HEY where is everyone?

mine is track everything I eat , when I started this journey   I was eating to little , when I started tracking I got into eating 1200 cals 

my doctors say 1200 is a good number

 my body burns 2500 cals to maintain my endocrineist  says so I am eating half of what my body needs but Im eating 75 gms protein a day and drinking at least 65 oz of water

 

I don't have a date yet for surgery , my Dr. does that after the 6 month diet, still need to loss a bunch before the surgery

hope to get my sleeve in may or june ,before the warm weather , great time of year it does not get to hot here so all the parks will be open for me to hike in , my dog will be thrilled

 

I have such a long way to go I get discouraged often . This forum OH has been a mind saver for me. I thought I had it all under control and was so ready to get this started , but i had made myself think it was gonna be so easy and it has been far from that .It helps so much to see Im not alone in this and that there are ppl that know how i feel . Not ! that think they know it all.   my family is so full of help but have no ideal what there talking about . thanks so much for your replies !! I have lost 98 lbs since Nov. 5th my surgery was Nov. 30th I know that is alot of wt. but I have dieted my entire life and I have never achieved  being healthy so my mind keeps saying you can not do this !

I am in sort of the same mindset Cyndi. Since I was 11 or 12, I have been on diets. In 10th grade I started on my first medical weight loss plan and lost over 90 pounds. Ever since then, it's been up and down, up and down. I can lose weight like a champ but then I gain like a HEAVYWEIGHT champ! So the thought of this just being another chance for me to succeed then fail is constantly in my head. But we've gone through surgery and taken out over 80 % of our stomachs. Much different. I just keep telling myself that and KNOW that I am never going back to 362... Or 300 or 250 for that matter! It will be different because I am gonna make it happen!

Good luck; you have done amazing!

Hi! I'm a bookkeeper so January is INSANE for me. Tax season in general is crazy, but January is the worst.

I'm leaving today for a week to Orlando for a business retreat (and a day in Disney doing all the roller coasters I can fit in! LOL!)

Hi Cindy,

 

Welcome here!  This is the only forum I visit.  The other ones I tried but they are too busy and I do not feel that I related to them!  At the beginning of my journey, I found this forum to be really quiet.  I craved more postings then!  But now, my life has changed.  I am different.  It is not even that I am too busy to come here and post, it is more that I do not want or like to sit at the computer to write or read.  I prefer to move now!  Weird isn't it?  One of my friends, overweight and a mommy at home like me, used to be on the phone with me everyday, for hours, sitting on the couch chatting!  Now she complains that I don't call anymore.  She wonders what I am doing to not have the time to call, but it is not a lack of time, it is just that I would rather be moving than sitting and talking.

 

I started my journey at 360.  Got my surgery on june 25th 2012.  As of today after 7 months, I have lost 141.2 and I weight 218.8 this morning!  I still cannot realize it.  I have a few issues regarding my health, such as a zinc deficiency, low blood pressure, a near vitamine A deficiency, a near iron deficiency, gas issues... but nothing major, and nothing that woulod keep me from doing it all over again, even though I was healthier (considering these issues) when I was heavier! 

 

My biggest challenge is to actually eat.  No problem with the water, I also take my new supplements religiously, but eating is hard.  2 weeks ago, I stopped logging my food.  Why?  Seeing the calories adding up on my fitness pal made me go nuts.  Everyday when I reached 600 calories I would just start feeling like a pig in my head.  Also reintroduced some carbs, as I was not eating any.  But I do not go crazy on them.  Like yesterday I had some baby cereal. Was awesome!  Last week I had a piece of bread, and found myself being able to stop like a @normal@ person when I felt it was enough.  These things are reassuring for me.  My next step is to introduce some chocolate.  The real one, not the crappy chocolate.  And to be able to stop at 1 piece instead of the whole bar, and yes, even a 90% cocoa chocolate bar I could finish in 2 secs!  I keep putting it off as I am scared.  I also smoked on vacation and didn't feel the need to continue when I came back.

 

I have an addiction problem, and I am working on it and it seems to go well!

 

Hope your journey will be as fullfilling as mine is, hope you will get to learn the WHYs of your bad habits and mostly, learn the HOW TO NOT  let yourself follow these bad habits!

 

And post, there will always be someone to read and answer.

 

Remember it is not the quantity that matters but the quality!  This is a quality forum as we understand where you are coming from!

 

Karine.

Hello! We're here, there are a lot fewer of us than on the VSG forum. Welcome!

I'm here just busy and only post here and there. Work and 3 dogs to chase after plus working out tend to take up my time. That and sheep herding on the weekends.

 

Here I am!!

Nothing exciting to report here. Life is good!!