The Struggle - Week of Feb 23rd

[missyinacage]

Ok, I just posted the whole idea for these threads, so I'm just skipping to my goals and successes and failures for last week.

Goal: I am going to commit to actually logging every single thing that goes into my mouth this week. I have been slacking lately toward the end of the evening, which is my problem time.

Last Weeks Success: I got at least 64 oz of water and 70 grams of protein every single day without fail.

Last Weeks Struggle: I am snacking way too much in the evenings. Maybe next week I'll give myself a "cut off" time but I'm hopeful that once I see I'm passing my calorie/carb/fat counts, I'll stop.

 

[JudyNY]

Missy, I like the idea of posting the week's struggles and successes. I have the same struggle in the evening as well. I am starting to drink a cup of caffeine free peppermint tea in the evening and that does help a bit, but it is hard. I have been writing everything down too. I like your "cut off" time, I may try that too. I've been doing well with the water and protein intake, so that is not an issue for me. I just feel my calories are a bit higher than it should be this past week, mostly due to stress. Tomorrow is weigh-in Wednesday, so I will see how I did.

 

[tcirivello]

Good morning, I had gastric bypass surgery 1/5/2021 so about 7 weeks out. I am down 35 lbs. It's hard for me to eat or drink anything the last couple of days. Water taste bad, I used to love water before surgery. That's it for me right now.

 

[Dlkm]

Suggestion for evening snack that takes care of wanting something sweet but it isn't bad for you and doesn't have that many calories is sugar free jello with sugar free coolwhip on top. Yum!

 

[JudyNY]

Good morning, I had gastric bypass surgery 1/5/2021 so about 7 weeks out. I am down 35 lbs. It's hard for me to eat or drink anything the last couple of days. Water taste bad, I used to love water before surgery. That's it for me right now.

I use to love water too and was surprised that I actually had a harder time drinking water post surgery. I did find adding Crystal Light Peach Tea helped me get the water in. If that flavor doesn't appeal to you, there are lots others. After a while I switched over to lemon water and I'm doing well on that and trying to limit my artificial sweetners.

 

[Roni]

I am 8 days out from surgery. I have had several days struggling to get the 3 meals and three milk snacks in. On the water I used to avoid water, but I have house purification system so I am good there. I have 30 oz thermal glass that I keep filled at all times. I usually go through two fill up per day. My biggest set back since surgery is the itchies at the incision sites. Picked up the crime that was ordered still waiting for relief.

 

[mmitti]

Goal: I'm one year out. Track everything I eat.

Successes: I've been tracking the majority of days this week.

Struggles: I lost 70 pounds early on, and stopped losing 5 months out. Eating way too much and have gained 15 pounds since holidays. Stayed away from posting b/c I was ashamed.

 

[Roni]

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Goal: I'm one year out. Track everything I eat.

Successes: I've been tracking the majority of days this week.

Struggles: I lost 70 pounds early on, and stopped losing 5 months out. Eating way too much and have gained 15 pounds since holidays. Stayed away from posting b/c I was ashamed.

You are here now, and we are here for you. Be safe.

 

[JudyNY]

Goal: I'm one year out. Track everything I eat.

Successes: I've been tracking the majority of days this week.

Struggles: I lost 70 pounds early on, and stopped losing 5 months out. Eating way too much and have gained 15 pounds since holidays. Stayed away from posting b/c I was ashamed.

Don't stay away mmitti, better to come and let us help support you. This isn't an easy journey and we all can use help from time to time.

 

[missyinacage]

Goal: I'm one year out. Track everything I eat.

Successes: I've been tracking the majority of days this week.

Struggles: I lost 70 pounds early on, and stopped losing 5 months out. Eating way too much and have gained 15 pounds since holidays. Stayed away from posting b/c I was ashamed.

I'm glad you're posting now. We can all help each other. You lost 70 lbs. You can totally do this. Do not ever be ashamed. If it was easy, no one would ever have to have the surgery to begin with.

