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Topic: RE: Eating More?
I need to back to protein too! I do notice I can eat more..almost..double of what I could right after surgery bad eh? But, it's not as bad as it would have been without the sleeve! That's for sure... :)
Topic: Join us in 2010
Hi July 08 surgery folks,
I'm inviting you to a little group to help those (yes, including myself) who have gained 10 or more pounds beyond that lowest weight. We are calling it the "Drop 10 for 10 Challenge". You can easily join this group by going to www.obesityhelp.com/group/Drop10410. I'm hoping that with your help we can generate a little excitement and enthusiasm for getting back on track. We will have a monthly weighin, but it will only be pounds off since the start of the new 2010 decade. Your participation is only what you want to make it. I'm pumped up and ready to get back on track for 2010.
There are no hard and fast rules for joining, but you really should be at least 10 pounds above your lowest post-surgery weight and interested in getting things back in line.
Let's get this new decade off to a great start.
John Wurm
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: Where is everyone at?
My Surgery was 7/25/08 and I've lost 145lbs.. from size 30-32 to current size 16. I'm pleased with my progress but still have a little more to go. But I haven't been this small since high school.
Topic: RE: Eating More?
Yeah, I've been eating a little more---from what I understand... when we start out, our pouch is the size of a golf ball --- but after one year it expands.... I jus****ch my portions and I tend to get full after eating 3/4 of a cup of solids.... Don't kick yourself too hard, we all do that "falling off" now and then... we're not superpeople... we are human. Just get up and work at it again. How are you doing after 1 year? Labs ok? close to your goal? Exercising? I noticed during the hot summers, I tend to "blah" at exercising....--- I need to kick myself into doing something --- but then I noticed I'm more active -- walking here and there and not really noticing it...I just keep an eye on my weight once a month... but then I know I don't have to, because my clothes are getting bigger... sheez! My labs are terrific but not sure why my platelets are low, though. Haven't talked with the doc yet about that. Hope you are doing well, Laura
Kelly
Kelly
Topic: Eating More?
Has anyone out there been able to eat a little more than before? I have noticed that I have been adding a few snacks here and there. I was eating the 100 calorie pack popcorn (no butter) at night and did not realize that this was one of those "Slider Foods" that everyone talks about. I could eat a couple of these bags with no trouble.
I decided to go back to more protein because I know that it will fill me up more than the "slider foods" will. I could kick myself for introducing snacks again!! I was doing so well with no food after my dinner. CRAP!
I wanted some feedback from everyone that had the surgery in July 2008.
Laura
Laura
Surgery:275/Current:146/Goal:145
I love this quote from Woody Allen...........
"I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens".
Surgery:275/Current:146/Goal:145
I love this quote from Woody Allen...........
"I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens".
Topic: RE: Hi rebirth july babies 2008
I just missed my one year ... here are my pix
Dang don't know why my pics didn't work go to my profile you'll see them LOL
Dang don't know why my pics didn't work go to my profile you'll see them LOL
Topic: RE: PANIC
Hi Laura,
No it's not. You will lose slower for sure. But Just make sure to stay away from carbonated drinks!! You don't want stretch your pouch! It is not worth the chance. Soda is your worst enemy!! And bad carbs!! It can lead to your down fall..Just be wise in your choices, and don't let yourself be tempted even for one bad thing to eat or drink. Believe me I know what I'm talking about.
I had WLS over 17 years ago. I was the only one in my group of 50 people who kept almost all of my weight off for 14 years! Then like an idiot I starting having a soda once a month! Then once a week, BAD CHOICE! After about 8-10 months, I started getting one free refill... only once in a while. That too was a very BAD CHOICE TOO!!! Which I paid for dearly. I gained 30-33 pounds.. I could not get it off! And I became a diabetic on top of it!!
Needless to say, I had to have a revision...I call it the surgery from HELL! 2 weeks in the hospital! A feeding tube for 8 weeks.. What more do I need to say???
As long as you really stick to the plan you'll do fine. Don't listen to others who say oh this ok to eat or drink and that is ok!! Because they don't give a crap about you if they do say that...
