Sunday Weekly Weigh In

Good morning gents!
I am down 1 pound this week to 192. Lots of walking, and using the dumb bells daily. Using my Wii Fit a bit more, although I get bored with it fairly quickly.

How are you guys doing today? What are your numbers - and how are you getting there?

HW - 263
SW - 260
CW - 192
GW - 185

Also down a pound this week to an even 186.  Made better food choices this week but not getting to the gym more than 2-3 times a week.  Too much yard work and my summer semester kicks in on Tuesday.

I wasn't able to get weighed for a couple weeks, so, of course I thought I had lost a few pounds.  Alas, I only lost 1.5 lbs in about 3 weeks.  That's ok since I now know that I don't lose weight linearly, that is, I lose a little, stay at a weight for a while, and then lose a bunch.   I feel at this point ( 4 years post op from my revision RNY) that that's fine.  As long as I keep losing weight in the long term, I feel good.  I'm kind ot still in a catch-22 situation where I should be getting more exercise, but I can't get much exercise because of the pain in my knees which is largely due to my excess weight.  If I lose more weight, I should be able to walk some more.  Bob

This past week has been an interesting week. I am on vacation now and my weight is from last Wednesday morning.  I am down about 2.5 pounds to 227.8.  Total loss in seven weeks is 52 pounds with 38 pounds to goal.  I had an EGD done on Thursday and my stoma was only about 6mm according to my wife.  It was dilated to 12mm.  Also the surgeon told her my pouch was very tight and was barely 15cc.  When she asked why it was small, he said he made it that way. I can drink now and I can eat almost a quarter cup of food at a time.  My wife and I have changed our focus and we are concentrating on calories first and protein second.  I have added more juices and fruits and am only getting about 60 grams of protein.  My energy has soared to to point I can get through the day without a major nap or break.  Went on three fifteeen walks today.  I haven't been able to do that since the stoma narrowed at the ende of week three.  I am puzzled as to why the surgeon made my pouch small when I had less than 100 pounds to lose.  I will ask at my next appt.  I was out of it when he gave my wife the information after the EGD.

I weighed yesterday morning and am down 4 more pounds. Tha means 4 weeks post op I have lost a total of 45 pounds and 30 pounds post op. I am at 295. I haven't been below 300 for a long time.

I kinda screwed up on Saturday. I gave up going fishing to help my son work on the yard. He cut and trimmed and I edged and swept. Afterwards I went around and looked and wasn't happy with the way he trimmed so I fired up the trimmer and re-trimmed the whole yard (wrong thing to do) Besides being 95 degrees with about 90% humidity(Normal for florida this time of year) my G-Tube site was hurting about an hour later. I felt totally exhausted and that went into yesterday.

I need to follow the plan and stop trying to do more than they tell me I can do. That is hard for me, especially when I see my wife and daughter lifting things that are too heavy for me to lift at this stage. it goes completely against my upbringing to stand back and watch them do things I should be doing.

Two weeks from today I get the G-Tube out.

HW - 340
SW - 325
CW - 295
GW - 195