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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.
Start Wt: 347 -- Lowest: 191 -- Current: 216.2 -- Goal: 197
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Regain of 20 pounds has thrown me for a loop - will not let this get the best of me - what am I doing about it?
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Topic: RE: WEIGH-IN OR REPORT IN
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
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
Topic: RE: WEIGH-IN OR REPORT IN
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
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
Start Wt: 347 -- Lowest: 191 -- Current: 216.2 -- Goal: 197
2 MINUTE VIDEO JOURNEY ENJOY HERE ----> http://tinyurl.com/Jonoba07
New in 2010
Regain of 20 pounds has thrown me for a loop - will not let this get the best of me - what am I doing about it?
www.obesityhelp.com/group/Drop10410
Topic: RE: WEIGH-IN OR REPORT IN
That is my big issue right now is still seeing myself fat....and that since I have yet to hit the century mark that I am failing. I LOVE Curves......
Love,
Holly
Love,
Holly
Topic: RE: WEIGH-IN OR REPORT IN
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
Hugs,
Esther
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Hi Cyndi,
It's good to know I'm not alone. My husband wouldn't give me a compliment for anything. My best friend that I grew up with who was always tall and skinny gave me a huge bag of her clothes and I got all dressed up in one of her adorable outfits the other day and I felt so good that I asked him to take my picture so I could send it to all my friends from high school telling them, hey everyone....these are Anne Harriette's clothes. My husband took the picture, never commented and handed the camera back to me without even looking at me. It pissed me off so much that I said something really mean. I told him "How come other men look at me and desire me and you have me right here in front of you and ignore me?" He didn't even say anything.
Yet if I go somewhere, he shows up. My friends tell me it's because he is jealous because of the weight loss and afraid he will lose me. You would think that would make him more loveable but I got more attention when I was 300 pounds. So honey, you are not alone, men are weird.
Thanks for cheering me up, I worry about the up and down thing and at least other people experience the same thing and I needed to hear that,
I love your hair..... your hair grows so fast and I love the color. I have mine highlighted but my gray shows too much so I think I am going back to dark. OH and you are like me...you love Halloween and it will be here soon. I can't wait.
Love ya,
Esther
It's good to know I'm not alone. My husband wouldn't give me a compliment for anything. My best friend that I grew up with who was always tall and skinny gave me a huge bag of her clothes and I got all dressed up in one of her adorable outfits the other day and I felt so good that I asked him to take my picture so I could send it to all my friends from high school telling them, hey everyone....these are Anne Harriette's clothes. My husband took the picture, never commented and handed the camera back to me without even looking at me. It pissed me off so much that I said something really mean. I told him "How come other men look at me and desire me and you have me right here in front of you and ignore me?" He didn't even say anything.
Yet if I go somewhere, he shows up. My friends tell me it's because he is jealous because of the weight loss and afraid he will lose me. You would think that would make him more loveable but I got more attention when I was 300 pounds. So honey, you are not alone, men are weird.
Thanks for cheering me up, I worry about the up and down thing and at least other people experience the same thing and I needed to hear that,
I love your hair..... your hair grows so fast and I love the color. I have mine highlighted but my gray shows too much so I think I am going back to dark. OH and you are like me...you love Halloween and it will be here soon. I can't wait.
Love ya,
Esther
Topic: RE: 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.
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.
Topic: RE: WEIGH-IN OR REPORT IN
Hi Esther! Oh my scale bounces between 139.2 and 142 constantly. My surgeon told me it's completely natural. He said he'd be more worried if my scale absolutely stayed at one number. I eat a lot now. My emotional eating never left and, well, life sucks for me so I'm constantly grazing. I'm actually shocked I've never gone higher than 142. I'm back down to 140. My best friend and I are back to sharing a Coca-Cola cake at lunch every day. So, I don't mind the bounce cause I LOVE my Coca-Cola cake. LOL Sometimes I'm afraid to eat. I do actually have days where I force myself because I don't want to eat. Then the next day I eat like my old self. Mark gets furious when I practically beg him for a compliment.
