HOLD MY FEET TO THE FIRE! ACCOUNTABLE FOR BEING FAT
ACCOUNTABILITY MISSION: NO MERCY AND NO EXCUSES
TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH AND BE ACCOUNTABLE:
THERE IS ALWAYS A "WHY" BUT DO WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT? Is it insufficient weight loss? Weight gain? Failure to meet your pre op goals to get wls approval? Difficulty doing this with diet and exercise alone?
What is your reason for being fat? Do you have to own it forever or can you let it go?
Pick one tihing that can make or break you today. Self sabotage opportunities always exist. Put it out there. No lies or self delusions. How are you really holding against your life time eating plan on a daily basis? How will you keep from breaking today? If you fall, what will it take to get right back up?
What is today's reason for doing less than you could? We can always find something that impedes our progress. The things that hold us back have a way of getting out attention. Have you noticed that the means to overcome our obstacles also stand up and cheer? Make a decision today: Will you focus on your desired outcome or on the obstacles to success.
TELL IT STRAIGHT PEOPLE. That is, be straight with YOURSELF. What are you eating? How are you exercising? What is working? What needs correcting? How are you objectively measuring your progress?
Think about what went well and what was not so nice recently. Consider what works for you and what is counter productive. Make a plan. Work your program. Be good to yourself today.
...All are welcome, jump in at anytime.
For reference:
5 Day Pouch Test (5DPT) website
http://www.5daypouchtest.com/plan/theplan.html
5 Day Pouch Test Instructions
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/black_american/3995048/Hold-my-feet-to-the-fire-please-Accountability-Mision/
Protein Train Instructions
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/black_american/3993571/Protein-Train-Educate-me-please/#32309205
Wagon Plan Instructions
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/black_american/3650242/The-Wagon-Plan-Get-back-on-the-wagon
Overeaters Anonymous
Online Meetings Around the Clock * Information on changing eating behavior
Protein Sparing Modified Fast (PSMF)
The no op version. This version is still severe but far more liberal than the one many pre ops are given.
http://www.holisticmd.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ProteinSparingModifiedFast.pdf
Daily calorie needs calculator
A more advanced calculator that's still easy to use.
Advanced option lets you choose from 3 different calculation methods. Enter data once for calorie needs at maintenance; plus calorie needs for 2 different levels of weight loss; and, results include a week long calorie cycling plan. Calculator takes into account age and gender as well as activity level. Links to other calculators are on the same page.
http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm
Podrunner
Not just for runners. Site has a variety of workout music and music timed to progressive running programs for 5k, 8k, 10k, and speed. In place indoors, treadmill, or at the track run to the beat and you'll complete the stated distance. There is also a variety of interval training music from about 130 bpm up to to 180 bpm; and, fixed bpm workout music as well. Lengths of tracts vary but there is a speed/ length to suit most workout needs.
http://www.djsteveboy.com/mixes.html
A WORKOUT site to get you started or keep you going
http://www.exrx.net/index.html
No special equipment is required for this group of progressive workout programs designed for those new to it all and for those wanting to step it up a notch. Perhaps you can only do one or even none today. Perhaps you do quite a few already. Either extreme or somewhere in the middle, this self challenge is still for you.
http://www.twohundredsitups.com/
http://www.hundredpushups.com/
http://www.onefiftydips.com/
http://www.twohundredsquats.com/
http://www.twentyfivepullups.com/
USDA - database, nutrition facts
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH AND BE ACCOUNTABLE:
THERE IS ALWAYS A "WHY" BUT DO WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT? Is it insufficient weight loss? Weight gain? Failure to meet your pre op goals to get wls approval? Difficulty doing this with diet and exercise alone?
What is your reason for being fat? Do you have to own it forever or can you let it go?
Pick one tihing that can make or break you today. Self sabotage opportunities always exist. Put it out there. No lies or self delusions. How are you really holding against your life time eating plan on a daily basis? How will you keep from breaking today? If you fall, what will it take to get right back up?
