ROLE CALL!!! (A couple days late)
Hi Everyone!
I am coming up on 10 weeks since surgery. I am still in Brazil but will be returning to the US in about 2 weeks. I'm excited and sad to leave. I hope to leave the country at under 200 pounds.
Here are my stats:
258/207/130
Starting wt./current/goal
Total loss so far: 52 pounds
Struggles last week: dealing with my list of ailments including an abscess under one of my incisions. I'm also having difficulty swallowing which I think is something to do with my tonsils. Looking forward to getting back to the US and seeing my doctors.
Triumphs: Walked everywhere, got out to see some more sights in Salvador
Hello! I am having so many crazy days lately, exams are upon me and i am supposed to start my new job in a few weeks.
highest 294/prewls 272/ current 240/ goal 130/ dream goal 115
Total loss so far: 30 pounds and haven't measured at all.
Clothes: I am still wearing the same clothes just belting them and pinning them for now.
Struggles last week: I don't take my medicine or vitamins, don't drink enough water and I didn't get in even close to enough protein -- don't even start on my exersize.
Triumphs: Managed to clean/organize three rooms of my house and mow the foot long grass in the front and back yard.
Goal for this week: Light a fire under my @$%!
I so need to stay in touch with this board. i need to compare myself against my own peers. I am so upset over not loosing any weight for a while that I lost track of so much. I have two more final exams next week and then I have to get back on board.
madison
Hi all,
Sorry I'm posting late. Hubby finally came home from an 8 month deployment last week so I've been very busy. He was so surprised at my WL - 50 pounds since he left last fall.
WL - 235/193.5/130 -- don't know measurements.
Surgery 3/21
Sizes - was almost a 22W and now I'm 14W. Haven't tried going to the misses department yet, too scared at being disappointed. Clothes in my closet are really getting too big. I bought some shorts to wear to the DH's homecoming 2 weeks ago - they are now getting too big in the waist.
Since hubby has been home he's struggling to not get me to eat more. He said he's not used to seeing me eat so little and is afraid I'm not getting enough. But I just let him know I can't handle this or that and he's fine. He doesn't push food on me, just that he thinks I'm not getting enough but I know I am. He's so surprised at my WL and for the first time since we've known each other, I'm smaller than him. He said my WL gives him the encouragement to eat less and lose a little.
About 2 weeks ago I battled a kidney stone and it won. I was rushed to the ER - they said I was a little dehydrated but not bad. But the pain from the kidney stone was unbearable -- I didn't have that much pain from the surgery! They thought I was having a complication from the surgery but ran a CT Scan and found out that it was a kidney stone. Never want to go through that again!
My successes this week have been that I've stayed on tracked but have wanted Root Beer (my favorite soda) so I found some Root Beer flavored hard candy with low sugar -- that did the trick and gave me the taste I was craving. This past weekend my hubby and I walking and went fishing. I know fishing isn't really aeorbic but it was fun hiking to our favorite fishing spot about 1.5 miles to the car.
For the first time in a long time I looked at myself in the mirror - I can't believe the change in my body - simply amazing! Clothes that were too small are now too big.
My weaknesses for this past week was remembering my vitamins but I have been getting in all my protein and I'm doing better on my fluids.
My other weakness is that I've been craving rice, pasta and/or bread. My doctor said I can try it but I'm scared - maybe in a few weeks I'll try a little. Has anyone tried tortillas, breads, pastas or rice yet? Have you been able to tolerate them?
Hope you all have a great week.
--Lori
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