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on 4/28/10 10:23 pm - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
on 4/28/10 10:23 pm - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL
Topic: What are you celebrating and proud of? Thurs
Good Morning!
I got up early even though I know I'm not going out for a walk. I'm proud this morning that I have accepted the fact that I cannot exercise yet and I must rest more. At 3 weeks post-op (Inner thighplasy and brachioplasty) I was feeling so good so I started doing my daily cardio walks and light weight lifting. After spending the past year and a half having plastic surgery and recovering I just wanted to get my life going. But I kept swelling and I'm talking about swelling so bad in my calfs and ankles that it hurts to stand and forget about putting on shoes, even shoes that are normally too big were tight.
I went on a 3.5 hour shopping spree last Friday (great fun), I did my cardio walk on Sunday....by Sunday night I had tree trunk legs and fat feet and my right hand was swollen......it got worse on Monday and Tuesday.
Sooooooooo by Tuesday afternoon I was thinking I have to stop doing so much. I thought to myself what am I doing differently during this post-op than I've done after my Tummy Tuck and LBL when I had little to no swelling issues and just felt great during recovery? After both of those surgeries I made sure I spent the better part of the day laying down with my legs elevated or at least laying down flat.I didn't even try to do a cardio wal****il about week 6 or 8, But for some reason this time I've been up out of bed doing lots of stuff around the house and I jumped back into walking at week 3. Why oh why would I think I should rush walking after the one surgery that cut my legs from stem to stern.!?!?!?!?!?!???? OK - so I rambled on way to long.....sorry.....thanks for putting up with it.
So back to my main point...... I'm proud I finally accepted that I must take it much easier and allow my body the time it needs to heal after major surgery. I can start walking in a few more weeks. It's all good.....
I am also celebrating the size 4 pants I bought yesterday. What fun. This tastes better and feels better than any food I could eat. WAHOOO
How about you? What are you celebrating and proud of today??
I got up early even though I know I'm not going out for a walk. I'm proud this morning that I have accepted the fact that I cannot exercise yet and I must rest more. At 3 weeks post-op (Inner thighplasy and brachioplasty) I was feeling so good so I started doing my daily cardio walks and light weight lifting. After spending the past year and a half having plastic surgery and recovering I just wanted to get my life going. But I kept swelling and I'm talking about swelling so bad in my calfs and ankles that it hurts to stand and forget about putting on shoes, even shoes that are normally too big were tight.
I went on a 3.5 hour shopping spree last Friday (great fun), I did my cardio walk on Sunday....by Sunday night I had tree trunk legs and fat feet and my right hand was swollen......it got worse on Monday and Tuesday.
Sooooooooo by Tuesday afternoon I was thinking I have to stop doing so much. I thought to myself what am I doing differently during this post-op than I've done after my Tummy Tuck and LBL when I had little to no swelling issues and just felt great during recovery? After both of those surgeries I made sure I spent the better part of the day laying down with my legs elevated or at least laying down flat.I didn't even try to do a cardio wal****il about week 6 or 8, But for some reason this time I've been up out of bed doing lots of stuff around the house and I jumped back into walking at week 3. Why oh why would I think I should rush walking after the one surgery that cut my legs from stem to stern.!?!?!?!?!?!???? OK - so I rambled on way to long.....sorry.....thanks for putting up with it.
So back to my main point...... I'm proud I finally accepted that I must take it much easier and allow my body the time it needs to heal after major surgery. I can start walking in a few more weeks. It's all good.....
I am also celebrating the size 4 pants I bought yesterday. What fun. This tastes better and feels better than any food I could eat. WAHOOO
How about you? What are you celebrating and proud of today??
gloop
on 4/28/10 9:05 pm
on 4/28/10 9:05 pm
Topic: RE: Food for Thought
I'm in the process of changing my diet, relationship with food and my lifestyle. I'm in training for maintaining.
Wow, great post. Thanks Moosie.
