Changes at 1.5 Years Out

[Andrew0929 1,101]

I am grateful to have been sleeved and to have remained at goal for 8 months.

However, as of late I've noticed old habits coming back. I'm doing much more snacking primarily and carb-related foods like Cereal, granola bars, and 70-calorie ice cream bars.

Somehow, my weight has remained unchanged and possibly due to my rigorous 6-days/week workout regimen.

I'm still logging food and calories are up to about 2200/2300 a day. I'm concerned that my intake is increasing and appetite increasing as well.

I want to control this before the gaining starts, as I'm noticing gradual increases in snacking and it's scaring me.

[Healthy_life2 8,324]

@@Andrew0929

Carbohydrates are a hard thing for me as well. It is way to tempting to have wheat thins in my home. I always regret it when I use them as a small meal instead of my Protein and vegetable meal. The carbohydrates kick in my hunger and my energy drops. I'm now listening to my body. I know I will feel crappy if I don't eat healthy. I had to tell wheat thins we cannot be friends.

Kudos to you on not gaining and your fitness level!

[bikrchk 1,313]

Keep logging food and exercise and keep an eye on your weight. I had kind of the same experience, (I'm about 1.5 yrs out too) but I had stopped logging and let larger Snacks and too frequent alcohol creep in. Put on like 5 pounds outside my goal range then had to go back to the habits that work to take it off again, (which I have), but only just. Now working on creating a little wiggle room. If you're not gaining, maybe you need the calories. If you really want to stop it, change up your Snacks to whole foods only for a week or 2. Sometimes I just need to break a habit and going "clean" can help.