Hello,

I am one year out and I feel that I have went down hill. I’m starting to feel like my old self and feel that my pouch has stretched even though I don’t eat that much.

anyone going through this….

it's not likely that your pouch has stretched out - but you ARE at the point when many of us get "diet fatigue" and let old habits slip back on. Keep on top of it - and try to continue to eat the way we're supposed to be eating. It's easy for your weight to start heading north again if you don't monitor your intake.

Track your food, even just for a little while to get a real strong understanding on what is going into your body right now.

Take it one meal at a time. If you "mess up" acknowledge it self address and try again the next meal. It was the BIGGEST thing for me to learn through this. Previously, I would be like "Whelp, I already screwed up the day might as well go to town" and then pig out all day... and then it would become...."Whelp.. the week is already ruined might as well start back up on Monday"...and so on....

In one of my pre-approval classes this actually came up and our Dietician made a point to talk about this. It was hard really.. it IS hard.. but it does work. Honestly it was probably the thing I took away from all of it, I already knew all the nutrition stuff.

Another thing I learned is stop eating because it is there, for example if I make a wrap the ends suck. (haha) all wrap or a clump or wrap and sauce.. I would eat it anyway because it is "the wrap".. part of my meal.. but why? It doesn't even taste good. So, I starting to stop. It sounds SO little, and sometimes it is one bite less but when you are trying to maintain 1200 cal. a day that bite makes a difference. Or the outside crust of bread (because YES I eat carbs... my plan is very balanced) I will eat the center with all the yummy stuff and leave the outside even more than just the outer crust but the outer part of the actual bread too.

I don't know if this helps what you are asking, but just some tips I learned through this to stay on track and train myself into new/better habits.

best of luck!

Thank you for your feed back I truly appreciate it and it does help.

4 hours ago, kcuster83 said:

Track your food, even just for a little while to get a real strong understanding on what is going into your body right now.

Take it one meal at a time. If you "mess up" acknowledge it self address and try again the next meal. It was the BIGGEST thing for me to learn through this. Previously, I would be like "Whelp, I already screwed up the day might as well go to town" and then pig out all day... and then it would become...."Whelp.. the week is already ruined might as well start back up on Monday"...and so on....

In one of my pre-approval classes this actually came up and our Dietician made a point to talk about this. It was hard really.. it IS hard.. but it does work. Honestly it was probably the thing I took away from all of it, I already knew all the nutrition stuff.

Another thing I learned is stop eating because it is there, for example if I make a wrap the ends suck. (haha) all wrap or a clump or wrap and sauce.. I would eat it anyway because it is "the wrap".. part of my meal.. but why? It doesn't even taste good. So, I starting to stop. It sounds SO little, and sometimes it is one bite less but when you are trying to maintain 1200 cal. a day that bite makes a difference. Or the outside crust of bread (because YES I eat carbs... my plan is very balanced) I will eat the center with all the yummy stuff and leave the outside even more than just the outer crust but the outer part of the actual bread too.

I don't know if this helps what you are asking, but just some tips I learned through this to stay on track and train myself into new/better habits.

best of luck!

I really do this too. I feed my left overs to the birds, I live in a first floor flat and as soon as my lounge window opens they wait for it to land on the grass. In the past, we never had left overs as I ate everything, its such a novelty.

4 hours ago, kcuster83 said:

Another thing I learned is stop eating because it is there, for example if I make a wrap the ends suck. (haha) all wrap or a clump or wrap and sauce.. I would eat it anyway because it is "the wrap".. part of my meal.. but why? It doesn't even taste good. So, I starting to stop. It sounds SO little, and sometimes it is one bite less but when you are trying to maintain 1200 cal. a day that bite makes a difference. Or the outside crust of bread (because YES I eat carbs... my plan is very balanced) I will eat the center with all the yummy stuff and leave the outside even more than just the outer crust but the outer part of the actual bread too.

i do this too!

and agree it makes a huge difference!

i used to always eat by "saving the best for last". but after wls, it was like, "why??" why am i eating the less yummy stuff and wasting valuable stomach real estate??

so i started eating the best part first, and i am much happier, lol (and i actually end up eating less so im not so full!)