I'm in the process of changing my diet, relationship with food and my lifestyle. I'm in training for maintaining.
Topic: RE: Greetings
Hello Jade,
Thank you for your opinion. I am sure you're full of excitement about your new Band and the journey ahead of you. That's great! I think it's a great surgery when it works, and unfortunately it just doesn't work for some people. That's true with any WLS though - I'm not talking down about the Band. I've seen it work beautifully for some people and I am thrilled that they are able to have success. I've been dealing with mine for almost 8 years now, and unfortuantely it just isn't the surgery for me. I've even had a revision due to complications and still it hasn't been helpful. I've given a big chunk of my like to working with the Band - now it's time to work without it. :)
As far as bariatric surgeons being sinister - please don't misunderstand me. I never claimed anything of the sort. In fact, I genuinely like my surgeon. I was simply surrpised at how the system worked. It was like nothing I've ever experienced, and indeed I did feel like a number when I was in a conference room with many other patients, all being instructed simultaneously about their upcoming surgeries. It was efficient, I'll grant you that! It was also eye-opening to see how many people just in my local area undergo this surgery every week. I was shocked. Regardless of my appreciation for my surgeon, this is truly a big business.
Diabetes is often helped - or even 'cured', if you will - by WLS. PCOS is rarely helped by WLS. They have different pathology, and I'm happy to be working with an endocrinologist who is willing to address both issues as well as my hypothyroidism and auto-immune disease.
I wish you the best in your new life - it can be a roller coaster at times, but when you make changes that ultimately lead to better health, it's a wonderful thing!
Thank you for your opinion. I am sure you're full of excitement about your new Band and the journey ahead of you. That's great! I think it's a great surgery when it works, and unfortunately it just doesn't work for some people. That's true with any WLS though - I'm not talking down about the Band. I've seen it work beautifully for some people and I am thrilled that they are able to have success. I've been dealing with mine for almost 8 years now, and unfortuantely it just isn't the surgery for me. I've even had a revision due to complications and still it hasn't been helpful. I've given a big chunk of my like to working with the Band - now it's time to work without it. :)
As far as bariatric surgeons being sinister - please don't misunderstand me. I never claimed anything of the sort. In fact, I genuinely like my surgeon. I was simply surrpised at how the system worked. It was like nothing I've ever experienced, and indeed I did feel like a number when I was in a conference room with many other patients, all being instructed simultaneously about their upcoming surgeries. It was efficient, I'll grant you that! It was also eye-opening to see how many people just in my local area undergo this surgery every week. I was shocked. Regardless of my appreciation for my surgeon, this is truly a big business.
Diabetes is often helped - or even 'cured', if you will - by WLS. PCOS is rarely helped by WLS. They have different pathology, and I'm happy to be working with an endocrinologist who is willing to address both issues as well as my hypothyroidism and auto-immune disease.
I wish you the best in your new life - it can be a roller coaster at times, but when you make changes that ultimately lead to better health, it's a wonderful thing!
Topic: RE: What are you celebrating and proud of? Weds
Believe it or not, I remember those days!
Whoo hoo, three days under your belt...I'll say a prayer that you make it through another one, and then another one and then...enough til you get skinny!
Mary
Whoo hoo, three days under your belt...I'll say a prayer that you make it through another one, and then another one and then...enough til you get skinny!
Mary
Topic: RE: Greetings
Girl, with your iron levels, I don't blame you for not wanting to move much! My friend I was telling you about has had trouble with her iron levels ever since she had the surgery years ago and just recently had to have another iron infusion, so I know how dragged out that makes you feel. Ask me the question about my workouts later, once you are feeling better because I have a funny feeling that just reading about them will tire you out even more. Besides, I don't want to overwhelm you, getting your diet straight is the most important thing right now, we'll discuss torturing you at a later date!
Glad to see you are sticking around this joint,
Mary
Topic: RE: I'M BACK....to OH board and WW!
Hi Sherry!!! It's good to see you here again, GirlFriend!