What is today's reason for doing less than you could? We can always find something that impedes our progress. The things that hold us back have a way of getting out attention. Have you noticed that the means to overcome our obstacles also stand up and cheer? Make a decision today: Will you focus on your desired outcome or on the obstacles to success.
TELL IT STRAIGHT PEOPLE. That is, be straight with YOURSELF. What are you eating? How are you exercising? What is working? What needs correcting? How are you objectively measuring your progress?
Think about what went well and what was not so nice recently. Consider what works for you and what is counter productive. Make a plan. Work your program. Be good to yourself today.
...All are welcome, jump in at anytime.
For reference:
5 Day Pouch Test (5DPT) website
http://www.5daypouchtest.com/plan/theplan.html
5 Day Pouch Test Instructions
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/black_american/3995048/Hold-my-feet-to-the-fire-please-Accountability-Mision/
Protein Train Instructions
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/black_american/3993571/Protein-Train-Educate-me-please/#32309205
Wagon Plan Instructions
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/black_american/3650242/The-Wagon-Plan-Get-back-on-the-wagon
Overeaters Anonymous
Online Meetings Around the Clock * Information on changing eating behavior
Protein Sparing Modified Fast (PSMF)
The no op version. This version is still severe but far more liberal than the one many pre ops are given.
http://www.holisticmd.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ProteinSparingModifiedFast.pdf
Daily calorie needs calculator
A more advanced calculator that's still easy to use.
Advanced option lets you choose from 3 different calculation methods. Enter data once for calorie needs at maintenance; plus calorie needs for 2 different levels of weight loss; and, results include a week long calorie cycling plan. Calculator takes into account age and gender as well as activity level. Links to other calculators are on the same page.
http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm
Podrunner
Not just for runners. Site has a variety of workout music and music timed to progressive running programs for 5k, 8k, 10k, and speed. In place indoors, treadmill, or at the track run to the beat and you'll complete the stated distance. There is also a variety of interval training music from about 130 bpm up to to 180 bpm; and, fixed bpm workout music as well. Lengths of tracts vary but there is a speed/ length to suit most workout needs.
http://www.djsteveboy.com/mixes.html
A WORKOUT site to get you started or keep you going
http://www.exrx.net/index.html
No special equipment is required for this group of progressive workout programs designed for those new to it all and for those wanting to step it up a notch. Perhaps you can only do one or even none today. Perhaps you do quite a few already. Either extreme or somewhere in the middle, this self challenge is still for you.
http://www.twohundredsitups.com/
http://www.hundredpushups.com/
http://www.onefiftydips.com/
http://www.twohundredsquats.com/
http://www.twentyfivepullups.com/
USDA - database, nutrition facts
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
MSW Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: Eat sensibly & enjoy moderation
Links: Are you a compulsive eater? for help OA meets on-line Keep Coming Back, One Day At a Time Overeaters Anonymous
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V'N MY RNY. WORKING FOR ME BECAUSE I WORK FOR IT.
I am fat again, no doubt.
For too long (August, 2010 to be exact) I've been teetering on the edge of a normal bmi and above my ideal weight. Well I have gained fifteen pounds this past week. Yes folks, count em, 15 lbs. My wl surgeon put my still expanding @$$ on a diet yesterday and I am glad for it.
I have all the best reasons in the world for putting on real fat real fast. However, this tells me I need to work overtime to reverse the situation. Thank God my wl surgeon, while empathetic, is not having it. Neither am I.
While other well meaning and knowledgeable docs I see regularly are saying:
- This is the way you are made metabolically
- Plus you have other atypical issues, and
- A blah blah blah, and
- A yak yak yak...
My weight loss surgeon is saying time to get thirty pounds off your @$$ before you hit that obesity mark again. The "r" word as in revision never came up because neither of us are going to let it go there. Have issues? Take care of them pronto. Fortunately this most recent round of fat gain coincided with my long over due check up.
