Monday.eww work

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.........will it is monday, cold wet and blah. Hope everyone had a good weekend and stayed safe. I laid around like a lazy slob. Boy it felt good. Tomorrow I have my pre-op appointment with the plastic surgeon....the "twins" as we all refer to them will be moving in March 5. I am so excited. I am actually having a lift but have lost so much tissue (44DD down to a 34-36 B-C) that i have to have implants or I will be lucky to be in an A-cup. ok Jan 01-2007 I really altered my eating habits. I weighed 153.5. Monday Jan-08 I resumed walking on the treadmill after several months of laziness. I walk just over 2 miles each morning. I am now 146.5. I am so happy. I have gotten so discouraged that I would cry every day because I keep gaining and losing 10-15 pounds. I just want everyone to know we are all here to help each other. Yes I am 5 years post op and still struggle daily. I have always said it is a mental recovery as opposed to physical. Just remember to think positive if the scale doesnt move.....remember the scale does not measure inches, blood pressure points lowered, self confidence, less insulin, sleep apnea and so on. It measures pounds. So lets all think positive and help each other....pre op or post op. We are all here for the same reasons. I am here even tho far from all of you...(marion, ar). Just email me. I will do the best I can to help you. I have to get to work. Everyone think positive, stay safe, and have a good day. Tammy

Tammy, it is good to know that even if we backslide, our pouch will still work for us, if we follow the rules. Even though you struggled with that same ten or so pounds, you are still at a normal weight and it looks like you are successful in controlling your own outcome. Not like previous to surgery where weeks of trying resulted in weight gain or stalls that only added to the frustration. Have a great work day and stay warm.

to be honest i cant complain, i was 233 and being 5ft tall that made me look like jabba the hut. where would i say my goal weight is...the number doesnt matter as much as the size of my clothes. I want to be in a 6-8 jeans and for the most part all of my jeans are 8's. According to the dr and all this bmi stuff....I should weigh 113. Um no. I look sick at 133 and only hit that for a short time in 2003. everyone needs to remember the pouch is a tool to aide you in the weight loss. there are rules we must follow. and it is lifelong...not just a couple of years. thanks for the boost in my confidence Jeannie, I dont have much family support. My sisters are scrawney and my mom is obese...and is jealous of my outcome thus far. Thats why I am on here.....yall can relate to me and help me just as I can all of you. thanks

Hey Tammy, sounds like even with the struggle you're doing very well. I am 5'2 1/2 and I started out at 328. I'm down to 195, but I'm in a stall right now. I know my goal weight of 145 still puts me in the overweight BMI, but if I go any lower, I look sick too. I am just happy to have a "1" in front of my number! I am struggling daily with grazing in the evenings. I am keeping baby carrots and things like that to snack on, but it is still hard. I do great all day until I get home from work. UGGGGGHHHHHH It's nice to be able to come here where people understand our struggles. Congrats on the weightloss this year. It's good to know our tool continues to work as long as we follow the rules! Have a great week. Margie

margie, grazing is a killer. i am a stress eater and grazer. my grazing has been under control, but the stress is way up. money issues and the whole co-worker is an idiot. congrats on your weight loss. i am happy to be in single digit levi's. todays jeans are an 8. some days i wear 10's. like i said earlier I dont really have a goal weight...just a goal size. you know cause muscle weighs more than fat. i am considering joining a weight loss boot camp for 6 weeks it is 175.00. it might be worth it to learn what i need to do and to do it the proper way for maintaining my weight. i have no support. my sister thinks she is funny by holding a donut under my nose or hounding me about eating. no one understands my body is different now. oh well not everyone can be in her size 4-6 jeans and have her luxurious life. I have a heart and thats the difference between us sadly. anyhow..... where do you live? I am not from Arkansas, been here in Marion since 2002. I have lived in Texas, Illinois, MIchigan and Massachusetts. ok...gotta go for a bit. talk to all of you later....brrrrr it is cold and wet here. tammy

Hey Tammy. Your sister sounds jealous. I'm sorry she's not being supportive. My sisters are just average, but both battle weight issues. They don't understand why I had to have WLS to get my weight under control. I guess I just don't have their will power! LOL I'm in the NW corner of Arkansas. I live in Springdale which is next to Fayetteville and the U of A (Razorbacks). I'm not originally from AR either. I'm from NC and have lived here and in VA. The area here is nice. We have pretty much everything you'd want from stores to restaurants to culture. Sports is big here considering the Razorbacks are here! I love going to the Walton Arts Center to see plays and stuff. I took my 9 year old son to see a ballet there Friday night (Not Afraid of The Dark) and we had fun. I'm not obsessed with the scale so much either. I would like to be a size 10 but I'm really happy to be where I am (considering where I came from!). With my build if I lose too much I'll look sick. My face gets too thin. I need to get into a more formal exercise program, but time is an issue. I think you've done and are doing great! Keep up the good work and hopefully we'll get to meet at one of the AR get togethers! Margie

I dont understand why she would be jealous.....she is skinny...has money....owns a company...maybe her life is miserable and that is how she deals with it......by insulting me. But yes I have often wondered if she is jealous. I am not a sports fan......hockey fan. i love ice hockey. my life has changed so much. within one year of surgery i decided to divorce my husband of 10 years.....so technically you can say I lost a total of 222 pounds....cause he weighs 135....hahaha.....he said i became a ***** I said no sorry, I have always been one but had to much fat for that side of me to come through. Anyhow...he is outta here and I am happy and doing much better. My mom is way over weight and I do NOT feel sorry for her. She has done it to herself and can not blame anyone. She will not eat right, will not walk, just sits in a chair all day and feels sorry for herself. We do not have a great relationship and we live next door to each other. She did not want me to have the surgery. She even had the nerve to tell my ex husband that some women become *****s after the surgery......I guess she was talking about me and the 20 men a week I have over...to see my stretch marks....saggy deflated boobs..and bouts of dumping if I eat something I should not have eaten... ok yeah so anyhow......sorry I vented there. Now I know why I am not a social person anymore.....my family is crazy!!!!! as for my exercise I just walk on the treadmill. i am gonna buy an elliptical thingy. I went to the gym on our military base in Mass.....but got creeped out by all the men and fit women. for those of you who can not go to the gym or have a treadmill there are some dvds out by a woman named Leslie Sansone they are walking dvds you can do indoors I guess. they can be purchased at wal mart. and no treadmill required. I guess you walk in place. it would be a good starting point. ok be back later, tammy