WEIGH-IN OR REPORT IN

Add me to the scared/worried esp right now.  The hurricane came through here over the weekend.  We are fine but my eating not so much.  I stocked up on RTD protein so I am set there but have been so busy I have to remind myself to drink.  Ran inot my surgeon at the hospital that gave me the take it easy/stay hydrated speech.  LOL! 

I still see the old me too.  I know that I have lost quite a bit but I am not at my goal.  You should have seen how exicted I got to see smoothie king was open yesterday LOL and I am going to go back there today.  I was tired of rtd so it was a nice change.

We are doing well.  no power but everyday more stuff gets power and is open.  And my sil got her power back so we are here today doing laundry and using hte computer.  I am going to go get a broadband card today so I can stay connected.

ok I need to go get some stuff done.

We are not alone, I guess it's normal to go up and down periodically but I hate it.  I want to freeze my weight at 150 and not have to be so obsessed with the scale but that's not reality.  It helps having all of you on OH to get through these hard times.  I am sure you are doing great and some day our brains will realize we are no longer fat and accept the new us.

Hugs,
Esther

Hi all,

It is so good to see so many of you checking in. My weight is bouncing between 194-200. I got up to 205 and got a bit freaked like some of you are talking about. I set myself up on a plan to keep things back in line. I walk again and that seems to be helping. I still would really like to get my weight down about ten more pounds, but the good news is that I've generally stayed about the same over the past 6 months. If this is where I stay, I guess I can live with it....I'm pretty content and happy.

Christine is down 52 pound and had a weight loss of 4 pounds this week after a 3 pound drop just last week.. On top of that she landed the job of her life. She works in a pet food factory and applied for a lab job. She had 3 people with chemistry degrees apply and she beat out 10 other candidates. This is just the job of a lifetime. She can work almost as much overtime as she wants and the chance to move up through the ranks is very good. This is the job that everyone at the plant drools over. They are all people who have been there over 10 years before they get the job. Christine has only been there for 2 1/2 years and she nailed her interview. She is very good friends with the head of the HR department and has made so many friends all over the plant. She is just the kind of person who will stand up for good morals, yet will not take sides on issues that come up. 

By boys made me very proud tonight so forgive me while a brag a bit excessively. My oldest son is a sophmore and my youngest son is a freshman. They have worked hard, but there are a lot of boys on the football team and freshmen never get to play varsity and the sophmore is very rare too. Well, my sophmore, Linden, is the backup quarterback and the game was 24-6 at the half and this was a team we were expecting to handle quite easily. The starters were having a struggle putting this game away when our starting QB got hurt. Linden got his chance to go in. He has been having some rough practices and things were not coming together for him (a rough coach was riding him too hard...my opinion). Anyway, he went in and in and had a beautiful handoff that took the play up about 30 yards. Then, the next play was a touchdown pass into the endzone. He went on to score the rest of the points for a total of 28 all together that he was a part of. We have a 45 point lead rule that sadly ended the game. He clearly was the talk of the 3rd quarter and it was a high five night around there. My younger son got to play defensive end and he was as pleased as he could be just to get in. He actually was contributing and making good stuff happen. He came close to getting what would have been the only interception of the game. He is 6 feet 2 inches so when he put his hands up in front of the other team's QB, it really put pressure on the guy.

Then, to top all of this off, I got to take my new girlfriend to the football game. She is pretty hot....no she is REALLY hot. I used to take my wife to the games, but that was before I fell in love with this gal that has dropped 52 pounds. Okay, I'm just kidding...don't get upset...the new girlfriend IS my wife. This double RNY is really amazing.

Anyway, I have to get this posted and get Christine up to go into work for her 12 hour shift. I'm just staying up late and then I'll see her off to work before I hit the pillow at 2 am.

The school year is going very well. In all of my years of teaching I believe that I have the best group of students that I've ever had. They are a bit quiet and don't quite know how to take my brand of humor (today - calling Saturday and Sunday an interuption to the educational process seemed to get a smirk out of them). 

Well, I was thinking that perhaps we should just have our weigh ins at the first of the month and only do one per month. My thought is that everyone should set a goal that they want to stay at and then if they go over that, they need to get back on track. High or low, type that number and be accountable. That way we can still check in every month and keep in contact. What do you think? If I don't get many replies, I may throw this part of the post into a separate one. Be ready with that first one on October 1st...that falls on a Wednesday.

 It is hard for us to adjust to the new life...but it really is a great life...beyond my wildest dreams when I started this journey almost 2 years ago with the idea of doing it and speaking to my doctor.

I just want to say that you are all so beautiful and it has been a great pleasure to watch you all tranform yourselves. Now you are have gown into these beautiful flowers that were always there inside waiting to bloom just a bit more in a more external way.

