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Topic: Very Depressed!
Okay, today is my 8 month anniversary date and I am so depressed! My scale has not moved in the past 10 weeks!!!!! This is just crazy! I don't know what to do! I'm exercizing, eating right, no carbs, enough protien, yadda, yadda, yadda. I am starting to think that this surgery isn't working for me and I am a failure at yet another "diet plan"!! Okay, sorry for the vent, but needed to put it some place! Thanks for listening!
Topic: RE: 3 days short of 8 months
Congratulation on your weight loss! You have done an amazing job, keep up the good work. I too have found women to be on the competitive/judgemental side so I kept my WLS a secret. I didn't want to have to explain myself or my reason's to anyone. I have discovered that during this journey I was able to find my true friends, it was a sad realization but I didn't want people in my life who were not going to support me. Just keep doing what your doing and things will fall into place. Don't wait for the guy to make the first move, honey you make it. I feel that I'm still the same person that I was when I was fat and if you didn't like me when I was fat I'm not giving you the time of day now that I'm thinner. 280/156/140 Best Wishes~
Topic: RE: Update On Me
Marilyn, You have truly been an inspiration for me! I see you strength and determination to loose the weight and be successful during your journey. Your post do motivate, encourage and it show's me that we are all going through this together. Please keep posting and keep up the good work. Congratulation on such a great loss. Best Wishes~
Topic: RE: Finally in the Century Club
Congratulations on your 100 pound loss. I'm sure you look and feel amazing!! Best Wishes~
Topic: RE: Finally in the Century Club
Congrats NANCY!!!! I too thought it took a little longer than I hoped to get into the century club but as long as it comes off I guess I can't complain. I still do not dare try on a swimsuit as all of the weight I have left to lose is right around my middle section. As for the sugar free desert, I have made several things just replacing the sugar with spenda. One my husband really likes is the oatmeal nobake cookies.
Combine 1 stick margarine, 2 cups sugar (spenda or other substitue), 2 tablespoons cocoa, and 1/2 cup PET milk in sauce pan and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1/2 cup peanut butter (I use the simply jif, less sugar & fat), stir til peanut butter melts. Stir in 2 cups of quick oats (I use 3 minute brand). Drop by teaspoon fulls onto waxed paper and let cool.
Great chocolate flavored treat. Little or no mess and portable for family gatherings.
Topic: Finally in the Century Club
I am posting a little early but just had to share my good news, I am finally 100 lb. loser!!! It took a little longer than I originally thought it would but realize that we are all different in how we lose. Just 46 lbs to go to reach my goal! The inches are just melting off. My MD assured me that sometimes the loss does not just show on the scale and that the inches are just as important. We are going on a cruise the first week of January and I cannot wait. There is a bathing suit shop at the factory outlets near us that I will be visiting right after Christmas to get a stylish bathing suit no more frumpy suits for me!!!! Have a great Thanksgiving everyone in case I don't get to post before it. Also does anyone have a great sugarfree dessert that I could make for Thanksgiving?
Topic: RE: Update On Me
I would like to commend you on your wonderful attitude. I haven't lost any weight in the last 2 1/2 weeks either but I know the inches are coming off as I went to a "Mash" party last weekend. I was able to get into a pair of mens large millitary issue camo pants. Yes the ones with the button up fly. A large is only a 34-38 waist. Thats down from not being able to even attemp my husbands 50 waist overalls. Have a great time in chicago for the holiday and remember, enjoy the company and the food but be good to youself.
Topic: RE: 3 days short of 8 months
Congratulations on the weight loss. We seem to be about the same in weightloss and sizes. 14-16 tops and 16-18 bottoms and about 120 in loss. I can't say that I have experienced the lack of hugs and distance from the gals. I volunteer in a very close knit group of people and they are so supportive. I seem to get more complements from the guys than I do the gals but even the gals are very very supportive. Just saturday night one of the guys that Ihave known for almost 10 years put his arms around me, backed off, and tried again, he looked at me and said, I can put my arms around you and still have room to see your face. (It used to be when he hugged me, my face was burried in his chest). Life is grand. Have a great holiday.
Topic: Update On Me
Since my last update on the 8th, I'm weighing at 275lbs which is only 1lb gone. But I'm sure that I've lost many inches because I'm fitting in size 24's really good and some 22's depending on the material. Well I guess I should not complain too much because this is a total of 78lbs lost and 66lbs gone since surgery on 3/27/03. I use to wear 30/32 size dresses and even had some 34's. So I am truly thankful to the Lord that I'm not wear I use to be 8 months ago.
Well I'm now on the protein train. I'm going back home to Chicago for the Thanksgiving Holiday and is trying to drop 10lbs. So I've been drinking about 3 protein drinks (90gms +) a day along with plenty of water. I'm setting mini-goals so that I don't get to disappointed if I don't make my goal, but I've been trying to stay positive.
I do some days have some mixed emotions about this whole process but overall I'm so happy that I went through it and that I'm not having any physical problems. I just have to be careful when I do eat because I can eat more than I should be able too and I don't dump from any types of food or sugar.
I'm still exercising in the mornings for about 20/30 minutes. I either walk away the pounds in 2 miles within 30 minutes or I do my 20 minute Richard Simmons aerobic tapes. I also do every other day a 15 minute weighlifting tape and this really helps me with my upper arms. I do have the flabby bat wings - LOL
Overall, I know that I'm BLESSED!!!!. Also, I would like to thank you all for your wonderful support by way of encouraging emails. God Bless Each of youl!!!!
Marilyn
Lexington, KY
Topic: 3 days short of 8 months
Thursday will be 8 months for me (3/20). Since surgery I am down 118 lbs. (173 since 12/22/02). I am in a 14-16 blouses/shirts and shirtwaist/loose dresses, and 18-20 in pants and/or straight skirts. What a change in so short a time! I run into people all the time who do not recognize me! Sometimes this is fun and sometimes it's not--depends on where I am at the time!
I have just found this site and am glad to see I seem to be parallelling some of ya'll. I may go to a support group tomorrow evening for the first time--that may be helpful.
I think it's fun to see how ya'll's husbands feel they have a new wife--I just wish the guy I'm interested in would say something. I know he appreciates what I have gone through but still keeps his distance--maybe waiting to see how things turn out. I do seem to have a lot of married men and those who could be my father expressing their appreciation--wouldn't you know!! Their wives also acknowledge my accomplishment but I've noticed I don't get the hugs from the men I used to and the wives don't seem to be as friendly. Sometimes this really sucks, so I spend a lot of time home with my little Laddie (my Scottie). Anyone else encounter this?
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