MONDAY WEIGH IN!

HEY PJ,      GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. WE MISSED YA! AND AT LEAST LIKE YOU SAID YOU DIDNT GAIN ANY... YOU DESERVE A LAYED BACK HOLIDAY WITH NO STRESS RIGHT NOW... SO TRY TO ENJOY IT AND DONT FOCUS SO MUCH ON "CRAZY FAMILY"... I COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT LEONS AND WOULD BE A BEST SELLER... HEY , ON SECOND THOUGHT.... THAT WOULD BUY ALOT OF SHOPPING LOL....HHMMM HUGS MARGE<< SELL OUT LOL

Hey Marge, Thats awesome that you are maintaining such a great number! Kudos to you!  Myself...I'm in a bit of a funk!  I feel the infection I got set my recovery back a week or so. Finally today I have not needed the Lortab and I'm done with my 10 day regimen of antibiotics. When I came home from the hospital after the surgery 2 weeks ago Thurs, I had gained the 8 lbs of IV fluids, remember? Well I lost that weight and was dropping like 1 1/2 to 2 lbs DAILY!  Suddenly this past week I gained 1/2 lb. one day and for the entire week I have only lost 1 more lb! What the heck am I doing wrong??  I'm eating mere tablespoons of food, getting at least 2/3 of my water in on the days I don't get all 64 Oz. and this weekend I walked the stores Christmas shopping!! Theres no doubt I have to be burning MUCH more calories than I am taking in...so why the stall...already????  I knew a plateau would hit eventually but isn't it way too early in the game for that??? I am confused and frustrated. Can anyone shed any light on this situation???  HELP!   Hugs to all..Jeanine

HEY JEANINE,       AW SWEETIE, DONT LET IT GET YA DOWN.... YOUR BODY HAS BEEN THRU THE MILL AND IS SO FREAKED OUT I AMAGINE ITS SAYING " WHAT THE HELL"... :"WHERES ALL MY FOOD???" LOL AND  SO THAT WILL PASS ALSO.. JUST DONT MAKE THE MISTAKE OF READING INTO OTHERS LOSING PATTERN... IT WILL DRIVE YOU TO DRINKING LOL... WE ALL LEARNT REALLY QUICK THAT WE ALL ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT. SO... FROM WHAT I AM SEEING HERE YOU ARE MOVING PRETTY GOOD, DRINKING WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSSED TO... MAYBE YOU NEED SOME MORE PROTEIN? I KNOW YOU CANT TOTALLY EAT WHAT IS NEEDED BUT MAYBE MIX IT UP A BIT..WITH YOU EATTING MERE TABLESPOONS AS YOU SAY IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH OF WHAT YOU NEED AND YOUR BOBY CAN GO INTO STARVATION MODE... THEN THE STUBBORNESS STARTS AND NO LOSING... MAKE SURE THOSE TABLESPOONS COUNT.. MAYBE THIS WILL HELP.. I KNOW IT IS SO EASIER SAID THAN DONE... HUGS MARGE

Well, the scale is just very finicky. I have been weighing myself daily..I am the curious type..can't help it.  Now today I have gained a pound. Now realistically, I know how many calories it takes to gain a lb. and no way in hell did I eat even 1/10th of that, so this is what I don't understand!  I had a "moment" last night (first one, but probably not the last)  DH was sitting next to me on the loveseat, we were watching TV and he was munching on some Reduced fat Wheat Thins. I put a few on my end table and ate one in the teeniest of bites, let it dissolve in my mouth, and it was soooooooo good!  Now mind you, I haven't had any bread, rice, pasta etc since end of Sept.  Well I ended up in robot mode munching 10 of those little suckers!  Now I know they have salt on them and I shouldn't have done it. Payback is the 1 lb gain??????     We never stop learning on this journey, do we?  HUGS....Jeanine

Although I'm a daily weigher now (I'm 2+ years out), I couldn't handle it early out; the day-to-day ups and downs were just too frustrating.  So about 2 months after my surgery, I stopped getting on the scale every day and just weighed myself every 2-4 weeks.  When I did that, I had almost always lost something between weigh-ins, and I didn't have the day-to-day frustration.  Because nothing feels worse that eating next to nothing, then getting on the scale the next morning to discover that you weigh more than the day before.  Talk about the universe having a sick sense of humor.   Anyway, you may want to step away from the daily weighing for a while; it'll be good for your mental health.  I am an advocate of daily weighing for folks that are further out; helps keep you accountable and keeps you from regaining too much before you've realized it!   Good luck on your continuing journey -  Kellie

Thanks for the advice....DH agrees with you. He says he's gonna hide my scale! LOL  He swears he can see loss in my face & body and thats all that counts. I partially agree. LOL  Anyway..I will try & stay off it.  HUGS

I stalled for essentially all of the second month.  It was uber-frustrating, but somehow I managed to stay sane(ish).  Your body is just in shock, and actually once you are able to eat a little more it seems to spur on the weight loss.  Right now your body is holding on to every ounce for dear life.  And a small variation up and down day to day is common for me too.  I always seem to be a pound heavier on days we weigh in - argh.  Sometimes its poo, sometimes its salt, sometimes I have no idea what it is.  I think usually its after a day where I didn't drink enough and I am retaining water. 

I truly appreciate your input.  I guess I can overlook the sluggishness of the scale IF at the end of a month I have a significant number. For example...yesterday morning I had actually gained a pound!!  This morning..I am down 3 lbs...I can't understand any of it!!   Yesterday I ate so very little cuz my lunch (cold dry turkey) after just a few bites ended up blocking my pouch so I had stomach pain for an hour and ate nothing else till dinner. I made chili with ground turkey and ate a nice sized portion. None of it makes sense, but I think you are right about eating salty things and not getting all your daily water in.  My mother and others are constantly asking me...soooooo how much weight have you lost now. I feel pressured to have impressive numbers...silly huh?  I know patience is the name of the game, but I am gonna contact my nutritionist today just to see if I am doing anything wrong.  Stay sane sister!  HUGS

Oh don't even get me started on the family thing!  My family doesn't think my weight loss is fast enough!  They were expecting it to be more dramatic or something - like I'd wake up from surgery skinny.  And then during my stall, they drove me nuts!  Why isn't it working?  Are you sure you're not doing something wrong?  I don't understand how you can have this surgery and still not lose weight (actually I somehow gained 3 lbs at the beginning of the stall?!?)  Just ignore them and be happy for every pound.  I stopped telling them how much I've lost regularly.  I just told them when I had lost 100 lbs and I'll do the same at 150.  After that I don't think I'll give numbers at all. 

I just saw that you had your surgery on my wedding anniversary LOL.  So that answers my last question.  I am going to have to tell my mother to please not ask me & that I will brag when I feel like it.  I will be seeing my siblings at Christmas that I haven't seen since summer.  I imagine it will be heavy question time then! UGH!    Jeanine