Take care, you are doing a great job! Just keep everything you eat and drink on target with your your surgeon and program! Alizka
No it's not. You will lose slower for sure. But Just make sure to stay away from carbonated drinks!! You don't want stretch your pouch! It is not worth the chance. Soda is your worst enemy!! And bad carbs!! It can lead to your down fall..Just be wise in your choices, and don't let yourself be tempted even for one bad thing to eat or drink. Believe me I know what I'm talking about.
I had WLS over 17 years ago. I was the only one in my group of 50 people who kept almost all of my weight off for 14 years! Then like an idiot I starting having a soda once a month! Then once a week, BAD CHOICE! After about 8-10 months, I started getting one free refill... only once in a while. That too was a very BAD CHOICE TOO!!! Which I paid for dearly. I gained 30-33 pounds.. I could not get it off! And I became a diabetic on top of it!!
Needless to say, I had to have a revision...I call it the surgery from HELL! 2 weeks in the hospital! A feeding tube for 8 weeks.. What more do I need to say???
As long as you really stick to the plan you'll do fine. Don't listen to others who say oh this ok to eat or drink and that is ok!! Because they don't give a crap about you if they do say that...
Take care, you are doing a great job! Just keep everything you eat and drink on target with your your surgeon and program! Alizka
1st goal to be under 200. Done! 2nd goal to be just obese. Third goal is to be under 170 by Thanksgiving 2009. I Pray I can make it. I know the Lord will help me through this.
Topic: RE: Hi rebirth july babies 2008
Oh boy! I am so glad to see this topic here!
I celebrated my first rebirthday on July 7.
I've lost 120 pounds so far, and though I still have a few to go---or not*---I see a new person in the mirror.
I've held the thought "embrace change" in my head to carry me through the confusing times, and I've found that if you embrace change, it hugs you back.
I've shuffled around a few words in a good Irish drinking song to state my new philosophy:
"I'll eat when I'm hungry, and I'll drink when I'm dry, and if loving don't kill me, I'll live til I die.
Protein first, supplements daily, and just try to hold me back!
Thanks to everyone from my wonderful surgeon, Dr. Jean-Baptiste, who did such a beautiful job that I never had the smallest problem with my new "baby" tummy. Sure, if I overdid it, the pouch talked back, but how great is that? Obviously the signals to stop eating didn't work for me---I started out at 344 pounds! (Yo-yo dieting? Sure, didn't I invent the concept?)
Thanks also to the people at JFK Hospital in Edison, NJ, especially the wonderful Sarah, who kept me from feeling totally alone in my post-surgical delerium. Our combined sense of humor took the scared away. And meeting you, in all your non-judgemental self, started me on a healing path.
Thanks to "the lads," J&E. J, didn't you indeed find a new wife under all that swaddling? You rogue, you. CUL8ter! E, my rowing fool, we're the finest scullers on the Navesink! Ha!
Y'all, I am so happy and so grateful for this past year, the wonder of it is beyond words.
To anyone contemplating a weight-loss procedure, take care of yourself, if you do go for it, I wish you every success and happiness.
*I am so happy with the results as they stand that I may stay right here!
I celebrated my first rebirthday on July 7.
I've lost 120 pounds so far, and though I still have a few to go---or not*---I see a new person in the mirror.
I've held the thought "embrace change" in my head to carry me through the confusing times, and I've found that if you embrace change, it hugs you back.
I've shuffled around a few words in a good Irish drinking song to state my new philosophy:
"I'll eat when I'm hungry, and I'll drink when I'm dry, and if loving don't kill me, I'll live til I die.
Protein first, supplements daily, and just try to hold me back!
Thanks to everyone from my wonderful surgeon, Dr. Jean-Baptiste, who did such a beautiful job that I never had the smallest problem with my new "baby" tummy. Sure, if I overdid it, the pouch talked back, but how great is that? Obviously the signals to stop eating didn't work for me---I started out at 344 pounds! (Yo-yo dieting? Sure, didn't I invent the concept?)
Thanks also to the people at JFK Hospital in Edison, NJ, especially the wonderful Sarah, who kept me from feeling totally alone in my post-surgical delerium. Our combined sense of humor took the scared away. And meeting you, in all your non-judgemental self, started me on a healing path.
