Continuing after Bariatric Surgery

Alot of the hunger, is boredom and in the head, i've had many days when i just started drinking my water, and doing something else... and it went away. It's a constant head game with hunger though. The way I see it is the Surgery is just an implanted tool that we have to fall back on. It wont do everything for us. As i put up before the weight loss that i had without the exercise and spot on diet was good, but the weight loss i had with the Exercise and nearly spot on diet was even better, my skinny jeans that i had at 185 were my normal jeans at 195, and loose at that.

Look at Kettlebell Circuits they're great and work on toning the entire body. Let me know if you need a sounding board I'm always glad to help!

I had my VSG surgery March of 2013. HW was 360 Surgery weight: 290 I lost down to 239 by August of 2013 and bounced back up to 245ish and stayed there until August of this year with minimal effort, Pre-surgery, unless I was nose to the grindstone 110% effort, I'd rapidly gain any weight that I'd lost and by rapidly I mean like 15 pounds in a month and keep going until I was back up to my original weight... so only gaining back 6 pounds during that year, when I left my job, got married and moved half way around the world is pretty amazing!

Now I'm in a place mentally where I'm ready to continue on my journey but I'm currently living in a third world country so a lot of the foods I'm used to using as a "crutch" such as protein bars aren't available here. Also meat, chicken and fish are really expensive here but potatoes and rice are cheap so I do struggle a bit with that. Also I eat at the in-law's several days a week and picking over calories there is simply NOT an option., If mama puts fatty sheep meat and potatoes on my plate, I'm gonna chow down on it. So I'm just trying to be careful with the foods I'm making for myself, avoid snacking and getting in some long walks. I'm now down to 230 so I'm slowly getting off some weight. This month I've really REALLY decided to knuckle down and try to lose a pound a week in December. It's nothing like I lost early on, but I'm happy with it.

My goal is to get down to 180ish (I'm 5'5") which would put me a good weight to get a lower body lift. I'm much more accepting of small losses than before surgery because I know that I can maintain them, and I'm not starving all the time so I feel like this is sustainable and can afford to be patient. I'll be back in the States by January or February of 2015 so I'm hoping that being home where I can more accurately control my calories and have access to a gym will help me crank it up a notch. I am hoping to reach my goal by December of 2015. People talk about the honeymoon phase but that doesn't mean that the surgery has finished it's job after that. The sleeve doesn't expire. It's available to use as a tool at any time. It may be a bit slower and require more effort, but it's still WAY more doable than before surgery!

My biggest issues is not logging, if I dont log I stray from the path. If i log i focus. Started doing Stronglifts when I got on with StarTrac. lifting for about a year I didnt see much gains. Switched up to a KettleBell workout back in February and I've seen the most change from starting on that. Now it's just doing as Gnarly said above, and focus on inches lost and not the scale

When i started down the path, my wife who hit the ground running after her Lapband did TKB, and i lost it all by just diet and some running, after i gained the 'sympathy' weight when she had our second kid (~1yr post LB for her) and then got on at my current place of Employment, I had no idea what to do exercise wise. But i was surrounded by equipment here, so I asked one of the guys, he got me on the standard lifting schedule Monday: Chest/Tri's, Wed: Back/BI's, Friday: Legs. It helped, I started dropping weight decently but not seeing much growth. After watching my other co-worker do his crazy kettlebell routine I figured i'll try it, and this month (8months into it) I'm working on a Great Gamma challenge which is brutal . Kettlebell Investment is fairly small, being you'll need 1 Kettlebell (~#15/#20), maybe 2 just dont buy one at a big box store, look to Amazon @ Cap Barbell KB's fairly low price.

TLDR: Trainer's are good, sometimes costly, but it helps to have someone to keep you honest

I was VSG end July 2014 so far lost 95lbs, I am on a stall at min but I have got it into my head that I am always hungry but the thought of eating food makes me feel sick the physiological harriers are difficult. I have also changed my job and thought It would help just I am now not exercising as I should. I think I just need to kick my self up the butt and snap out of it but how?