Hello my fellow WLS peeps. I am on a mission to lose 50 pounds that I have regained. I am feeling hopeful and know that getting back to basics will do it. I would like this thread to be a place where we can come and be transparent and accountable. I plan on checking in with a weigh in every Monday starting tomorrow. If you want to join me, let's do this!

Heightist weight: 289

Lowest: 157

Goal: 150

Attached is my before surgery pic, me at my lowest and where I am today.

May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️

-Mariela

So glad I am looking at this tonight. Exactly what I need. I am 10 months out tomorrow and the last 3 months I've been bad. Drinking
beer. Eating ice cream and candy.
Not everyday. A good week then two bad weeks etc. I will get on the scale in the morning and start from there. I actual think it's only been a few pounds of gain. But I should still be losing. I started at 211. August 15. I was down to 152 two weeks ago. I will restart the plan tomorrow. I have to do low carb and drink the shakes. It's a slippery slope for me with crackers and sweets. I'd prefer to eat rice than meat. Then I'm full of non nutritional food and feel sick.
Thanks to the original poster. Does anyone use my fitness pal? We could also keep track of each other there too?

So glad I am looking at this tonight. Exactly what I need. I am 10 months out tomorrow and the last 3 months I've been bad. Drinking
beer. Eating ice cream and candy.
Not everyday. A good week then two bad weeks etc. I will get on the scale in the morning and start from there. I actual think it's only been a few pounds of gain. But I should still be losing. I started at 211. August 15. I was down to 152 two weeks ago. I will restart the plan tomorrow. I have to do low carb and drink the shakes. It's a slippery slope for me with crackers and sweets. I'd prefer to eat rice than meat. Then I'm full of non nutritional food and feel sick.
Thanks to the original poster. Does anyone use my fitness pal? We could also keep track of each other there too?

Tomorrow may not come. Start today by not doing something you usually do. We usually have a habit of starting something tomorrow. We are now weighing in on Mondays. You have a feeling of were you are in weight. Make some changes today and take a picture of your weigh-in on Monday; you might be surprised.

Carbs are hard to cut out of a diet. If you cannot do 25 grams a day, start with 50 - 100 and work your way down. That worked for me. I consume an average of 35. There are some days I get in the twenties, but I am doing much better than I was.

I use Carb Manager app, because I do focus on my Carbs and Protein. Use the app that helps you accomplish your goals.

Good luck to you.


LizO

Thanks Liz. I only said tomorrow because I think it was 3 am when I saw the post. As far as carbs. I know myself. I have to start very low because the more I eat the more I crave. I look forward to the new start

So glad I am looking at this tonight. Exactly what I need. I am 10 months out tomorrow and the last 3 months I've been bad. Drinking
beer. Eating ice cream and candy.
Not everyday. A good week then two bad weeks etc. I will get on the scale in the morning and start from there. I actual think it's only been a few pounds of gain. But I should still be losing. I started at 211. August 15. I was down to 152 two weeks ago. I will restart the plan tomorrow. I have to do low carb and drink the shakes. It's a slippery slope for me with crackers and sweets. I'd prefer to eat rice than meat. Then I'm full of non nutritional food and feel sick.
Thanks to the original poster. Does anyone use my fitness pal? We could also keep track of each other there too?

Welcome Jenny, so happy to have you on this thread! We all can and will get this weight off and will be here to support each other along the way.


May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️

-Mariela

I've ran from pain my whole life but in the midst of running from it, I ran head first into it. We must learn to deal with hard things and not seek to run away from them. Exercise is hard but the consequences of not exercising are harder. Eating right is hard, but consequences of not eating right are harder. Let's face the hard things and conquer them because the more we put them off, the harder the battle will be in the end. Love you all and keep pushing! We got this.


May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️

-Mariela

I don't go on this site much. anyone interested in a WhatsApp group? I'll put my number out there if anyone interested in just keeping each other motivated etc 781-820-5803


Jen

So glad I am looking at this tonight. Exactly what I need. I am 10 months out tomorrow and the last 3 months I've been bad. Drinking
beer. Eating ice cream and candy.
Not everyday. A good week then two bad weeks etc. I will get on the scale in the morning and start from there. I actual think it's only been a few pounds of gain. But I should still be losing. I started at 211. August 15. I was down to 152 two weeks ago. I will restart the plan tomorrow. I have to do low carb and drink the shakes. It's a slippery slope for me with crackers and sweets. I'd prefer to eat rice than meat. Then I'm full of non nutritional food and feel sick.
Thanks to the original poster. Does anyone use my fitness pal? We could also keep track of each other there too?