Thanks to "the lads," J&E. J, didn't you indeed find a new wife under all that swaddling? You rogue, you. CUL8ter! E, my rowing fool, we're the finest scullers on the Navesink! Ha!
Y'all, I am so happy and so grateful for this past year, the wonder of it is beyond words.
To anyone contemplating a weight-loss procedure, take care of yourself, if you do go for it, I wish you every success and happiness.
*I am so happy with the results as they stand that I may stay right here!
Topic: RE: Hi rebirth july babies 2008
My blog post for my one year surgiversary on 7/9: (If the pictures don't show up they are on my profile - can't see them through the firewall at this office)
I don't even know where to begin. I remember the first day I stumbled upon OH and I was awestruck at the transformation I saw. Then I joined OH and started reading, lurking about. Then I got really brave and started to post questions. Then I won the lotto and found the Texas Message Board and the VSG boards.
I started this wonderful ride at 275 pounds in mid-May 2007 with Dr. Harry Meyers in Dallas. Self-pay was the only way to get the surgery as it was excluded under my health insurance. I took money that I had received when my daddy died to pay for the surgery. He probably would not have approved, at first but would have eventually come around (or realized that I would do it whether or not he approved because I know no matter what he loved me!)
I started on a pre-op diet, for lack of a better word, to shrink the old liver before surgery. I had about 45 days to prepare. I read, read, read, asked question after question after question. I read some more. I became active on the TX and VSG boards. I posted a note to the TMB members 4 days before my surgery about all the things I'd learned from them and what I should and shouldn't expect, when to freak out and when to remain calm.
Surgery came and went. I came home the next day and weighed 260 lbs. and wearing a size 24/26 or 3XL clothing. I was going to ecstatic the day I saw 199 or size 12 or even size 14. I'd love to say I am at my one year goal of 160 lbs, but I haven't been home in ten days. The day I left for this trip I was at 160.6, so I can only hope that the lousy 6/10ths of a pound is gone. I'm wearing a size 6 or 8 depending on the cut in jeans / slacks and a medium top (and probably could manage a small here and there depending on the cut).
All the numbers look good and are impressive, if I do say so myself. Although losing weight and looking good are among the many reasons people choose to have WLS, I needed - no scratch that - HAD to get healthy. I had lost my dad to cancer, both of my sisters have chronic illness and are disabled and my mother has had a quadruple bypass and heart valve replacement. Somebody has to live in my family to see that my nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews are taken care of and that person had to be me!!
I was on the verge of being a diabetic, my joints hurt and I was a SLUG. There's a picture on my profile where I'm wearing a "cute" pink capri jogging suit - when I saw that picture in April 2007 I thought OH MY GOD I am HUGE (by the way - I weighed 294 lbs at the time). But 2007 was the year of the hysterectomy and a major staph infection that had me off work for six months for recovery (me and my wound vac - lovely picture!). I did lose close to 40 lbs, but it wasn't much fun!
Fast forward to April 2008 - I saw a couple we are friends with. Both had had their VSG in July 2007 and I had not seen them since. I didn't even realize who he was until he spoke. And I thought to myself "If he can do it, I can do it!" Learned what I could from them about the surgery and as soon as I got home, I made an appointment for my consultation. The rest my friends is history ....
I will never claim to be the perfect WLS patient. I am adamant about having blood work every six months. I take my vitamins religiously. I don't do a lot of exercise (and that's my one and only regret). I eat a few sweets if I want them. I don't count calories, carbs, fats, etc. I am not on a diet. I have changed my life FOREVER. And I now LIVE a life, not just exist in a world.
These pictures represent the night before surgery and just a few days before my one year surgiversary. There are days when I still see me "before" in the mirror, but I am beginning to see me "now" in the mirror as well. (Disclaimer: my photographer is not a professional and there may or may not have been a bit of alcohol involved - hey it was Times Square after an afternoon with friends!!
)
For every person who has offered one piece of advice or provided an ounce of support - THANK YOU. This ride is not over and I don't know where the bus stops but I'm not getting off until it's the end of the line .... and if you are reading this as a pre-op, I hope I've given you some insight and hope because if I can do it, YOU can do it too!
