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Blu-Diva
on 7/9/12 12:20 pm, edited 7/9/12 12:22 pm - Hamilton, Canada
Topic: RE: First Day Back to Work
 NSV  Your gonna get all kinds or reactions. Congrats. I just went back to work too its weird too.

Surgery date May 7 / 2012
Highest 312 lbs - Pre Op 297lbs - now 199 lbs
I know now that my location was never my destination.

   Blu-Diva      

 

Blu-Diva
on 7/9/12 12:15 pm - Hamilton, Canada
Topic: RE: HOLD MY FEET TO THE FIRE! ACCOUNTABILITY TIME
 Win

Fair

To add: I refuse Reese ice cream cake & times from the same person at a b-day party, I'm feel good.


Surgery date May 7 / 2012
Highest 312 lbs - Pre Op 297lbs - now 199 lbs
I know now that my location was never my destination.

   Blu-Diva      

 

Blu-Diva
on 7/9/12 12:11 pm - Hamilton, Canada
Topic: RE: 8 Powerful Steps to Positive Thinking...
Thanks I needed this 

Surgery date May 7 / 2012
Highest 312 lbs - Pre Op 297lbs - now 199 lbs
I know now that my location was never my destination.

   Blu-Diva      

 

angenoire
on 7/9/12 9:50 am - NJ
RNY on 05/03/12
Topic: RE: 8 Powerful Steps to Positive Thinking...
MSW...

Thanks for the powerful words.  Going to print them and put them up at work.  Definitely something to think about and DO!!!
Taking it one day at a time.    
angenoire
on 7/9/12 9:41 am - NJ
RNY on 05/03/12
Topic: First Day Back to Work
Hi Everyone! Need help understanding something that happened to me today. 

Today was my first day back at work since my surgery in May.  No one from work had seen me since the surgery.  I was greeted with hugs and kisses from different co-workers and supervisors.  I had a few people walk right pass as they didn't recognize me.  I know it has been two months since I have been to work.  But really, have I changed that much?

Yes...I lost 54 pounds.
Yes...I had my hair braided (microbraids).
Yes...I got myself a new short dress to wear today (and I did wear it)
Yes...I had sandals on instead of my regular sneakers

I don't know if I can handle another day like today.  Not everyone was in today so I still have a lot more people who haven't seem me yet. 

Is this a NSV??? Or people just blind? 

Taking it one day at a time.    
MSW will not settle
on 7/9/12 5:05 am, edited 7/9/12 5:07 am
Topic: 8 Powerful Steps to Positive Thinking...


8 Powerful Steps To Positive Thinking

 

 

“The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible."

It’s so much easier to be pessimistic than to be optimistic, isn’t it? To look at the half empty glass instead of the half full glass, to criticize and complain instead of expressing our appreciation and gratitude for everything that happens to us and all around us. Well, not anymore.

Today I want to present you 8 steps toward a more healthy and positive thinking, toward a more healthy and positive life, and hopefully you will realize that it’s a lot easier to be positive than to be negative, and it’s a lot easier and healthier to be optimistic rather than pessimistic.

 
1. Always focus on what you want rather than what you don’t want

The mistake that most of us make when having a problem is to talk about it over and over again instead of focusing on the end result, instead of focusing on what we want to achieve.

 
2. Know that every problem comes with a lesson

 

There is always a lesson in everything that happens to us, and we should constantly look for what that lesson is and master it, because you see, just like Confucius said it: “If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake."

 
3. Don’t believe everything you think

Our problems aren’t as big as the mind is trying to convince us, and if you choose to believe every negative though that goes through your mind, you will always get in trouble. Observe your mind, observe your thoughts, but don’t identify yourself with them. Go beyond them.

 
4. Choose to express your gratitude for everything that happens to you, whether good or bad, and also for every person you interact with

The more you choose to express your gratitude, the more reasons you will have to express your gratitude for, and when you’re too busy focusing on the many things that you are grateful for, there will be no more room left for stress and worry, there will be no more room left for negativity.

 
5. Know that there is a reason for everything

Everything that happens to you, happens for a reason and every person that enters your life enters for a reason, and it’s your responsibility to act upon this knowing and not to label them as being good or bad, negative or positive, etc.

 
6. Let go of your need for perfection

When you try to do everything perfect, you will meet with stress and frustration, because you see, it is impossible to be perfect in everything you do, and why would you want to be perfect anyway? Don’t you know that perfection leave no room for improvement?

