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Welcome! I am a daily weigher, it works for me...and I record once a week....but you can't let it rule you...just teach you... if it is going in the wrong direction for too many days it makes me reevaluate what I am doing.
Cynthia 5'11" RNY 7/23/2014
Goal reached 17 months. 220lb Weight Loss
Plastic Surgery Dr. Joseph Michaels - LBL and Hernia Repair 2/29/16, Arm Lift, BL, 5/2/16, Leg Lift 7/25/16
#lifeisanadventure #fightthegoodfight #noregrets
I am doing well, my energy kicked back in yesterday, and of course I did too much :). I remember you saying that before about your surgery and your metabolism. I am trying to find my 5lb 'happy range' for maintenance. I figured I'd lose a few with surgery...just because, well it's surgery...doesn't matter what kind. So surgeon said the weight of the skin he took off was one pound, but 'impressive' in volume...hahaha. I really think the 170-175 range is probably good for me. The only place you 'see' weight at this point is my thighs and calves. I did consider a thigh lift but decided it was at the end of my list...so we will see maybe in the future, maybe not...
Cynthia 5'11" RNY 7/23/2014
Goal reached 17 months. 220lb Weight Loss
Plastic Surgery Dr. Joseph Michaels - LBL and Hernia Repair 2/29/16, Arm Lift, BL, 5/2/16, Leg Lift 7/25/16
#lifeisanadventure #fightthegoodfight #noregrets
I was never a hamster person, but certainly a pet person so I understand how hard it can be. Sorry for the loss of a special pet.
Cynthia 5'11" RNY 7/23/2014
Goal reached 17 months. 220lb Weight Loss
Plastic Surgery Dr. Joseph Michaels - LBL and Hernia Repair 2/29/16, Arm Lift, BL, 5/2/16, Leg Lift 7/25/16
#lifeisanadventure #fightthegoodfight #noregrets
They're so loveable and innocent.
When my last hamster passed away, I went two days later to go get another. I couldn't stand looking at her little cage all empty. I had a little hole in my heart that I wanted to fill with a new hamster. I had to force myself to just deal with that little hole in my heart this time. Now that I know how expensive it is to properly medically care for a hamster if they are ill and how much it is to put them down humanely, I can't allow myself to get another. I have three dogs and two cats that rely on me.
It was a $88 emergency fee (since this was the emergency hospital), plus $90-something for the euthanasia procedure and chemicals, plus $20-whatever for the cremation (my regular vet does not charge for communal cremation) plus taxes.
I don't think I'll be getting hamsters anymore. I have three dogs and two cats. I simply can't afford these costs. Now if my other animals get sick, I'm down $250. Cats and dogs are expensive enough.
Plus, I don't think my heart can take them dying on me every 3 years. It's just too short a time.
I had a nice little drop, but now I'm doing the bouncy, bouncy thing. 
So I'm going by my last weigh in. My stats so far:
High weight 366
Last week 175
This week 173
Next goal 150's & in the green of a healthy bmi. 
No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another.
T-Rebel
Of course!! Welcome!!
Looks like you are doing a great job so far. Honestly, I am still scale obsessed, even 7 years out.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
May I join in on this group? I need to start regulating when I weigh myself. I'm getting scale-obsessed.
Surgery 4/12/16
HW 325
LW 272.4
TW 265.4
Goal: 150
So sorry for your loss. It doesn't matter he was just a hamster, he was a part of your family & losing him is hard. But at least he was loved & lived a good life with his "furever" friend.
Sheesh $250 to put him down & cremation? Sometimes I think they charge that much to take advantage of people when they're feeling the most vulnerable.
No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another. T-Rebel
How are you feeling? I hope all is well in your healing!!
Post-plastics my metabolism was super-high, but then reality set in and I had to really buckle down.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
