3 month update

hello to all who have helped me along my way today marks 3 months since my open rny surgery -- i am 1 lb shy of losing 50 lbs -- but i am under the 180 mark i feel wonderful!! i just feel great still i can climb stairs without dragging my legs -- i can wear jeans -- i can put the seatbelt on without pulling it extra long to go around my belly -- i can wear jeans -- i can walk around a store and not feel like the whole world is staring at the 'fat couple' (ross has lost over 150 since 5/22/06) -- i can sit comfortably in a movie theater -- i can wear jeans -- and my overall health just feels so much better!! i'm not tired anymore -- i'm not dragging ass anymore -- i just feel good there are no words to describe it -- i am very grateful to my surgeon, pcp, and team of help that i had to make this a reality -- and i am very grateful to all of you who have gone before me and led the way Thank you Roberta

Woo hoo for Roberta!!!!!! I can't wait to get to your level girly!!

hey roberta!! that is wonderful news, i can tell you are feeling great!!! your weight loss is wonderful, keep up that great work. good news about your jeans too, i did catch your drift there (grin). im doing well also, im just about 7 months out now and just a few pounds short of the 100 lb mark. hope to see more of you on the board again. hugs, jacki

Yeah!!!! Roberta, Enjoy and congratulations. Those three months went by so fast. Jeanne

Hooray for you! I wish I knew your secret! I am 16 weeks out and have lost 50, been exercising, following the program to a T....but I would like to know what the magic has been for you to lose so much more quickly - probably because you are younger, LOL! Congrats!

hi sheri no secrets i don't weight myself -- i will not be addicted to the scale and get that dreaded feeling of not losing enough like other people get and label themselves failures cuz they gained a pound i don't stress over the weight -- like that stupid commercial says "stress causes cortisol and cortisol increases belly fat" -- stupid commercial lol i'm not hungry -- so i don't follow the diet to a T -- i might have a yogurt for dinner -- i might have a chips ahoy cookie with the kids at their snack time (and yes it's good) i have a protein shake in the AM while i'm reading the paper -- i'll eat turkey & cheese or ham & cheese and douse it with those spray on (spritzers) salad dressings -- that way i feel like i'm eating and drinking at the same time haha or else i'll have mashed potato and meat at dinnertime doused in applesauce -- i still don't eat breakfast -- probably most days i don't have lunch -- i just started getting in all my liquids the past couple of weeks when i started my new position at work -- i buy 2 (two) 33 oz bottles of water at Wawa on my way to work -- that way i know i'm getting at least 64 oz of water a day -- plus the protein drink -- i'm not sitting on my ass as much in work -- i'm responsible for 4 teenagers now so i'm always running up and down the stairs -- running from the living room to the kitchen to the bathroom downstairs -- out to the garage to grab something -- back upstairs for something -- downstairs (halfway) back upstairs cuz i forgot something lol and then help me please if one wants to act up!!!! i go shopping alot in the mornings so i'm always walking around walmart either for my own house or the group home lol i guess i do alot more than i think oh and the dairy queen soft serve ice cream cone on sunday was good too and the 4 pieces of popcorn chicken from KFC on sunday was good that was monday's lunch and dinner also -- an individual size can last a long time now haha i don't crave foods that i know i shouldn't have at the moment -- i just let it be a fleeting thought i'll give 2nd thoughts to what i'm about to eat -- chances are i won't eat it -- except the chips ahoy cookie i faithfully take my vitamins according to charts and stuff i have 18 months to lose this weight -- i don't have to get it all done in 1 month -- so i'm taking my time it falls off as it falls off -- i'm not going to stress over it and get more gray hairs!! and according to the chart i am 3 lbs ahead of the game and maybe next month i'm a little slower -- but i believe that in the end it will all balance out i'm at 13 weeks -- only 2 weeks from you take care of yourself Roberta

Hi Roberta: You go girl! I see you stressed the jean thing.. that is awesome.. I went to fashion bug today just to see if i could fit into a smaller size. well guess what i went froma 30/32 to a 22/24 and so excited. I have to day lost 56# and a TON of inches. I feel great as well lots of energy. I can't wait til the summer.. Bought a new treadmill last week burnt my old one out, walk 1.5 miles on it a day. Just feel great all around. Great job Ross too. you go guys.. see you soon. Charlene

Congratulations Roberta! That is so great Dorothy

Hey Roberta, Keep up the good work... ditto to Ross! Glad to read that your'e feeling well, it's amazing how those aches and pains seem to disapear post surgery.. almost like being re-born. All the best...Art