So folks, this is what it means to be several years out yet no where near a wls veteran. In my pov a true vet has it under control. They have developed a patttern of living that suits their needs and allows maintenance of a healthy weight in the best health they are able. Perfection is not expected or implied. Day to day they live so that inspite of their personal challenges with food, exercise etc, they will not become obese or seriously overweight again. Perhaps this verteran is still obese; but, they ensure day to day that they do not return to where they started. A line has been drawn in the sand and the veteran makes sure to stay on the correct side of that line.
That is not me. I am still a long way off. While I refuse to buy larger clothes for any reason, I struggle with food issues. On average my calories and exercise burn are pretty good. However, day to day I have a few big swings per month. I will get there but I'm not there yet.
Why am I fat again? I am not telling you. Why am I not telling you? Because of the words of our owm MsKim which I post every time I put this thread up:
NO MERCY AND NO EXCUSES
To explain here would distract from the point of my rambling on about weight gain. "Why" is something we will each need to work out for ourselves. "Why" is something some may be sympathetic towards and others view with contempt. "Why" may help determine how you address the issue of weight gain.
"WHY" WILL NOT FIX WEIGHT GAIN. WHAT MATTERS RIGHT NOW IS THAT YOU DO WHAT EVER IS NECESSARY TO LOOSE THE WEIGHT.
Three pounds do not have to become thirty pounds. Not having reached your goal weight after several years does not mean never reaching your goal weight. You do not have to feel shame for loosing the enthusiasm you started out with. You do not have to be embarrassed because someone may talk **** about your regain.
All of the above is other folk's baggage. Your baggage is to get the fat off of your @$$ for good. Let other folks pull their own little red wagons and concern yourself only with yours.
For too long (August, 2010 to be exact) I've been teetering on the edge of a normal bmi and above my ideal weight. Well I have gained fifteen pounds this past week. Yes folks, count em, 15 lbs. My wl surgeon put my still expanding @$$ on a diet yesterday and I am glad for it.
I have all the best reasons in the world for putting on real fat real fast. However, this tells me I need to work overtime to reverse the situation. Thank God my wl surgeon, while empathetic, is not having it. Neither am I.
While other well meaning and knowledgeable docs I see regularly are saying:
- This is the way you are made metabolically
- Plus you have other atypical issues, and
- A blah blah blah, and
- A yak yak yak...
My weight loss surgeon is saying time to get thirty pounds off your @$$ before you hit that obesity mark again. The "r" word as in revision never came up because neither of us are going to let it go there. Have issues? Take care of them pronto. Fortunately this most recent round of fat gain coincided with my long over due check up.
So folks, this is what it means to be several years out yet no where near a wls veteran. In my pov a true vet has it under control. They have developed a patttern of living that suits their needs and allows maintenance of a healthy weight in the best health they are able. Perfection is not expected or implied. Day to day they live so that inspite of their personal challenges with food, exercise etc, they will not become obese or seriously overweight again. Perhaps this verteran is still obese; but, they ensure day to day that they do not return to where they started. A line has been drawn in the sand and the veteran makes sure to stay on the correct side of that line.
That is not me. I am still a long way off. While I refuse to buy larger clothes for any reason, I struggle with food issues. On average my calories and exercise burn are pretty good. However, day to day I have a few big swings per month. I will get there but I'm not there yet.
Why am I fat again? I am not telling you. Why am I not telling you? Because of the words of our owm MsKim which I post every time I put this thread up:
NO MERCY AND NO EXCUSES
To explain here would distract from the point of my rambling on about weight gain. "Why" is something we will each need to work out for ourselves. "Why" is something some may be sympathetic towards and others view with contempt. "Why" may help determine how you address the issue of weight gain.
"WHY" WILL NOT FIX WEIGHT GAIN. WHAT MATTERS RIGHT NOW IS THAT YOU DO WHAT EVER IS NECESSARY TO LOOSE THE WEIGHT.
Three pounds do not have to become thirty pounds. Not having reached your goal weight after several years does not mean never reaching your goal weight. You do not have to feel shame for loosing the enthusiasm you started out with. You do not have to be embarrassed because someone may talk **** about your regain.
All of the above is other folk's baggage. Your baggage is to get the fat off of your @$$ for good. Let other folks pull their own little red wagons and concern yourself only with yours.
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