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Topic: RE: gaining
Hi Carol,
I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone ! My lowest was 211 I am now up to 245 and I am getting depressed every time I get on the scale! I stopped logging my food, am not getting in the protein I should and this is where my problem is . I need to be accountable to myself. We went on a cruise a couple of weeks ago and I lost 3 pounds ! I was constantly on the move I ate alot of fruits, melons. I didn't go crazy with the cookies, no ice cream ( ok, I licked the babies cone because it was dripping all over him) but didn't have one myself. Maybe if we can chat and help ourselves with our "snacking" that may help. Anyone interested. Pick a night and time I'll try to be there.
Sandy
I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone ! My lowest was 211 I am now up to 245 and I am getting depressed every time I get on the scale! I stopped logging my food, am not getting in the protein I should and this is where my problem is . I need to be accountable to myself. We went on a cruise a couple of weeks ago and I lost 3 pounds ! I was constantly on the move I ate alot of fruits, melons. I didn't go crazy with the cookies, no ice cream ( ok, I licked the babies cone because it was dripping all over him) but didn't have one myself. Maybe if we can chat and help ourselves with our "snacking" that may help. Anyone interested. Pick a night and time I'll try to be there.
Sandy
Sandy
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Topic: RE: gaining
Carol
It's funny my birthday is on the same date. my name is Theresa and my starting weight was 467 and I am down to 229and my goal that I going to get to is 199 and I am going to do this with the Lords help. For me I haven't gained any weight back yet but I only lost 25lb in a year and I know I should have did better, So I am back to working out and eating a high protein diet and I walking a lot and living off sf jello and water
I am going to do what ever it takes for me to get to my goal.. and as far as the food thinking about it all the time I was that way myself and what I do is get out of the house go for a walk work in your yard find something to do with your hands and call on the Lord I think I pray all day long baby I know where you are coming from I use to live to eat and now I try to eat to live, for us we just have to find something we love more then food. please keep in touch with me I need someone to lean on from time to time and sometimes our love ones don't understand..
Theresa
It's funny my birthday is on the same date. my name is Theresa and my starting weight was 467 and I am down to 229and my goal that I going to get to is 199 and I am going to do this with the Lords help. For me I haven't gained any weight back yet but I only lost 25lb in a year and I know I should have did better, So I am back to working out and eating a high protein diet and I walking a lot and living off sf jello and water
I am going to do what ever it takes for me to get to my goal.. and as far as the food thinking about it all the time I was that way myself and what I do is get out of the house go for a walk work in your yard find something to do with your hands and call on the Lord I think I pray all day long baby I know where you are coming from I use to live to eat and now I try to eat to live, for us we just have to find something we love more then food. please keep in touch with me I need someone to lean on from time to time and sometimes our love ones don't understand..
Theresa
It's not all about how look on the outside, It's all about the inside, so look deep yourself
Topic: RE: 3rd Anniversary
CONGRATS AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!
HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL
HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL
~Linda 
RNY 9/9/2005
Starting 309; Lowest 174; Current 196; Goal 165
RNY 9/9/2005
Starting 309; Lowest 174; Current 196; Goal 165
Topic: RE: A little late!
Good morning Betsy and thank you so very much for what you said! I decided this morning when I got up that I was going to join Weigh****chers and get this under control. Sal and his son are going to work with me on it - his son is very very overweight and my heart bleeds for him everytime he eats something that I know he shouldn't be - I have been where he is and he may not be feeling it yet but he definitely will - he's just too young to be as heavy as he is (he just turned 16) - he likes girls but they aren't giving him the time of day and I'm not sure he quite understands why. I want to help him but don't feel that I can as long as I am out of control...so last night the 3 of us discussed that we are going to work with weigh****chers and like you - I will be the one going and bringing the information and rules home with me to share with them. I am so glad that I am not the only one in this situation - I feel like you that everyone is looking at me as tho I am a failure and I HATE that feeling - Old habits have come creeping back and it scares me to death!!! 
I went thru my pantry last night and took out anything and everything that shouldn't be in there - I will give it away to less fortunate and that will make me feel better too 
I am paying a gym membership I really SHOULD go to the gym and get my butt back in gear - that will be another project for this week! I just need some motivation and I think that my closet is it - my clothes are getting too tight and I can't afford a new wardrobe!
