Nuts to you!

I just reread my comments on the sodium thread and realize that it sounds pretty negative about our "nuts" and I didn't mean it to sound that way. As I am rereading the Black WLS Bible in preparation for my meeting with my own "nut" on Friday (not sure whether it is Amanda or Dayna), I am wondering if I am crazy to put myself through this, so the use of the word "nut" by the rest of you seemed particularly appropriate. No, I am not getting cold feet, but I am taking it all very seriously and can certainly see the craziness I have put myself through over a lifetime to get here. Well, its late and I am getting way too introspective so I will go to bed now. I am planning on going to the support group on Friday after my appointment. Anyone care to meet me for a cupa something afterward?

the support group on Friday  is at what time ?

It's at 4:30 to 6:30, but it looks like I may not be going after all. Amanda has been sick all week and won't be back til next week, so my appointment has been rescheduled til April 14th. And if I don't have to drive into Bangor for something else, I may pass this time. We'll see.

 I don't think rescheduling will delay anything since I still have to be titrated and fitted for my CPAP and have to be on that for at least a month before they will schedule me with Toder anyway. And I am on Mainecare so we are looking to the end of the summer early fall for surgery. So I guess I am not too disappointed. It will give me more time to lose a few pounds and make her happy. And I can stop studying that black WLS Bible today!

i'm all nervous now too, I am meeting with my NUT next thurs. and I had a rough weekend, so I gainned like 6 lbs. now I'm doing good with my calories since SUnday and havn't lost any of that 6 lbs. so this morning I jump on my lovely scale and its dead.... said Errrrrror..... I can't believe I need a battery all ready.  I need to see how I'm doing before next thurs.  I don't want to screw this up. I want to be promoted,

If you gained 6 pounds over the weekend, you can lose it just as fast. You have plenty of time in the next 7 days! Just keep doing what you are doing. I think I have lost about 5 since my group NUT meeting, but I am not certain since I have not yet compared my scale with theirs. So this offers me time to double it so I can be sure to have lost at least some, which is all I think they care about. I wasn't given a number, just told to maintain or lose a little. That may change after I see Amanda though. I have heard she can be tough though I don't know that first hand. I guess it is all for our own good in the long run. Don't be nervous...that will just cause stress which will encourage you to eat. We can all do this together!

ok, don't take this to heart just thinking.  When my scale  read ERROR because I weighed more than the amount that it went up to... Somes scales don't go over a certain weight.  I don't want this to sound negative, but could this be the case?

haha, I did read that in the pamplet, but in my defense I used it for a month with no problem, and I weight 225, so if it don't go that high then I think the designers should fix that.  It is working again, my DH got on it, when I said it broke and he said "its fine now" which is normal, no matter if its a dripping faucet or problem with the car, it never happends to him.  drives me nuts...

I dont loose fast, it took me 1 1/2 months to loose 6 lbs.  when I gain, so easy  in a few days and that isn't even being bad, just over1400 cal, and then it takes forever to loose it again, just the way my motab. works.  especially since my hystorectomy.  That is why I need this tool to help on my weekends, so I can loose and not gain in 2 days.  very frustrating, i'm sure you know, funny tho how everybody is so different.

Cheryl, Easy girl, one day at a time here, don't get jumping too far ahead.  You will be fine. The one thing we all know how to do is lose weight for a little while...it's the keeping it off that has put us here. So you know how to do this. If you can't lose at 1400 go to 1200, up your water, up your exercise, 40 minutes 4-5 days is what Corrine told me, but I can't do 40 minutes at a time yet, so I try to do 20-30 minutes every day...sometimes that doesn't happen, but I am doing my best and I am doing more than I was. WE are shooting for 10% and a healthy striving towrads dietary and exercise goals. You can do this!! Honk Honk!!!!

honk right back at you,  I get it your right, it just drives me nuts that I can gain 6 lbs after a bad weekend, and it takes me a month to loose it back, I'm not perfect and I will have slip ups, obviously... that is why i'm here.  LIke you said I know how to loose weight just can't keep the damn things off.  I feel like crap, headach for 3 days now...