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Topic: RE: Happy 18 month Anniversary Everyone
Hey Angie--now its our 19 month surgiversary!! Happy Happy one to you and everyone else--I wish people would post more in here-I am struggling to get to my goal and feel like you did--like you said--it is one plateau after another--I am exercising my heart out as much as i can with my health probs and i know that i am building muscle and have fluid retention probs cause of my kidney disease from diabetes--but i am feeling blue lately-I figured out that since my surgery I have only lost 32% of my weight and it makes me sick--I really thought that i would be further along than this--I did go from a size 34w to a 24w--But I want to be at least a size 16/18 misses size--out of the W sizes.. I have lost a total of 200 lbs from before and after the surgery--but i found this paper i had that i got before my surgery and it said that after a Gastric bypass the average los is between
45%-70% of our weight the day of surgery and i feel so down and like i am not doing good at all--I am so afraid of gaining weihgt as i keep losing and gaining the same 10 lbs over and over again==but like i said i do suffer from fluid problems form my diabetic kidney disease and i know that i should be happy about my accomplishements and i am--But I think i should be skinny by now..
I have been so positive for so long and now i am looking at things from a different perspecite now.. NOt trying to be negative --just realistic..
I am not sorry at all that i had this surgery and i am so glad that i can cross my legs now and be more active and i am out of a wheel chair--but i wanna be below my goal--and it seems like it is not gonna happen for me--I feel like i am gonna be fat forever--just not as fat as i was..
But i am so happy for you--and you said that you got to goal without even exercising--just do not understand why others get down to a nice BMI like you and others do not--like me..
Hope that you keep all of your weight off..Happy Sept!
God Bless
SUSIEQ
45%-70% of our weight the day of surgery and i feel so down and like i am not doing good at all--I am so afraid of gaining weihgt as i keep losing and gaining the same 10 lbs over and over again==but like i said i do suffer from fluid problems form my diabetic kidney disease and i know that i should be happy about my accomplishements and i am--But I think i should be skinny by now..
I have been so positive for so long and now i am looking at things from a different perspecite now.. NOt trying to be negative --just realistic..
I am not sorry at all that i had this surgery and i am so glad that i can cross my legs now and be more active and i am out of a wheel chair--but i wanna be below my goal--and it seems like it is not gonna happen for me--I feel like i am gonna be fat forever--just not as fat as i was..
But i am so happy for you--and you said that you got to goal without even exercising--just do not understand why others get down to a nice BMI like you and others do not--like me..
Hope that you keep all of your weight off..Happy Sept!
God Bless
SUSIEQ
Topic: RE: Happy 18 month Anniversary Everyone
Happy 18 month surgerversary to you too Susie!!
Way to go with your weight loss!! YOU GO GIRL!!
I am happy to report that I finally made goal on the day of my 18-mos anniversary!! WAHOOO!!! It's been a long time coming and it seemed like I had more stalls than others in our surgery time frame. But then I just relaxed and realized that's just MY body's pattern. I tend to lose, have a LOOOOONG stall wherein I'm losing inches, and then have another major block of weight loss. And then the whole process starts all over again. I'm cool with it now, but it drove me CRAZY earlier on!
Other than issues with my anemia, I'm doing very well physically. I admit I don't exercise but I am very active (2 toddlers at home will do that to you). I am going to start weight training soon because I need some muscle. (Family and friends are complaining calling me SKINNY).
Anyway, I want to know how everyone is doing also!
Way to go with your weight loss!! YOU GO GIRL!!
I am happy to report that I finally made goal on the day of my 18-mos anniversary!! WAHOOO!!! It's been a long time coming and it seemed like I had more stalls than others in our surgery time frame. But then I just relaxed and realized that's just MY body's pattern. I tend to lose, have a LOOOOONG stall wherein I'm losing inches, and then have another major block of weight loss. And then the whole process starts all over again. I'm cool with it now, but it drove me CRAZY earlier on!
Other than issues with my anemia, I'm doing very well physically. I admit I don't exercise but I am very active (2 toddlers at home will do that to you). I am going to start weight training soon because I need some muscle. (Family and friends are complaining calling me SKINNY).
Anyway, I want to know how everyone is doing also!
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Topic: RE: How much has everyone lost?
My surgery was 2/7/07 and as of today I am down 133 pounds. I still have 11 to go to goal...and each one is an effort. However I seem to sit at a particular level for about 3 weeks at a time and then boom....down 2 more pounds. I was at 140 for well over 6 weeks and then all of a sudden within 4 weeks I was down to 133!
