1 year out
Good day to everyone i can't believe it has been 1 year already,what a ride ther have been some up's and downs mostly up's.the latest down was a herina but i came out ok it has been about 4 weeks and has cut back on gym time not happy about that' but still went and walked but not everyday,i need to write things down more i am not very good at that.i do have some questions
i read about people who have wls and them ganing back a pretty good amount of weight does the pouch stop working after time passes? I have this nightmare that this has all been a dream and i wake up and i am 350 lbs again very scary.by the way i have not reached my goal weight yet i have about 20 lbs to go i am holding steady between 200 and 206.i feel good but some days i am really tired. i really want to make this push to get to 180. i know i can do it .my wife says i am already to thin but i don't see it. also i have alot of loose skin and maybe that would be the extra 20 lbs who knows.you guys have been very encourging over the past year.i haven't been to first saturday for a while but i am planning on this month comming up.also i have i have discoverd alot of things to cook with whole wheat flour and splenda yum and will sharer them in the comming weeks ahead.as you can tell i am not a very good speller LOL..so i don't post very much.i would like to give a special shout out to karen k ,and steffi hope, we had wls all about the same time.well i hope to see eveyone next saturday for first saturday.GOD BLESS.And just a side note anyone on here who has not yet had wls or is thinking about it it has been the best thing i have ever done for myself i only wish i had done a long time ago.
i read about people who have wls and them ganing back a pretty good amount of weight does the pouch stop working after time passes? I have this nightmare that this has all been a dream and i wake up and i am 350 lbs again very scary.by the way i have not reached my goal weight yet i have about 20 lbs to go i am holding steady between 200 and 206.i feel good but some days i am really tired. i really want to make this push to get to 180. i know i can do it .my wife says i am already to thin but i don't see it. also i have alot of loose skin and maybe that would be the extra 20 lbs who knows.you guys have been very encourging over the past year.i haven't been to first saturday for a while but i am planning on this month comming up.also i have i have discoverd alot of things to cook with whole wheat flour and splenda yum and will sharer them in the comming weeks ahead.as you can tell i am not a very good speller LOL..so i don't post very much.i would like to give a special shout out to karen k ,and steffi hope, we had wls all about the same time.well i hope to see eveyone next saturday for first saturday.GOD BLESS.And just a side note anyone on here who has not yet had wls or is thinking about it it has been the best thing i have ever done for myself i only wish i had done a long time ago.
Congrats on one year! QUITE an amazing job!
As far as your fears - they are "real - weight gain DOES happen. But not because the TOOL stops working, but because YOU stop working. I can say that because I have recently been there, done that. I've been slacking in just about every area up until this past week. Exercise had become nothing, I wasn't eating according to plan...I was quickly sliding down that slippery slope I promised myself I would never go to. HOWEVER, I am attempting to nip it very early in the bud. And the tool still works. Sure, I can eat more than I did at 3 weeks post op - but that is EXPECTED
Anyway - keep on keeping on!
As far as your fears - they are "real - weight gain DOES happen. But not because the TOOL stops working, but because YOU stop working. I can say that because I have recently been there, done that. I've been slacking in just about every area up until this past week. Exercise had become nothing, I wasn't eating according to plan...I was quickly sliding down that slippery slope I promised myself I would never go to. HOWEVER, I am attempting to nip it very early in the bud. And the tool still works. Sure, I can eat more than I did at 3 weeks post op - but that is EXPECTED
Anyway - keep on keeping on!
Instead of complaining that the rosebush has thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. 
You are doing a great job! A lot of that 20 pounds could be the loose skin. They estimated that I have about 10-15 pounds and my panni doesn't hang that low.
As for the tool - like Pam said, it never stops working as long as you follow the plan. I am over 3 years out and have been maintaining for about 1 1/2 years. I am not at goal weight - about 20 pounds away. There have been a lot of "interuptions" in the last year + that have kept me from staying on track.
PLease don't let spelling keep you from posting!
As for the tool - like Pam said, it never stops working as long as you follow the plan. I am over 3 years out and have been maintaining for about 1 1/2 years. I am not at goal weight - about 20 pounds away. There have been a lot of "interuptions" in the last year + that have kept me from staying on track.
PLease don't let spelling keep you from posting!
Hi There!!! Long time no hear from, but it's great to hear that you're doing really well! (and thanks for the shout out - you, me, and steffi are all "pupkova babies" from early last year)
Did you think last year that you'd ever hear yourself say that you were "not happy" about missing the gym? Seriously!
I am also in the "home stretch" toward my goal weight (about 10 - 15 pounds from there) and it's been messing with my head that I'm stalled THISCLOSE to goal. But I'm working through it and taking some excellent advice that I got from the last Barix meeting. It's been a week that I've avoided weighing myself ... and that's driving me nucking futs! This morning I convinced myself that if I got on the scale it would show at least a 10-pound gain. But I stayed off it. And have been continuing to exercise and monitor my food intake and journal it on sparkpeople. So we'll see.
I have never heard of a case of weight regain where the individual had stayed on plan and regained weight. The cases I've heard have universally been where someone started eating their addictions again, stopped or slacked off on exercise, and then allowed the whole thing to snowball. It's a very real fear I have just like you, because like so many of us, I've "failed" at so many diets in the past, that I'm now at a point where I start doubting that my psyche will allow me to sustain this over time (on a bad day). BUT... there are some very different things involved this time, and numerous tools (not just surgery, but support network, education, therapy, understanding, exercise, etc.) that will help me work through this and really internalize the transformation.
Anyway, enough about me, as Steffi would say. No, wait, that's NOT what Steffi woudl say, is it? Hahah!
I hope we see you at Barix next week for first saturday - can't wait to see your transformation and help celebrate your first (of many) surgiversary! Don't forget to bring before/after pics and before-clothing!
Karen
Did you think last year that you'd ever hear yourself say that you were "not happy" about missing the gym? Seriously!
I am also in the "home stretch" toward my goal weight (about 10 - 15 pounds from there) and it's been messing with my head that I'm stalled THISCLOSE to goal. But I'm working through it and taking some excellent advice that I got from the last Barix meeting. It's been a week that I've avoided weighing myself ... and that's driving me nucking futs! This morning I convinced myself that if I got on the scale it would show at least a 10-pound gain. But I stayed off it. And have been continuing to exercise and monitor my food intake and journal it on sparkpeople. So we'll see.
I have never heard of a case of weight regain where the individual had stayed on plan and regained weight. The cases I've heard have universally been where someone started eating their addictions again, stopped or slacked off on exercise, and then allowed the whole thing to snowball. It's a very real fear I have just like you, because like so many of us, I've "failed" at so many diets in the past, that I'm now at a point where I start doubting that my psyche will allow me to sustain this over time (on a bad day). BUT... there are some very different things involved this time, and numerous tools (not just surgery, but support network, education, therapy, understanding, exercise, etc.) that will help me work through this and really internalize the transformation.
Anyway, enough about me, as Steffi would say. No, wait, that's NOT what Steffi woudl say, is it? Hahah!
I hope we see you at Barix next week for first saturday - can't wait to see your transformation and help celebrate your first (of many) surgiversary! Don't forget to bring before/after pics and before-clothing!
Karen
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