Onward and Downward!
on 8/17/17 5:02 pm
Today I made it into the 200s. Not as awesome as Onederland, but an accomplishment nevertheless. I am hoping that I will be 100 pounds down from my starting weight by Christmas, and crossing my fingers that by early spring I will be in the 100s. Just putting one foot in front of the other and continuing to move ahead!
I KNOW it FEELS that way, but you will get there quickly. Don't look to far off into the distance (it can feel like a "long way" or overwhelming). Break it down into weekly goals that you CAN attain. For examples my goals for the week were: 1) Loose 2 lbs per week, 2) Exercise in ANY form for at least 1 hour a day (yoga and stretching for an hour counted. As did hikes/neighborhood walking. Exercise doesn't always have to be hard or "balls to the wall"), 3) eat protein forward and 4) no fast/high GI carbs.
When my weightloss slowed (like maybe I only lost 1.5 lbs that week. I didn't beat myself up. 1.5 lbs is better than NO loss. What I would do was look at what I ate, was I grazing?, could I do a bit more exercise or try a HARDER class?
By working on the small, but do-able goals, I achieved the LARGER scarier goal. You have your tool (your pouch). By having it and following the surgeons plan, your weight loss efforts will FINALLY start to pay off. WLS was the ONLY weight loss plan I have ever had that WORKED for me.
Best wishes to you. I will enjoy watching your continued progress!
RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013;
Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat
Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !
on 8/18/17 10:50 am
Thank you for your well wishes. I have been heavy for the past 8 or so years, longer than ever before, though I do have a history of yo-yo dieting. I am grateful to be moving down the scale once again. I know that I will continue to lose as I have done this before, though without surgery, and never before from such a peak. When I married I weighed 124 pounds (at 5' 8.5"), and for a period of time worked in fashion as a model (not a plus-sized model), scrupulously maintaining through a variety of less-than-healthy methods. The positive side of this is that I have a fabulous wardrobe once I hit smaller sizes. I actually did not have surgery as much to lose weight as to give myself a tool to help me to maintain whatever losses I achieved. That being said, 8 years is a very long time to be seriously obese, and I was in fact much more stuck than I fully realized. I am grateful to be moving down the scale, and I look forward to truly looking and feeling like myself once again! Thanks for your tips.
