My stats - sort of

I had a good week.  I lost again!  As you may recall I am not into the numbers.  I prefer to focus on the NSVs and how I feel.  Buttttttt ya gotta have something to refer to and the clinic will want to see numbers when you go there.   You might also recall reading that I am pretty much wide open, no restriction whatsoever and so I am relying on Mr. Will Power to help me stay on the straight and narrow.  He is helping as best he can but he is a lousy date and soon as I can kick him to the curb I will.  We have always had a dysfunctional relationship but for now he is pretty well behaved so I am tolerating his presence in my life.  (gosh I have to get a life).  

So today I got on the dreaded scales.  And what to my surprise?  I was down 1.6 pounds this week!  That means I have lost 26.2 pounds since my Dec 2 surgery day and 42.6 since my consult.  In the 8 weeks since surgery I have lost an average of 3.26 pounds per week.  In the 31 weeks since my consult I have lost an average of 1.37 pounds per week.  I like that.  I am still well within the 1 to 2 pounds per week that can be expected for a band patient.  I have a goal weight in mind and based on my stats I have lost 39.08% of the total amount of weight I would have to lose to get to that goal.  39%!!!! Wow.  That is amazing. 

Now I know this is all kind of sketchy but I must am just not prepared to publically post my starting weight, my current weight and my goal weight at this point.  Its just not where I want to go but I had to find some way to show progress without obsessing about the numbers on the scales so this is it.  

You can go to this website    http://www.pouchfriendly.com/weightloss/   and punch in your starting weight, your current weight, your goal weight and the number of weeks you have been either dieting or since surgery and you will get the same stats.

It might help you get a healthy perspective of your personal process. 

At any rate, I had a great week (workwise it was a cruddy week, I had a run in with a coworker, the weather sucked and I was sick on Monday and Tuesday and had to sit at outpatients all morning for a doctor to tell me I was sick)  BUT I had a great week!   I hope everyone can find some kind of success in their week.  Be it weight loss, managing another day on the pre-op diet, walking further, moving to a smaller size in clothing, feeling good about your decision to have surgery, finding joy in closeness to someone you love and cherish, whatever it may be.  Try to find something to help you say I had a good week.  It will really lift your spirits and help you to feel just grand.

Have a wonderful weekend guys.  Thinking positive thoughts for all my ObesityHelp friends,
Ann

Ann,

Has anyone told you yet today that ... you are AMAZING!

I love to read your posts because you have such a wonderful mindset for the weight loss journey we all are on.  Positivity is what makes the world a better place.  Yes, everyone has bad moments or days but there is always something you can feel blessed about if you truly look. 

Numbers on the scale are only a small part of weight loss success.  Plus to work out over the long term can be uplifting when you may be going through a stall or "slow" stage for whatever reason (Mr Will Power can be temperamental, lol).  Certainly you do want to have some easily measured goals to judge your progress - but also think in inches, tubes of bengay, and even what I read yesterday ... number of times someone opened the door for you or gave an "hey baby, your hot" look! 

My week was pretty great.  Finally feeling all clear from my cold.  My iritis in my eye has healed.  Had a snow day that I played some games with my youngest.  Got in my water and vitamins this week.  Had sales in both my businesses and a recruit in each.  My hubby is feeling OK after having an accident at work yesterday (although he did not go to the ER and if he drops from internal bleeding then his insurance better still be double ... kidding).

Plus, my mom and I are going out for supper tonight and then to an Elvis concert ... woohoo good times!!

Good weekend wishes to all!

M

Hi Michelle,

Thanks for your comments. 

That is a good idea; I really should do my measurements.   I never did them at first but I have a horrible remembrance of measurements I did at about my start weight some years ago - ughhh. But if I do them now and use that as my measurement starting point I will at least see the change from here on out. 

I am trying so very hard to stay positive and so I search each day for something, anything that I did that was a positive thing.  I am diligent about my water; I am aiming at my protein - missing sometimes but aiming nevertheless.  Some things I need to focus on are more exercise and getting my vitamins in, I have been lousy at that.  Its good that there is always something to focus on, something that needs to be addressed, it keeps you moving forward.  Other positive things that have nothing to do with weightloss but have everything to do with trying to live a good life are how did I manage to handle a difficult situation, have I tried to help someone today, is there some way that I can feel good about my place in the universe today.  It all adds up to having a good day, a good week, a good life.  

It all comes together somehow and that is the ultimate goal for me, not just to lose this weight and live healthy and longer but to take the life I have been given and which I have not been so good to in the past 55 years and do the best I can from here on out to make it count for something.

OMG I am starting to sound downright saccarine here.  Heck that is not what I mean to do.  I am after all just me - I can make a sailor blush when I curse and I have a bawdy, crooked, warped sense of humour and I love life way too much to leave it early.

Tonight hubby and I are going to our friend's house for some Karaoke and lots of laughs, these are the people we will be cruising with at the end of February.  There will be lots of food there so I am taking Will Power with me too.  I bring my own water and sit as far away from the food as possible and when the others are eating - I sing.  

Have a great weekend.
Ann 

Ann, you are amazing. I'd love to be someone who lives 4 houses up the street from you and drops in on you for coffee a couple of times a week. I think you'd be a great friend and I'll bet you have a great big set of ears and a great big heart.  (ears to listen)   I wonder if your friends know how lucky they are. You always have something positive to say.

Maggie, thank you so much for your comments.  You and everyone else on this forum are my dear friends, more so than many of my friends here at home because you know where I am really coming from.  You have lived in my body so to speak, you know what its like to be me.  That you understand what its like to be me means so much to me.  So I try really hard to be positive and encouraging right back to everyone.  I remember a time in my life when there wasn't much positivity and I remember how hard it was to even get out of bed on some of the worst of those days.  I don't want to go back there ever again and I certainly hope nobody that I know ever goes there either.  

I hope that sharing our experience on here will help everyone to succeed.  Once you are on the loser's bench, I hope you share everything so that we can all learn from your experience.

I would love it if you lived down the street, I think we could have some good long coffee breaks.

Ann

You go girl !  great success.  It's nice to hear such great victories.  It feels great doesn't it.  I can't wait for everyone to experience the same successes....keep it up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!