Stuck on weight but still loosing inches,,,,

Good morning everyone..

It has been few and far between for me posting lately.. I have a lot going on still with my back and have two more surgeries coming up.. the first being this month probably to place a temporary spinal stimulator to see if it will help with the pain.. well anyway doctor appointments have kept me busy but I still jump on here as much as I can..

I have been stuck at the same weight for almost 2 months.. it has been so frustrating.. I have been told to keep at it that the weight will come off and also told that I may be at the end.. others are telling me that once the weight of the skin is removed that I will be at goal and not to worry. But I am not giving in just yet.. I am just a year out and I may be able to get some more off..

With all that being said I was getting a little depressed that no matter what I did I would gain 5 lbs and loose them only to regain them again..this yoyo-ing for the past two months has really depressed me and I was almost ready to throw in the towel.. Thank God for good friends here on OH.. I have not given up....  I am going to keep working the tool I have been given and work harder to stay on track every day..

This morning I decided maybe I need to measure again.. I had not done that in a long time since the weight loss was stuck.. well I am pleased to tell you that the inches are still coming off.. yippee

I am going to list the numbers here just so others who are just starting out can see the possibilities.. and to those who are stalled or having difficulties with loosing DO NOT FORGET TO MEASURE>>>

Starting weight 303lbs 
Surgery weight 236lbs
Current weight 148lbs
Inches lost  96.5
lbs lost 155

on 8/23/2009 weight 248lbs..                                                  12/7/2010  weight 148lbs
(I had already lost 67lbs before                                             (total weight loss of 155lbs)
I measured for these numbers) 
                                                                                                                                                 (total lost)
Waist                           63                                                     Waist                  33.5                     (29.5)
Neck                            17                                                     Neck                   12                         (5)
Bicep                           18                                                     Bicep                  11                         (7)
Forearm                      12                                                     Forearm               8                         (4)
Chest                           55                                                    Chest                  39                        (16)
Thigh                           28                                                     Thigh                  17.5                     (10.5)
Calf                              18                                                     Calf                     13                         (5)
Hip                               58                                                     Hip                      38.5                     (19.5)
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total               269 inches    ?  lost                                          total          172.5 in.           96.5 in. lost

Well that's my good news for the day..  doing the happy dance....and this is a great thing for me to keep me inspired to stay on track and work work work this tool...

To good days...

huggs...

Wow... wow ... WOW 
And I mean that, Teresa!  You are a new person.  How good is that feeling???  The fitness, the clothes, the ability to do things.

For me, let me add, not getting judgmental stares from strangers!  Even though I'm still quite heavy, I'm not SO much higher than the general public.  When I was about 400 pounds, I felt I was judged all the time.  Now, at 278 (give or take), I know I'm still fat, but I am fat in a different way.  A way I can handle!

Now to keep going down.  Inches, pounds... it's all loss and it's all a new life!

Congrats to you, my friend!  

Thank you Mary... I do feel like a new person...

And yes I know exaclty what you mean about not getting the stares.. I am not ashamed to be shopping for clothes or looking at nightgowns.. I am also not ashamed to go into a restaurant and worry about everyone looking at me wondering what I am going to eat.. or watching me eat and the looks of discust..   I am no skinny mini by no means but I no longer feel like I stick out like a sore thumb everywhere I go.. and the laughing and joking is gone too... yippee....

I am working as hard as I can to try to get the numbers to start moving again on the scale..but as I see they ARE moving on the tape measure...   yes it is all a loss and I will count any of it..

Yes we have a new life and only can be better to come..

Thanks my friend...
huggs...

 

Thank-You, Thank-You, Thank-You Teresa for 2 tips you've reminded me of recently that I had (frankly) allowed to slip away from me in recent months. 

In other posts, you talk about journaling your foods again.  Honestly, when I read back over some of my own posts, there was a time when I affirmed that journalling my foods was the second  most powerful tool I had in my weight loss arsenal, second only to the pouch.  And yet, a year and a half later, I am reminded that I had slipped away from that habit.  Thank you for reminding me about it, and know that I am going back to it too. 

The second tip is the measuring one.  I haven't measured myself in at least 6 months, and maybe not in a year.  I'm going to do that this week.  And while I'm at it, it's been a year since I updated my picture here, so I'm going to see what I can do to get that updated as well. 

We are stronger when we support one another aren't we?  I love this board!  Hugs!  connie

Glad to have been a reminder to those important things.. I too forget them as being part of the basics we must remember to do.. I need a recording to go off every now and then to say hey don't forget to......lol..

Yes Connie...We are always stronger when we have each others support.. I admit I am a strong person but I get very weak at times when I think I can do this on my own.. I almost forget to rely on my great friends at support groups and here on OH, and when I do forget, things get so so hard.. with the support,  things always seem so much easier, which makes me stronger to do what I need to do to stay on track...

Sometimes I think many of us, including me,  feel that we are not newbies any more and that we get very slack in doing what we need to do.. I really think that we will be newbies until we are at goal and maintained for 5 years.. and then we will still be learning..things change year from year in what the doctors and research show and we have to try to go with the flow.. we may never stop learning.. I for one ,and all of us, have to remember this is a life long commitment and just because I am so many months away from surgery does not mean I can get lax on anything.. that includes food journaling and watching calories and exercise and measuring and etc etc etc... this will be the way I live the rest of my life.. and yet there are many times that, just like you said for you , I need a reminder... Thank God for OH... even when I do not post a thing.. I get something good out of every time I log into this web site..

Thanks for being one of my greatest support buddies.. you are such a great asset to my new way of life..

Hope you are shocked by your measurements.. if it has been that long I am sure you will be.... I keep a journal that has my weight and measurements by date.. and I love to look back at it and see what I have accomplished..

huggs..

I like the idea of considering myself a 'newbie' till I'm 5 years out and maintaining.  That attitude should help keep me on track.  Thanks again Mary, for your insight!  Hugs...connie