Guest blogger, Pandora Williams presents her 5th Blog for us today! Pandora is dedicated to helping pre and post operative bariatric patients find a healthy balance in life to reach and maintain weight loss goals while battling obesity. After having bariatric surgery and losing 260 pounds, Pandora has become a Personal Trainer, Wellness Coach, Motivational Speaker and a Marathon Runner! Be sure to check out her previous blog posts if haven’t read them!
I often get asked what keeps me motivated to stay fit.
There are a few easy answers to this question for me personally. My weight loss journey included me losing about 200 pounds in my twenties thanks to low carb dieting, and I say dieting because I think diet is a 4-letter word.
Diets fail people because diets are our temporary solution to a long term disease. We go on diets to lose weight and then we stop the diet and stop the behavior changes that achieved that weight loss and typically we go back to whatever our “normal” was before that diet and what do we end up doing?
Gaining our weight back. In my case, I gained back every pound and had to start all over again.
That regain often keeps me accountable and motivated. I know that I can regain the weight, I have done it before. Therefore I also know that for me to maintain my weight I need to maintain the behavior changes that I implemented in order to lose the weight and for me that means making sure I get my exercise in.
The next obvious answer is that my Father motivates me to stay fit.
I lost my Father before I had finished losing all of my weight and he was pretty much the champion of my weight loss journey.
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I had gastric sleeve 3 year ago this coming June. Initially I lost over 90 lbs. I have slowly gained some back. I know I need to start tracking my food again, and start doing some exercise. I am limited because I have arthritis, bad knees, hip bursitis, plantar faciatius in feet and from accident herniated disc in neck and back – better from chiropractic care and injections. So I gotta get moving but can’t be too agressive. Starting some person training yoga for back problems. I love my surgeon, but his office doesn’t have very good after surgery support, they have no nutrionist or dietitian in the office – but refer you to someone. The last one I met with over a year ago – said now 80-90 g. protein daily, didn’t give me a good goal target specific for carbs, fat, etc. I know each doctor is different – but I can’t get that info from my doctor. I am a teacher on my feet all day, but know I need more exercise, try to get all my water in – but need direction daily eating goals so I am not just shooting in the dark. Any suggestions or resources you can suggest would be so very much appreciated, I am just so frustrated at this point. I can’t afford to go to the nutritionist as she charges a lot for one appointment insurance doesn’t cover and didn’t help much last time very general information. Thanks – blessings Lisa
Getting lost in my head . Its not what I expect I didn’t lose anything this week but yet all I eat is stupid shakes 3 times a day and a cup of jello . Before the surgery I could eat way more and still lose weight. And drinking this stupid 64 + ounces of water .well lest just leave that alone .I do it .that all I have to say about that
I had gastric sleeve 3 year ago this coming June. Initially I lost over 90 lbs. I have slowly gained some back. I know I need to start tracking my food again, and start doing some exercise. I am limited because I have arthritis, bad knees, hip bursitis, plantar faciatius in feet and from accident herniated disc in neck and back – better from chiropractic care and injections. So I gotta get moving but can’t be too agressive. Starting some person training yoga for back problems. I love my surgeon, but his office doesn’t have very good after surgery support, they have no nutrionist or dietitian in the office – but refer you to someone. The last one I met with over a year ago – said now 80-90 g. protein daily, didn’t give me a good goal target specific for carbs, fat, etc. I know each doctor is different – but I can’t get that info from my doctor. I am a teacher on my feet all day, but know I need more exercise, try to get all my water in – but need direction daily eating goals so I am not just shooting in the dark. Any suggestions or resources you can suggest would be so very much appreciated, I am just so frustrated at this point. I can’t afford to go to the nutritionist as she charges a lot for one appointment insurance doesn’t cover and didn’t help much last time very general information. Thanks – blessings Lisa
Getting lost in my head . Its not what I expect I didn’t lose anything this week but yet all I eat is stupid shakes 3 times a day and a cup of jello . Before the surgery I could eat way more and still lose weight. And drinking this stupid 64 + ounces of water .well lest just leave that alone .I do it .that all I have to say about that