*New Years Eve* Weigh In

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s making your goal getting engaged and changing your life :clap lsoing 123 pounds NORMAL BMI I love your how EXCITED YOU ARE in this post! wonderful! hugs, Britt

Oh Gosh!!! I NEED to do this too! I can ALWAYS use this wonderful SUPPORT SYSTEM!! Starting weight 383 Last week = 193 This week = 193 Loss this week = 0 Total loss = 190 Current BMI = 32.1 (argh!!-why are BMI's so depressing sometimes?) My goal is 150. My doctor said he will be absolutely THRILLED with 180. I am going to set 180 for my short-term goal for now! And I WILL keep my eyes on the prize for my goal weight! We CAN do this!!! Hugs and Peace! Therese

(((THERESE))))) YOU can do it girl 180*180*180* then 150*150*150 no gain during the holidays is a BIGGIE~ KEEP GOING GIRL!

Well I tell you that "I got sucked into the holidays along with everyone else" was sick, surgery, well again and doing great, back on track, drinking and eating well again. starting 255 last wk 137 this wk +138 gain 1 total lose 117 I am going to do this if it does me in, but with ALL my friends here I will succeed!! I go back to work tomorrow night so it will help me alot, after being off of work from the gallbladder surgery for almost a month. So lets all hang in there and stick with the program. Hope you all had a Happy New Year and Christmas. Chrisy

Sounds like you meaN businss my friend (LOVE IT!) GO FOR IT its s new day and a NEW YEAR sounds like you are DETERMINED

Hello, Gang, I'm back but not yet organized but wanted to join the weekly weigh in. We got back last night so I weighed in this morning. I can't begin to tell you how much I ate while I was gone! It was sinful. No one would have dared think I'd ever had WLS, that's for sure! And, I broke my cardinal rule of NO SUGAR! The first time or 2 I did it, I didn't get sick. Then, the next 2 times I got VERY SICK. I learned that if something isn't overly sweet, I might tolerate it but I'm going back to my game plan of no sugar! A family visit is stressful and my mother's memory/health isn't very good and things have to go her way or everyone is miserable. Poor thing, she wants her family around but she's so hard to deal with and just can't seem to go along with any one else's plan that she pushes everyone away. So, trying to deal with her and spend time with my sisters, brothers and daughter and son in law kept us spinning! I got very little exercise and feared I had gained 10 pounds but I actually lost .25 pound!!! SHOCKING! I've read a few posts on the board so I want to congratulate Kimberly! How wonderful! I can't believe you had to undergo another procedure Wanda! Shawn, I hope you are feeling better and never have another episode like that! Kim, I know the feeding tube is a pain but at least you have a fighting chance with that. Hope the actual eating goes better! I ate for us both the past 2 weeks! And, a big thank you to all who sent us Christmas cards! I got some before I left and some last night in all the mail my neighbor gathered for us! Stats: Beginning Weight 245.25 2 Weeks Ago: 130.75 This Week: 130.50 Loss: .25 Total Loss: 114.75 BMI: 22.4 CeCe

UMMMM HELLO Well, tell us ....WHAT DID EVEYONE THINK OF THE NEW YOU?????????????? you are terrific losing .25 after eating SINFULLY WITH LITTLE EXERCISE you have been given a GIFT *run with it!* welcome back we have missed you Cece this holday season has been a struggle for me - I AM GLAD ITS OVER!!!!! hugs, Britt