Things are good. I stll have the "fat" mentality most of the day. Certain foods are still no no's like eggs, bread and chicken that has skin on it. I find I have great weeks when I cook on the weekend and freeze "my portion" size containers of food that I have no issues with. Fruit is one of my recent passions but I have to watch the amount I eat because I then do not eat enough protein. I know that I am not drinking as much water as I should but I do drink about 6 cups of coffee a day (at least!)
I am down from wearing a size 3-4X to buying 10's (and even some of those are big!). My family and I are having a yard sale in about 2 weeks and I figure I will be able to give the last of the clothes I have been hanging on to because I really did not believe this miracle would work...but it has. I swim, I walk, I take the stairs at work and I sleep so much better. This wonderful gift from God, this spectacular second chance at a healthy life makes me smile and want to do random acts of kindness!
I will try and post an updated picture sometime soon...if I can remember how.
Topic: RE: How much has everyone lost?
The 6th is my 18 month anniversary. I have lost 171 lbs since surgery.....I also now have a normal BMI..Amazing journey...Congrats to all of you!!
Kent
373 Pre surgery
357 Surgery day
186 Current weight
Topic: RE: How much has everyone lost?
April
Since my surgery on 2/6/07 I have lost 132 lbs and before my surgery I lost 68--sO I have lost a total of 200 lbs.. I am struggling to get the last 50 lbs off to my goal and I have hit alot of plateaus on the way and i am at one now and i get frustrated--but it passes --I am walking and strength training to build up my strength and I am building muscle so my PT told me that is why i am at a plateay--Muscle is importatn i know--it fights fat--but it gets frustrattin to see the scale not move or go up 1 or 2 lbs.. I still have alot of health probs--all the diabetic complications even tho my diabetes is under control --i am still on insulin and i have fluid retention form my kidney disease--So i am not the normal situation.. But i am proud that i have come this far and my health has improved.. And i do not need a wheel chair any longer--I can walk and exercise now so i am praying i can keep that up.. I have been craving carbs lately and i am getting nervous that i will fall into bad habits--I am lactose intoloerant and it is hard for me to drink too many Protein shakes and dairy..
But i do the best i can.
God Bless
SUSIE from PA
Topic: Happy 18 month Anniversary Everyone
My 18 month surgerversary is on the 6th--I know everyones day is different --But want to wish you all a happy 18 month Anniversary since our Gastric Bypasses and pray everyone is still losing weight and has made it to their goal--I am struggling to get that last 50 lbs off to goal--But I am diong good I have lost a total from before and after surgery of 200lbs!!!!!!!1 I am exercising and strength training and building up muscle--But am at a plateay once again--Trying hard to get to my goal--But very happy at my progress all together--Especially since i started out in suc poor shape and in a wheel chair and now i can walk like 4 blocks with my walker/rollator--I still have all the diabetic comlications and frustratingly I am still on Insulin--But not as much--
I pray that everyone is well and Please update on your prgress I really want to know how you are doing and care so very much about you--
Big Hugs to you all my felllow Feb 2007 group-
Lobe-a dn Prayers
SUSIE Smith from NE PA
Topic: RE: How much has everyone lost?
I think I've lost about 137 lbs or so. I'm within 8 lbs of having a "NORMAL" BMI! Who would have thought someone would get excited about just being a little overweight! WAAAHHOOOO!!
I personally am fine with where I am and hope to stay right here. My weight loss has slowed down and just getting these last few little pounds off has been a little bit of a fight. Sometimes I don't think my body wants to go there and is resisting me at every turn! But truly that is okay. Just as long as I don't go in the OPPOSITE direction on the scale, it's fine with me!
Topic: How much has everyone lost?
Ok so how much has everyone lost? I'm down to -141. I know everyone loses at different rates but just wanted to compare to see if I'm close at least. Seems to me that it is alot harder for me to even lose 1 lbs. now. Last month I didn't even lose that! Maybe I need to look at what I'm doing a little bit closer. Come on chime in!
Topic: RE: Have you lost the "FAT BRAIN" yet?
Hmmm...that sounds like a great excuse to get a massage!! COUNT ME IN!
I'm under a lot of stress lately too. Unfortunately, I have no appetite as a result and for a DS patient, not eating is NOT a good thing!
Topic: RE: Have you lost the "FAT BRAIN" yet?
I went and got a massage today. The massage therapist said that many people that have lost a lot of weight need to get massages on a regular basis so that they can have a better sense of their body awareness. She said often people still feel like they're fat. So....isn't that a great excuse to get a massage???!!!! :>) I'm having difficulty with eating bad food lately. I've been under a LOT of stress and find that I'm going for chips and my sugar free foods more often. I wish their was a surgery for my brain!!!