I had gastric surgery april 2017. Weighed 290, by march 2018 was down 120 lbs to 170, now the scale creeping up . I've cheated, no point in lying, just wanna get back on track. I'm almost to the 200 's. Every day I try. I'm so disappointed in myself, should i do a pouch reset. Do they even work? I even crave chips and candy worst than i did before. How to believe in myself again!!! I love the new me!!

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24 minutes ago, carolynjackson said:

I had gastric surgery april 2017. Weighed 290, by march 2018 was down 120 lbs to 170, now the scale creeping up . I've cheated, no point in lying, just wanna get back on track. I'm almost to the 200 's. Every day I try. I'm so disappointed in myself, should i do a pouch reset. Do they even work? I even crave chips and candy worst than i did before. How to believe in myself again!!! I love the new me!!

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Put everything you think is causing the gain straight in the trash and search for bariatric alternatives.

There are so many ways to substitute what you want for what you can have. Especially here in the BariatricPal store.

A cleaner diet will help the most, but keep I'm mind there is a regain factor that is nearly unavoidable, you do however get a say in how much that is based on what you do next.

Safe journey!

Edited September 26, 20187 yr by GreenTealael

12 hours ago, carolynjackson said:

I had gastric surgery april 2017. Weighed 290, by march 2018 was down 120 lbs to 170, now the scale creeping up . I've cheated, no point in lying, just wanna get back on track. I'm almost to the 200 's. Every day I try. I'm so disappointed in myself, should i do a pouch reset. Do they even work? I even crave chips and candy worst than i did before. How to believe in myself again!!! I love the new me!!

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Most of us have had weight gain after goal. Getting back on track can be done. Believe in yourself.

Time to clean out the house of crap food choices. Go grocery shopping for your weight loss phase food plan. For some, a reset gets them back into the weight loss mindset. For others it's too restrictive to go back to liquid soft food stage. You will get the same results going back to bariatric basic food stage. Whole foods that are more satisfying.

Log and weigh your food.

Hydrate

Activity

You have done this before you can do it again. It's finding the old discipline you had at the beginning of your surgery. The food holidays are here. Make a goal to get past them and ring in the new year at a lower weight.

It's not easy to detox and get back to healthy habits. Its work. You will feel crappy for a few weeks. If you are consistent you will see results.

I found mindful eating helps - the meditation-while-eating kind. Then I did an assessment of all my behaviors and realized I was allowing a 10% of variance across the board - an extra bite of lunch when out with coworkers, an extra piece of cheese, a bigger mug for my coffee, more frequent errands to the CVS where I just happen to pick up something slightly sugary, a shorter walk with the dog...

Realigning all of that helps, and the mindful eating part made me really focus on “why am I eating this, is it fulfilling my expectations, is this really the taste I wanted”. Backsliding blows.