did you "fall off the bandwagon" this holiday season?

[Wendy0513 38]

Good for you!

i was on/off the wagon but was able to lose 7 lbs during the holidays! Slow & steady w/ exercise and eating right.

Positive at utile absolutely has a lot to do with it!!

[Roscoe368 62]

Avoid alcohol - empty calories. And it hits you harder since you're banded. Alcoholism in banded patients increase. Just saying. Why trade foodaholic for alcoholism?

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

Yup I totally fell off for about 10 days and gained a little because of it. But, I got on the scale December 28 and went "Oh crap!", got back on track, and have since lost it all again plus an additional pound.

I just look at it as being human. The trick is to catch it early and not to let 5 pounds gained turn into 20 pounds gained.

Best wishes

[gldngrrl 70]

In there's no trading food for alcohol for me. I love them both equally. I am pretty careful about it, my point was over the holidays there was a little more, along with all the other overindulgences....

[Roscoe368 62]

Gotcha. Just be careful with the booze though.

[JustDoIt130 369]

I did, bigtime, gained back more than I'd like to admit- 16 lbs! I gave in to my nemisis, ice cream. However, back at it again, lost 5.5 lbs last week, we'll see what this week brings, doing pretty well. Now I don't buy ice cream, that's for sure!!!!

[Silmeria 5]

I was lucky that I'd just been banded the previous holiday season. This season, however, ooh boy. I'm really rather disappointed with how easily I excused my poor choices with "it's the holidaaaays~!" The weight gain on the scale still makes me cringe, though thankfully I'm losing again.

I'm certainly glad to be back on track though.

[gldngrrl 70]

Gotcha. Just be careful with the booze though.

For sure.

[Cnewme2012 11]

Breaks are truly overrated! I shared with you all approimately a month ago that I was having difficulty keeping any food down

and it was suggested that I go to the doctor to see what was going on. Well I went and my band was to tight, so they took out some of the Fluid. Needless to say things that were previously giving me a problem were no longer a problem. I took a little break during Christimas and I gained a few pounds back. I was so upset with myself for allowing this to happen. But I have put that all behind me, I've gotten back on track, and I totally agree that BREAKS ARE OVERRATED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sylviau 125]

Thanks to everyone for sharing! Its great to know I wasn't the only one struggling through these first "banded holidays" . Congrats to all those that jumped back on the bandwagon... those few pounds that were gained come off a lot faster than u think and you will be back to losing! Let's keep it going!

[Maddysgram 6,159]

Avoid alcohol - empty calories. And it hits you harder since you're banded. Alcoholism in banded patients increase. Just saying. Why trade foodaholic for alcoholism?

My sister did that with her gastric bypass, really sad.