Getting back to the swing of things
delizaramirez
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Hello all! My surgiversary was a week ago but I've been on a plateau for a few months now and I know its because I haven't been keeping up with keeping track of what I am eating! I need a little encouragement and I know that I will be able to find it here! At my biggest I was 300 pounds and now I am 179. I want to get out of the 170's and I know I can do it! Please help!
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Most sleevers I know in real life maintain pretty easily in the overweight BMI range. To lose more, you'll need to work hard. Do not ever get complacent or you will gain it all back. I keep that fear in the back of my mind to keep me on track. I am almost 5 years out from my RNY. I have gone from 340 to 140. You can so this!!0
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Happy belated surgiversary! :flowerforyou: I, too, hit a plateau around the 12 minute month mark, but it was because I was eating too little and working out too much. I adjusted my daily calories up to about 1,500-1,800 and cut back exercise from 60-75 minutes 5 times a week to 45 minutes M-F and 30 minutes on the weekends. It definitely helped. I'm loosing VERY slowly now, like 2-4 pound a month, but I'm toning up great and losing inches!0
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I think you hit the nail right on the head when you said you need to start tracking your food again. I think that's going to be my key in the long run too. If you aren't weighing your food, you can't control what you eat. Now that you are getting back on track, I'm sure you'll reach your goal.0
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What do you do for exercise? Exercise becomes a big part of keeping it off too. Now that you have so much weight off you can try alot different activities you may not have tried when you were heavy. Find something you enjoy and will do the rest of your life. This is what will make you successful.0
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Thank you everyone! I am going to be more responsible in making sure I track my meals from now on. As for exercise, I love to run now. I'm a college student who just graduated so I'm hoping now that I have a full time job, I can participate in more 5K's! I do Zumba about 2-3 times a week also, and lift weight occasionally when I have a lifting partner. I'm about to make a huge transition in my life going from college to the real world and I know it's not going to be easy, but I know I can do it. You all are awesome and I thank you all for the encouraging words! How many calories do you all typically eat in a normal day. My surgeon told me I need to stick with below 1000 to start seeing some weight loss again. I know it's a matter of me being strict with myself and I know I can do it because I've done it before. I just need to make myself do it. I've really gotten into looking up motivational quotes everyday to keep me on track. What do you all do to keep you on track?0
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My surgeon recommends 1,200 a day for maintenance, but that doesn't work for everyone. If you're a WLS patient and simply don't exercise, or minimally exercise, then 1,200 is fine, but when you're truly active, and it sounds like you are, 1,200 is just too low. Keep up your exercise routine and get back on track with tracking calories and you'll start to lose again very quickly.0
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To be honest, motivational quotes annoy me, but if they work for you, find all you can. Everyone is different. The best motivator for me is pain. I hurt every hour, every day, from years of beating my body up. I already need two knees and a hip, and the lighter I am, the easier everything will be. Every painful step reminds me. You should be pleased that you learned at a much younger age, and can avoid a lot of the damage I've done.
Besides weighing food and tracking honestly and scrupulously, the best thing I can offer is to start heavy weight lifting. I wish I had started sooner. It really benefits you in a lot more ways than you might think.0