I think it would be lovely to prolong your life, too, so it's good to know you are going to start taking care of yasself and eat healthy. See ya around,
Mary
I think it would be lovely to prolong your life, too, so it's good to know you are going to start taking care of yasself and eat healthy. See ya around,
Mary
Topic: RE: Alli or Full Bar??
Hello Kimberly, welcome to the non-op board. I don't know much about Alli or Full Bar but I do know a li'l sumpn't about weight loss. ;-)
I've lost 131 pounds and I know what it feels like to feel like you have no will power or self discipline. Seems like without that there is no hope of any permanent weight loss. But let me let you in on a little secret, WLS does not teach you self control or will power, that's something you will have to learn on your journey whether you have surgery or not. It may teach you self disclipline, but only because if you eat something you are not supposed to, then you dump, feel miserable, and you learn not to eat that again. I have made friends with people who are four and five years out from surgery who have the same issues with regain that I do and they are dealing with the same issues that you are now. Surgery doesn't teach you anything, it just allows you to eat less...for a while. It also doesn't promise that you will lose all of your weight, just two thirds of it. Once the honeymoon is over, you're on your own, same as you are now.
If I had any tool for you at all is to go through sugar and starch detox, once you're done, it helps you not have cravings. It's not a pretty process and you may feel like crap, but all of the sugar and starch and processed foods you are eating are making you crave more sugar and starch and processed foods the same way that a crack head has to have his dope. While you are going through it, just keep reminding yourself of the years of abuse you have put your body through and the healing process is going to take some time. Be kind to yourself, love yourself, and your body will follow suit.
I find that the best tool is to love yourself enough to take care of the only body you get in this life, it has a long way to go to take care of you.
Best wishes,
Mary
I've lost 131 pounds and I know what it feels like to feel like you have no will power or self discipline. Seems like without that there is no hope of any permanent weight loss. But let me let you in on a little secret, WLS does not teach you self control or will power, that's something you will have to learn on your journey whether you have surgery or not. It may teach you self disclipline, but only because if you eat something you are not supposed to, then you dump, feel miserable, and you learn not to eat that again. I have made friends with people who are four and five years out from surgery who have the same issues with regain that I do and they are dealing with the same issues that you are now. Surgery doesn't teach you anything, it just allows you to eat less...for a while. It also doesn't promise that you will lose all of your weight, just two thirds of it. Once the honeymoon is over, you're on your own, same as you are now.
If I had any tool for you at all is to go through sugar and starch detox, once you're done, it helps you not have cravings. It's not a pretty process and you may feel like crap, but all of the sugar and starch and processed foods you are eating are making you crave more sugar and starch and processed foods the same way that a crack head has to have his dope. While you are going through it, just keep reminding yourself of the years of abuse you have put your body through and the healing process is going to take some time. Be kind to yourself, love yourself, and your body will follow suit.
I find that the best tool is to love yourself enough to take care of the only body you get in this life, it has a long way to go to take care of you.
Best wishes,
Mary
Topic: RE: Food for Thought
For me, I really hated the person I had become and I totally gave up on her. I didn't care enough about her to make the right choices for her, what was the point? It's only when I could have a mental image in my head of the successful healthy me that I was able to do it for THAT me...she was worth the effort. Whenever I was tempted, I'd see the smaller me in my mind's eye and I knew I'd never get to be like her if I ate off plan. Now I'm her and I am so worth the way I feel when I'm eating healthy!
Mary
Mary
Topic: RE: Dining out while eating healthy
One of the easiest things about eating low carb is that it's easy to eat out. The hardest part for me is my husband telling me it's ok to go off of my diet just this once...he doesn't get that lifetime commitment thing. What I do is list three of his favorite restaurants that I know I can eat at, that throws him off of thinking about me and then tell him it's his choice, the only place I can't eat is Krispey Kreme. He's happy, the scale is happy, which makes me happy!
Mary
Mary
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