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Topic: RE: Where ya at?
WOW Tina...how great is it to not have to take a horse load of pills and actually feel better than if you had taken them...I totally know what you mean. Sounds like your surgery has just done wonders for you...thats great!
I love the changes I see and feel everyday. Sometimes I do however take them for granted but I try to stop and realize that hey I can actually fit in this booth and about 9 months ago I had to suck it all in and be soooo uncomfortable. Or when I put my shoes on...Oh my God, I can actually tie my shoe!!!
Its those little things that 'skinny' people NEVER EVER had to worry about, that we thought about on a daily basis....funny huh?
Keep up the good work!!
I love the changes I see and feel everyday. Sometimes I do however take them for granted but I try to stop and realize that hey I can actually fit in this booth and about 9 months ago I had to suck it all in and be soooo uncomfortable. Or when I put my shoes on...Oh my God, I can actually tie my shoe!!!
Its those little things that 'skinny' people NEVER EVER had to worry about, that we thought about on a daily basis....funny huh?
Keep up the good work!!
Topic: RE: Where ya at?
Thank you Aaron...we both felt like brand new people when we got married even though I had only lost about half of my goal. Frankie, my husband had RNY 2 years ago so he was at goal for about a year when we got married. We kid around with our friends that we used to be Fat and Fatter but now we're aiming for Ken & Barbie...lol
I hate to hear your still at your stall. Do you think there is anything you can change up to help this? Maybe when/what you are eating or with a different exercise routine? Im just thinking that maybe some sort of change will shock your body and wake it up. I know when I went thru some stalls, I would totally change my eating habits. I ate alot of soups or alot of salads (with protein of course) and it always seemed to do the trick. Maybe something to think about ya know?
Congratulations on this wonderful change you have went thru. For just 9 months...my lord!! You look GREAT!!!
I hate to hear your still at your stall. Do you think there is anything you can change up to help this? Maybe when/what you are eating or with a different exercise routine? Im just thinking that maybe some sort of change will shock your body and wake it up. I know when I went thru some stalls, I would totally change my eating habits. I ate alot of soups or alot of salads (with protein of course) and it always seemed to do the trick. Maybe something to think about ya know?
Congratulations on this wonderful change you have went thru. For just 9 months...my lord!! You look GREAT!!!
Topic: RE: Where ya at?
I will be 9 months out on the 20th. I went in to surgery at 326 pounds. There was no required pre-surgery weight loss. I wore a size 30 jeans and a 4X shirt. I now weigh 215 and wear a size 16 jeans and a XL shirt. My ultimate goal is 160 but ya know, if I never lose another pound I will be ok with that. I never once had this surgery to be skinny. I did it because I was being crushed by my own weight. It has been a wild ride. My labs are perfect. I don't take 10,000 pills a day. I take 2 mulitvitamins, 4 clacium and 1 sublingual B12. That is it. The only thing I hate about this is the constipation. But then again I had problems with that before surgery. So I can't say surgery caused it. I hope everyone is as happy with theirs as I am.
Tina
Tina
Topic: RE: Where ya at?
Congratulations on your wedding!!!!
For me, from my last post, I'm still stalled
but you know I started my journey at 500 pounds and at surgery time I was 432 (required weightloss before surgery) and almost 9 months later I'm 284. I feel great, the healthiest I have ever been. I've lost 216 pounds since the beginning and I'm still 54 pounds from my Dr.'s goal so I still have some work ahead of me. this last bit seems to not wanna come off LOL But you know, this has been a tremendous success for me and the behavior modifications I had in place prior to surgery made this such a breeze for me. *knocking on wood* have had no complications at all.
For me, from my last post, I'm still stalled
but you know I started my journey at 500 pounds and at surgery time I was 432 (required weightloss before surgery) and almost 9 months later I'm 284. I feel great, the healthiest I have ever been. I've lost 216 pounds since the beginning and I'm still 54 pounds from my Dr.'s goal so I still have some work ahead of me. this last bit seems to not wanna come off LOL But you know, this has been a tremendous success for me and the behavior modifications I had in place prior to surgery made this such a breeze for me. *knocking on wood* have had no complications at all. Topic: Where ya at?
So we are in our 9th month...YEA for us!!!
Just curious as to where everyone is as far as their goal is concerned.
Anyone having any problems/issues?
Anyone doing better than they expected?
For myself, I weighed 286 surgery day, now weigh 195. My surgeons goal is 160. So I have lost 91 lbs and have 35 left to go. I really didnt think I would be this far along.
Since the day of the surgery I havent had any problems, this has been so easy for me. I thought in the beginning it was going to be hard to deal with but I can honestly say it hasnt been difficult at all.
2nd best decision of my life...1st was saying yes to Frankie when he proposed (i am a newlywed)
Just curious as to where everyone is as far as their goal is concerned.
Anyone having any problems/issues?
Anyone doing better than they expected?
For myself, I weighed 286 surgery day, now weigh 195. My surgeons goal is 160. So I have lost 91 lbs and have 35 left to go. I really didnt think I would be this far along.
Since the day of the surgery I havent had any problems, this has been so easy for me. I thought in the beginning it was going to be hard to deal with but I can honestly say it hasnt been difficult at all.
2nd best decision of my life...1st was saying yes to Frankie when he proposed (i am a newlywed)
Topic: RE: Regrowing yet???
My hairloss only lasted for about a month/month and half. I think it was around the 4-5 month post-op. My hair is very fine to start with and I was dreading the hair loss soooooo bad cause Lord knows I didnt need to lose any. But it actually wasnt that bad. It stopped and the regrowth started and my hair actually looks and feels better than before.
Do you get in all your protein? Thats the only thing I remember my surgeon and my hairdresser (who is also a RNY'er) saying. They both preached about making sure I got my protein in. My hairdresser swears by it. She has a few WLS clients and she & 3 of her family members are as well and she says she can tell when someone isnt taking their vitamins and getting enough protein. She will ask them if they are and the ones that she suspects arent will admit they arent...lol
Do you get in all your protein? Thats the only thing I remember my surgeon and my hairdresser (who is also a RNY'er) saying. They both preached about making sure I got my protein in. My hairdresser swears by it. She has a few WLS clients and she & 3 of her family members are as well and she says she can tell when someone isnt taking their vitamins and getting enough protein. She will ask them if they are and the ones that she suspects arent will admit they arent...lol
Topic: Regrowing yet???
I am 8 1/2 months out and while some days I feel the hair loss has slowed down, other days I feel like I could make a wig out of what is left in my hands when drying. I say this to ask, for those of you who lost hair - are you still losing? is it coming back in yet?
I had such thin hair pre-op and it is not getting better!
I had such thin hair pre-op and it is not getting better!
Topic: RE: Howdy all!
I had about a month long stall as well during part of Nov & Dec and then all of a sudden I started losing again. so just hang in there and it'll pick back up again.
Topic: RE: Howdy all!
yeah from what everyone is telling me, I just need to keep doing what I'm doing and it'll pick back up again. I just wanna hit goal before the window closes :) But I guess the good thing is that I'm still losing inches so I'm thankful for that :)
Topic: RE: Howdy all!
thank you so much :) Won't be long before our first surgiversary and we'll all be kickin' major butt our first year! I've seen everyone here do amazingly well with their WLS. I will definitely keep you posted! I'm in a one month stall but I still continue to lose inches so that's a good thing still :)
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