I think I like this site

Im new here, I replaced SparkPeople with FitClick.  Found this place at random doing my regular health searches on google.  I think i ike this place more simply because its "neater" less cluttered up with advertising and gimmicky contests and what not.  I think there was not a meal planner on the Spark too.  Thats nice.  Part of my problem is not planning ahead and just eating whatever I can dump out of a can.  Thats weird bc I like to cook, I just dont ever know what to cook. 

Im a bit of an unusual case.  2 years ago I got a Lap-Band.  I dont regret it.  I got it because I need help with my HUNGER.  My diet instructions were simply to follow the food pyramid.  Portion control was key.  I lost 100 pounds before I could blink.   That was eating basically whatever I wanted but trying to keep in mind my food groups.  I cant pinpoint when but ever so gradually sugar kept creeping its way into my diet.  It went down easily, it was delicious and it gave me this great high.  Sugar made me happy.  Soon I was eating 5 candy bars a day and suddenly my weightloss came to a hault, even though I wasnt over eating.  I never eat more than a cup of food at a meal time and im not supose to snack at all.  This was where the chocolate came in and that was the rule I was breaking.   Ive been trying to kick this sugar addiction. 

Like any obese person with a sugar addiction, I spiraled downward.  I was so upset with myself for eating all this sugar that I started to not care about my other meals.  Instead of a poached egg for breakfast it was Cream Cheese Icing from the tub.  Instead of a green salad for lunch it was a can of Raviolli.  Instead of a nice dinner it was a bowl of ice cream.  It was pathetic, & disgusting.

I was ok with taking a little break from losing weight, but I wasnt ok with putting any back on.  So now im desperate.  I need to get my head right.  I need to get back to my basics.  I need this website to remind me about the way of life I had and need to have again, before its too late. 

When I got my lap band I weighed a whopping 360 pounds.  Within 10 months I weighed 260 pounds.  I maintained that throughout my pregnancy and after I had my baby...Then it all went to hell and here I am stuffing my face with Peanut Butter cups and am weighing around 275-280 pounds. 

I do not over eat, my portions are good.  I simply need to swap out my sugar and processed crap with some good healthy stuff and get my fat ass back on the damn treadmill.   

I got a little cocky.  I thought "No one can gain weight eating only 3 cups of food a day, I can eat whatever I want, Ill just take a vitamin and stick to my 1 cup of food 3 times a day.  I can still lose weight like that"...Not true.  3 cups of Chocolate and Junk Food will make you gain weight.  Especially if you lead a sedetary lifestyle like mine. 

There, I have confessed my disgusting sins. 

Time to put that behind me and eat healthy!