***Tuesday Weekly Weigh-In 10/2/07***

Good Morning Gang! Happy Tuesday! How is everyone today? Hopefully well. It is raining cats and dogs here. Husband and I have some running around to do today and so we may just catch a movie later since the weather is a bit "soupy". So my question for this week.. what keeps you driven, motivated and determined to succeed? Where do you find inspiration? Pretty simple and straight forward question for this week. Answer: I think back to preop and how I felt and all the health problems I had. They have *all* resolved. Truly and incredibly amazing to me. Each day its like pinch me. The weight loss is a wonderful bonus and every day I feel better and better about the way I look. Sure there are days I struggle with what I see in the mirror but overall and most of the time, I don't even know who that person is in the mirror. It is pretty incredible. As for who inspires me.. so many people do. As for weight loss inspirations, many on OH, all of you on this board, so many on the main and RNY board, all of us are here for one reason and that is to continue to be successful and get the support we need. I can't imagine life after RNY without OH. I rely on it very heavily. It has helped me in ways I cannot even explain. Others that motivate me in other ways are my husband (my rock), our families in different ways and my friends. I have an awesome support network (for the most part.. thinking back to a month ago there wasn't the best support there from a particular family member and I am still dealing with that but getting through it). Have a good support network and support system in general can really provide you the foundation we need to be successful. It provides the structure and balance and I am so glad I have that. So to all of you thank you for helping provide to the balance in my life and for being there, being supportive and just being you. I appreciate you more than you know. Enough of my ramblings (it's ok to say you get sick of my motor mouth, I would understand!) HW: 328 SW: 280 LW: 152.6 CW: 147.6 Here is to a good week everyone!

WHOO HOO 2 Weigh ins and sets of questions!! HW: 372 SW: 349 LW: 199 CW: 197 Motivation? Simple, my children. I want to be here for their children. I want to be able to play with them and not have them be embarrased by their mom.

Hi Melissa, Rain huh?? Its sunny and HOT here in Texas! Amazing that its fall and this is the most we can get. I think its about 90 degrees this morning at 9am. Well, here's my answers: what keeps you driven, motivated and determined to succeed? I am pretty much self-driven, I like to succeed and don't like to waste my time so I put my all in pretty much everything that I do. I don't like sloppy results and so I push myself much harder than others. I am definitely intrinsically (sp??) motivated. Where do you find inspiration? I am inspired by others, I see others doing well and I am not envious, I am happy for them and want to excel myself to where they are. I am inspired by people that appear happy and satisfied with themselves, but who still continue to push forward for better things. I am also inspired by people who are very caring and tolerant of others, I like to see people teaching and leading others by example. No way do we get sick of your mouth, you are a great support, we all need that, as I talk more and more about weight regain and things like that. My family does not seem to understand why I am so focused on losing all the weight that I can and then maintaining that for the rest of my life. Its only so many people that understand what we go thru after we have this surgery, not just the physical, but the mental. And the fears we have, oh my God, they are monumental--from am I getting enough nutrition, is this weight gain just due to the time of the month or did I really gain 5 pounds??, am I damaging my kidneys, am I getting my vitamins, is my blood work going to be ok?? etc. We must have this support and structure and I pray that I never stray from it, as a lot of people do once they have lost the weight. I must commit to this for life, as it is now a big part of my life. So, thank you again for all that you do for this group, I see you on other boards too and you are so smart and seem like such a beautiful person that I'm glad to know you. Well, here's my weights: HW: 241 SW; 233.6 LW: 145.8 CW: 152.4 (coming back down from fluids last week from surgery) Angela

Thanks Angela, you are too sweet. I appreciate all you said and I love the advice and intellect you provide on this board as well.. we are all great together as one happy family aren't we? I know what you mean about people who have had RNY are the only ones that can really appreciate all of our fears we have. Hope you keep feeling better, sounds like you are doing awesome. was it worse or better than you expected? *hugs*

Hi Melissa, Yes, I feel good. It is better than I expected. I have 2 friends recently having plastic surg and my sister to compare to. The only "pain" I have is my binder that I have to wear for 6 weeks. I have to have my husband wrap it real tight before he leaves for work and then wear it to sleep in and all day the next day. You should only remove it for about 2 hours a day to shower and/or to eat. But it helps tremendously with the contouring and also to keep the swelling at bay. The drain was the other thing that was troublesome but thats gone as of Monday. I still cannot stand up straight, I walk slightly bent over and it hurts my back a little if I stand for too long. I am still not driving yet, except to take my son to daycare around the corner and I sit a lot around the house so that I don't overtax myself. My incisions do pull and hurt from time to time but its nothing that is unbearable. I still have numbness right at the tops of my legs on the sides and that is slightly uncomfortable. I am truly taking it easy but it was the best thing that I have ever done, I am very happy with the results so far, my aftercare has been wonderful too. I was wishing I had my breast done too, to remove the excess skin but that has to wait, I may not even get it done. I rented a recliner to sleep in and thats been the best thing, I still cant lay down flat in my bed and even sitting up with pillows is not comfortable for me. A recliner is the only place where I can get comfortable for long periods of time. I know you asked for a "quick" update but I dont know how to do "quick" Angela

Sounds like you are doing really well Angela and you were prepared for this. Good thinking with the recliner! I am glad to see you doing so well and on the mend. Makes the plastics adventure a bit less scary for us when we see how well you are doing!!! Keep up the good work and healing! Hugs!

HW 391 SW 390 LW 256 CW 257 I just live for the day. Thinking how to manage thru this day and not worry about the next day or next week. I think how much better I feel and how bad I felt before surgery. Ofcourse, all the complements I get daily at work. Especially, from people that have not seen me in awhile. That is a big motivation.

Two weigh-ins...and I thought I'd just pop in here for a quick post. Still fighting this migraine, called in sick today. Really hate doing that especially during a really stressful week like this. I'm gonna pass on the questions today, my brain just isn't firing on all cylinders. I'm up one pound today and not happy about it but I think it is still poo....am out of one of my fiber supplements and even the laxative tea I drank last night hasn't worked completely. The upper tummy bulge doesn't lie. HW: 268 SW: 230 LW: 136 CW: 137 Busy busy week, hope it passes quickly.

well I am too tired to answer the questions, but will at least post my weights. HW: 261 SW: 261 LW:157 CW: 154

My motivation comes from knowing that this is the last chance with this weight because if this doesn't work or should I say if I don't work this tool then nothing is gonna work for me. I only pray that I can keep it up and don't fail at this. In a little over a month I have lost 10 lbs. I have upped my exercise quite a bit and it definately has helped. I get my inspiration from God because he seen fit for me to be able to have this surgery and from my oh family who always helps with with anything I bring to them. And I thank you all for that. Hw: 340 sw: 330 lw: 217 cw: 215 mini me