 

[missyinacage]

Good morning, I had gastric bypass surgery 1/5/2021 so about 7 weeks out. I am down 35 lbs. It's hard for me to eat or drink anything the last couple of days. Water taste bad, I used to love water before surgery. That's it for me right now.

I really do not love plain water. Diane made several posts when I was still new about how much better it is for you and how your body processes it differently. So, I do 32oz of plain ol' water. The rest of my water is flavored. I like Wyler's Light better than Crystal Light. They have pink and strawberry lemonade and this set called "Island Punch" that has colors that taste like Kool-Aid.

 

[missyinacage]

Ryan shared an explanation of how and why surgery works long term yesterday and one sentence REALLY struck me as being the "secret" to long term success. We may all know this but I personally really needed the reminder.

The best chance for success both short term and long term IF you commit to making good food choices moving forward with your new body, otherwise, if you just think you'll be fine eating the same stuff but in smaller amounts, it will probably just lead back down the same road to obesity in the future.

That has been my struggle recently; my slippery slope. I got tired of eating (really cooking lol) the same things over and over and decided to mix it up. Back into the things I used to eat of course. And just like that, I was overeating. The food I used to eat has too many calories, even in smaller amounts. And ordering out is worse, because what's even IN it?!? Back to the weekly menu planning for me. Apparently I am not yet ready or able to just "wing it".

 

[JudyNY]

Yes, that is a good reminder. I too have been eating more of higher calorie dinners. It is hard when you are trying to please other members of the family. And now I have a teenager living with us, it is more of a challenge. I might just cook for her and my husband and start eating my own food like I did early on in this process. I certainly don't want to lose time and waste the "honeymoon" period.

 

[3momchaos]

I’ve been doing the thing again where I say, “you deserve this treat because you exercised so much today!” And that’s where so many of my issues started. “You deserve this because...” fill in the blank with any number of stupid reason I could make up, the weathers nice, the weathers bad, I’m tired, I’m PMSing, I’m sad, I’m super happy. I’m recognizing that I did this the other day, and I reminded myself of how dumb that mentality is. My food choices need to be based on what’s best for my body and for no other reason. I treat every now and then is fine, but I can’t just eat anything because it’s “deserved”.

 

[3momchaos]

Yes, that is a good reminder. I too have been eating more of higher calorie dinners. It is hard when you are trying to please other members of the family. And now I have a teenager living with us, it is more of a challenge. I might just cook for her and my husband and start eating my own food like I did early on in this process. I certainly don't want to lose time and waste the "honeymoon" period.

I cook my family a meal, and if it’s not something I can have like spaghetti, I do an alternative to that like zoodles and mushrooms or chickpea pasta. Most of the time whatever I make for them I eat minus the starch, if we have one. They’ll just eat more than what I can have, and that’s good with me LOL

 

[missyinacage]

I am having a hard time mixing my families needs with my own. I think for them it was easy to be supportive those first few months when I was on a specialized diet. But as it becomes clear that pretty much everyone's diet is going to change long term I'm finding not everyone is as thrilled. So, I'm trying to be more flexible but honestly it's not working in my favor. My husband is jealous of my weight loss (his words) and I'm jealous of his ability to eat whatever he wants. My mother lives with us and insists on keeping at least 2 types of ice cream in the house along with chips, popcorn, pop tarts etc. When I tell her I'd rather she not keep that stuff in the house, she says she'll keep it in her room and I don't have to eat it. Which is true. Even when she offers I don't have to say yes. I don't have to eat what they eat. But if it was just that easy to not eat fattening food, I would never have been fat to begin with. They wouldn't be fat now. I don't want to have to argue with them every damn time I go to the grocery store about chips and ice cream. I don't want to have to look at chips and ice cream, and walk away from them multiple times a day either. It's getting harder. Something is going to have to give.