A month of stalling...
So it has been about a month since I have updated this thing. Probably because I'd gained a little bit, and it is never fun to talk about that sort of thing..
Basically, after my last entry, a few weeks went by and I'd dropped to about 315 lbs, which was kind of slow going compared to the results I was used to. Then, a week later, I weighed myself and was back up to 319 or 320... YIKES!!!!!! I was like "What the hell is that!?!" For the first time since my surgery I saw a gain on the scale. Not good... I'll be totally honest though, it wasn't a shocker. I was breaking every rule under the sun. I was drinking water with meals (and sometimes juice and milk, both calorie containing beverages that are strictly forbidden..). I was snacking, eating potato chips and cookies and chocolate and whatever else looked good. I was grazing, a.k.a. eating a full regular meal over the course of a few hours by taking a bite, letting it settle, taking another bite, repeat... There is probably more that I had been doing that was against the rules of the surgery. Basically if I wasn't supposed to be doing it, I was doing it... lol..
The truth of the matter is I had been doing that for the last month or two and still losing weight, so I started to think I was invincible. I started thinking that I could do whatever I wanted and still lose weight. Unfortunately they haven't come out with that diet yet. The basic rules of weight loss apply. Calories taken in minus calories burned through working out and calories burned by metabolism = weight gain or weight loss. It is incredibly simple to say, but incredibly difficult to live by (at least for those of us with a weight problem).
So seeing a gain on the scale scared the crap out of me. I have been following the rules almost all of the time. (the one I still have a problem following 100 % of the time is not drinking water with meals, and waiting 45 minutes after a meal to drink anything.) Also, since I'm in full confession mode, I tend to eat 1 or 2 small snacks during the day, like string cheese which runs around 50 calories, or a granola bar or something that is around 100 calories.
What is different than pre-surgery, is that it was VERY easy to get back on track. I just stopped doing those bad things. It was almost as if I had to put in effort to break the rules, and once I'd decided to quit those bad behaviors, it was just a matter of conciously deciding to not do those things any more. For the most part anyway. I think it basically came down to me thinking "I did NOT get a major surgery to gain weight back!" and then re-commiting myself to the process and the rules.
For right now what I am doing seems to be working. I'm losing again, and last I checked about a week or so ago I was back down to 316 lbs. I'll update here again soon with an official weigh in and some new pictures as soon as I get them.
Basically, after my last entry, a few weeks went by and I'd dropped to about 315 lbs, which was kind of slow going compared to the results I was used to. Then, a week later, I weighed myself and was back up to 319 or 320... YIKES!!!!!! I was like "What the hell is that!?!" For the first time since my surgery I saw a gain on the scale. Not good... I'll be totally honest though, it wasn't a shocker. I was breaking every rule under the sun. I was drinking water with meals (and sometimes juice and milk, both calorie containing beverages that are strictly forbidden..). I was snacking, eating potato chips and cookies and chocolate and whatever else looked good. I was grazing, a.k.a. eating a full regular meal over the course of a few hours by taking a bite, letting it settle, taking another bite, repeat... There is probably more that I had been doing that was against the rules of the surgery. Basically if I wasn't supposed to be doing it, I was doing it... lol..
The truth of the matter is I had been doing that for the last month or two and still losing weight, so I started to think I was invincible. I started thinking that I could do whatever I wanted and still lose weight. Unfortunately they haven't come out with that diet yet. The basic rules of weight loss apply. Calories taken in minus calories burned through working out and calories burned by metabolism = weight gain or weight loss. It is incredibly simple to say, but incredibly difficult to live by (at least for those of us with a weight problem).
So seeing a gain on the scale scared the crap out of me. I have been following the rules almost all of the time. (the one I still have a problem following 100 % of the time is not drinking water with meals, and waiting 45 minutes after a meal to drink anything.) Also, since I'm in full confession mode, I tend to eat 1 or 2 small snacks during the day, like string cheese which runs around 50 calories, or a granola bar or something that is around 100 calories.
What is different than pre-surgery, is that it was VERY easy to get back on track. I just stopped doing those bad things. It was almost as if I had to put in effort to break the rules, and once I'd decided to quit those bad behaviors, it was just a matter of conciously deciding to not do those things any more. For the most part anyway. I think it basically came down to me thinking "I did NOT get a major surgery to gain weight back!" and then re-commiting myself to the process and the rules.
For right now what I am doing seems to be working. I'm losing again, and last I checked about a week or so ago I was back down to 316 lbs. I'll update here again soon with an official weigh in and some new pictures as soon as I get them.
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