One year later- Now what

Okay 14 months--So here we are on the other side. What do you want to do in the coming year? What are your worries? For me it's keeping the weight off. OK, I am a few pounds heavier than I wanted to be, but I can live with that. What scares me is doing that gradual ride back up the scale. I also need a knew goal for the coming year (you know I did that bike thing- what do I do THIS YEAR to keep my activity level up). And how do I deal with the chocolate monster that still sneaks up on me. How about you guys?

Hi Andrea You look great. I had surgery the same day as you.I have lost 145 pounds. I can't get past this hump though. I am on the same 5 pounds up and down for 3 months. I have a problem at night. I get hungry alot. I wake up in the middle of the night craving food and if i don't have something I don't sleep. So I keep cheese on hand. Always helps. We'll see what happens next week. I leave for a cruise on Sunday. Ton's of food there. I am weighing myself at Support group tonight then I'll weigh again on the 28th at group. I'll see how I do on the cruise with the constant eating. I told hubby I will be downing the shrimp all day. Anyway, congrats on the loss and your pictures look good. I wish I can add more pics on my profile, but I don't know how. Marie

Marie- Congrats on your loss too! You look great. Best of luck on the cruise!

Here is the link to the instructions for adding pictures to your profile: http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/members/photos.php I use Photobucket as the free site where I post my pictures, which I then link to my profile following the instructions above. Go to http://www.photobucket.com and sign up for a free account. Then upload the pictures from your computer to the photobucket site. Once they are uploaded, you copy and paste the link in the line that says "tag". Grab the whole thing. It is long. Copy from photobucket and paste into your profile exactly as it is. I then save and preview my profile. Usually my pictures are huge, so I then click "edit" which is right above my picture on photobucket, and chose to resize it. Once it is resized I go back to OH and reload my profile (for me, F5 works) and I see my smaller picture. If you are only re-sizing your picture in photobucket, it won't change the link, so you don't have to repaste it. However, if you move or delete the picture in photobucket, you'll need to re-paste the new "tag" to your obesity help profile. Experiment and have fun. By the way, here is a good posting on how to dress up your profile: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/action,replies/board_id,4856/topic_id,3046261/cat_i d,4456/a,messageboard/ -Pam

My goal is to keep this weight off and hopefully still lose 11 more. Have been staying the same for about a month. I really want to weight 150lbs, that was my goal, my doctors was 160lbs. 1 more lb to make him happy. Still need to eat more protein. I need to stop this snacking though, really hard but must get a handle on it. Of coarse all the holidays coming up won't help. Hope everyone is happy and in good health! Katie

Thanks Katie-- Yes, the snacking monster is a bad thing isn't it. Stay happy and healthy.

Hiya chickadee! Eat chocolate, of course - one Hershey kiss once a week is not gonna be a problem. Moderate the hell out of cravings. I monitor my hunger and weight loss and for me, it's always going crazy around the monthly time. S'ok though.... I have learned to change habits then. Do you know they say it takes only 7 days of doing something over and over again to create a habit in your brain? Hmm. Interesting. In this next year, I really want my business to be successful at the launch in 2007. I believe it will. But even more than that, I really would like to get into a fitness regime and make some friends around here in my rural county. (Everyone here has lived here forever and there are cliques galore so breaking into that is tough.) I just would really really like some close girlfriends who live nearby - so I guess that's my second goal for myself - to make that happen. The fitness regime - well, trust me I have tried. I joined Curves, went to the Y, bought skates - yeah you guys remember that! - and tried to ride a bike again today. Problem is: my obesity caused severe neuropathy in my left foot and I can't raise it properly, so it just cancels out a WHOLE buncha stuff I can do. I am not depressed about it though. I WILL do something and find something that works. It's just a matter of looking and trying. Right now, I am excited about attending a conference in Ontario, CA in the last week of September about the podcasting industry. It'll be a great break - one I really REALLY need right now. You look beautiful! Nan

Nanny-poo! How are you! Wow, you've given this a lot of thought. 7 days huh-- That is scary! Or good! Not sure which. I know your business will be successful! It just takes time. You look amazing as well Nan. It is great what we've accomplished this past year! Andrea

keep the weight off. And not be sick any more............ I have come to the point in my life that not much matters to me any more. Except my kids. I have such bad luck. And yes I believe in luck. And that is one thing I don't have. I can't even have sex with out bad luck...........I work at the health department and had to come to work yesterday and get a condom fished out. It got lost in space...................LOL that is the truth..... sex hurts so bad now. Does that loose too????????? oh well need a full moon and a good spell for good luck..................... have a good day all amy

First of ... you look fabulous my dear!! What is my goal this year ... loosing an addional 25lbs, keeping it off and having PS as soon as I can afford it. Other than that the goal is to keep my happiness and self esteem level up there, and never going back to the miserable and depressed person I was last year. I have a food monster in the evening ... some days are good, other's bad, but I'm good, as long as I can maintain and try to keep it in control ... life will go on!!