motivation....

Hello!

It's been a while since my last post... I've seriously just not been "into it" the past month or so... kinda eating what I want, being lazy, etc...  I think it started when the numbers stopped showing up on the scale... ya know, when you stop loosing right after surgery.   UGHHH

I went into my doc's office for a fill (and to get yelled at) and found out that I had gained a pound.   Now, keep in mind, I have still lost 50plbs!  (My surgery was in May 2009)...my nurse reminded me that 50lbs is much to celebrate too!  This is true, so back to eating right and the gym I go!

So I had an idea I wanted to share.... I was in the gym and grabbed 50lbs worth of weight and walk around the gym with it.  I made myself get around the gym at least once.   And while I was struggling with that extra 50lbs of weight, I reminded myself that this is what it felt like for me at 325lbs.... and did I want to go back to that.  I'll admit I looked kinda weird doing it, and felt weird too.  Most of the muscleheads were watching me wondering what the hell I was doing (maybe just maybe one was checking out my butt!!!??) but it accomplished what I needed.  

Hope this helps!  I'd love to hear what you all have experienced and what you have done to overcome!!!!

...this reminds me, I need to update my weight loss ticker too...

Jamie -

That's a great story to share with anyone who is going through any type of weight loss, surgical or otherwise.  During my first year after gastric-bypass surgery, a friend of mine used a similar analogy, only she referenced the five-pound sack of potatoes one can buy in the store.  Fifty pounds of weight loss represents 10 of those sacks.  That certainly is a lot of weight to have lost and is something to celebrate!

We all have the times when we want to take a siesta from leading a healthful existence.  After all, it's not easy to do, despite what ignorant people may think about life after bariatric surgery.  So you gained a pound?  Sure, it's not the most desirable thing to do, but it's not the end of the world, either.  The key is that you recognized what contributed to it, and you're willing to correct that.  And that's why you'll achieve the results that you set out to achieve.

As for me, I am going into my third year of being a post-operative bariatric patient, and I am happy to say that I am not as militant as I used to be.  That shouldn't be interpreted as me being lackadaisical about my health.  That would be the farthest from the truth.  I simply recognize that food is here to be enjoyed, but not obsessed over.  If I want a small french fry, I'll get one.  I know what the nutritional value of them are.  I also know that it's something that I am not going to make a habit out of.  I have come too far to turn around now.

Thanks for your inspirational posting.

Wow...you guys have some good points. I tend to struggle a lot with things. I know my surgery is coming up rather quickly though and I have had it in my mind to set myself right. I am doing things that weren't asked by the doctor to do that I will have to be doing after surgery and it is working rather good for me. The hardest one is probably the no drinking 15 minutes before and 30 minutes after a meal. Drives me insane cause I love my liquids, lol. Anyhow, yes I do have a gym membership and I do plan on going back to the gym once I get the green card. I am happy for you guys and hopefully I will continue to come back here to this forum site. I am a procrastinator and I tend to leave things after I start them rather quickly, but I am planning on changing all of that!

Carlos is a great surgeon..he has worked on me severl time..

RNY... hernia...internal hernia.. and gall bladder..

I trust him completely.. as far as surgery goes..he is top shelf..

the results are all you baby..go kick some a**

Thanks for the info! :) Gives me less jitters :) I feel that he is a good doctor regardless though after meeting him for the first time. Good to know he does the hernia and gall bladder surgeries, too! Where are you at in Houston?

this is a good story..

we had to pour a side walk..and i was lugging around a 50 pound bag of concrete.. and i was cussing..and then i thought..i've lost 4 of these suckers..there is no way i could carry 4 of these bags at one time..but yet i did on a daily basis..

there is an ebb and flow to the process..sometime when i'm gung ho.. and others when i'm just ok..same with the gym..i think there is a point where you trade addictions.. and get addicted to feeling good..

keep up the good work..

(i had a great work out today)

wow, 4 bags???  DADDY!  ;o)
Thanks for sharing!   It's good motivation!

I have had that same experience and wondered how I ever carried that much weight around! Course it was spread around and evenly distributed!

Keep your focus on your goal...you can do it! And soon will be wondering about carrying around 100 pounds of weights...

deb366

 Good for you. Just keep remembering every time you get frustrated how heavy and how crazy you felt with the extra 50 lbs and then give yourself a pat on the back for losing the weight and for even being in the gym in the first place. Don't make Mama get on her soap box! 
I do something similar to this when I eat out with friends. I order my food with all the bread, fries, butter and sides that got me here in the first place. Then I put them on a plate so I can see how much I didn't eat at the end of my meal. Sounds a bit crazy but I have great will power and love to see what isn't sitting in my stomach.
Keep up the good work and hopefully the next time you're in the gym you will feel the stares from all the meat heads  looking at your butt!