This is the third week I am up a pound and I am really struggling with my habits (I know I am not hungary but have a "legal food" snack anyway...) So here is a short article to help those in my situation  "

You can be a big 'Loser' at any age — here's how

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44992152/ns/health-diet_and_nutr ition/#.TqT9m5uImU8


242 current
222 lowest
375 highest

Good Morning! I too have slipped into some bad habits and the scale is reflecting it. Thanks for the article!

Current 240
Lowest 208 (9 months after WLS... 10/2007)
Highest 356 (2 weeks before WLS... 1/2007)

Thanks for posting the start of this thread, Paul, and thanks for the article.  We all have the tools and knowledge of what we need to do to stay on track, but sometimes our brains don't tell that to our emotions (or habits.)  I know when I am tired, it is much easier to just fall back into those habits I have relied on my whole life.  I'm trying to substitute exercise for eating, but some days it is too hard to pry myself out of bed.  This morning was particularly difficult, but I did it.

Prying myself out of bed for workouts does show on the scale:

Starting weight:  298.4
Last week:  140.9
This week: 139.3
This week:  loss of 1.6 lbs

The trend is back in the right direction--the hard part is that I want to eat more, so I have to exercise more, or ramp up the intensity.  Yesterday I ran my longest run yet--7 1/3 miles!  Today my knees are sore, but it was good.  I really feel stronger, and I love that feeling.

541+ highest known weight bmi 69.4
491 Lap RNY 1-12-11 bmi 63
322 currently -3 pounds bmi 41.3

Another good week in the books. This weekend marks 1 year since I had to go on optifast program to get sub 500 pounds so my doc would do laproscopic rny. It did work as a temporary fix ended up losing 50 pounds on it. Went and got a authentic taco for lunch on tuesday and ran into a old friend who hasn't seen me since surgery and he didn't even recognize me. That was pretty cool.
Got all my old 5/6 xl cothes boxed up ready for donation. I am going to keep 1 outfit as a reminder.
Got to the gym on a regular basis and this will continue to get easier to do now that work has slowed from 14 hours a day to 10. I did run a 5k yesterday and that was pretty awesome feeling, but next time I'm going to train before running a long distance because I hurt like hell last night, although this morning I'm feeling a lot better.

I've been picking at this and that lately.  Need to stop.  Thankfully I lost anyway, but don't want to slow down this honeymoon period and don't want to slip back into old habits over the holidays.  I have a challening week ahead.  Let's face it- a challenging life ahead!  Gotta get my head around it.  Glad I can get to coffee this coming week... you guys motivate me!


Starting/Highest Weight: 313
Day of Surgery: 300
Last Week: 222
Today: 221.2