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Topic: RE: Where is everyone? Monday weigh in.
Hi Lisa and welcome to the August losers board! The weekly weigh-in is something that was started months (if not a year) ago in order to keep us accountable.....well, as you can see, there aren't many of us left posting on a regular basis 
. I try to drop in as often as I can as I believe accountability is going to pull us all through the fight of our lives to keep this weight off successfully. I'm working fulltime M-F 8am-5pm and going to school fulltime as well. I have a plateful but I'm not giving up on this board!
I'm so glad you're here!! I too, was having trouble eating and snacking at work all day and I told my nurse educator/practioner about my struggle and she asked me if I was opposed to appetite suppressants. I told her no, I had no opposition to trying them. I'M SO GLAD I DID!! That was on August 19 and I had been struggling with the same 5-8 lb weight gain/loss (losing and gaining the same 5-8 lbs over and over!). Since August 19th I've lost from over 150 down to 140. I take Phentermine at 10am and Tenuate at 4pm and it makes ALL the difference! I no longer snack at work and I'm more able to concentrate on the job(s) at hand. I highly recommend talking to your doctor/nurse about trying this. I know it seems like a failure to have to be on appetite suppressants after all we've been through to lose this weight...but it sure beats the alternative of gaining the weight back! My nurse educator told me that one of the worst stages in our journey is between 10 months and 18 months out...well guess where we are? right smack in the middle of those months. One thing I've learned through all of this is that there is NO shame in asking for help. It's a shame NOT to.
Please know you're in my prayers and I'll keep cheering you on from afar! Hang in there and you'll be fine, I just know it!
God bless you! I love you, fellow WLS sister!
Brenda
Hi Fran!
Great to see your smiling face this week! You are amazing and you know I love you! Keep up the great work and keep that beautiful smile gleeming!
God bless you! I love you!
Brenda
. I try to drop in as often as I can as I believe accountability is going to pull us all through the fight of our lives to keep this weight off successfully. I'm working fulltime M-F 8am-5pm and going to school fulltime as well. I have a plateful but I'm not giving up on this board!I'm so glad you're here!! I too, was having trouble eating and snacking at work all day and I told my nurse educator/practioner about my struggle and she asked me if I was opposed to appetite suppressants. I told her no, I had no opposition to trying them. I'M SO GLAD I DID!! That was on August 19 and I had been struggling with the same 5-8 lb weight gain/loss (losing and gaining the same 5-8 lbs over and over!). Since August 19th I've lost from over 150 down to 140. I take Phentermine at 10am and Tenuate at 4pm and it makes ALL the difference! I no longer snack at work and I'm more able to concentrate on the job(s) at hand. I highly recommend talking to your doctor/nurse about trying this. I know it seems like a failure to have to be on appetite suppressants after all we've been through to lose this weight...but it sure beats the alternative of gaining the weight back! My nurse educator told me that one of the worst stages in our journey is between 10 months and 18 months out...well guess where we are? right smack in the middle of those months. One thing I've learned through all of this is that there is NO shame in asking for help. It's a shame NOT to.
Please know you're in my prayers and I'll keep cheering you on from afar! Hang in there and you'll be fine, I just know it!
God bless you! I love you, fellow WLS sister!
Brenda
Hi Fran!
Great to see your smiling face this week! You are amazing and you know I love you! Keep up the great work and keep that beautiful smile gleeming!
God bless you! I love you!
Brenda
Topic: RE: Where is everyone? Monday weigh in.
Hi Fran, this is the first time I have been on this board, I didn't realize I could come to one where everyone has the same surgery month, Cool.
Anyway I am doing horrible! I can't seem to control my eating while I am at work. I hate my job and eating has become my only means of coping through the 60+ hrs I work a week. I have gained about 10 lbs all of a sudden.
I start each day out thinking I will get it together, but by 10:00am I am struggling again.
what is this weigh in all about?
Lisa
Anyway I am doing horrible! I can't seem to control my eating while I am at work. I hate my job and eating has become my only means of coping through the 60+ hrs I work a week. I have gained about 10 lbs all of a sudden.
I start each day out thinking I will get it together, but by 10:00am I am struggling again.
what is this weigh in all about?
Lisa
Topic: RE: Monday weigh in.
Hi Christi, Congratulations on your loss. It's getting harder to lose and maintain at this stage isn't it. Losing sizes is great though. You must have broken through the plateau.
Fran
Fran
Topic: Where is everyone? Monday weigh in.
How is everyone doing this week. It's Wednesday already and no one has started a weigh in for the week. I know I don't want to lose touch with the August Losers. I hope everyone is doing ok.
