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Terri R. R
on 9/22/06 7:40 am - 'bout 45 minutes from San Francisco, CA

Well my PCP sent me a copy of my lab results from last week. And every freaking thing is NORMAL! My A1C was 5.7. I don't think I've had my A1C that low my entire adult life. All my vitamins, etc were awesome! I can't believe how much my health has turned around in 7 short months! WOOHOO!!!!

Jewels5872
on 9/22/06 6:57 am - orange city, FL

Topic: RE: How many times do I have to tell myself??

THANK YOU GF!!!!!! I was def havign a "moment" J

Terri R. R
on 9/22/06 5:56 am - 'bout 45 minutes from San Francisco, CA

RNY on 02/13/06

Topic: RE: How many times do I have to tell myself??

Julie, Are we the same person? LOL!! I weigh every single day ... twice a day. I weigh before I go to bed and again when I get up. I keep telling myself ... Terri you ain't gonna weigh today. It's not good for you. Then, as I step on the scale, I tell myself again to stop. And, I can't seem to help myself. I feel like a freak too. Why do I look in the mirror and my eyes are drawn to my poochie stomach? Why does it look HUGE to me when everyone else tells me it's hardly noticeable? Why do I think my ass looks large enough serve drinks from? I think this all goes back to the fat girl brain you were talking about the other day. I go a support group for bariatric patients at a local hospital. The nurse that runs the group has explained that it can take several years for your brain to catch up with the new you. The support group helps me a lot. I know I can go there and talk about things like this and sliding back into habits and everyone there understands. They can give you hints and helpful advice. Sometimes just talking about it in the open is a HUGE help. Anytime you want to chat, vent, or anything, you can email me.

Terri R. R
on 9/22/06 5:41 am - 'bout 45 minutes from San Francisco, CA

RNY on 02/13/06

Topic: RE: Breaking the plateau

I just talked to my surgeon about this last week. It seems I play with the same 2-3 pounds up and down for weeks and then BAMM I'll loose like 5 lbs overnight. He laughed and told me this was normal. He said just keep doing the right things and it'll work out. Now, here's an interesting tidbit. Every time I increase my exercise, I have to increase my calorie intake or I hit a MAJOR stall. It seems if you expend too much more than you're taking in, your body can go into starvation mode. That being said, I want to let you know I exercise 6 days a week and I exercise HARD. I hit the gym for at least an hour and sometimes over 2 hours at a time.

notabrady
on 9/22/06 4:32 am - Edgewater, MD

RNY on 02/09/06

Topic: Breaking the plateau

I've been hard pressed to get through this one. I should be happy. I'm down 147lbs since my first consult with Dr. G last November, 102lbs since the surgery in Feb, and a whopping 166lbs since this time last year...I just feel like I should still be losing. I've upped my excercise and cut back some of the snacking (I found myself grazing) but nothing's working. Anyone else have an issue that lasted for a month or so? What did you do to break through? What did you do to help your psyche at the same time? What do you do when you're still a size that most people crave the surgery? I'm volley between the same 3lbs and have seemed to top out at 240 (I was 407 so what more can I ask?) But I still see myself as fat, fat, fat. Urgh!! Thanks for letting me vent.

Jewels5872
on 9/22/06 3:09 am - orange city, FL

Topic: How many times do I have to tell myself??

OK I have said this to myself and probibly many of you so many times but yet here i am beeting myself up!!! DO NOT LOOK AT NUMBERS! I SHOULD only weigh at my gym. but when i go to publix (local grocery) the scales calls me over to "get on me" "get on me" "GET ON ME" so i do....ugh...usually the publix scale make me weigh less....lol but today i was more 3 pounds more !!!! ok so logically i say..ok Jules....its midday... you been drinking water all day. your wearing size 8 pants and a med top WHO CARES what the damn scale at publix says lol......UGH! BUT here I am freaking out posting a comment about it so OBVIOUSLY I CARE!!! but why??? Do you know what i would of given to be able to wear an 8???? like maybe an arm lol i swear yet im sitting here trying to figure out why and how and when the scale will come down. SO WHEN AND IF I am 143 pounds....who is gonna know? i mean do i get a magnetic sign for my car that says i made it to goal? is the teller at the bank gonna say omg you hit your goal weight? or wait maybe my server will say wow look at you you made goal!!!! NO they will only know if i tell them the will se a normal sized person at the bank and out to eat.....and who knows maybe at 143 i will wear an 8 still and more of them being they all run differantly. SO WHAT I hit 143 and what? CANT I JUST BE HAPPY??? why am i a freak??? im petrafied of gaining then we get that STUPID post from OH saying if you gained your weight back a national TV company wants to interview you..WTF why would they do that?? we need encouragement not reminders that some fall back in to obsity...(omg im on a roll) I know so many people who had this surgery and fail....and i dont want to so i do everything i can and yet i still find myself sliding back to bad habits...and then i freak... LIKE NOW over a DAMN PUBLIX SCALE!!!!!!!!!! outta my mind J

Jewels5872
on 9/22/06 12:22 am - orange city, FL

Topic: RE: Nine more y'all!!!

So its been almost 2 weeks how are you doing twad your 9 more to lose to 100? I am at 7 more and it seems like its ben FOREVER. I got my trainer to start me on a new work out to jump start me and let me just tell you i am sore evrywhere lol my lips are sore lmao.....but i am hopeing it will get me close to the ever wanted centery club!!!! only 35 more pounds to goal so i figure i will slow down just sucks ya know. But i wanted to know how you were doing. OH and thank you for my MySpace comment

i really apperciate you thanks!!! J