Doc appt was great !!

Saw my doc today and he was very pleased with me even after I told him about my emotional break down just last week lol.

I followed the advice and upped my calories and I can not believe what a difference of just upping my calories by 300 calories a day would make.

I upped to eating around 1200 to 1300 calories a day and just this week I lost 4.5 pounds !!!  The scale finally become unstuck lol.

Thanks to everybody who suggested this because it did the trick and very nicely to right before going to see my doc so I ended up losing 6.5 pounds again :o)

I printed off my log sheets on my food and the nutrition agreed I was keeping my calories way to low for me especially with the exercise I do now so she said bounce between 1100 and 1300 per day . 1100 on days I dont exercise 1300 on days I do exercise .

She found nothing wrong with my foods expect for me skipping breakfast the last two weeks :o(
That is a huge problem for me because I'm just not hungry so I dont even think about food .  She told me even if you are not hungry at least eat some yogurt to get some food in you so going to the store today to buy some .

The doc once again was very pleased and he said no fill for you .  I'm in the weight loss guidelines and plus I'm going three hrs plus without wanting to eat so I'm good .  he said I'm doing so well going this long without a fill and losing weight like I am .

I'm just so happy today !!!   I while I was at the docs office today I was telling him all of my achievements in just four weeks and I didn't realize how many I had to be honest and I'm so dang proud of myself .

In four weeks I have done this
1 . I have dropped to a size 2x top from a 3 x and it loose on me
2.  I have dropped down to a 22 in pants from a 28 . Still cant get into 22 jeans though lol
3.  I ended up losing 6.5 pounds in four weeks
4.  I lost 8 inches in four weeks :o)
5.  five more pounds I will be out of the 300's
6.   six more pounds I will have a weight loss of exactly 50 pounds off me :o) 

It's amazing how much I have accomplished since Nov 22nd.  I dont snore no more at night,  I dont take my afternoon naps because I'm sleeping so good at night now and I got more energy and I'm loving my Zumba .  

What a great great day for me !!!
 

Sounds like a great appointment!  I'm happy it went well for you!  Keep up your hard work and your list will just keep getting longer and longer!  WooHOOOO

So glad it went well - after the debacle with the nurse it is good to know the doc understands!!

Kate

Thanks Kate and Kristi !!   That nurse I think she hates it when people go without fills .  Its like today when the doc said I was good to go it was kinda like a smirk smile at the same time  . I dont know what it is with her but she isnt going to get into my head this month like she did last month lol

I am so happy for you. Theres nothing like a great weight lost to make us feel like a million dollors. Your hard work paid off and  I'm sure that the Zumba dance is really helping alot. I see you have one of those nurses like I have at my doctors office...they are like hand picked, kind of like some people that write on OH.  I got so whacked out once because of nurse and last time with the doctor. But anyway good going girl.. keep up the good work.

That's awesome!!  I find that when I increase calories by 100-200 of protein and reduce my overall carbs, the weight comes off faster.  Varying the calories keeps your metabolism from "settling" in to a rythym....

 Way to go!!!   Hope my appt next week goes as well.

Congrats on your accomplishments!!!  And all done without any fills.  That's amazing!!! 

thanks  !! After seeing my grandfather have two major heart attacks and then my own father is having heart problems and then me having this surgery to save my life from future problems I'm just not letting food control me no more I'm in control of the food and to be honest its been alot easier this time around to lose weight then it was before.

Maybe at that time I didn't take it serious enough , or I gave up to soon , but seeing two of my family members have heart problems its nothing to joke around with no more and I needed to do something before I got that way to . It was a major major wake up call for me .  Plus when all that was happening I drove myself into a severe panic attacks thinking I was going to kill over from one .

From Oct to Dec of 09 I was to the point I wouldn't get out of chair because I thought if I got my heart rate up or my blood pressure I would have a heart attack.  My grandpa just had a heart attack my dad was going through not heart attacks but his heart wasn't beating right. 

I thought for sure I was next.  It was so bad we was going to Disney in Dec and I was just about ready to cancel our trip because I was so scared *sigh*.  Finally,  two weeks before we left I broke down in front hubby.  I was isolating myself to my chair and I was so miserable and I went to the docs .  He gave me some meds for the panic attacks and BP meds to keep my blood pressure lowered since panic attacks raise it .

He told me go to Disney nothing is going to happen and enjoy yourself get that stress out of you and I did .

Since then when I want to go for that cheeseburger from McDonald's or that large pizza I think back to the days I was glued to my chair and that does the trick . I never ever want to go back to place again .

Maybe  that is why I have had such a easy time from the time I got my surgery to where I am right now . I'm so in that mindset that food isn't going to destroy me no more .  I keep telling my doc I'm waiting on the other shoe to drop because from the things people have said on here how they struggle,  how they cant keep certain foods around cause they will eat them, or how rough they had it for surgery ., I feel so dang blessed because I have been totally the opposite of everybody .

If it is a mental thing going on , or its just pure damn determination that is helping me lose this weight that is fine with me as long as the scales keep going down that is what i want, because I never ever want to go back to being so scared and just sitting in my chair all day .  That thought alone keeps me going and doing something really stupid with this band .

Derinda

THIS IS SO MY STORY FROM THE LAST 5 YEARS. ABOUT HAVING PANIC ATTACKS AND SCARED YOU ARE GOING TO KILL OVER. MY FATHER HAD TRIPLE BYPASS SURGERY LAST JULY AND MY MOM IS BATTLING DIABITIES. I JUST DON'T WANT TO GOT THERE.  I HAVE HBP, RAPID HEART RATE,  DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE AND HIGH CHOLERSTRAL (i don"t think i spelled that right) LOL!!.  YOU ARE SOO ENCOURAGING TO ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! IM SOOO HAPPY FOR YOU ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS... YOU ARE AWESOM!!!