Monday Weigh in!

Congrats on finally reaching a normal BMI Diane and getting under that 160 mark. That's a huge accomplishment. You should be proud of yourself. I can't wait to see you again on the 20th.

Derek

WOW Diane... Normal... AWESOME
And so close to goal !! I can just imagine how excited you must be.  Keep it up.

Cindy

Welcome to the Club my friend! You are now Normal weight! Whoottooohwho! Bravo mon amie. I am so very proud of your accomplishment. Just a few more pounds til goal and I know you'll get there.

Hi ladies!

Looks like each one of you had a good week!
Sarah: 10lbs loss while on holiday with all those reunions...WOW!
Cindy: 5 lbs is a great week!
Nathalie: Good losses every week, good job!
Diane: 2.5lbs lost and so close to goal!!!

Automn leaves provided me a good workout! Still struggling with "regular" food...I want to avoid excesses of sugar, but seems that I experience moments of hypoglycmia...maybe I should use a monitor...I lost 0.6lbs...1.6lbs from goal...But I seriously think that I should stabilize now.

Have a great week!

You're almost there Joel. Just 1.6 pounds away. But seriously you've made so much progress you should really be proud of yourself. Keep up the great work buddy.

Derek

Joel so close to goal that's great news.  I look forward to hearing how you and the others are doing with "regular" food. And how you will stabilize.

Bravo Joel,  almost there and I am anxiously waiting for you to join me!  I need more members in the Club :).

Thanks guys!

But these days, I prefer to work on finding the cause of  my lightheadedness spells and why food doesn't go down as easily as it used to these days...This is more important to me than reaching 190lbs dead or alive...Sure, reaching goal for my surgiversary (Nov 26th) would be nice, but feeling alright is my priority...More inner demons to fight and things to learn about this thinner new guy on the block!

I hear you Joel, I had and still do have issues with lightheadedness (vertige) since surgery. It is very tirersome and unpredictable so I have to always make sure I am near a wall of something I can grab onto.  Do keep looking into your possible reasons. So far all my docs say it is probably due to the rapid weightloss. I have noticed that it happens in stages. I agree with you about hitting goal. It is an achievement but not the ultimate one in this journey. Regaining one's health is the ultimate goal. What is happening with the food? Is it indigestion or something else. I would like to know as we are the only a few on the board with malabsorption issues.  I know for me I have good days and bad days with digestion issues. Things are getting better than in the beginning and my food intake is increase bit by bit.  I do still have many days that it is just hard to get food down.

I am also having many episodes of lightheadness, mostly after lunch in the afternoon, some day I have no appetite and nausea, some days, I am always hungry.. I am trying also to find the cause of this lightheadness...seems that it is a frequent problem for us losers ! I wonder what is the cause... my blood pressure is ok, and I just had a blood check up and everything is ok. Maybe it is just the redistribution of the circulation... Hope it will get better in time...