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hi everyone!
Well, today was my one year check up. All of my blood work was in a good range. I have to wait to get access to my online report to be sure though. But my ferritin and b12, are actually higher than my 6 month apt. The meeting with the NP went as I expected. Super excited about how much weight I've lost, then followed up with the request I increase my carbs....
She also said I'm probably done losing weight, and sliding into maintenance...ah no thanks! Don't get me wrong, I'm super happy where I am, and if this is where my body stays, I'd be content. But c'mon, why try to get me to stop when I'm literally just out of the obese BMI range? She also said it's normal to gain weight as we age.
lll just keep doing what I'm doing, and let my body decide where it wants to settle.
stats:
HW: 378
LW: 172.4
TW: 170.7
goal: out.of.170s. I've been bouncing around here for weeks! Then 145, healthy BMI.
How was your week?
RNY Sept 8, 2016
M1:23, M2 :18, M3 :11, M4 :19, M5: 13, M6: 12, M7: 17, M8: 11, M9: 11.5, M10: 13, M11: 10, M12: 10 M13 : 7.6, M14: 6.9, M15: 6.7
Instagram:InsertFitness
Well time to face the music. We went out of town this past weekend. Did lots of walking and bike riding, but also ate off plan. I am ok with it. I had a fabulous time. So very relaxing and much needed.
HW: 375
LW: 171
TH: 173
Hopefully the two lb gain will drop in a couple of days.
HW: 375 SW: 282 CW: 167 GW: 159
Morning weekly weighers!
ugh well, I'm heading into the fourth week of essentially weighing the same thing...my weekly averages for the past three weeks is 172 point something....
my clothes are fitting looser, but the scale isn't moving. Going to try and tighten things up a bit more, watch my sodium and calories and see what happens this week. Then, maybe panic. Hahaha I have eaten off plan a couple times: 200ml of beer Saturday for example.
stats:
HW: 378
LW: 170.5 (that was one day, daily fluctuations were all over the place)
TW: 172.4
goals: 145, healthy BMI,but first, I'll take anything in the 160s!
take care everyone!
RNY Sept 8, 2016
M1:23, M2 :18, M3 :11, M4 :19, M5: 13, M6: 12, M7: 17, M8: 11, M9: 11.5, M10: 13, M11: 10, M12: 10 M13 : 7.6, M14: 6.9, M15: 6.7
Instagram:InsertFitness
hi Everyone!
Sorry for being MIA! first, we had company staying with us, and they stayed in the scale room. Now, my sister's college is on strike, and its near my house, so she has been coming to my place at 6 am, we have coffee and i drop her off on the picket line for before seven, then make my way to work. She can't cross the picket line, but her baby's daycare is on the other side, so i duck out of work at the end of her strike shift to pick him up, then her, then i come back to work.
All that to say, my regular routine is out of sorts!!
HW: 378
LW: 173
TW: 170.5
Goals: 145 which puts me at the top end of a healthy BMI. which currently seems like a lifetime away....
RNY Sept 8, 2016
M1:23, M2 :18, M3 :11, M4 :19, M5: 13, M6: 12, M7: 17, M8: 11, M9: 11.5, M10: 13, M11: 10, M12: 10 M13 : 7.6, M14: 6.9, M15: 6.7
Instagram:InsertFitness
Thank you! I'm definitely going to keep going. And I will be celebrating this weekend by leaving for a long weekend getaway tomorrow. I'm excited. Can really use the R&R.
So sorry to hear about the shingles. That's one of my big fears. I hear it is awful. I sure hope that you're feeling better. I bet the weight loss will start right up again as you get back to your regular schedule. And you are very smart to try to not be defined by the scale. It's a losing proposition (no pun intended 
).
HW: 375 SW: 282 CW: 167 GW: 159
Hi all,
Happy surgiversary Sally!! I totally understand the desire to be at goal by your date.. you've done so incredibly well; hopefully you're celebrating your successes and going to keep going. You do deserve it all! Normal BMI is a great goal. :)
Gwen, yes... knowing what you have to do and doing are two different things. You've done so well too. Sometimes taking a bit of a break from losing, without sabotaging and gaining, is ok. You know what you need. Be honest with yourself, and forgiving too. :)
My loss has slowed down recently. I am 6.5 weeks post op. It could be the "stall" Sally reminded be of recently. It could be that I was sick last week (Shingles) and I was on meds... which threw my schedule off, and my mood and my physical health. Who knows. But I am down a bit, so I'll take what I can! I vowed pre-surgery not to let myself be defined by the scale, so I am not. :) I just monitor, notice, ensure I'm going the "right" way, and know I'm in this for the long haul!
HW: 308
LW: 270
TW: 268.5
Next goal: Get firmly below 268... aka lose more than 40 lbs!!
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. Choose happy. 
Opti -10 / M1 -25.5 / M2 -10 / M3 -14.5 / M4 -13 / M5 -10 / M6 -5.5 / M7 -9.5 / M8 -13.5 / M9 -0.5 / M10 -2.5 / M11 -2.5 / M12 +2 / M13 -5.5
Century Club and Onederland in month 7!!
I'm in a rut too. I keep bouncing back and forth between 169 and 172. It's ridiculous. The last two months I have been under a lot of stress. I hate anxiety. My eating hasn't been bad, but hasn't been right on point either. My exercise hasn't been consistent either. I'm basically maintaining and like you I only have a little over 10 lbs to go. Grrrr. It's frustrating. Tomorrow is my surgiversary. I had hoped to be at goal. Don't get me wrong. I'm very happy with my progress, and I could quit losing right now and be pretty happy with how I feel and look in my clothes. But I deserve it all. I want to reach my goal -- which is a normal BMI for the first time in my adult life.
HW: 375
LW: 169
TW: 171
HW: 375 SW: 282 CW: 167 GW: 159
Hi all! I hope InsertFitness is okay!
I'll suck it up and get us going this week, even though I'm not thrilled with where my weight is at right now. I know why, and I know what I need to do, but knowing a thing and doing a thing are two separate issues.
HW: 319
LW: 159.4
TW: 158.4
Next goal: 145 - normal BMI! It's been my next goal for forever - I'll get there some day :) I've been trending around 157 for at least the last two weeks, so I need to get myself out of this rut.
How about you?
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
Well, since you said "aside from losing weight" I will only say that taking daily vitamins would be a good idea. Most people who are morbidly obese are also malnourished. Low levels of vitamins B6, C, D and E was reported in one study. I personally had a very bad vitamin D shortage and now I not only take the typical daily vitamins common with most WLS patients I take extra doses of D.
Low D will cause joint and muscle pain as well as fatigue.
If you fall down you just have to get back up.
The weight itself is a big strain on our bodies. While our BMI isn't the only factor in how difficult the surgery is going to be .. we can't ignore that it isn't going to be a factor. That being said ... at the time of my surgery my BMI was 47.7 .. not exactly a featherweight .. but I think I sailed right through my surgery and recovery.
I think a bigger factor might be co-morbidities. Diabetes is going to slow healing, heart problems like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, breathing issues like sleep apnea ... I think those are bigger hurdles than just the extra weight. I had none of those.
If you fall down you just have to get back up.