John

John,

Sounds like things are great for you!!!  And Congrats to both your sons on a great game.  Sharing this process with your wife must be amazing!  My husband actually talked to my surgeon on his own after my gallbladder surgery so he is now considering the Gastric Sleeve.  I think that would be a good choice for himbut I am letting this be all his descision (but I am hoping he does LOL)

A once a month weigh in sounds like a great idea!!!  And a way for us to hold ourselves to our goals!!!  For me I know that things are still stabilizing and shifting in my body because clothes are getting looser/scale not going down........as long as it does nto go up I can deal with that.  And as soon as the gym gets power back I have the ok to start back.  I have been walking a lot these past few days now that it was cooler (though warming up again :(

Donna

Hi John,

First of all, you look incredible and you should really be proud of yourself.  You also have every right to be proud of your children and you wife.  It's so good to hear from you.  You were originally one of my OH friends that helped me get through it all.  Can you believe over a year has passed?  I am so amazed.  We have all done great and now we need to help each other with the stabilizing stage.  I too feel happy but I am just so afraid of gaining that I think I am overdoing it a bit.  Keep up the good work and thanks again for checking in.  Keep it up!

Hugs,
Esther

 

Wow...I must have been really tired last night. I made that post above quite colorful.

I wanted to add that every morning I wake up, like many of you, and wonder if this dream is over. I really have to focus on my eating to keep things in check. This keeping the weight off is really much harder than losing the weight in the first place. The compliments stop...and also you know that everyone in your town is just waiting for you to put it back on. That in itself seems to help motivate me to stay focused as well...that internal voice that just has to prove them wrong. I don't know about you, but I'm not the first one to have the surgery in our town, but I am the first one to have success with it. To me, success is not getting the weight off as much as keeping it off to live a normal life at a normal weight. So, I feel your pain....even if I did have roses painted on my glasses last night.

John

P.S. Donna, I'm glad to hear about the possibility of your hubby having the surgery. You are right on track to let him guide the process. I never tried to talk Christine into it. I only asked her very early on if she ever thought she would ever do anything like that. Of course, she said, "No way". So, never say never.

Well, figured i would drop in and say whats up.

I visited with my plastic surgeon yesterday. He is getting my panni removal pre-approved for Christmas break. I have went from 517lbs. to 225lbs and can't wait to finish with the removal. I feel better than ever. I hear lots of people speaking about a weight struggle at this point and I don't want to disrespect anyone. I guess it might be my age relative to everyone elses or something but I have no problem with gaining anything back.  I keep losing. I am crazy active compared to old me and I walk/run/exercise every chance I get. i couldn't before and now that I can I don't want to stop. I am back in college and getting all A's and B's and in line to graduate in Spring 2010 with a double degree in History and Religious studies. I thank Dr. Raft for my life that I never really had...I guess its a second lease on life.

Good luck to everyone. I will let you know how the removal goes.

I know I am WAAYY late in responding to this, but I am way overdue to be back on these boards. I am relieved to see other people having the same type of problem I am having. Mine seems to be just slightly worse... I have been gaining weight steadily since May. I went from 139 to 154 and I am just not sure what else I can do. I am at curves 6 days a week, I am making the healthiest decisions possible whenver I can... I don't eat out as often as I used to. It's just really frustrating. 15 pounds is a lot for 6 months. Thats over 2 lbs a month. sucks.

I really am thinking that being back on the boards and the support of people going through what I am going through will  make a difference... hopefully.

HELLO ESTHER,  I  THINK  WE  ALL  GO  THROU  THIS STAGE  OUR  BODYS  ARE  TRYING  TO  AGUST  TO  ALL  THE  WEIGHT  LOSS  AND  LATER  OUT  WE  ARE  ABLE  TO  EAT  MORE, JUST  WITCH  THE  FAT  IN TAKE  AND  KEEP  DRINKING  THE  WATER  30MI  BEFOR  YOU  EAT  THAT  WAY  YOU  WONT  OVER  EAT, IAM  ALMOST  2 YEARS  OUT  AND  IVE  GAINED  6 POUNDS  BACK  AND  FOR  6 MONTHS  THATS  WHERE  IVE  BEEN  BUT  MY  DR  TOLD  ME  THAT  WAS  NORNAIL,,,, JUST  INJOY  LIFE  AND  NOT  WORRYER  SO  MUCH  ABOUT  THE  WEIGHT  JUST  WITCH  WHAT  YOU  EAT  AND  HOW  MUCH, HUGS

Well this struggle is getting more challenging.  I am now at 171.  Everyone tells me I look better but when you have weighed 155, 171 sounds like a thousand pounds.  I am going to start over with my Whey Protein.  I know why I am gaining, I am falling back into my old ways and I have to stop it now.

Thanks for the encouragement.

Hugs,
Esther