I am on MyFitnessPal Mguman

13 hours ago, jennyqp said:

So glad I am looking at this tonight. Exactly what I need. I am 10 months out tomorrow and the last 3 months I've been bad. Drinking
beer. Eating ice cream and candy.
Not everyday. A good week then two bad weeks etc. I will get on the scale in the morning and start from there. I actual think it's only been a few pounds of gain. But I should still be losing. I started at 211. August 15. I was down to 152 two weeks ago. I will restart the plan tomorrow. I have to do low carb and drink the shakes. It's a slippery slope for me with crackers and sweets. I'd prefer to eat rice than meat. Then I'm full of non nutritional food and feel sick.
Thanks to the original poster. Does anyone use my fitness pal? We could also keep track of each other there too?

I use MyFitnessPal. What's your handle?

Edited June 15, 20179 yr by Bears_Chick

2 hours ago, chiquitabananaz14 said:

I've ran from pain my whole life but in the midst of running from it, I ran head first into it. We must learn to deal with hard things and not seek to run away from them. Exercise is hard but the consequences of not exercising are harder. Eating right is hard, but consequences of not eating right are harder. Let's face the hard things and conquer them because the more we put them off, the harder the battle will be in the end. Love you all and keep pushing! We got this.


May God bless you and keep you️

-Mariela

I absolutely LOVE THIS! It's so true. As I sit here and want to eat a handful of cashews, it's hard not to, but it's much harder being overweight and out of shape and unable to do things with my kids, hating myself.

This was perfect! Thanks for sharing!

Today was not a good day for me. I had a small slice of Nothing Bundt Cake, a taco from Dairy Queen and sunflower seeds, a bunch of cherries and 4 crackers and a slice of cheese. It's a 500 calorie day for me tomorrow. Let me not forget a mini pancake

LizO

Today was not a good day for me. I had a small slice of Nothing Bundt Cake, a taco from Dairy Queen and sunflower seeds, a bunch of cherries and 4 crackers and a slice of cheese. It's a 500 calorie day for me tomorrow. Let me not forget a mini pancake
LizO

You're getting back up and not staying down. I say that's a win. Keep it up and keep moving forward! Proud of you.


May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️

-Mariela

You're getting back up and not staying down. I say that's a win. Keep it up and keep moving forward! Proud of you.


May God bless you and keep you[emoji173]️

-Mariela

Thank you!


LizO

16 hours ago, Liz210 said:

Today was not a good day for me. I had a small slice of Nothing Bundt Cake, a taco from Dairy Queen and sunflower seeds, a bunch of cherries and 4 crackers and a slice of cheese. It's a 500 calorie day for me tomorrow. Let me not forget a mini pancake

LizO

Ditto what Mariela said. The fact that you shared it, you admitted it and shared with us, that is SOOO hard to do. And today will be a better day.

Today was not a good day for me. I had a small slice of Nothing Bundt Cake, a taco from Dairy Queen and sunflower seeds, a bunch of cherries and 4 crackers and a slice of cheese. It's a 500 calorie day for me tomorrow. Let me not forget a mini pancake

LizO

What was it about yesterday?? I had a hard one too… Our office has been doing potlucks every day this last week-- luckily I traveled on mon/ tues half days, so I was only really tempted on wed/ Thursday-- and I made it through Wed with flying colors. But then comes Thursday when one of my coworkers put a smuckers crustless pbj snack pack on my desk 1st thing in the morning—after I told her not to repeatedly the previous day-- she's a nice woman, means well, but I wish she had just not-- I put it in my lunch bag "away." But then kept thinking about it -- finally gave in and ate the 210 cal monstrosity and was not satisfied at all-- I had to remove some of my better and planned snacks to compensate for those empty calories. Still the indulgence left me craving sliders the rest of the day, and I was mad at myself...Then I go to Fitmill class after work, which is this circuit low impact HIIT format where we have this fill in instructor who is pregnant… there I struggled through the whole class….all the ladies under 200lbs seemed to breeze through the class and I started to tear-up during abs thinking "How did I let myself backslide so far! I mean I was there I WAS IN ONEDERLAND!!" I could have caught it earlier, why did I let myself not care about my health- yes there were miscarriages, but I knew rationally those weren't my fault, and the doctors confirmed they could not be prevented, but that should have made me more focused on being healthy, not less, I knew it would make our future chances better not worse-- why did I go back to feeling worthless?!? Why did I punish myself in my grief? I knew better, I know better...ugh! I realize that I was already having a hard food day and beating myself up over that… and that having the class instructor announce her pregnancy probably hit me in a tender place when I was already feeling low… I can honestly say that I don’t begrudge successful pregnancies and I don’t start blubbering uncontrollably when I see or hold babies, I just pray that next time we will be the lucky ones, because this type of loss is hard, it was hard the first time and it feels compounded the second time. Logically I know as time goes by it will be less raw….logically…Anyway I made it through class, ate a healthy dinner of salmon to compensate more, although I was way over my carbs at 157 grams, my total calories came in at 1728, my net calories consumed came in at 1042 and I'm still here today….. Normally I try to be more uplifting and keep a positive outlook… Yesterday was hard… thanks for allowing me someplace to be honest and candid…