The dang thing still works....

Well you know bad habits creep bac****ep telling myself it was a tool.... blah blah blah.. I was afraid of the scale..... so I stayed off of it!... I was out of my "Weightloss honey moon". well last week I saw my scale..you know the one 3 years ago I loved to jump on.....  well after I pulled it out and dusted it of I jumped on it......awww bummer I put a few lbs on ....So I said you know what I am not going to let this bumm me (I am a stress eater) So i decided I am going to put myself to the test once again.....I joined the gym about a month ago only been 3 times before last week...... so I hit it and hit it hard... I bought a pedometer bought vitamins and went to the the fresh market to buy healthy foods.... I was diligent strong and determained..... well after a week of hard work ,,,,I am not broke  I ended up loosing 12 lbs..... yea I am sory ladies US men.... but I will say this weeks my totals made me happy Gym 5 times , walked over 35 miles , can now do 45 min on an eliptical trainer... and I have taken my vitamins every day.....life is good...... i have increased my protein and get this almost NO carbs.... ok week 2 is going well walked 7.6 miles today at work.... and tomorrow GYM .... Ill keep you posted .... I actually ate a little tonight and felt tight like when I first had my surgery....... talk soon ..ron

WOW! WAy to go Ron!! That is so great!  yes...YOU MEN!!  But still- you put in alot of hard work andn effort in losing those 12 lbs!   Thanks for posting your sucess!  It's nice to know..that it will be ok in few years to get back on track if I need to.  Keep up the great work.  I look forward to reading more great blogs! Angela

Well thank you!!!! I have found old habits are hard to break. The sad thing is alot of people want us to fail , you know the old saying " you shoulda just went on a diet " I want to be a good statistic.... Yea I been callled a looser ,,lol but thats a good thing WLS patient right? Happy thoughts to you and your bright future .....thanks for the reply ......ron

you give me hope! lol.. im almost 2 years post op.. and I want to lose about 12-15 lbs that I gained back last year.. I went running tonight for the first time in 2 mths since my plastics , although i didn't make it very far, and held my stomach with one hand for support.. i still did it! LOL congrats on your success!

Well in the worrd of my favorite person "Forest Gump" RUN Jennnnnyyy>> LOL You know mountains are climbed one step at a time... dreams are acheived because one doesnt listen to others doubts.  You did it tonight congrats. Be proud of what you accomplished and try try again.... I hope you realize that the distance you ran tonight is just one more step in the right direction.. I wish you a happy road.... and dont run to the BEACON   that place .. jeesh the fat content there...lol....good luck keep me posted on the miles....ron

WTG Ron! Ya know the other night we were watching the biggest looser( my wife & daughter loves those type shows) When the huge week weight loss's started coming in with the men,I told my wife then, that indeed men have a huge advantage when it comes to loosing weight . I know back before I had RNY I could IF I wanted too & did many times, lose 15-25 pounds in a month with just eating right,drinking water & walking a few miles after supper . My wife had always told me about the fluid weight women retain & yeah I knew it to be ture BUT it wasnt till after my RNY & the clots ,bleeding uclers,kidney failure & everything else that went wrong ( mosty my stupidy) that I realized how much "fluid" really does weigh...I went to my Family Dr. he prescribed some kind of "high power" fluid pills because i had so much swelling in my legs....ANYWAYYYY, I cloud take those pills for 3 days & loose 15-20 pounds EASY ,now once the fluid was/is gone they wont work as good BUT I was shocked to say the least that the fluid weighed that much! again WTG RON!!

Yea I can tell you the first time I joined weigh****ches at 350 lbs the first week i lost 40 lbs.... I retained water like a sponge.... now I am sure that some of mine was water  but now ill take what I can get..lol..... Sometimes bein a guy aint all that bad.... nice to meet you sir....ron