Monday weigh-in

Congrats on being halfway to goal - what an accomplishment!  I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers as you knee replacement surgery approaches...

Kellie

Kellie, thanks for keeping this going.   Aren't relaxing weekends with no plans just the best.  Sometimes our lives are so busy, we just don't stop long enough to appreciate all that we have in life.

I'm extremely frustrated that I didn't lose this week and in fact I gained a pound.  I think "scale" and I are going to have a trial separation for about a month.  I love "scale" so much, but I'm afraid the love is just not returned in the same manner.  It'll be tough, but it's what I'm going to have to do to break that lifelong bond that "scale" and I have had.  Maybe after a four week separation, "scale" will learn to love me again.  Maybe I'll fall out of love with "scale."  Who knows what the future hold for "scale" and me?

Surgery weight 371
Last week:  268
This week:  269

Relaxing weekends are fabulous - just what the doctor ordered, so to speak. 

The week-to-week numbers on the scale can be frustrating, especially as we get further and further out, and as those oh-to-frequent stalls happen!!  I hated the weeks when I did everything right and the darn scale stayed the same.  Since I'm basically in maintenance mode now, I'm fine as long as I stay within a 3-5 pound range.  But when I was in mid-stream of my losing days, the day-to-day ups and downs were sometimes hard to take.  Unlike you, I was never smart enough to put the scale away for a week or a month; I needed my daily "fix" regardless of the emotional cost...  You're a better woman than I to even contemplate it...

Kellie

did not weigh today because I am trying to cut down hahahahah
no seriously the scale drives me mad but Friday was my three month surgiversary so I weighed then my stats are as follows
highest 436
surgery 401.8
last monday 351
friday 346
total 90 pounds

90 pounds in three months?????  Way to go - you're an inspiration!!!!  Keep up the great work!!!

Kellie

Omg
dianne you look wonderful and i love the haircut.........
way to go girl.......

I did not recognize you!!!  Love your new 'do!

You are doing So Great!! And I love the new do!!

Girlfriend, you are smokin'!  

Kix

I had a phone call today telling me my WLS support group is canceled because the leader is out of town.  Dodged a bullet there because my weight is up.  Why is my weight up?  Carbs.  Evil, evil carbs.  I eat carbs, I crave carbs, then I start eating nonstop.  My tool is not broken, I'm just not using it, and between ignoring my tool and not exercising much due to my sore knees, I'm up 4 lbs.

Back on track today.  No carbs and back to a regular exercise schedule.  I also plan to start walking our dogs every evening because our doxie weighed 1.2 lbs more at his wellness visit on Saturday.

I do not want to be one of the 20% who fail at WLS (I saw some statistic over the weekend that said 10% gain back all their weight and 10% gain back a significant amount of it).  I want to be part of the 80% who succeeds.

I saw The Dark Knight over the weekend.  Heath Ledger was brilliant as the Joker, and I can see why he was driven to self medicate and accidentally kill himself if he was unable to leave the Joker character at the studio every day.  The rest of the movie was meh, I think it is filler for the next one.

OK, enough blathering.  Here's the stark news:

Beginning weight: 530 lb
Surgery weight: 497 lb
Last week: 224 lb
This week: 228 lb!  

Putting on my exercise shoes now and leaving for the gym,

Kix