Little ol' fart and a great big ******
I have to go to see the doc today for my 1 month post-op visit, even though it's officially been seven weeks. It's 6 hours drive to Dallas from where I live, so I check Southwest and get in on some $49 one way tics. I sit down on the plane figgering I'll need an extension as usual, but I try and pull the belt across and it fits and it clicks. First time this century I didn't need an extension. I was flying on two different levels.
Now for the ****** I get to the docs office, he's overbooked by a factor of at least 3 and my 1:15 appt takes place at 4:15. So that ****** me off. I get on the scale figgering I'm in the low 380's, maybe high 370's and booom!, that ***** hits 395. I weighed on a scale at my PCP's office here in onehorseville on the 6th and it claimed I was 386. I guess it was wrong. So I haven't lost near as much as I thought I had and that stings a little bit. I've lost 47 lbs in the 50 days since surgery, but only 31 in the 40 days since my first check up. I guess I better cut the groceries a little and get my ass out on the street a little more often and for a little more time. And I guess I better change my little ticker thing down below sometime.
The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking....... If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog.
I know the joy of flying that first time without an seat belt extender. Thrilling.
Too bad about the scale thing. I recommend focusing on the basics (protein, water, exercise, and following your Doc's and Nut's program) and paying less attention to the scale. If you follow the program the weight will come off. If you focus on the scale you are more likely to relax your eating.
Joe
On January 16, 2008 at 5:56 AM Pacific Time, Doug S. wrote:
Those scales at the Dr.'s office always seem to weigh about 10 lbs more than any other. I think its some kind of conspirasy. Sound advice Joe. I've learned through a lifetime of dieting that scales will drive you nuts if you let them. I bought one last night when I got home, but I'm not getting on it until sometime next month.
The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking....... If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog.
I weigh at my home everyother Sunday morning.Don't worry about what you weigh on whose scales.Weigh on yours. That will tell you how much you've lost. Thats what matters. I'm nearly nine months out now and for the last two its been about 5/7 pounds a month. Before you no it you'll be down 100 pounds from your highest weight and you'll be on a roll.By the way where do you actually live in Texas?
Way to go on the seat belt. I have a monthly planner that I record my weight in once a week . I do it on thursday because my surgery was on a thursday, so I can tell you what I weighed at 8 weeks or 56 weeks. If you do it once a week you will be able to track your progress. Sometimes I weigh daily but I only record it weekly. I bought three pair of scales before I found one that would give me the same weight twice. They are the same brand my surgeon uses. TANITA is the brand, some one on the mens forum reccomended them. They weight the same as my surgeon's does. pan head
I bought them from amazon.com, seems like I paid $70 or something close to that plus shipping. They weigh up to 450 lbs I think. the model number is HD351. I have two other digital scales at the house and they both will give a different reading every time you get on them. Use to drive me crazy. They were a lot more than I had spent on the ohters but if you figure the caost of both they were cheaper in the long run.
pan head
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