New daily posts.......

Dawn- I would like to start at least one daily and one weekly post. The daily "What did you eat today" post and a weekly "Weigh In" post. I think this will help each other keep track of what we are eating. I am going to have a really hard time with the daily post because I always keep my eating such a secret, but will try hard for everyone. For the weekly we will list our highest weight, surgery weight, previous weeks weight and current weight. I think this may help keep each other at a healthy weight. I will post them tonight and either one of us can do them For the daily post it should be done in the evening so we know what we have eaten and for the weekly post we should post that in the morning after we have weighed ourself. We can do this on Fridays. I know I have been a little quite this week on this forum and planned to work with Dawn on getting it going. There are many patients *****ally need the support including us. I am nearly 9 months out and my problem began shortly after surgery. I would start to panic when it came time to eat. I began to eat less and less. Eventually I would go days without eating. Even if I did eat I would panic and then purge it. Even though it was healthy I was so scared. It feels as if every cal = a pound. If I did eat it was no more than 400 a day. My body ached terribly that often times I could barely stand up. I was covered in bruises. My bp was so low that I could not go 20 without nearly passing out. I was a mess and I knew that i was killing myself. I am doing better now. I am really looking at this logically and trying to do what is right. I did not have this surgery to kill myself. I am eating between 6-650 cal a day now. It is very hard to do and the struggle is just as hard, but I still do it. My body is happier I can tell you that much!! I am also finishing my masters to become a psychotherapist. Some of my specialities will be eating disorders and obesity. I do counsel several people from this site via email or PM's so any of you are more than welcome to message me at any time for whatever reason. I look forward to getting to know all of you and hope we can all support each other and help each other get and remain on track. Peace, happiness, strength, health and many blessings!!! ~ Terisa

Terisa I think this is a wonderful Idea. Thank you for all your hard work on this. I know I've been blinking on an off here but hopefully the bad weather is now behind us and we have power back full time not intermittened like it has been. I have to tell you the BP thing is right on target. Mine has been so very low that I'm freezing even during temps in the 90's I hover around 80/60 on an active day and have lots of dizzy spells that I watch carefully. I am still struggling with getting my calories up but each day is a work in progress and with help from my friends and councelor I will get there. Everyone has to remember this isnt an instant fix it takes time but together we can make a difference. Dawn

Dawn, I agree that this is not an overnight fix. That would be impossible. You got in some calories yesterday, which is great. But it is still quite low and makes me worry about you. I just don't want you to lose anymore weight right now. I would also really hate to see you pass out and hurt yourself. I know how bad the dizzy spells are when your bp is low and it can be scary. I would not even drive. Your protein intake is good, but if you could increase that by even a few more it might help your bp. It helped mine. I did not have to increase it a lot, but it brought my bp up enough to where I was not so lightheaded all the time. BP is still low, but tolerable. I have absolutly no doubt in my mind that you will get there. This forum will help all of us.