I am so happy that you and your husband are doing this together - we all need support from loved ones....I am, however, sorry that he was diagnosed but I believe that everything happens for a reason and if the reason is for both of you to get it together then work together and make things better.
oh and just for the record - I HATE this wagon! lol
Thanx again for the support - it really does help
I went thru my pantry last night and took out anything and everything that shouldn't be in there - I will give it away to less fortunate and that will make me feel better too I am paying a gym membership I really SHOULD go to the gym and get my butt back in gear - that will be another project for this week! I just need some motivation and I think that my closet is it - my clothes are getting too tight and I can't afford a new wardrobe! I am so happy that you and your husband are doing this together - we all need support from loved ones....I am, however, sorry that he was diagnosed but I believe that everything happens for a reason and if the reason is for both of you to get it together then work together and make things better.
oh and just for the record - I HATE this wagon! lol
Thanx again for the support - it really does help
~Linda
RNY 9/9/2005
Starting 309; Lowest 174; Current 196; Goal 165
RNY 9/9/2005
Starting 309; Lowest 174; Current 196; Goal 165
Topic: RE: A little late!
Hey girl, I can so relate! Im 3 years out and had gained about 15 pounds. I hated the fact that I was up a size in clothes, and felt like everyone was looking at me and seeing the fat creeping back on. I tried and tried to get back on track, but kept falling off. It was like I was saying inside,,well, Im still 125 pounds smaller than I was so I can eat this. It was crazy!
Then my husband was diagnosed prediabetes. It scared him. as his best friend passed away in January from diabetic complications. So he decided to go on a diet. He had me join weigh****chers to get the stuff for him, since he cant go to the meetings, then put him on it at home. I did that. I have been on the WW food plan (tweaking it a bit with protein shakes) for two weeks now, and have lost about 7 pounds.(Hubby has lost 13) At first I was depressed about joining, after all, I had been down the Weigh****chers trail many times over the years. But then it occured to me, I only have a few pounds to lose this time, and at least Im catching it before it got really bad. In a few weeks I will be a lifetime member and my meetings will be free! And, Im the one they all look at in class and wonder why Im there..LOL!
Ill do whatever I have to to keep this weight off,,and if WW helps me accomplish that goal, so be it. Im almost 50 miles from the nearest WLS support group, and this is better than no support at all.
Hang in there! Ive been where you are, you can get past it. Have you tried the 5 day pouch test? it gets rid of cravings, I did it and it works. It might be better than that soup diet. I do know friends who did that and when they stopped it the weight came right back on. Its the carbs that get ya. Not only do they make ya crave, and gain, but they hold fluid too and make ya bloat!
Drink your water, walk, and do all the stuff we did right after surgery. Hopefully you can get a handle on this. I agree with Sal, dont beat yourself up, take one day at a time. Life is too short to be miserable..we knew that when we had the surgery. So,,,get up and get back on the wagon. We all fall off,,but its up to us if we lay there or not!
have a great new beginning!
Blessings
Betsy
Then my husband was diagnosed prediabetes. It scared him. as his best friend passed away in January from diabetic complications. So he decided to go on a diet. He had me join weigh****chers to get the stuff for him, since he cant go to the meetings, then put him on it at home. I did that. I have been on the WW food plan (tweaking it a bit with protein shakes) for two weeks now, and have lost about 7 pounds.(Hubby has lost 13) At first I was depressed about joining, after all, I had been down the Weigh****chers trail many times over the years. But then it occured to me, I only have a few pounds to lose this time, and at least Im catching it before it got really bad. In a few weeks I will be a lifetime member and my meetings will be free! And, Im the one they all look at in class and wonder why Im there..LOL!
Ill do whatever I have to to keep this weight off,,and if WW helps me accomplish that goal, so be it. Im almost 50 miles from the nearest WLS support group, and this is better than no support at all.
Hang in there! Ive been where you are, you can get past it. Have you tried the 5 day pouch test? it gets rid of cravings, I did it and it works. It might be better than that soup diet. I do know friends who did that and when they stopped it the weight came right back on. Its the carbs that get ya. Not only do they make ya crave, and gain, but they hold fluid too and make ya bloat!
Drink your water, walk, and do all the stuff we did right after surgery. Hopefully you can get a handle on this. I agree with Sal, dont beat yourself up, take one day at a time. Life is too short to be miserable..we knew that when we had the surgery. So,,,get up and get back on the wagon. We all fall off,,but its up to us if we lay there or not!
have a great new beginning!
Blessings
Betsy
"For I know the plans I have for you ," declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
Topic: RE: 3rd Anniversary
Congratulations Linda
I celebrated my three year anniversary on the 7th. The day my life began again (actively)
You rock!
I celebrated my three year anniversary on the 7th. The day my life began again (actively)
You rock!
Topic: A little late!
good morning - it's Thursday, September 18th and I was supposed to be here on Friday, September 12th - well I blew it which is pretty normal for me these days! 
