it.

I can relate I bought miniature reses peanute butter cups for my son, which I don't usually do. I've been stressed the last couple of days, and I like peanut butter cups. I at about ten of them yesterday and am paying for it today. My stomach is extremely upset. So my vow is to not do that again.

At this point you may need to go back to measuring your foods again. As time goes on some stop and the amounts increase. Just a thought...good luck!