Weekly Weigh-in 13/03/17-19/03/17

Happy Monday!

I had a great weekend at my parents. It's weird, every time I go there for the weekend, I have a good loss, which is the opposite of my experience there preop.... All that country air? I'm guessing it's a combo of change in diet, and not having my scale with me,which usually leads me to be more conservative about portions. Although, having said that, there was a lot of Brie in my belly this weekend haha.

i need some advice. My husband has it in his head that he wants to go to some theme park in the states to ride roller coasters for his 40th bday in 2018. The thing is, I don't think he'll be able to ride some/most of them because of his weight, and he seems clueless to that reality. I know he'd be heartbroken if he gets there and is refused. Any advice on how to bring this up? I was thinking about talking about how excited I feel about flying and not needing a seatbelt extender, and segueing into other things I can do now with ease( sitting in a booth, etc) and try to bring the convo to theme parks...or I could go the more direct route, I just don't know. My dream is that this convo is the spark he needs, but we all know we have to come to that ourselves, in our own time.

Stats:

HW:378

LW: 254

TW: 250

Monday, monday here we go again.

Crazy week for me, I had my biggest loss since my Optifast weeks and the reality is that I ate more and moved less. HUH?? I started adding protein to my morning coffee and that has meant an increase in calories but also an increase in protein so...? And my activity level was lower than it has been but I was pushing myself so hard to maximize these early months that I think I was going a little too far with it. So yes, technically I ate more and moved less but with purpose and who knows, maybe I would have had similar results anyway. It's a whole new week so I'll wipe the slate clean and start again.

I'm dealing with a similar situation myself. My BF keeps talking about going on vacation (not feasible right now anyway but the conversation persists) and I've mentioned a few times how uncomfortable I was when I flew years ago at probably close to 325 lbs. He hasn't flown since he was in his 20's and doesn't seem to realize what it would be like for him at his current size. The truth is that I don't know his actual weight but I imagine it's close to 450. He is tall yes, but you can't be tall enough to make 450 a comfortable flying weight. There have been a few other things he has mentioned too that I know he just wouldn't be allowed to do currently but he's blind to it. So the direct approach has failed me so far but the one thing that got our conversation going in a positive direction was me telling him about my mom and aunts, and their plan to do the zip-line at Niagara Falls. I was able to bring up the weight limit as it pertained to other people and when I played it off like I wasn't sure of the details he said he doubted there was a limit "because they can pull planes with that cable" and grabbed his phone to look it up. Well of course there is and he was surprised to see how "low" it is. Has it resulted in the required shift in his mindset? Of course not, but I think the added awareness has encouraged some small improvement. Struggling with weight is obviously so different for men and I don't think they often see their size as something that would define their abilities or opportunities so they don't even think about it. You said your husband seems "clueless to that reality" and I think that's exactly it, they're not in denial they've just never thought about it. I don't think my BF would ever consider surgery and at this point I wouldn't even encourage it because he's not there (and likely never will be) but I'm hopeful that we can keep building on his motivation to get healthier. Baby steps I guess. It's a tough one but I hope you can find a way to approach it that works out for both of you.

HW- 386

LW- 256.8

TW- 249

Well getting under 250 was my birthday goal so that was surprisingly reached this week. Next stop 239 just because and 236 to be 150 lbs down.

Have a great week eveyone!

whoa! you had a crazy big week! you blew that goal out of the water!

Thanks for your thoughts on this! yeah, my guy is tall too, which can make things deceiving.

HW 368

LW 174.2

TW 170.2

I talked to my regular dr again about my binge eating. He seemed to hear me. He's referring me to counseling. I'll give that a try.

I had some binging but not as bad it was the week before. Now i just have to be strong when i go to the stores and not buy crap. I have been bringing a friend to the store and she would tell me i dont need that so i didn't buy it.

Glad to hear that you felt listened to and got a referral for counseling.

I can relate to the issues with shopping too. I miss grocery shopping in a really weird and unexpected way.

Same.

I generally avoid big grocery stores because of it. I buy meat from a butcher, and most other things from a place that mostly only sells produce. I only head to a bigger store when i need pantry staples or things I can only really find there.