The Sunday Weekly Weigh-In

The Sunday Weekly Weigh-In
December 16th!  
Only 8 shopping days left for Christmas.....
Congratulations and Welcome to our New Guys.
For those of you headed in next week--Have the Greatest!
For those of you just home—
"Keep Sippin' tha****er, and Walkin' Bunches"- Hang in there,
And all of you "Livin' on Liquid only Pre-Op Diets!! Same thoughts-
It Does Get Easier/Different, Each Week!
(You Handful of guys, just hitting your first stall? It happenes to many....
Scan back over the last months of this weekly post,
And you’ll get a fairly clear picture of the fact
that there isn’t a "Typical" progress,
Just massive, persistent, overwhelming - PROGRESS!)
Yes, using the scales can make some crazy,
(Slower loss is Still Loss!)
-But-
Keeping track and forcing myself to "Watch It!"
Has been the "What works for me," for maintaining my loss.
I’ll eat, but know that I need to exercise a little bit more
If the numbers climb just a little.
That way,
I only make "Little" adjustments to my weekly routine.
If the "Scales Make You Discouraged?"
Then STAY OFF of Them!

But for those who Are weighing in-
Drum roll--------------------------------------

Hop your Azz up on the Scales!

How much have you lost?
Since Surgery?
Or in Pre-Op Diet?

And has the Scale moved this week for you?
If so, How Much?

My Starting Weight? – 385 +
All Time Low – 179

Me?-   
182.5  Saturday Night Weight....
So, What about YOU?



Keep It Up!!!
Best Wishes-

All Time High: 441, BMI 63.2 Today: 230, BMI 31.1 Total loss: 211 Not quite half the man I used to be, but well on my way!  When you consider the BMI for my current height, I've lost an entire Obese Person!

Hi Dx and Everyone, I'm down 2 lbs. this week.  And, even though I reached my initial goal of 215 a few weeks ago, I'm still continuing to loose.

I haven't changed my eating or exercise.  So I guess my body isn't ready to stop just yet.  

Last Friday, I met with my family doctor.  She encouraged me to stabilize at about 200.

My one year follow up appointment with my surgeon is coming up just after New Year's.  So after meeting with the doc, I will decide if I should keep loosing or try to stabilize.

Overall, I'm down 148 since surgery, and down 167 from my highest weight!  

375/215/208 (7 lbs. below goal)

330 lbs October 2005 304 lbs May 2006 176 lbs today!!! been staying between 176 and 182...

Good Sunday everyone. Weight today - 201 Weight Day of Surgery - 361 Highest weight - 383 Total lost - 160 since surgery 2/12/07 - 182 from highest weight. Had hit a long plateau but it finally seems to be breaking...have lost 9 pounds in the past 2 weeks.  My personal goal has been reached, but my doc wants be down to 172.  I guess I'll keep hittin' the pavement

I am still getting used to the band adjustment. I guess I haven’t felt the band for quite some time, and had developed some bad habits again in eating too fast, and taking too big of bites. Slowly but surely I am getting back on track. I did have a great big smelly old F*A*R*T this week… I started my journey October 5, 2006 with a pre-consult visit at Illinois Bariatric Clinic in Clinton, IL at 389.0# and a BMI of 57.44. I was considered ‘Super Morbidly Obese’. Only 6 weeks after my LapBand Surgery on January 30, 2007 my weight had dropped to 338.4# and my BMI had dropped to 49.97. I was now only ‘Morbidly Obese’. Here we are 41 weeks later and my current weight is 269.2# and my BMI is now 39.75. I am now only ‘Obese’. My Bandiversary is coming up in 6 ½ weeks and I am going to celebrate it at least 120# lighter overall, nearly 100# of it since surgery. Down from a size 60 waist fitting extremely snug to a very loose 46. Down from a 4X (Size 20) Shirt that was very restrictive, to an XL (17 ½) fitting nice. I can now clip my own toe nails, and walk up and down stairs all day with no ill effects. On my Bandiversary I will post my entire weight loss journey week by week for those that are looking onto possible lap banding so you can see what my results were on a weekly basis. With that all being said, here are my results to date. 05Oct06          389.0   -           Initial Consult with Illinois Bariatric Clinic 30Jan07           359.6   -           Lap Banding Day 08Mar07         First Fill          Band is at 4cc’s 16Apr07         Second Fill     Band is now at 6cc’s 06Dec07          Third Fill        Band is now at 6.25cc’s 09Dec07          271.4   -           Last Sunday 16Dec07          269.2   -           2.2# Loss since last Sunday 119.8# Loss overall 90.4#   Loss since surgery 3.2#     Loss since last band fill Starting BMI = 57.44 Current BMI = 39.75

Holy cow Bat man! Stepped on the scale this morning and it showed I was down to 204!!  This is down 7lbs from last week.   I haven't seen a number like this in months.  dos 1-22-07      384        LW                211     Today              204 This is a very exciting number due to the fact that 205 was the wieght the air force wanted me to be at back in 1987.  Needless to say I couldn't maintain that weight. I realize my body will stop losing when it is supposed to but, in my estimation I must have at least 10lbs of lose skin.  Point is I don't want to get much if any smaller. Jim D

Hello all. Well as of this morning I'm back in the 2's unbelieveable.Happy Holidays to all in the locker room. pre op                  459 dos                       416 11-12-07              314 today                     298 since surgery      118 total loss              161

Hello all,

We're geting down to the home stretch before the big holiday. I'll be glad when people stop bringing in all of the goodies to work and my wife stops baking for awile. Oh well, it's all good (maybe that's the problem).

Here's my numbers:

Starting weight, 1st consult (January 13, 2006) 339

Surgery weight (March 20, 2006): 300

Weight last week: 180

Weight this week: 180

Total lost: 159

Have a great week. Rick

349 highest 317 DOS 228 today 14 inches of new snow.  Guess I'll skip the gym today.  Will get enough of a workout shoveling. LOL