September Sumurais - Roll Call

Hello all you beautiful people! I love my RYN, I'm 10.5 weeks out and I have lost a total of 70 lbs, 56 post op!!!!!!
I feel great, I work out at Curves 4-5 days a week, trying to avoid the charpae dog look! My biggest trouble is the vitamins! Hate them, they all are nasty! I wish all of us blessings and health in the future!

Wow you are doing fantastic.  Keep up the good work!!!! I also hate the vitamins.  I am going to call my nut to find out what kind of pills I can take.  I hate the Bariatric Advantage ones already.

Asia

I am 11 weeks out today (RNY on 9//2008).  As of today I have lost 46 lbs.  I have struggled over the last month....1st hitting a 3 week stall, than dropping 8 lbs in 6 days.  I was so happy to finally see the scale move, but then I got on the scale this morning, and had gained some weight back.

I still struggle to get in my protien and water, but do a little better everyday.  I joined Gold's gym a little over a week ago and have been trying to go everyday.......

I still have a long way to go (about 77 lbs).......and yes, I hate the vitamins too.  I love being able to come to this site, and see folks who had the  surgery around the same time I did, so I can see that what I am going through is normal.

One thing that really frustrates me is that although I have lost close to 50lbs, I haven't gone done 1 dress size....but everyone keeps telling me I am shrinking away!!!  tell that to my pants!

You are doing great.  Get out that measuring tape.  I guarantee that you are losing inches like crazy. 

Greetings all and Happy Thanksgiving (or almost)!!!

I feel your no-size-dropping pain!  I, too, am barely down a size, but I do notice that my pants are actually comfortable!   A couple of my friends are already commenting on the saggy pants, but there's nothing that I"m going to do about it just yet.  Fortunately, my sister had RNY a year ago and saved all of her "going down" clothes.  Unfortunately, she's shrimpy, so I'll have to wear them all as capris!

I'm very excited about Thanksgiving, mostly because I was able to have a bit of a dress rehearsal at a friend's dinner party on Saturday.  I put a couple of pieces of turkey on my plate and then a little bit of the vegetables.  Wasn't able to get through it all, but the very practice of it gave me the confidence that I need to not be self-conscious on Thursday.  My family is very supportive, but that doesn't make me less comfortable with them watching me!!!

I am having a bit of an issue about that fact that I feel like I don't have control over my weight loss.  In the past, if I wanted to lose 10 lbs, I could watch it for a couple of weeks, drink a lot of water and bam, done.  Now, I stay on program, eat everything right, exercise and it's just slow going.  I think it's just a control thing.

But in general, I'm so thankful (a good thing to be around Thanksgiving).  I'm healthier than I was 10 weeks ago and I feel great.  I hope that you all are also able to reflect on the great things that you've been able to do by making this choice!

Kelly

Keep up the good work you are doing just fine.  I think with this tool you will be able to control your Thanksgiving Dinner.  YOu came such a long way you can do it!!!

Hi, my name is Jeannie and I had my RNY on 9/2/08 and to date have lost 56lbs.  Since about six weeks, I lose for a week or so then stall for 2 or 3.  Seems to be a pattern with me.  I don't do anything different in the weeks that I lose vs. when I stall.  I just can't figure it out.  Regardless, I am not gaining so it really does not matter.  Nice to meet you all, hope to talk more soon.  Happy Thanksgiving.

Sounds to me you are right on track.  Keep up the great work.

Aloha,
Asia

I'm Perry from Nashville and I mostly lurk, but I'm always interested in finding out how my fellow Sept'08 WLS folks are doing.

I'm 6'6" and weighed 441 pounds on August 15th.  On that day, my surgeon put me on a liquid diet which lasted for a month until my surgery on Sept 15th. I lost 45 pounds on the liquid diet, which shocked me. What a lot of fluid!!  Since then, I've lost another 57 pounds for a grand total loss of 102.  I'd say another hundred or so to go.

My surgeon has been insistent that I lose as much as possible this first six months because he says it'll get harder after that time. I'm moving more easily and lots faster. I try to take the stairs whenever I can...I try to park in a space further away than I used to no matter where I'm going...I can't believe this is going so well.

Thanks to all of you for your support and for sharing your experiences. This would be a lot harder without OH.

Perry in Nashville

Perry you are doing great.  Since men lose faster you are going to be a lean mean fighting machine.  Keep up the great work.

Aloha,
Asia