Hate tracking food - now stalled

[blizair09 3,250]

1 minute ago, Joann454 said:

Do you think it'd be a slippery slope for you if you deviated your foods? Not the schedule, just the foods? If so, why?
Sorry if I'm being intrusive
I'm trying to figure out what would work best for me through others.

You're not being intrusive at all. I am afraid that any additional carbs would be a slippery slope, yes. I could completely change out the meats, but I like these okay, so it works for me. It isn't that I don't like the things I eat. I do; that's why I picked them. I don't trust myself and this approach deals with all of my issues.

[Joann454 1,329]

You're not being intrusive at all. I am afraid that any additional carbs would be a slippery slope, yes. I could completely change out the meats, but I like these okay, so it works for me. It isn't that I don't like the things I eat. I do; that's why I picked them. I don't trust myself and this approach deals with all of my issues.

Ok. Thanks for your candor. I have a lot of figuring out to do. You were already in such a good groove with your diet before surgery. I wasn't. I had the two week preop but really that was all. Now I get why working on this stuff before surgery is so important. There's something appealing about your routine to me. I haven't eaten more than 15-20 carbs for a while now and want to keep it that way. It's so different once you move on to real food!

[blizair09 3,250]

9 minutes ago, Joann454 said:

Ok. Thanks for your candor. I have a lot of figuring out to do. You were already in such a good groove with your diet before surgery. I wasn't. I had the two week preop but really that was all. Now I get why working on this stuff before surgery is so important. There's something appealing about your routine to me. I haven't eaten more than 15-20 carbs for a while now and want to keep it that way. It's so different once you move on to real food!

And I'll add that my mom, dad, and brother all had bariatric surgery (sleeve, bypass, and band respectively) over the past many years. I have watched them all have success and then go back to their old ways and ultimately fail. (My mom less so than my dad and brother. She has only regained about 30 pounds. They have regained everything.)

I can't fail because I remember the horrible depressed feeling that came about from the myriad of times I have regained weight after a regular diet. I can't even imagine how I would feel if I regained weight after having put my body through the trauma of surgery.

This is as big a part of my approach as the food addiction and weight itself...

[shannybananny71 106]

blizair09 - You are inspiring! Your meal list is very helpful. Just curious if your family members had the sleeve or bypass?

I really need to do meal prep on Sundays and then my week would be so much easier.

[jess9395 5,450]

My fitness pal lets you scan the barcode and t finds it automatically.

[blizair09 3,250]

5 hours ago, shannybananny71 said:

blizair09 - You are inspiring! Your meal list is very helpful. Just curious if your family members had the sleeve or bypass?

I really need to do meal prep on Sundays and then my week would be so much easier.

Thank you. I'm just trying to make the most of this amazing opportunity. And I wish the same success to everyone reading.

My mom had the sleeve; my dad had the bypass, and my brother had the band. As a family, we have all the bases covered!

[Sullie06 1,047]

I use the Baritastic App to track and I like it because you can scan the barcode to put a new item in. Once it's in your list you can favorite it if it's something you eat often.

As for stalls they suck and even as much as all of us know it's part of the process when your in one it's frustrating. I've been in a slow losing pattern for 2 months. I lose a couple pounds in a week (2-4), then stall for 2-3 weeks, lost a couple more pounds and then stall again. I'm 16 pounds from my first goal and I feel like I will never get there right now. I just have to take a breath and stay with it.