Monday Morning Weigh In

Happy Monday!

High - 420
Last week - 249
This week - 249
Goal - 180


It was too good to be true that my body would ever actually lose weight 3 weeks in a row. Hasnt happened since I had surgery. Ughhh. But, I'm happy with that considering my carb fest last week. I tried to add a few more carbs for energy but went a little over board, so back to square 1 this week. Stocked my office with lots of low carb/high protein snacks and shakes, so I'm good to go this week.

The holiday parties are going to kill me though - my work has soo many parties that we have to go to and its all alcohol, fried food, carb heavy foods,  and more desserts than the cheesecake factory!! I am not willing to eat that crap so it has not been fun to stand around and watch everyone else pig out. The last 2 weeks ive been feeling a little more....tempted by those things even though I know i will not do it, it's very hard. I am grateful that the last 6 months have been relatively easy in terms of a lack of cravings and temptations, but I know now that I really have to get my head on straight and avoid the junk.  Celebrating my 6 month surgiversary was a good re-focusing point for me - I feel great and ready to tackle the week :)

How is everyone else doing? How do you deal with the holiday seasons?

Have a great week!

 

Awesome! Way to go!  You know how I'm dealing with the holidays? Lots of alcohol and cookies. Wish me luck! Hahaha!!!

 Lol if my bones were sticking out like yours I'd be joining you!

Initially I was sad on the scale, down only 2/10ths of a pound.  Then I realized...

1. I took half the week off from the pool b/c my B12, D3, and protein levels have all been low and the fatigue finally hit me...I took the time off to double my vitamin regimen and added an additional protein shake. 

2.  I've felt bloated for the last few days...it's far more noticeable for me now that I'm used to my clothes being loose.  My cycles are still normalizing post-op it seems.

3.  I'm probably not going to lose weight every week...as sad as it makes me, I have to keep telling myself this.  However, aside from weeks 3 & 4 when I was very sick and in and out of the hospital, I have lost every week.  Oh reality, thanks for dragging me back.

I entered the hospital at 379.6 on 9/26/11.
I left the hospital on 9/29/11 at 380.2.
I weighed in this morning (11 weeks) at 325.0.

I had hopes of 300 by New Years, now I'm questioning the likelihood of that.

You are doing great! I always recommend staying away from weight related goals because we cant control the scale and it can be very defeating to "miss" those goals. Try setting goals you have 100% control of and can achieve if you put the work in.

I cant believe how weird it is to actually feel bloated! I used to just be so fat that I never actually noticed if i were bloated or not - such a weird twisted NSV!!!

Hope you get caught up in your viatmins and start feeling better!

I actually hadn't set any weight goals other than my end goal weight.  It was suggested to me by multiple people to set a mini goal, and when I set it, I was losing 5 lbs a week...no sooner had I set it that I went to 3 lbs a week!  I keep going back and forth as to whether or not to "keep" the goal or not, I mean, I know I'm going to hit 300 (and lower duh) and it's kinda a "big deal" to hit that number, puts me back to the weight I was when I got married in August 2010...5 pounds less than that and I'll weigh the less than my husband has ever known me at.  I'm glad I found this heavyweight forum, I love my friends on the RNY board but a lot of them only had/have 100 pounds (or less!?!?) to lose from the beginning, and it's hard to sympathize sometimes!  

You've done incredible work, I am impressed when I read your posts!

Thanks! It's one day at a time for me.

High 398
Last Week 270
This week 267
Goal 175
Work is a big ball of STRESS, so trying to work through that without going to comfort foods and the like... it is HARD.

It is hard but it's an amazing feeling when you make it through - ive been chewing a lot of gum lately to help me lol.

High - 480
Last week - 308
Tuesday Morning -307
Goal - 210

Way to go Erica!

Allison and Gina good to maintain.

I guess I should be happy I lost, but I worked very hard to loose 1 pound.