Hello! Have been doing well with my sleeve - surgery was in Mexico in Oct 2017. I lost 90 lbs to goal (180 lbs) in 7 months. I was never much of a drinker, just maybe once per month. I maintained at 180 lbs with what seemed forever. Fast forward - starting in December I started to have a few drinks at night. Vodka, and low calorie juice (10 calories per drink on the juice, and then the vodka calories). Now it's at a point that I have 2 drinks pretty well every night, and I can't shake that habit, or at least I feel like I don't want to. It has become a way of relaxing for me. So not sure what direction that is bringing me.
Also, I have now; since January slowly been putting on weight. It started with inches increasing. I went from 37 to 39 inches on my waist. Now I am 7 lbs over goal weight. I think it's a correlation between the alcohol and the weight gain but for me to really do something about it I feel like I need to understand the mechanism behind it. Does alcohol automatically cause you to gain?
My calories per day - I was in maintenance at about 1800 calories per day. I didn't limit carbs, just ate everything in moderation. It would seem per my fitness pal the way to lose weight would be to go to 1200 calories a day. If I was successful at dieting before I would have never needed the sleeve surgery. So I am very much struggling with that and have tried to remove these extra 7 lbs but I fail nearly everyday, I go over 1200 calories and I have my two drinks at night. Did this happen to anyone else?
I need experiences where you overcame this situation and what did it for you to change it around? Thank You, gaining 7 lbs, I may as well have gained all of the 90 lbs back, I feel like that much of a failure. But I do want to turn it around, just not sure I want to give up the drink and reduce the calories to get there. If it helps, I am divorced so live alone, (my kids are with my 50% of the time but need me less; 17 and 16 years old). So having a few drinks at night is my only social life (even though it's not social) but I also have very little in real life support, mostly on my own; which I am ok with, but other than my mom and my uncle who stays with me; that's about it for support.
Thanks if you read all this, and please comment if you have any thoughts! good or bad!! We are all the same, one way or the other and I'm looking for words of wisdom, a kick in the *ss or anything to help me overcome my current situation that I find myself in. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. Took me awhile to decide to post this thread (it's very real to me) but hoping to get some wisdom from others to overcome!!
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