I don't even know where to begin. I remember the first day I stumbled upon OH and I was awestruck at the transformation I saw. Then I joined OH and started reading, lurking about. Then I got really brave and started to post questions. Then I won the lotto and found the Texas Message Board and the VSG boards.
I started this wonderful ride at 275 pounds in mid-May 2007 with Dr. Harry Meyers in Dallas. Self-pay was the only way to get the surgery as it was excluded under my health insurance. I took money that I had received when my daddy died to pay for the surgery. He probably would not have approved, at first but would have eventually come around (or realized that I would do it whether or not he approved because I know no matter what he loved me!)
I started on a pre-op diet, for lack of a better word, to shrink the old liver before surgery. I had about 45 days to prepare. I read, read, read, asked question after question after question. I read some more. I became active on the TX and VSG boards. I posted a note to the TMB members 4 days before my surgery about all the things I'd learned from them and what I should and shouldn't expect, when to freak out and when to remain calm.
Surgery came and went. I came home the next day and weighed 260 lbs. and wearing a size 24/26 or 3XL clothing. I was going to ecstatic the day I saw 199 or size 12 or even size 14. I'd love to say I am at my one year goal of 160 lbs, but I haven't been home in ten days. The day I left for this trip I was at 160.6, so I can only hope that the lousy 6/10ths of a pound is gone. I'm wearing a size 6 or 8 depending on the cut in jeans / slacks and a medium top (and probably could manage a small here and there depending on the cut).
All the numbers look good and are impressive, if I do say so myself. Although losing weight and looking good are among the many reasons people choose to have WLS, I needed - no scratch that - HAD to get healthy. I had lost my dad to cancer, both of my sisters have chronic illness and are disabled and my mother has had a quadruple bypass and heart valve replacement. Somebody has to live in my family to see that my nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews are taken care of and that person had to be me!!
I was on the verge of being a diabetic, my joints hurt and I was a SLUG. There's a picture on my profile where I'm wearing a "cute" pink capri jogging suit - when I saw that picture in April 2007 I thought OH MY GOD I am HUGE (by the way - I weighed 294 lbs at the time). But 2007 was the year of the hysterectomy and a major staph infection that had me off work for six months for recovery (me and my wound vac - lovely picture!). I did lose close to 40 lbs, but it wasn't much fun!
Fast forward to April 2008 - I saw a couple we are friends with. Both had had their VSG in July 2007 and I had not seen them since. I didn't even realize who he was until he spoke. And I thought to myself "If he can do it, I can do it!" Learned what I could from them about the surgery and as soon as I got home, I made an appointment for my consultation. The rest my friends is history ....
I will never claim to be the perfect WLS patient. I am adamant about having blood work every six months. I take my vitamins religiously. I don't do a lot of exercise (and that's my one and only regret). I eat a few sweets if I want them. I don't count calories, carbs, fats, etc. I am not on a diet. I have changed my life FOREVER. And I now LIVE a life, not just exist in a world.
These pictures represent the night before surgery and just a few days before my one year surgiversary. There are days when I still see me "before" in the mirror, but I am beginning to see me "now" in the mirror as well. (Disclaimer: my photographer is not a professional and there may or may not have been a bit of alcohol involved - hey it was Times Square after an afternoon with friends!!
) For every person who has offered one piece of advice or provided an ounce of support - THANK YOU. This ride is not over and I don't know where the bus stops but I'm not getting off until it's the end of the line .... and if you are reading this as a pre-op, I hope I've given you some insight and hope because if I can do it, YOU can do it too!
Topic: RE: Hi rebirth july babies 2008
down 170+
almost 17 weeks pregnant.
size 12 pants (baggy but can't move to 10s because of the baby)
my date is 7/22...also happens to be the day I find out what the baby is.
congrats everyone!!!
almost 17 weeks pregnant.
size 12 pants (baggy but can't move to 10s because of the baby)
my date is 7/22...also happens to be the day I find out what the baby is.
congrats everyone!!!
Mandy, Mom to Jordan (5), Kaida (3) and Luken (born 12/5/09) Army wife! HW:351 / SW: 328 / CW:149/ Goal weight...what is that?
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