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on 5/18/10 12:37 pm - Miami Lakes, FL
Same too you. I also feel more motivated this time. I feel like theres more at stake since I was heading towards surgery. This is my chance to see if I can really do it. I went to weigh in for the first time tonight and I hadn't even lost a whole pound, if that (there was a debate amongst the WW leaders, cause I was wearing shoes, yada yada). Anyways, I pouted and had my mini pity party and am full speed ahead again. Everytime I've restarted healthy habits a good bit usually comes off the first week, I was just surprised thats all. I know I can't get discouraged, just have to keep going!!!
Lets make this week a great one!
Good luck to you too! :-)
Sig Ot and I are doing well. I'm still up and down between 149-157 pounds, (am 150 today) over and over-- I retain buckets of water when I exercise and I still do Zumba 2x a week and try to walk most days. I still count every calorie M-F, (I eat 1700 a day) and am looser on weekends but not crazy-go-nuts, and eat like it's going out of style on holidays. No regain to speak of, and I feel good and clothes still fit well over 3 years after I started losing, so all's well inna world, I suppose!
Still love cooking-- the guy who was helping me with my website crapped out but I'll get on it when I can-- I have recipes galore (I just made a chicken alfredo casserole that's mindblowing.) My meals tend to be about 200 cals for breakfast, 300 for lunch, 500 or more for dinner, with plenty of snacks-- I eat an apple every fweakin' day because I love apples, and end most nights with a whole cup of greek yogurt and tbsp of Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter, which is about the world's most perfect food. I have ice cream in one form or another about 4 times a week in the summer, and it works for me. So the post RNY lifestyle doesn't have to be a death March: it's about management, not deprivation. Eat smarter, not less.
My most recent pic is quasi-racy because I wanted people to have a sense of what's achievable with work, a plastic surgeon and a little moxie so I done dismembered m'self to show it-- I have 2 more rounds of plastics to endure (my ass is heinous and will be done this summer, and thighs when I win the lotto. I'm about $30k in the hole at this point, and man amd I ever poor.)
You lose 220 pounds, you're gonna have skin-- that's just the name of that game. I've had my face, chest (no implants, now a 34D from a 48H), gut and arms reconstructed already. Well, and my hair, which came back inexplicably curly after my last 13 hour surgery!
Thanks for asking after me, to those who have-- I still exist and am doing really well, flu notwithstanding!
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
I reminded myself about the FACTS when it comes to my MOJO -- my personal magic, my motivation sweet spot. Here are those facts:
1) Motivation is not a bird that alights on my shoulder. It's something I can choose to create from within.
2) It is my personal responsibility -- and my opportunity -- to create my motivation.
3) When I make my own motivation, I do not feel like a victim anymore, and that is critical to working a good weight loss program.
4) When I decide to motivate myself, I am instantly filled with great ideas to accomplish the task.
5) Motivation follows action. It goes like this: I decide to get motivated, I take an action that will produce the desired result, and then I experience some motivation. If I don't muster much motivation, I act again. And again.
So, what can you do to motivate yourself, to muster your mojo, to feel your own personal magic?!
We're all different, but we can all make the DECISION to be motivated. It's a choice, as hard as that is to admit.
It's a choice. It is MY choice. It is YOUR choice.
HW 611 Pre-opW 580 LW 302 GW 238
Keep in touch
Trisha
I'm still going to school too, and I'm not looking forward to summer vacation when my daughter will be out of school and I'll still be taking classes. yuck. I havn't been doing well with dieting, I start and I stop, and I've tried a few things. I was doing Isagenix for awhile, and I think that would work, but I just can't afford it. I'm going to start a low-carb diet again and start walking and doing swim aerobics every day...hopefully that will help me deal with stress better AND start loosing again! I just found out I'm diabetic 
and the only good thing about that is that my insurance will finally pay for wls...now I just have to jump through their hoops and decide if that's right for me. All my doctors are pushing me towards it, because I have sooo much to loose. I've missed talking with you too, and I think I will stay around this time. I know what you mean about having someone to talk to who understands....everyone in my family (except me) is athletic, and they just don't get why it's so hard for me.
Have fun remodeling your house! lol It'll be nice when it's done, just keep thinking that!!
HW: 460 (12/18/14) SW: 419 (6/4/15) CW: 330 (10/19/15) Mini goal: 319 by 10/4/15
on 5/17/10 10:05 pm, edited 5/17/10 10:06 pm - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
I'm starting the thread early because I have to leave for an appointment soon.
I'll come back to share my day and catch up on yours.
Of course I'm still celebrating booking my tickets.....
but that was yesterdays news...Have a great day!
Ruth
on 5/17/10 9:04 pm - Rochester, NY
on 5/17/10 9:00 pm - Rochester, NY