Anyway! I weighed myself on Friday morning to find that I was down almost 2 lbs which made me feel as tho I was back on track which of course made me feel good...I got thru the weekend without going off the deep end (too far anyway) and woke up Monday feeling terrible - this is the first day all week that I haven't felt bloated and disgusting. If I looked in the mirror I got nauseas so I just haven't used the full length all week - I feel TREMENDOUS! Sal (my boyfriend) tells me that I am way too tough on myself and need to let up some but if I do that I think that I could easily go back to weighing 300 lbs...I have worked way too hard to get to where I was and I feel as tho it is just slipping away. No matter what I do I can't seem to LOSE weight! I am beating myself up daily and have even gone as far as attempting to almost starve myself -- I have eaten salad all week and protein at dinner and a protein shake mid-day - my whole body is bloated and it's making me feel really bad about myself. --
Soooooooo....now I have a question - there is a 7-day diet where you make this certain soup and make sure that you eat this soup a certain # of times a day and each day you add something else to the menu (fruit, vegies, beef) - I don't know if our bodies can handle this type of thing but at this point I am willing to try just about ANYTHING!!! I am actually putting myself into a depression over this and yet at night I find myself out of control... Last night I made myself 2 chicken wings for dinner, had a small salad and was full - an hour later I was looking for anything and everything that I could eat...what the hell is THAT about? So I had a 100 calorie rice pudding snack cup and THEN 30 mins later a Weigh****chers Ice Pop!!! I then felt sick so I went to bed...I figure if I go to bed at least I am away from the kitchen.
Is there anyone else out there feeling any where close to what I am going thru????? Three years out and I can't get my head under control...Help???
Anyway! I weighed myself on Friday morning to find that I was down almost 2 lbs which made me feel as tho I was back on track which of course made me feel good...I got thru the weekend without going off the deep end (too far anyway) and woke up Monday feeling terrible - this is the first day all week that I haven't felt bloated and disgusting. If I looked in the mirror I got nauseas so I just haven't used the full length all week - I feel TREMENDOUS! Sal (my boyfriend) tells me that I am way too tough on myself and need to let up some but if I do that I think that I could easily go back to weighing 300 lbs...I have worked way too hard to get to where I was and I feel as tho it is just slipping away. No matter what I do I can't seem to LOSE weight! I am beating myself up daily and have even gone as far as attempting to almost starve myself -- I have eaten salad all week and protein at dinner and a protein shake mid-day - my whole body is bloated and it's making me feel really bad about myself. --
Soooooooo....now I have a question - there is a 7-day diet where you make this certain soup and make sure that you eat this soup a certain # of times a day and each day you add something else to the menu (fruit, vegies, beef) - I don't know if our bodies can handle this type of thing but at this point I am willing to try just about ANYTHING!!! I am actually putting myself into a depression over this and yet at night I find myself out of control... Last night I made myself 2 chicken wings for dinner, had a small salad and was full - an hour later I was looking for anything and everything that I could eat...what the hell is THAT about? So I had a 100 calorie rice pudding snack cup and THEN 30 mins later a Weigh****chers Ice Pop!!! I then felt sick so I went to bed...I figure if I go to bed at least I am away from the kitchen.
Is there anyone else out there feeling any where close to what I am going thru????? Three years out and I can't get my head under control...Help???
~Linda
RNY 9/9/2005
Starting 309; Lowest 174; Current 196; Goal 165
RNY 9/9/2005
Starting 309; Lowest 174; Current 196; Goal 165
Topic: RE: What can I say?
Hi,
I'm coming up on 3 years, and have had some similar experiences. I no longer speak to my best friend of 20 years. It has been more than a year an a half now. Cir****tances were different, she was overweight and we were "fat friends" and eatting buddies. Anyway, I finally realized that the situation just wasn't healthy for me and have moved on.
In addition, I find that I just take a lot less crap in general than I used to. I deserve better. Strange...how weight loss can make you realize things like that....
I'm coming up on 3 years, and have had some similar experiences. I no longer speak to my best friend of 20 years. It has been more than a year an a half now. Cir****tances were different, she was overweight and we were "fat friends" and eatting buddies. Anyway, I finally realized that the situation just wasn't healthy for me and have moved on.
In addition, I find that I just take a lot less crap in general than I used to. I deserve better. Strange...how weight loss can make you realize things like that....
Topic: RE: EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS
Oh my goodness i am so sorry to hear about the problems. I do hope and pray you start feeling better soon. May I ask how much you weighed before surgery? I guess i am really lucky cause I did have a few problems with my WLS but NOTHING like what you are going thru. Just hang in there and do take care and I do hope you get better soon. we are all here for you if you need anyone to chat with.
Cindy
Cindy
Topic: RE: 3 Year Anniversary Sept.13 2005
Go Theresa it's your birthday! Keep up the great work you are doing super.
cindy
Go Theresa it's your birthday! Keep up the great work you are doing super.cindy
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