Help!!!

[decamom 31]

I am 5+ months out from surgery and am VERY happy with my sleeve. I feel great . look great and am almost at my goal weight. I had a little surgery recently on my toe and have been unable to exercise much for the past two weeks. Yet I am still losing weight. It's very slow but it's still coming off. I have been very naughty with my eating recently. I still get my Protein in and my Water but I have been eating sweet things waaaay too often. I am a little concerned about what will happen when I reach my goal. How do I maintain? Will I still see the weight slowly coming off? I mean , I have been REALLY BAD with my sugar and carb intake and I am still losing. No exercise to speak of in the last two weeks. I know this sounds like a wonderful problem to have but I am getting a little nervous.....

Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.

Living the dream,

Laura

[EnjoyingWhoIAmBecoming 16]

You are gonna have to take back the control on the sweets. Be more careful and try to do better. Tomorrow is a new day. I hope you fell better

[italianlady13 80]

Enjoying who I am becoming....I believe you may have misunderstood her question. DECAMOM is over induldging yet STILL continuing to lose weight. Her concern is that she will get to goal and then continue to go below goal because she is eating what she likes not yet is still losing weight....

I have been noticing this as well. In the beginning I was super controlled and counting montitoring and measuring....I gave that up a few weeks ago. Mind you, I still monitor and measure but I have tried to put it in my subconcious. If I go over my carbs then so be it, if I go over my fat, then so be it. I don't get histerical if I do and yet the weight keeps on coming off. It's like a miracle. However, I can understand feeling like "what the hell am I going to do once I lose all the weight I need to". I think the body is a miraculous thing and you will lose until your body is at a comfortable weight. When you are maintaining then it may be necessary to up your calories and carb intake to more normal levels, so adding a snack in or a sweet treat once in a while. one woman on youtube said she would maintain by drinking an adult beverage frequently....I would not advocate that though considering cross over addictions and what not....

I guess it just going to be a matter of understanding what it feels like to be "normal" again. Like when we were kids and looked at food and didn't gain weight. Before the surgery I could smell sweets and gain a pounds through osmosis! I guess you are just going to have to enjoy feeling like you have a normal metabolism! Congratulations on your loss!

[decamom 31]

Enjoying who I am becoming....I believe you may have misunderstood her question. DECAMOM is over induldging yet STILL continuing to lose weight. Her concern is that she will get to goal and then continue to go below goal because she is eating what she likes not yet is still losing weight....

I have been noticing this as well. In the beginning I was super controlled and counting montitoring and measuring....I gave that up a few weeks ago. Mind you, I still monitor and measure but I have tried to put it in my subconcious. If I go over my carbs then so be it, if I go over my fat, then so be it. I don't get histerical if I do and yet the weight keeps on coming off. It's like a miracle. However, I can understand feeling like "what the hell am I going to do once I lose all the weight I need to". I think the body is a miraculous thing and you will lose until your body is at a comfortable weight. When you are maintaining then it may be necessary to up your calories and carb intake to more normal levels, so adding a snack in or a sweet treat once in a while. one woman on youtube said she would maintain by drinking an adult beverage frequently....I would not advocate that though considering cross over addictions and what not....

I guess it just going to be a matter of understanding what it feels like to be "normal" again. Like when we were kids and looked at food and didn't gain weight. Before the surgery I could smell sweets and gain a pounds through osmosis! I guess you are just going to have to enjoy feeling like you have a normal metabolism! Congratulations on your loss!

I was beginning to wonder if I was going to end up being one of those amazingly lucky people who can eat what ever and not gain weight. What a thrilling added bonus to my wonderful sleeve!! I guess time will tell. I was married to a man like that for 25 years and boy was I ever jealous!

[KellyL 173]

Well, you still have a little way to go, and normally this is when losing gets harder and harder for most people. So I wouldn't worry about it yet, and enjoy it. It probably means you're not gonna have a problem with those last few lbs. Most people maintain by adding in "good carbs". I would be careful with the bad carbs even if you are still losing weight, the bad habits can easily sneak back in and take hold before you realize it. But I think it's wonderful that you are still easily losing weight. I would just stick to Proteins first then add fruits and veggies in to up the carbs and calories. Good luck and keep us updated on the situation!