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Hello Everyone,
thought that I would post on my life's up's and downs again. I have been grazing alot lately.
I think that it is do to BOREDOM, and my daughter is having a time with her gallbladder acting up again, she goes to the doctor on Wed and we will see when they are going to take it out.
She is down to 128 lbs and she is 5' 6" to thin I think, she say's no, it worries me, she is so very tired all the time, trying to go to school and work as well. She is up on her vitamins, so we will see tomorrow.
I have'nt seen many of us posting lately, I know that we are busy ladies and gentlemen, I must say that I NEED this board badly. I need to know that I am not in this alone, that most of you have the same WOW moments that I do, or the "oh my gosh" get my butt back on track now!!
I am walking more, and thank our good Lord, I can walk and talk at the same time now, did not think that I could ever do that again. It is so very nice to hear that someone is doing just as I am or that someone is doing just as I SHOULD NOT, how do we continue to do well, and how do we get ourselves out of this rut that we seem to get into? I know that I go back to basic's, might last one or two days and then I am off track again. So now I track on fit day and start over again, it is the only way for me to be ACCOUNTABLE to myself. And accountable to one's self is all that really matter's, no one else is shoving the food into my mouth, I have more protein drinks a day so that it takes the place of some sort of a snack and that really seems to help me, I do drink more water than I want too, but I force myself to do so, in this hot weather that we have here in Oregon, I need the water.
Thank you for letting me vent a little, rant a little and just be me a little.
Chrisy
thought that I would post on my life's up's and downs again. I have been grazing alot lately.
I think that it is do to BOREDOM, and my daughter is having a time with her gallbladder acting up again, she goes to the doctor on Wed and we will see when they are going to take it out.
She is down to 128 lbs and she is 5' 6" to thin I think, she say's no, it worries me, she is so very tired all the time, trying to go to school and work as well. She is up on her vitamins, so we will see tomorrow.
I have'nt seen many of us posting lately, I know that we are busy ladies and gentlemen, I must say that I NEED this board badly. I need to know that I am not in this alone, that most of you have the same WOW moments that I do, or the "oh my gosh" get my butt back on track now!!
I am walking more, and thank our good Lord, I can walk and talk at the same time now, did not think that I could ever do that again. It is so very nice to hear that someone is doing just as I am or that someone is doing just as I SHOULD NOT, how do we continue to do well, and how do we get ourselves out of this rut that we seem to get into? I know that I go back to basic's, might last one or two days and then I am off track again. So now I track on fit day and start over again, it is the only way for me to be ACCOUNTABLE to myself. And accountable to one's self is all that really matter's, no one else is shoving the food into my mouth, I have more protein drinks a day so that it takes the place of some sort of a snack and that really seems to help me, I do drink more water than I want too, but I force myself to do so, in this hot weather that we have here in Oregon, I need the water.
Thank you for letting me vent a little, rant a little and just be me a little.
Chrisy
CHRISY
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on 9/15/08 9:10 am - FL
on 9/15/08 9:10 am - FL
Chrisy, you are looking really great! Your face has healed fabulously. I agree that is really hard to get back on track after falling into old patterns. You are right to use start logging your food again. Studies have shown that people eat far less when they log their food as compared to when they don't. When I start to go wrong I stop logging--because I don't want to know the amount of calories that I'm consuming! We are complicated people aren't we? Hang in there. We will make it!
Wanda
Wanda
Hey Chrisy!!!!
Sorry to hear all that your daughter is going through.... I hope she is fine... Make sure to post when she finds out anything from her doctor....
I am soooo struggling as well.... The kids are back to school... i Have cleaned the house top to bottom and I am soooo bored... I keep munching... My son is being deployed to Iraq this Friday so that is adding to stress... plus my monthly visitor found me yesterday... OMG... I make so many trips to the kitchen.. many times I come out with just a glass of water... but it is not for lack of looking for food... LOL.... I just don't have much to munch on.... Probably a good thing.....
Keep up the good work with logging your food... that will probably help you a lot.... I guess I am just not that committed anymore... I just don't care.... Well enough about me... Keep up the good work and stay focused.... I know you can do it..... Make sure to keep us posted on you and your daughter.....