 
7. Let go of your resistance

 Accept things as they are without you trying to change them, without trying to fight against them. When you stress over an outcome and when you resist what is, you are in fact fighting against the present moment, against the present reality, against the whole universe, and believe me, this is a battle you will never win. Allow yourself to just be. Go with the flow, and know that life wasn’t meant to be a struggle, even though that’s what your mind was trying to convince you all of these years. Learn to let go and know that: “By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning." Lao Tzu

 
8. Learn to be present in everything you do

 When you become present and really engaged in the now, your whole life will become so much easier and you will realize how your problems will start to disappear, little by little. If you get too caught up in your mind, if you think too much about what happened in the past and about what may happen in the future, you will create a great deal of pain and suffering, and the energy you will generate will be toxic, not only for yourself, but also for those around you, because you see, energy it’s contagious.

 


                   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 

               LV'N MY RNY.  WORKING FOR ME BECAUSE I WORK FOR IT. 

MSW will not settle
on 7/9/12 3:18 am
Topic: HOLD MY FEET TO THE FIRE! ACCOUNTABILITY TIME
ACCOUNTABILITY MISSION: NO MERCY AND NO EXCUSES 

TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH AND BE ACCOUNTABLE: 

WIN! 
You are a loser over the past week

LOOSE!
You are a gainer over the past week

DRAW!
No loss no gain over the past week.  Is it a frustrating normal slow down in your wl? Or, perhaps its an infuriating stall?  Or, is this maintaining and holding steady, no problem?  Or, have you made a clusterfkcu of it all and got lucky with a draw?  If the last supposition is you, take a step back to the loose category. 

GRADE YOURSELF FOR THE WEEK:
A - excellent
B - good
C - fair
D - poor
F - fail

Exercise: What are you doing?  Are you really putting your best effort into dedicated fitness related activities?  Do you do all that you can to be active outside of your required daily routine? 

Diet:  Yes I use the dreaded "d" word.  All it really means is your nutrition plan.  We all have a dietary way of living be it consistent or hit/ miss.  Does your dietary behavior reflect your goals? 

YOU CAN LIE TO YOURSELF BUT IT WILL NOT FOOL EVEN YOU.  What are you eating?  How are you exercising?  What is working?  What needs correcting?  How are you objectively measuring your progress? 

TELL IT STRAIGHT PEOPLE.  That is, be straight with YOU; no one else really matters on this mission.  ACCOUNTABILITY is personal and solitary where beating down obesity is concerned.  

Make this week a good one.  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.   


    ...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/downloads/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 

               LV'N MY RNY.  WORKING FOR ME BECAUSE I WORK FOR IT. 

Becky D.
on 7/9/12 2:05 am - North Bay, Canada
Topic: RE: HOLD MY FEET TO THE FIRE! ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUR INDEPENDENCE FROM FOOD DEPENDENCE
Hello! I love your advice and commitment to RNY - I m almost a yr post op and working to stay on plan and focused on this new start I appreciate the honesty and tone of your posts and wanted to let u know! I tried to add u on my friends but you are not accessible - please feel free to add me if u like, I look forward to taking in more of your posts to keep on track .. All the best / stay strong ! Bec
Referral Spring/10 ~ Questionnaire Dec 27/10 ~ HRRH Info Session Jan 31/11 ~       Surgeon mtg/Gastric Class April 29/11 ~ Dietician/Social Worker May 30/11 ~
Dr. STARR meeting May 31/11
 ~ INTERNIST JULY 18 / PATTS JULY 19 ~ 
SURGERY AUGUST 19, 2011         My ANGEL is Karen M  
     
Jaybee766
on 7/7/12 10:41 pm - Silver Spring, MD
VSG on 02/27/12 with
Topic: RE: HOLD MY FEET TO THE FIRE! ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUR INDEPENDENCE FROM FOOD DEPENDENCE
I'm definitely going to try the no-tater salad!!! thanks
Jeanne 

Height 5'7"   HW: 314     SW: 293

        
Jaybee766
on 7/7/12 2:12 am - Silver Spring, MD
VSG on 02/27/12 with
Topic: RE: It's Been a Long time
Hang in there! It's never too late and you know you've got us behind you cheering you on!

And CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Jeanne 

Height 5'7"   HW: 314     SW: 293

        
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