My Response to a Post here WLS
I was SO close to having WLS in February.. I had been researching and working with my surgeon to get approval.. right when I thought I was about to get the DS, my husbands HR dept tells us that anthem didnt give his company the option to cover wls because his company was too small to handle it. To say the least... I was devistated. I decided to try to lose on my own.. lost 10lbs.. then found out I was pregnant again with my 2nd baby! So sometimes there are other reasons for not being able to get the surgery...
I have lost weight before..gained everything and then some back when I was pregnant due to poor eating habits and being sick and on bed rest... plus all the meds they put me on when I had to go to the hospital 3 or 4 times before he was born... but when i lost my weight before.. and when I notice the most loss even now while pregnant (and eating better!) is that when i am active... walking an hour or more a day... whatever... I lost the the weight. I was heavy my whole life until college, I would walk probably 4 hours a day total because there wasnt much else to do and I really enjoyed it (met alot of friends that way) and I lost 70lbs in about 5 months. I just know how hard it is to stuggle and be denied... but I am sure you can do it! :) You seem to be doing well so far according to your little ticker thing! :)
I have lost weight before..gained everything and then some back when I was pregnant due to poor eating habits and being sick and on bed rest... plus all the meds they put me on when I had to go to the hospital 3 or 4 times before he was born... but when i lost my weight before.. and when I notice the most loss even now while pregnant (and eating better!) is that when i am active... walking an hour or more a day... whatever... I lost the the weight. I was heavy my whole life until college, I would walk probably 4 hours a day total because there wasnt much else to do and I really enjoyed it (met alot of friends that way) and I lost 70lbs in about 5 months. I just know how hard it is to stuggle and be denied... but I am sure you can do it! :) You seem to be doing well so far according to your little ticker thing! :)
HW: 275 SW: 265 CW: 200 GW: 135 Month 1: -25 Month 5: -65lbs total
On the fence about self-pay options and if Mexico is the right choice (or scared of that option)? Let my experience (first time ever in Mexico) be your guide. Don't let fear hold you back!
"You make me new, you are making me new" Gungor
For me the answer to losing weight wasn't WLS or any radical diets or anything like that. When I decided I couldn't live the way I had been living, I simply changed the way I ate, I started eating healthy, cutting down portion sizes and actually realizing that there is no one that controls how much I eat or how much I weigh but myself, and for me that was such a great feeling to realize I had control of losing weight or not losing weight. I also exercise everyday and I actually love it. I didn't want to go on a diet I couldn't keep up and for me I just didn't think WLS was the answer I wanted to make a lifestyle change that I could live with and enjoy for the rest of of my life and that's what I have done. I've only been losing for 2 months and 2 days but I've already dropped 32 pounds and gained so much more confidence then I have ever had , I know it will take time to loose the other 63 pounds I want to loose but I also know I can do it and I have the knowledge and desire to make it happen.
Johnita
Johnita
Non Surgery - (HW/CW/GW) - - 247/173/150(first major goal)
You are losing really quick AND that is NOT good! Slow weight loss where you are not doing radical change to your body works best - the medical field states everywhere that 1-2lbs per week is the best for many reasons. Yes in the first weeks it is normal to lose more but your number is too high - that is like 4lbs a week AND I'm tellin' ya, that is a joke. Look at the Biggest Loser. I see it each week in WW - people get all gung ho lose 5-10lbs in a week (of course they are crashing and not using their points) then they stop losing and gain then quit.
The faster you lose it, the faster you gain it back. Been there, done that many, many times before. I lost and maintained with eating healthy and exercising for several years. The disease of compulsive overeating is progressive. I got to the point where I couldn't even diet anymore - when I say "diet" I mean eat clean meals without overeating. Most of my crazy diets were in my 20's.
Yes, you can do this without WLS! The thing is do something that you can do every single day for the rest of your life no matter what - and if you side step jump back on the path as quickly as you can.
Are you newly obese or young (20's). It gets old in your 30's, 40's and so forth when you have been chubby since the beginning of time. "diets" get old and the record gets played. My 18 year old nephew has lost 70lbs and swears he will never gain it back. I tell him to remain humble. I been there done that. Of course I encourage him every time I get a chance. He exercises like a lunatic and refrains from eating most days - there are moments when he compulsively overeats then compensates the next day refraining and exercising. Yes, he eats healthy but it is the same mentality. My niece too has lost 90lbs and kept it of for several years - she has had a gain of 20ish pounds. She experienced a traumatic event, went on the pill, stopped bicycling to work and bam. Now she is depressed and I hope she doesn't gain more.
My nephew asks how someone can ever gain the weight back. I tell him it is possible - again, be humble. I was always at a weight I could handle (200ish lbs no problem!). I did everything in full force. It was typical for me to walk 3 to 4 miles per day. I danced for years.. One day I was at the top of my game. It was the last day of the trimester (acting school). I had my last day of dance with a substitute. We were doing African Dance. It was a jump, kick, spin . . . I didn't know it then, I was naive but my life would never be the same. I blew my knee out. I had it reconstructed, went through months of rehab. I lost over 40lbs because I was too afraid to bear weight on my knee - I wanted to heal right. I thought I'd be 100% and stayed optimistic. I had been in the midst of a LA apartment search as I wanted to live as an actor.
