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Thanks for the kick
Weight loss since surgury 6/26/08-I Love my Realize band!!
Miss you too!
Hello Lovely Laura,
I've missed you so much!
I'm not gonna give you a swift kick in the arse! You're already doing that yourself!
However, I will tell you that a majority of us tend to reach our lowest weight then gain about 10% back somewhere around the two-year mark! It's kind of a natural ebb and flow of our bodies after losing a significant amount of weight in such a short period of time.
That said, I do know that I will definintely freak out when I hit that stage myself. And I know you will be there/here for me to help support and guide me to a point where I can still consider myself okay.
I'm so glad you saw Dr. G today! She's such a wonderful person! And a fantastic surgeon *****ally cares about her patients.
Now, you KNOW what needs to be done if you want to see a change in your weight. It's just actually doing it that's the clincher! I'm here for you! Day and night...night and day. You just made the first step by reaching out!
Thank you for being human...you're still my Angel! I've learned so much from you and now I'm learning humility as well. Where would I be without you?
BTW...YOU are our greeter at the October Living Life Group Meeting on October 21st!
And Jaime, you are going to be there to help set out the clothes for our clothing exchange!
How's the for support in accountability!
Call me, either of you, any time. I'll save the kicks in the arses for another time.
Love you both!
Jules
For Info about Rhode Island Support Groups, please email me! [email protected]
Thanks for the support, I saw Dr Giovanni today and I've gained 7 lbs... she wasnt disappointed, we had a long talk and I'm going back to basics, I see her in 3 months just to follow up and she told me the same thing... "You arent alone"
Juts wanted you to know YOU ARE NOT ALONE :)
Weight loss since surgury 6/26/08-I Love my Realize band!!
The last several months have been fairly busy ones here at OH and we are really excited
about this upcoming release. First, long overdue is the public release of OH Groups. You
will now be able to start and manage your own public groups. Second, is a major update
to Health Tracker....Activity! We are planning to release these new features on Wednesday evening, October 7, 2009.
OH Groups
Getting to OH Groups is easy. Just click on the Groups tab at the top of any page on ObesityHelp. OH Groups allows you to start and manage your own groups, you can find groups that suit your interests and find support groups in your area. |
If you are looking for an OH Group that focuses on a specific topic, you can browse groups by category. |
Activity
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To get to your Activity Tracker, click “My OH" at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select “Health Tracker" on the left and then click the “Activity" tab. |
Understanding your total daily caloric expenditure requires more than just knowing how many calories you burned on the treadmill. In your Health Tracker settings area you are now able to estimate the caloric expenditure of your resting metabolic rate (RMR) and lifestyle. These estimates are integrated and displayed with the caloric expenditure of the activities you have logged. |
Your exercise log allows you to search for and add strength training exercises, cardiovascular exercises and general activities to your daily log. Caloric expenditure is auto calculated for a number of activities already included in our database of exercises. Pie charts display details about caloric expenditure and time for each type of activity. |
Sets can be added and subtracted from strength training exercises. Reps and weight used can be entered for each set. |
A number of details can be tracked for cardiovascular exercises and general activities. Some of these variables include, time, distance, calories burned, average heart rate, average power, altitude gained and average grade. |
If you can’t find the exercise or activity you have participated in, you can also add your own custom exercises. |
| Other updates include the ability to create list of your favorite exercises, reports have been updated to include a number of activity items, the nutrition search has been enhanced and we have managed to slip in a sweet macronutrient report under the “Reports" tab. If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the features in this release, please submit those here. If your are new to ObesityHelp or have not used ObesityHelp's Health Tracker before, you can learn about the first release here and the second release here. Need help using Health Tracker? Click here for help. Enjoy! |
This journey, while it's been a good one, has had its fair share of struggles and let me just say, I've been struggling. When I start having a hard time with things, I pull away completely, hence why I haven't been to any meetings or been posting on the boards. I know that it's not the right thing to do but it is what it is. I've lost touch with mostly everyone on here and I miss you all - you are my friends and I'm sorry. I'm trying to pull through this but it's really hard. I feel like right now I just want to eat what I want and it's showing. I think I've gained about 7-10 lbs and I'm really upset about that. I'm having a hard time making the right choices. I feel like I've gotten SO off track that I don't know how to start over. I haven't been weighing myself which is one of many issues. I've stopped exercising and I'm not taking my vitamins. I haven't been counting calories/protein/carbs...anything.
I have an appointment today with Dr Giovanni for my 2 year follow up and needless to say I'm scared out of my mind. I don't even want to see the number on the scale and I don't know how I'll feel if it's more than what I think. I don't know what to say about my lack of progress. I have no defense. I've been holding my feeling of failure in for a while and I feel better as I'm typing this but again, I don't know how to start over. I don't want to disappoint anyone, especially myself and that's the point where I am.
I'm going to start coming back to the meetings - it's at the point now where it's awkward after being away for so long - I'll need your support to hold me accountable to be there... I appreciate your unwavering support - any suggestions, advice, support you can offer, I'll take it.
Thanks for listening, hope to see you soon.
Brian
Suuuuuuuuue!
I've missed you! Where the heck ya been? Oh yeah....Living Life!!!
Amazing how the happens when we choose this journey and become healthy individuals!
Hope you can make it to the Living Life meeting this month. Bring those loose clothes! We're having a FREE clothing exchange!
It'll be great to celebrate your one year surgiversary together!
Love ya! Hi to Matt!
Jules
For Info about Rhode Island Support Groups, please email me! [email protected]