Talk to you soon,
Shawn - Lap RNY 11/16/06
319/169/185/204 - 5' 7" Starting/Goal/Lowest/Current
Chrisy,
I'm actually having the opposite problem at the moment. I'm not eating. I've completely lost my appetite after my PS. I'm having to force myself to eat at least high protien stuff. I get full VERY quickly and even when I do eat it's not because of any hunger pangs it's because it's been 9 hours since I had anything. I'm sure it won't last but it's like I've just has my RNY again because I also get full almost immediately. The weird part is that I returned to a normal appetite about a week after surgery but as soon as I started work I've lost it completely. At this point I've lost about 7 pounds more than they cut off me and I still have a lot of swelling. Not that I'm really complaining as I had the weight to loose...in fact would love to drop three more so I can finally be at that 142 mark :-) But this isn't a healthy way to do it. Shee****'s like there is no middle ground...I'm either having to carefully watch everything I eat or carefully force myself to eat.
But I have definitely been where you are and the absolute best tool I found was not only tracking my food but sitting down for two minutes every morning and planning not only what I'm going to eat but what time I'm going to eat it at. I'm apparently one of those people that is always worried about when I'm going to get my next meal (when I'm actually eating that is) so I use that as an excuse to snack. I discovered when I could look at my written "menu" and look at the clock it was always okay that I could wait 30 more minutes or even an 1hour and 30 minutes until I got to eat again simply because I knew that I was going to eat at that time. I had no idea I was that type of person. In fact when I read that question in the Beck book I answered no. But I did the planning thing just to try and lo' and behold I am that type of person. The other thing I have to allow myself is two days a week to not worry about it. I can eat whatever I want, whenever I want. I find that I really don't go so overboard and it lets me obsess about food a lot less during the week when I am being fairly restictive. Again it's the, I'll be able to eat that on Friday, my free day, so I don't need it now. I know that this does not work for everyone because it's just too much like falling off the wagon. But because I've given myself permission to do it and know it's part of my "plan" I end up not feeling guilty and sticking to my plan.
At the moment I'm having a not so great day (in the I'm so uncomfortable and swollen I want to die way) so I'm a little whiney :-) I'm just over four weeks post op and totally impatient with the recovery thing. I want to be normal NOW!!! Anyway, I totally comprehend the need to vent and rant :-)
Have a wonderful week!
Corinna Q
I'm actually having the opposite problem at the moment. I'm not eating. I've completely lost my appetite after my PS. I'm having to force myself to eat at least high protien stuff. I get full VERY quickly and even when I do eat it's not because of any hunger pangs it's because it's been 9 hours since I had anything. I'm sure it won't last but it's like I've just has my RNY again because I also get full almost immediately. The weird part is that I returned to a normal appetite about a week after surgery but as soon as I started work I've lost it completely. At this point I've lost about 7 pounds more than they cut off me and I still have a lot of swelling. Not that I'm really complaining as I had the weight to loose...in fact would love to drop three more so I can finally be at that 142 mark :-) But this isn't a healthy way to do it. Shee****'s like there is no middle ground...I'm either having to carefully watch everything I eat or carefully force myself to eat.
But I have definitely been where you are and the absolute best tool I found was not only tracking my food but sitting down for two minutes every morning and planning not only what I'm going to eat but what time I'm going to eat it at. I'm apparently one of those people that is always worried about when I'm going to get my next meal (when I'm actually eating that is) so I use that as an excuse to snack. I discovered when I could look at my written "menu" and look at the clock it was always okay that I could wait 30 more minutes or even an 1hour and 30 minutes until I got to eat again simply because I knew that I was going to eat at that time. I had no idea I was that type of person. In fact when I read that question in the Beck book I answered no. But I did the planning thing just to try and lo' and behold I am that type of person. The other thing I have to allow myself is two days a week to not worry about it. I can eat whatever I want, whenever I want. I find that I really don't go so overboard and it lets me obsess about food a lot less during the week when I am being fairly restictive. Again it's the, I'll be able to eat that on Friday, my free day, so I don't need it now. I know that this does not work for everyone because it's just too much like falling off the wagon. But because I've given myself permission to do it and know it's part of my "plan" I end up not feeling guilty and sticking to my plan.
At the moment I'm having a not so great day (in the I'm so uncomfortable and swollen I want to die way) so I'm a little whiney :-) I'm just over four weeks post op and totally impatient with the recovery thing. I want to be normal NOW!!! Anyway, I totally comprehend the need to vent and rant :-)
Have a wonderful week!
Corinna Q
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