Well, the reconstruction failed. I was now always in pain. I couldn't exercise like I was used to. Then more pain - unbearbalbe pain, pain that paralyzed me in my tracks. I needed another surgery on that knee. I was told I'd have no stability BUT that I should dance and do everything that I wanted to do. I did try, I tried time and time again only to be in horrible pain after. I got depressed and I wasn't moving about and gained an additional 35+lbs. I now felt awful. I had lost my dream of acting ( I did go on to train with a master teacher for an additional year then I found out that I needed another surgery as I couldn't walk ). Plus my brother was dying.
That is how you gain it back injury, emotional stuff. Life happens and it throws you off track. It is not that a failed "dieter" does not have good intentions. It is not that a "dieter" does not understand the simple concept of calories in/calories out. It is that life happens.
Good Luck and God Bless,
Leila
The faster you lose it, the faster you gain it back. Been there, done that many, many times before. I lost and maintained with eating healthy and exercising for several years. The disease of compulsive overeating is progressive. I got to the point where I couldn't even diet anymore - when I say "diet" I mean eat clean meals without overeating. Most of my crazy diets were in my 20's.
Yes, you can do this without WLS! The thing is do something that you can do every single day for the rest of your life no matter what - and if you side step jump back on the path as quickly as you can.
Are you newly obese or young (20's). It gets old in your 30's, 40's and so forth when you have been chubby since the beginning of time. "diets" get old and the record gets played. My 18 year old nephew has lost 70lbs and swears he will never gain it back. I tell him to remain humble. I been there done that. Of course I encourage him every time I get a chance. He exercises like a lunatic and refrains from eating most days - there are moments when he compulsively overeats then compensates the next day refraining and exercising. Yes, he eats healthy but it is the same mentality. My niece too has lost 90lbs and kept it of for several years - she has had a gain of 20ish pounds. She experienced a traumatic event, went on the pill, stopped bicycling to work and bam. Now she is depressed and I hope she doesn't gain more.
My nephew asks how someone can ever gain the weight back. I tell him it is possible - again, be humble. I was always at a weight I could handle (200ish lbs no problem!). I did everything in full force. It was typical for me to walk 3 to 4 miles per day. I danced for years.. One day I was at the top of my game. It was the last day of the trimester (acting school). I had my last day of dance with a substitute. We were doing African Dance. It was a jump, kick, spin . . . I didn't know it then, I was naive but my life would never be the same. I blew my knee out. I had it reconstructed, went through months of rehab. I lost over 40lbs because I was too afraid to bear weight on my knee - I wanted to heal right. I thought I'd be 100% and stayed optimistic. I had been in the midst of a LA apartment search as I wanted to live as an actor.
Well, the reconstruction failed. I was now always in pain. I couldn't exercise like I was used to. Then more pain - unbearbalbe pain, pain that paralyzed me in my tracks. I needed another surgery on that knee. I was told I'd have no stability BUT that I should dance and do everything that I wanted to do. I did try, I tried time and time again only to be in horrible pain after. I got depressed and I wasn't moving about and gained an additional 35+lbs. I now felt awful. I had lost my dream of acting ( I did go on to train with a master teacher for an additional year then I found out that I needed another surgery as I couldn't walk ). Plus my brother was dying.
That is how you gain it back injury, emotional stuff. Life happens and it throws you off track. It is not that a failed "dieter" does not have good intentions. It is not that a "dieter" does not understand the simple concept of calories in/calories out. It is that life happens.
Good Luck and God Bless,
Leila
3/30/2005 Lap Band installed 12/20/2010 Lap Band REMOVED
6/6/2011 Vertical SLEEVE Gastrectomy
I'm 36 and actually my weight loss pace right now is 3.5 pounds per week on average, and I actually don't think I'm losing too fast at all, because my average goes lower every week I just had a few very good weeks in the beginning that got it so high. I know what I'm doing is something I can do for the rest of my life because that's the only way to loose weight and keep it off. I eat healthy and I exercise everyday, I do not deprieve myself of stuff, if I want something sweet I have it the key for me is portion control. I am happy to eat a small piece of something instead of all of it. I think that's what has helped me the most. I'm hoping to be at my goal of 150 pounds by a year from when I started which I think is realistic. I will keep going with my new lifestyle and hope it works well for me. I have lost 85 = 90 pounds before and gained it back and I know the reason I gained it back was because I stopped eating correctly and stopped exercising and over a few years ended up putting most of the weight back on, I stopped before I got back to my all time high and decided this time I was going to make a serious change and one that I could keep up for the rest of my life, I refuse to gain the weight back this time once I loose it.
Johnita
Johnita
Non Surgery - (HW/CW/GW) - - 247/173/150(first major goal)
Leila I don't think you're losing too fast either... when I lost weight in college, I dropped 70lbs in 5 months and kept it off for 4 years... actually I was even smaller at one point.. i think I got to 85lbs lost, but I gained that back because THAT lose was from being depressed... but i kept my weight off 4 years.. would have been longer but getting pregnant does things to a womans body and add in bed rest, sickness, bad eating habits, and being pumped with meds to not have a siezure while having my kid... takes a toll on the body. I think once your body finds a rythm it sticks with it until its happy. I think you're doing great and you'll keep doing great! :)
HW: 275 SW: 265 CW: 200 GW: 135 Month 1: -25 Month 5: -65lbs total
On the fence about self-pay options and if Mexico is the right choice (or scared of that option)? Let my experience (first time ever in Mexico) be your guide. Don't let fear hold you back!
"You make me new, you are making me new" Gungor
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