Anxiety and Maintenance

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In a message dated 12/30/2003 3:30:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,

cindyjrubin@... writes:

What I really want to know is does anyone have any

advice on how to handle the anxiety-put some calm back into my life-

other than staying off the scale or cutting back on treats?

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You are doing just fine. A little anxiety never hurt anyone. This is not a

pure world so stick with what works for you.

Coping with the emotional aspects of craving food, one day at a time.

Fay Bayuk

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I am almost 23 months post-op and at maintenance. I weigh daily in

order to keep a close eye on my weight and take immediate corrective

action if the scale starts creeping upwards. Over the past 4 or 5

months the scale has crept up a few pounds more than once, then back

down again when I take corrective action, so I know that by just

changing a few things (less snacking, uping the water and # of

workouts/exercise for a week or less) is all it has taken to bring

the scale back to where I want it.

However, I still do not have a handle on the anxiety this small

weight gain causes...its a sinking feeling in the tummy that oh, no,

what if I can't get it back down, or what if it keeps going up no

matter what I do? There is no reason to feel this anxiety since I

have successfully beat back the pounds each and every time, and have

tried to reason with myself. Pre-op I wouldn't tackle a weight gain

until it was 20 or more pounds and we all know where that got

me..failure and obesity...gain and lose, then gain more over and

over, so its understandable why I feel the anxiety when there is a

gain, never having achieved success before... I know, an alternative

is to stay off the scales and to cut back permanently on

snacking/sweets/carbs. I do not want to cut back on daily weighing as

I think that would create more anxiety, to not know what the weight

was doing. Some say they wait until they feel a gain in their

clothing. That would be a good 5-7 pounds for me and more than I

want to deal with. As for snacking, I don't want to give that up

either, though I do cut back when needed. I'm a believer in allowing

myself treats, and I can limit amounts and do not want to live

without them. What I really want to know is does anyone have any

advice on how to handle the anxiety-put some calm back into my life-

other than staying off the scale or cutting back on treats? Am I the

only one that goes thru this? And will the success of beating back

these few pounds each and every time eventually lower the anxiety?

Cindy in VA

lap RNY 2/8/02

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You're not the only one.

There's nothing unreasonable about it! It's real. Very real. WHICH

time is the time that a few cut backs won't work? Just like " before " .

When is knocking out your nightly cookie for 3 days not enough? When

do you have to dig deeper to move a pound?

I'm DISTAL, supposedly bullet proof with this tiny common channel.

Tiny enough to kill me but not keep me thin? What kinda deal is that?

But I still have to watch what travels into my face. I KNOW sugar

will do me in, or do me larger, whatever. And so far, SO FAR, I've

been able to back off my booboos., What if the next time, I can't? I

have seen many of my peers (same surgery, same way far out in years)

regain every stinking pound. Still nutritionally compromised, but

morbid again? I mean, that's enough to scare me off frosting!

So, is your fear unreasonable? Heck no! I think it's good sense. I

keep on doing what I've been doing and hope it keeps on working.

There's 3 components to my wt loss, and that's the surgery itself,

what I do & do not do, and MY BODY. And there we have the totally

loose canon.

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Anxiety and Maintenance

> I am almost 23 months post-op and at maintenance. I weigh daily in

> order to keep a close eye on my weight and take immediate corrective

> action if the scale starts creeping upwards. Over the past 4 or 5

> months the scale has crept up a few pounds more than once, then back

> down again when I take corrective action, so I know that by just

> changing a few things (less snacking, uping the water and # of

> workouts/exercise for a week or less) is all it has taken to bring

> the scale back to where I want it.

>

> However, I still do not have a handle on the anxiety this small

> weight gain causes...its a sinking feeling in the tummy that oh, no,

> what if I can't get it back down, or what if it keeps going up no

> matter what I do? There is no reason to feel this anxiety since I

> have successfully beat back the pounds each and every time, and have

> tried to reason with myself. Pre-op I wouldn't tackle a weight gain

> until it was 20 or more pounds and we all know where that got

> me..failure and obesity...gain and lose, then gain more over and

> over, so its understandable why I feel the anxiety when there is a

> gain, never having achieved success before... I know, an alternative

> is to stay off the scales and to cut back permanently on

> snacking/sweets/carbs. I do not want to cut back on daily weighing

as

> I think that would create more anxiety, to not know what the weight

> was doing. Some say they wait until they feel a gain in their

> clothing. That would be a good 5-7 pounds for me and more than I

> want to deal with. As for snacking, I don't want to give that up

> either, though I do cut back when needed. I'm a believer in

allowing

> myself treats, and I can limit amounts and do not want to live

> without them. What I really want to know is does anyone have any

> advice on how to handle the anxiety-put some calm back into my life-

> other than staying off the scale or cutting back on treats? Am I

the

> only one that goes thru this? And will the success of beating back

> these few pounds each and every time eventually lower the anxiety?

>

> Cindy in VA

> lap RNY 2/8/02

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