Good morning! Thankfully, at least for me, vacation weight is never "real" weight - it tends to all be sodium and fluid retention. So it should come off quickly :)

My week was full of ups and downs, but I think it ended up in a good mental space and with appointments on the calendar that should get me to a more stable place. Just having those appointments made and a game plan makes me feel better, in fact.

HW: 319
LW: 155.9
TW: 154.3

Current Goal: 145 - BMI Normal!

Hi Y'all,

I echo this post 100%. Yes, you CAN!

My highest weight was 394 at 5 foot 2 inches. I had RNY surgery in October 2010.

My current weight (range) is 142-146. I did not reach this for 6 -SIX!- years post surgery. Of course most it came off in the first 2 years.

My surgeons hope was that I would lose and maintain weight loss to 180. I was not in a panic to continue losing beyond that. My anxiety was more about gaining it back.

I keep close tabs on my weight for other reasons, beyond regain. All I know is that if I gain weight back, I will know this time. No more avoiding the scale for 3 months figuring there is no hope anyway. There is hope. You CAN do this.

Please believe Gwen B and me and countless others who know you deserve this. Yes you. Even you. =)

Never Never Give Up!

Didn't have a good weekend of eating, binge eating a lot lately so I hope time flies by for March 5.

Hw 368

Lw 175

Tw 175.8

Have a good week

Thanks for kicking us off! I did not fare better than you in any way, shape or form.

I am in Vegas for work now. Make of that what you will. It's actually easy to eat protein forward, but you know...vegas... the challenge is there is something to eat literally every 5 feet.

I also don't have a scale for the next week....

Stats:

HW: 378

LW:161

TW: 1 million pounds, maybe,

Goals: not to come back from Vegas in the obese range.

No he didn't go there. The bulking is true- you cannot gain muscle mass without a caloric surplus. Laws of Physics.... You can maintain muscle mass and reduce bodyfat without a surplus. Reality is you mostly likely will lose some muscle when losing weight. Face it, you are not carrying around so much weight, you probably don't need as much muscle. The ratio should be losing way more Fat to muscle though.

I had gotten to the point where I was losing all muscle and gaining fat. Alarming.

Nutrition guy's Dad actually had RNY, so he wasn't totally clueless. And he was telling me I need to prioritize protein again...duh. Not duh on his part, duh on my part....I actually really liked talking to him.

I never want to pretend I know it all, I have said many times I feel like a human experiment. I think the rules of weight loss are pretty universal. When you get into maintenance, everyone has to figure out what works for them.Maintenance is far from universal. This is all about healthy and not just skinny.