***JOIN US!!! Wednesday Weekly Weigh In!!!***1/23/2007

YUM YUM YUM... My husband and I had this very conversation tonight.. why does eating healthy have to be sooo darn expensive? Yet the goverment lets "high fructose corn syrup" slip into everything we buy even our grains.. as fillers. Yet they say "America, do something about your obesity epidemic.." Sure... ok.. so the pharmaceutical companies go out of business and we go into a country wide depression? Sorry.. it gets me going.. argh.. I have issues with our government and I know darn well there is a cure for obesity, aids and cancer.. just too many big pants people profiting for it to be revealed

Molly, you've done so well and should be so proud of yourself. *I know most days you are* I SO feel your frustration!! Pre WLS, I would follow doc's prescribed diet plans, no cheating and gain...it was sooo difficult. I know this isn't exactly the same thing, but similar in that, you do the right thing and expect positive results and it's discouraging with the expected outcome doesn't happen. I'm sorry to hear about your DH situation...hope that resolves quickly, if not already. And yeah...I'm with Melissa...DETAILS on the goodies!!!

HW: 265 SW: 240 LW: 188 CW: 188 I'm pleased with my weight this week. I HAD gotten up to 192 (even yesterday) but this morning when I stepped on the scale, I was pleasantly surprised. I'm going to guess my gain was water weight since it dropped off so quickly. And thinking back, I HAD consumed quite a bit of sodium. I weighed in at 186 at my last OB visit (4 weeks ago) and because my appts. are in the evening, I tend to weigh more there than I do in the mornings...so I'm curious what my weight will show at my appt. tomorrow. What I DID find out is that I'm gaining like any normal pregnancy should which is roughly 1-1.5 lbs per week, or 4-5 lbs. per month...during the last trimester. So while I've been concerned about this, I'm actually now relieved. And I'm STILL weighing less now than I did when I first got pregnant with my youngest. Trying to keep that in perspective. I'm PRAYING though that I don't gain above 190. I know that only leaves 2 lbs for the next 2 months, but really, I just don't want to do it.

Hi Shawn, so glad you are pleased with your weight this week, I feel you have done really well not letting yourself go with this pregnancy and being mindful as much as you can about what you are eating.. good for you! If you go over 190 know its prolli necessary for that growing baby of yours and temporary and will come off but I can understand why it fears you.. you are doing great though really.. so proud of you!

Thank you for that, Melissa. Since finding out I was pregnant, I've been SO worried about what would happen to me weight wise, along with the new way of eating, etc. I try to remind myself of the positives so that I don't get discouraged. My first OB visit, I weighed 181 and now I weigh 188, even though I DID get down to 174 for a second. That's still only a 14 lb gain if you go from lowest weight. Things like that. And you're right, it will be necessary for the baby if I DO gain more. Thanks for being proud and saying so. Everyone in my family eyeballs me and I feel like I have to explain. I DO understand their concern, as they are the same of my own. It is nice to have someone say that they're proud though.

Well let me tell ya, I have already learned a lot from you as our first December mommy and I wanna travel in your footsteps someday.. so I am taking the advice of a true Mommy as that is what you will be to me

Good Morning! OK, I have a headache and PMS so ... perhaps you'll relate to some other "commons" that seem to run through out our board... many I can personally relate to... Negative (Family) Relationships Marital Problems Sex Related Problems Previous Abuses Previous Self Esteem Issues WLS Fears (Poor Nutrition) Deaths Hypersensitivity to being "thin" Food Addictions Money Worries Feelings of Failure Sense of Self Denial Sense of Self Destruction Sense of Self Sabotage Depression All of this and we have to still deal with normal disappointments and change! I think that we are holding-up pretty well, as we hold hands "virtually" on the Dec MB. Not to be a bummer, but I have to add that our bodies are trying to find a way to absorb more calories in the second year. Basically, Jurassic Park..."Life finds a way"! Months ago, one of the RD's on the Nutrition Board replied about internal changes in the intestines and colon. I wish that I had the exact info, but I don't. I think that the point was that the intestine increases from 1" to 3" diameter during the second year to absorb more calories; not vitamins or minerals. Sometime later, the colon develops the ability to absorb calories; ditto on vits and mins. So it is very important to restrict your intake to healthy, nutrient packed foods and keep the calories in a reasonable range. So to be proactive, WE should consider buckling-down so that everyone succeeds! We risked our lives during WLS... We risk complications and malnutrition, if we do not eat balanced, well planned meals and snacks. We risk blaming ourselves and having others say, "I told you so!", but most of all we risk not reaching our personal best. The Serenity Prayer comes in handy right about here...Seriously. We can't change others, and we can't change what happened to us in the past, but we have to deal with the scars left by the past. I send you my love and respect...hope and best wishes... Ro

Very TRUE and VERY well stated! Amen, I do agree 100%.. thank you for reminding us of where we are in journies and how we must keep the focus, determination and momentum going.. it is only going to be harder from here now.. *hugs*