RNY Vets - Share your tips for LONG TERM success

[So Blessed]

I eat the same thing for breakfast every morning so that I don't have to measure or think about it. It's habit now.

- Coffee with skim milk
- Boiled egg
- Oatmeal w/ light butter and cinnamon


I'll be back with more.

Can't wait to hear what everyone else is doing!

[So Blessed]

Take your supplements. No excuses.

[Sharyn, RN]

Take my food to work. Every. Single. Day.

Breakfast - protein drink & protein bar.

Snack - greek yogurt & fruit

Lunch - salad with 2 oz meat, 1 oz cheese, tomatoes, strawberries & low-fat Italian dressing

Snack - 2 cheese sticks

[So Blessed]

Take the emotion out of dealing with regain.

Your scale is just a tool for measurement, nothing more.

You really want to get that extra weight back off?

After you rule out any medical issues, do this:


1. Make an honest assessment of your current situation.

2. What caused you to be here?

3. Determine a realistic and measurable outcome goal for you - whether weight, inches or clothing size. That's up to you.

4. Identify any barriers you face getting back to your goal.

5. Come up with some solutions to try. Test them for short periods of time to see how they fit in with your lifestyle, budget, personality, etc. What works for me might not work for you. If the solutions are not useful to you, either tweak or discard them and try something else. Don't spin your wheels with wasted effort.

5. Once you find productive behaviors that mesh well with who YOU are, apply them consistently.

6. Monitor your progress and adjust your process as needed.

7. Achieve your goal.

[So Blessed]

Jan 31, 2012 15:27:09 GMT -5 Sharyn, RN said:

Take my food to work. Every. Single. Day.

Me too.

[hala2215]

Limit carbs, even complex. Specially sugar. Even fruist or veggies taht are fruit (tomato)

Try not to start my day with carbs - even complex will make me
crave more carbs during the day.

Good BM - food transition time. Fiber - and magnesium. The longer the food stays in my system the more I will absorb.

Food preparation: the more processed the food is - the faster we can eat it - and the more we may absorb. (i.e. I choose raw nuts vs nut butter. Take time to chew nuts, and some energy. I can easily eat 1 -2 TBS of nut butter... but it take some a while to chew my nuts. And they do not get absorbed as easily, so they create "bulk".

The more unprocessed the food is - the more I can eat that with less of impact on my body and weight.

[hala2215]

I need to add:

Fat is my friend. I use Unsweet coconut milk and stevia with my coffee, instead of regular milk. Milk has too many sugars for me.
I may use cream or half and half when I am out, but not milk.
Fat stabilizes my blood sugars.

[elisa]

Exercise needs to be a part of your life. Find something you live to do, and do it!