Monday Weigh In!!!

It's Martin Luther King Day and I am one of the lucky ones who get the day off - anyone else get to have a wonderful day off today? I plan on doing a short hike this morning with a friend - of course it is 10 degrees outside so we might not make it too long - we plan on getting some nice hot chocolate afterward to warm us up - Brrrrrr!!!! I'm opening up the scales in honor of our poor Marge, who is battling a computer virus and unable to post for a while. Let's all get out those fun scales and share the good (and bad) of this fun journey! I will, of course, get the ball rolling myself! surgery weight: 371 last week's weight: 170 this week's weight: 170 I was at 168 all week and this morning I step on the scale and see I have added 2 pounds, grrrr. But, I wore some pants yesterday that are usually tight and they were loose, so I guess I am losing some inches - I'll take that!!! Now it's your turn - step on up and share with the rest of us!!

Thanks pj for taking over for Marge...thats sweet of you!  I was hoping for a bigger loss this week, but ANY loss is a welcome sight, so I won't whine about it.  I plan on hitting Curves at LEAST 3 times this week so that should boost my loss for next week.  HUGS  Jeanine Beginning Weight:  284 Surgery Weight:  252 Last Week:  216 1/2 This Week:  214

I am in Stallville.  Starting 468 Last Week 372 This Week 372 This Sucks Tommi

Stalls are totally normal, Tommi.  It's your body's way of taking a break!  During my first 8-10 months out from surgery, I focused on whether I was losing over a 4-6 week period, rather than on a day-to-day basis.  That helped me keep my spirits up during the weeks when the scale stayed the same, regardless of what I did.  I figured that as long as I was consistently losing weight over a 4-6 week period, I was doing just fine.   Anyway, just a suggestion for how to look at things from a different perspective - perhaps that would be helpful to you as well.  (And yes, my glass is always half full and I wear rose-colored glasses almost constantly...)   Good luck on your continuing journey -  Kellie

It sucks bigtime.  I can relate.

I have to agree with Kellie.  Stalls are very disappointing, and I would hate it when I stayed the same from week to week or only had a tiny loss.  I thought I was a SLOW loser because I had been promised that the weight would just "drop off".  Looking back, I can see that it has really fallen off, especially when I look at the month to month loss -- take a look at my ticker.  You can see all the data, and compare from month to month.  I would go long peroids of time each month and stay pretty much the same, or very slow loss, then a week or so each month, really drop a bunch.  At this point, the loss is so slow it is painful!  I am amazed to put on the pants that I bought the week before Thanksgiving, and now they are too big again!  I'm losing inches, but not pounds now, so that makes a difference too. Make sure that you are eating enough when you see that you are stalling - sometimes we are not eating enough and that can cause the weight loss to stop.  Keep your chin up, more will come off!

Slowly but surely I will make it to onderland. My one year surgery anniversary was on 01/17/2007. I was hoping to make it by then. I didn't get down about it or anything. I am real proud of what I have accomplish so far. BEGINNING WEIGHT-362(01/13/07 Pre-op consult)
SURGERY WEIGHT-357(01/19/07-the day released from hospital)
Last weigh in-206 Today's weigh-204

Happy Anniversary Tricie!  Isn't it great to see where we are now 1 year later!  You are doing great, keep it up.  I know how slow it can be these days!  Congrats on your excellent work!

Hi, PJ, and thanks for opening the scales in honor of Marge.  I hope she gets her computer fixed soon - I miss reading her posts!  I'm one of the unlucky schlubs who has to work today - c'est la vie.  Here's my numbers for the week:

Beginning weight - 396
Surgery weight - 386
Last Monday - 192.4
Today  - 191.5

I'm down a little bit from last week, which is better than I expected as the scale read 193.8 on Sunday morning.  I'm having my period, so think I'm retaining some fluids as well.   Over the weekend, I realized that I really only want to lost another 10-15 pounds before I have plastics.  When I started this journey, I thought I would be lucky to get to 220-230 pounds and maintain that.  The realization that I can probably get down to 160-165 after plastics just amazes me.  Anyway, it's strange to be so close to my goal and feel that it's actually achievable.  Wow.

Kellie

WOW Kellie, you are almost there!  I am scheduled for a plastics class at Kaiser at the end of the month.  Both my surgeon and primary doc feel my goal is somewhere around 190 - 195 based on my body fat numbers.  They both feel that I'm essentially at goal and ready for plastics because of the rashes I've had.  It is so cool to think that I'm there - this is what I will look like, feel like, etc.  The thought of being at "goal" is pretty amazing!  Every now and then I think it would be nice to be about 175 before plastics, but I'm not sure that I can hit those numbers without losing some muscle.