Britt, Last year we were so new to WLS that the holiday season was a breeze for many of us. I was only on pureed food during Thanksgiving and with people who knew I'd had surgery during Christmas so I took it very easy. This year, as I've said, I broke my rule of no sugar and ate way too much almost every meal. It scared me because I was feeling so out of control so I'm glad it's over too! I did well until our family party and even then I did well until the desserts. My SIL had made some Paula Dean dish that was lemony and since WLS I LOVE lemon flavoring! I eat lemon yogurt and drink lemonade all the time! So, I got a square of that intending to take one bite and give the rest to my husband. WELLLLLLL, it was SO good that I ate it all and ended up getting more later! Then, on Christmas day, we went to my sisters house. She had various desserts but my heart was into the lemon meringue pie! Again, I asked for a small slice to share with hubby but, after taking off the meringue (full of sugar), I just about stabbed him with the fork every time he went for a bite! I ended up taking a slice home and stuck my finger in under the plastic wrap and ate the filling out on the ride home! Neither of those made me sick but a couple of bites of bread pudding REALLY got me a few days later and when we got home and had a Christmas package from my inlaws with stroopwaffels (one of my favorite Dutch treats!) and I dared take one, I got yucky sick. Actually, I was happy that sugar still bothers me because I feared I was going to start eating it like crazy again! So, Britt, the holidays are over and reality is back! The gyms aren't as full as I expected but it has been really cold here. I've been to two gyms. One was early morning and it certainly wasn't crowded but Gold's wasn't either and I was there a couple of hours later in the morning! Britt, I know you LOVE working out so getting back into the groove will help you forget how hard the holidays were on us and you'll be strong as ever again. 2008 will be the year we really have to start working to maintain our resolve and our weight loss. It likely won't be as easy to do this year because our bodies are adapting to the shorter intestinal route and the smaller stomach. Pouches are probably stretching no matter what we do. Those good habits we've been forming are going to have to be standard not optional! We won't be able to get away with as many slips. Like I said, reality is back!!! No matter what, we can reach our goal weights or maintain our losses. It's just going to take more work! We're up to it, aren't we?! Oh, yeah, Britt, you asked how the family responded to the new me. It was strange, uncomfortable at times but I knew that my husband was really proud of me. One old family friend told my mother that I was now the smallest one of the three sisters. I'm not sure that is true because my two sisters are and always have been thin. They are taller than me too. My younger sister wears a size four and seemed threatened that I was going to wear the same size as her! Well, yesterday I bought a size 4 pair of jeans!!! My size 6 ones that I'd bought at Nordstrom's and the size 6 Daisy Fuentes ones from Kohl's were both able to be pulled on and off without unzipping or unsnapping them so I bought a size FOUR!!!! I don't think I could have imagined wearing a size FOUR jean in my wildest dreams. As I was teaching my class yesterday morning, I was facing the mirror so I could get a good view of the class members doing their lunges and squats. As I was supposed to be watching them, my eyes kept going to my own image because it shocked me so to actually see myself as "normal." Oh, yes, one more thing that happened yesterday that's never happened before!!! When I went to try on those above mentioned size 4 jeans, the woman working the dressing room and the store manager were talking about the holidays and how they were glad they were over. I entered into the conversation and made the comment that with all the food, I actually got tired of eating! Well, the woman said: "Hey, at least you are small." What a shock! I didn't know how to react and while I don't normally tell strangers that I have lost weight, I found myself telling the woman that I wasn't always "small" (and it felt so weird to say "small") and I'd lost 100 pounds and was trying to protect my loss! It's a world turned upside down and I'm so happy to be living in my new world! CeCe

Cece, First, I nearly fell off my chair in a fit of laughter - " I just about stabbed him with the fork every time he went for a bite!" Too funny! It is crazy - how we can say "ok I am going to TASTE this and pass it on" then strangly some DEVIL takes over and say "what are you crazy? Eat it eat it - and we do! GRRRRRR I have done that many times on my journey, but you make a VERY VERY VERY VERY STRONG point .... ****we will not get away with what we have in the past year**** you HIT the Nail on the head! ~~~~ R E A L I T Y is B A C K ~~~~ I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO GET TO 135 - but my scale is not budging!!!! My gym hasn't be packed either - I bet it is the cold. Congrats on your SIZE 4's terrific! It is so strange how people get threatened now that we are tiny, I have someone like that in my life. I find it kind of funny now I just smile Big! in my size 4's That is great with the SMALL comment - I know what you mean. Sometimes I join in on a coversation about people struggling with food and people look at me like "SHUT UP YOU SKINNY B%$#@ - like you know what we are talking about." iF THEY ONLY knew!!!!!! have a great day hugs, Britt

Happy New Years everyone! It's been hectic here as well and I'm glad the holidays are over now. I'm ready to start the new year with a lot of positive energy and motivation to keep doing what I'm doing and even kick it up a notch or two. I've had some turmoil with my daughter the last few weeks that has really got me down. But I'm trying to move on and keep my chin up and know that God has his hands on her. As the saying goes I have to "let go and let God". But it is so hard! I worry about her so much and want to know that she is safe and warm. Ugghh. Parenting is hard work, especially when the kids are not in the house with you! Anyway, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a safe and happy New Year. It's time to refocus on ourselves and our mission to be better people - both inside and out. I got some rollerblades for Christmas so I'm excited to start doing that with my son. But it's too cold out there for me right now. I don't have all the insulation I used to have! lol. Starting weight: 233 Last week: 145.5 This week: 143.8 Loss: 1.7 BMI: 22.4 Susan