Help! Old habits die hard, how do I turn this around?

[vitarny15 2]

I had RNY 5/25/16. I have gone from 268 to 210. I feel old habits creeping in and am stuck in a foodaholic state. Has anyone else gone through this??? What has helped?? All I know is I didn't come this far to turn back.

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[pammieanne 269]

You have to go back to basics. I'm guessing that some of the foods you've gotten complacent on are carbs. You're going to have to do a carb detox. Cut them all out. Go back to 2-3 ounces of DENSE Protein for a meal... chicken, beef, pork, tuna... maybe with a tablespoon or two or non-starchy veggies/ cottage cheese/ salad. No potatoes, Pasta, rice, sugars.

You'll have to white knuckle it for about 5-7 days. It's not easy... but use those times that you are craving crap to get your Water in.

Get your Water intake to well over 64ounces... I shoot for 100.

Measure your food. All of it. Record your food in something like My Fitness Pal, daily.

Talk to yourself. Really, honestly have a long talk with yourself and ask yourself why you're not following your plan to get thin, and why you keep going awry.

I haven't fallen off the wagon for more than a few tastes during a meal (with the exception of a can of whipped cream that I may have lost my mind over for a few days ). I like the way I'm feeling much too much to mess it up. We only have so many months of the honeymoon period. You still have time (we are close in surgery dates!)

Good luck! Get serious with yourself, and just go to basics, you can do it!

Edited December 1, 2016 by pammieanne

[esskay77 785]

I have fallen completely off the wagon. So, time to get back on. The first thing I am going to do is make an appointment with a therapist that deals with food issues. Next, as @pammieanne has said, time to get back to basics. I'm going to do the 5-day pouch test. I did it once and it was easier than I had expected. And probably more importantly, logging my food. Keeping a food journal is magical--it just works. But it is SO hard to keep up!! But I need to get back to that. I also want to go back to plain Water as well as crystal light. I do have to say that ever since I started drinking crystal light is when I started to get off the wagon. There may be no cause/effect here, just an observation. So need to start drinking some plain Water as well.

Those are things that I am going to try. I wish you the best of luck.

[Odie 249]

I have fallen completely off the wagon. So, time to get back on. The first thing I am going to do is make an appointment with a therapist that deals with food issues. Next, as @pammieanne has said, time to get back to basics. I'm going to do the 5-day pouch test. I did it once and it was easier than I had expected. And probably more importantly, logging my food. Keeping a food journal is magical--it just works. But it is SO hard to keep up!! But I need to get back to that. I also want to go back to plain Water as well as crystal light. I do have to say that ever since I started drinking crystal light is when I started to get off the wagon. There may be no cause/effect here, just an observation. So need to start drinking some plain Water as well.

Those are things that I am going to try. I wish you the best of luck.

There may be a correlation with the gain and the Crystal Light. I had regained 8 pounds and was hungry a lot. Then I realized that it all started when I was drinking my water with Crystal Light or Mio. I think the artificial sweeteners screw with the receptors in your brain.

[esskay77 785]

@@Odie Thank you so much for that validation!!!! I am back to plain Water today!

[vitarny15 2]

Thank you all. This is so right on. I let the crabs back in and began relying solely on crystal light/mio because plain Water was hurting my stomach. I can handle it now so it's time to let go of the fake sugars. I called a nutritionist is my area because my surgeon is 3 hours away and I think going back to counseling will be a big help. Definitely need a carb detox. It's a hurdle that I'm going to have to force myself to jump. Thank you all for the support. I didn't do this for nothing and I'm not giving up now.

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