Here's an example. I got a GORGEOUS 1950s dress off eBay for my new business. Monday Susie and I wore the 50s dresses (with crinolines!) and hair all swept up and went to Cracker Barrel for lunch. We had a blast and handed out tons of business cards (we do singing telegrams). I came home and asked Mark how I looked. He didn't even freaking look at me and mumbled "nice". So, I looked at the pics Susie's daughter took. Did I see this cute dress that's a 1950s size small? NO! I saw the old 265.8 pound me! I went right in my bedroom, took off the dress, hung it up and tossed on my frumpiest jeans and a sweater (yes, the hair was still up). I felt like ****
But, Esther, remember you're 5'11". Don't go TOO low. I'm 5'8" and sometimes I think I'm too small. I'd love to hit 135 just to say I've lost 130 lbs but I have to be smart too. I joked with my surgeon I'd love to hit 132.9 cause it would be half my old self. He said try it but he didn't think I'd be happy. Ya know what? I'm happy where I am. God knows he wouldn't give me money for clothes. Would you believe I'm still wearing my size large sweaters from last winter?
You do what makes YOU happy. We didn't do all this for our families. We did it for US! I think you look FABULOUS! Our families are so used to our "old" selves that sometimes they just can't deal with the "new" us. At this point I'm happy with me. The heck with everyone else.
Here's an example. I got a GORGEOUS 1950s dress off eBay for my new business. Monday Susie and I wore the 50s dresses (with crinolines!) and hair all swept up and went to Cracker Barrel for lunch. We had a blast and handed out tons of business cards (we do singing telegrams). I came home and asked Mark how I looked. He didn't even freaking look at me and mumbled "nice". So, I looked at the pics Susie's daughter took. Did I see this cute dress that's a 1950s size small? NO! I saw the old 265.8 pound me! I went right in my bedroom, took off the dress, hung it up and tossed on my frumpiest jeans and a sweater (yes, the hair was still up). I felt like ****
But, Esther, remember you're 5'11". Don't go TOO low. I'm 5'8" and sometimes I think I'm too small. I'd love to hit 135 just to say I've lost 130 lbs but I have to be smart too. I joked with my surgeon I'd love to hit 132.9 cause it would be half my old self. He said try it but he didn't think I'd be happy. Ya know what? I'm happy where I am. God knows he wouldn't give me money for clothes. Would you believe I'm still wearing my size large sweaters from last winter?
You do what makes YOU happy. We didn't do all this for our families. We did it for US! I think you look FABULOUS! Our families are so used to our "old" selves that sometimes they just can't deal with the "new" us. At this point I'm happy with me. The heck with everyone else.
* Cyndi *
Topic: RE: WEIGH-IN OR REPORT IN
Hi Holly,
You are beautiful and have done a great job losing weight. I am thinking of joining curves too. I guess our heads haven't caught up with our bodies because I still feel fat.
Hugs,
Esther
You are beautiful and have done a great job losing weight. I am thinking of joining curves too. I guess our heads haven't caught up with our bodies because I still feel fat.
Hugs,
Esther
Topic: RE: WEIGH-IN OR REPORT IN
Hi April,
Why is that, that we see ourselves fat? I am 5 ft. 11in and 158 and everyone tells me I look boney but I still see myself as fat. I guess I was big for so long that my brain hasn't adjusted. I still go to the plus size clothing. My daughter gets furious with me because she says I am looking tired and frail. Yet, I feel as fat as ever. My husband thinks I am nuts too so join the club.
Hugs,
Esther
Why is that, that we see ourselves fat? I am 5 ft. 11in and 158 and everyone tells me I look boney but I still see myself as fat. I guess I was big for so long that my brain hasn't adjusted. I still go to the plus size clothing. My daughter gets furious with me because she says I am looking tired and frail. Yet, I feel as fat as ever. My husband thinks I am nuts too so join the club.
Hugs,
Esther
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