I am holding steady again this week which is my goal for life now. How is everyone else.....holding?....still losing?.....gaining and need help?.....
Hope to hear from some of you.
Fran
I am holding steady again this week which is my goal for life now. How is everyone else.....holding?....still losing?.....gaining and need help?.....
Hope to hear from some of you.
Fran
Topic: RE: Monday weigh in
Hi everyone, well it feels good to finally be ontrack to losing the wieght. I had my beautiful babies on 8/24 (34wks) and theya re doing great! I am now 4 weeks post partum and have lost about 35lbs in 4wks. Still not realeased to exercise since i had a c-section but i am staying active with my 3 yearold and newborn twins. As for now just focusing on eating right again.
Stats as of c-sec 8/24/08
Starting weight: 268
current: 235
total loss: 132lbs
Topic: RE: Monday weigh in.
Well I am finally off a plateau. I haven't lost anything in a month but I did drop a clothing size so I am hoping that I am back to losing again. I am down 1.8 pounds and have stayed there for the last few days so I hope it will continue to go down and I am truly off the plateau since I still have a ways to go.
Pre-surg wt: 290.6
today's wt: 171.6
Total loss: 119
Wt still to lose: 26.6
Hope you all have a good week.
Pre-surg wt: 290.6
today's wt: 171.6
Total loss: 119
Wt still to lose: 26.6
Hope you all have a good week.
Topic: RE: hello?
Hi Kathleen,
You must be doing something right to be staying in the 120's. I know what you mean about being scared to gain. I never want to get to where I was before so I live in constant fear....well almost constant. The fear must have gone away when I ate that blueberry muffin for dinner tonight. I'm staying in a good calorie range but sometimes don't eat the best. I guess the most important thing is that I usually eat right. How are you doing with the exercise? It must be difficult to keep up right now. I am still riding my bike but not as often. I have been really busy at work though and one day I wore my pedometer to work and that day I logged 13000 steps. No wonder my legs and knees are sore when I get home. Keep well and it won't be too long til Hubby is home again. I'll be signing in tomorrow for the weigh in.
Love Fran.
You must be doing something right to be staying in the 120's. I know what you mean about being scared to gain. I never want to get to where I was before so I live in constant fear....well almost constant. The fear must have gone away when I ate that blueberry muffin for dinner tonight. I'm staying in a good calorie range but sometimes don't eat the best. I guess the most important thing is that I usually eat right. How are you doing with the exercise? It must be difficult to keep up right now. I am still riding my bike but not as often. I have been really busy at work though and one day I wore my pedometer to work and that day I logged 13000 steps. No wonder my legs and knees are sore when I get home. Keep well and it won't be too long til Hubby is home again. I'll be signing in tomorrow for the weigh in.
Love Fran.
Topic: hello?
Hi ladies. How are you all doing? Hangin in here. Weight been fluxuating with all the swelling going on. Dr. says I am going to swell for four months...ugh. Period time too...weight 124 this morning. LOL Look at me being upset at 124. I never thought I would get below 150. I just am so scared to gain again, u know? I have been eating more too cuz hubby left a week ago and I miss him soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much. He was so wonderful to me while he was here. I am so lucky to have him. He is really pressuring me to gain to 140. He says I look too sick and scrawny now. I want to stay where I am, if I can keep my hands off the crackers. Oh well tomorrow a new day. I miss you all. Hope u are ok. Much Love, K
Topic: RE: Monday weigh in.
HI my friends. Glad to see everyone on here and doing ok. Bren I hope u feel better. The only reason I got the TT was my insurance covered it. I could not even come up with $2000 let alone $20000 lol. My skin was causing me terrible problems. I am glad I had it done just to releave all the chafing, rashes and odor. I will have floppy boobs and arms forever. I do not think the insurance will cover those. Oh well. I am old anyway. My weight is fluxuating between 121-125. I think my body is still adjusting to the TT. I am three weeks out. Period coming too, so I always gain because of that. Hubby left yesterday, daughter went back to loser boyfriend today after Dad bought her new phone and colored contacts, of course. She boils my blood, that one. So I am bummed, blue, and blah. It will pass. Seeing u ladies on here helps. Both my lil girls have Strep but are doing much better today. I think I am going to try to work at one of the schools as a Lunch Lady just to get some extra moola and get out of this house. I do not know why, but the quiet and lonliness really bothers me. I find myself munching too, especially on crackers. Not a habit I want to continue for sure. I will ALWAYS be a stress eater. I am really really going to have to fight it. Anyway, much love to all of you. Take care, and you are all precious to me!
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