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on 4/27/10 8:38 am - Rochester, NY
on 4/27/10 8:38 am - Rochester, NY
Topic: RE: I'M BACK....to OH board and WW!
Thanks, AB. Have you joined WW yet? We can do this journey together. It's a great way to use portion control and it's a lifestyle change that's really liveable. This isn't a "diet" that I can lose the weight on and then go back to "normal" eating....I will be eating like this forever.
Topic: RE: I'M BACK....to OH board and WW!
Way to go, recommitting to a healthy lifestyle change! I'm excited to watch you succeed...and join you in the adventure!
(deactivated member)
on 4/27/10 6:58 am
on 4/27/10 6:58 am
Topic: RE: I'M BACK....to OH board and WW!
Hi Sherrie and welcome back. I too was too scared to have WLS and quit in the middle of the process. Boy a lot of people are on WW.
I think you are so wise for looking back and figuring out where you went wrong so this time you can correct your mistakes - yes - don't use those precious points for junk food.
I'm sure if you've been lurking for awhile you have read my posts. You've seen me many times say how just not eating junk food for a couple of weeks and well now it's a year - my taste buds have changed so that food doesn't taste good like I remember and I've lost my cravings for it. we just can't eat that stuff - it's not real food, it doesn't nourish us and only makes us sick and fat. It was hard at first not to eat that stuff, but the longer you don't go near it eventually it won't have that addictive hold over you. Don't keep tempting yourself because that's when we fall off the wagon.
That quick fix WLS comes with a price - and I don't mean just dollar figure -and you still have to make profound and permanent changes in your lifestyle. And you have a very important goal - knee replacement surgery - nothing to sneeze at. I'm glad to see you're doing water aerobics - so I applaud 
your for starting back and hope you make it a routine.
And please keep us updated on how its going.
(deactivated member)
on 4/27/10 5:43 am - Rochester, NY
on 4/27/10 5:43 am - Rochester, NY
Topic: RE: i'm new to this part!!
You can click on the tickerfactory.com, but don't remember how I got it on here (it was so long ago).
(deactivated member)
on 4/27/10 5:24 am - Rochester, NY
on 4/27/10 5:24 am - Rochester, NY
Topic: I'M BACK....to OH board and WW!
I've been missing for a long time....lurking on occasion. I felt really motivated to see Lori and Christa and Holly back on again. Have been trying (unsuccessfully) every diet under the sun for the last couple of years and recently motivated by a good friend who is seeing great results with WW. Of course WW and I have a past history.....first started in 1968 and many, many times since. I swore I would never join again...but here I am.
To reiterate for those who don't know me....I'm 63, retired nurse and been obese all of my life and morbidly so for the past 25 years or so. My age and my weight have finally caught up with me and I need a total knee replacement, but my doctor wants me to get down to 200lb before he'll do it. So my only form of exercise is water aerobics and I've been sporadic at best with that until just recently.
I think where I've failed with WW in the past is using my points for the wrong choices. This time I'm combining the point system with healthy choices (whole grains, lean protein, fruits and veggies) and hoping (correction, planning) on making my goal!! I have joined WW once again because I need the accountability of facing that scale every week (with someone besides myself knowing the results). Have returned to the OH board, as I know this can be a great support system and gives me even greater accountability.....depending on you all to keep me honest.
I've always wanted the "quick fix" (don't we all?) and determined this time to be satisfied with consistent results no matter how slow. After all, a loss of 1lb/week still equals 50lb less at the end of the year, and who of us wouldn't want to weigh 50lb less?
It's time to eat healthy, get rid of some of these medications I'm on and prolong my life!!!
To reiterate for those who don't know me....I'm 63, retired nurse and been obese all of my life and morbidly so for the past 25 years or so. My age and my weight have finally caught up with me and I need a total knee replacement, but my doctor wants me to get down to 200lb before he'll do it. So my only form of exercise is water aerobics and I've been sporadic at best with that until just recently.
I think where I've failed with WW in the past is using my points for the wrong choices. This time I'm combining the point system with healthy choices (whole grains, lean protein, fruits and veggies) and hoping (correction, planning) on making my goal!! I have joined WW once again because I need the accountability of facing that scale every week (with someone besides myself knowing the results). Have returned to the OH board, as I know this can be a great support system and gives me even greater accountability.....depending on you all to keep me honest.
I've always wanted the "quick fix" (don't we all?) and determined this time to be satisfied with consistent results no matter how slow. After all, a loss of 1lb/week still equals 50lb less at the end of the year, and who of us wouldn't want to weigh 50lb less?
It's time to eat healthy, get rid of some of these medications I'm on and prolong my life!!!
Topic: RE: i'm new to this part!!
this is the time!!!! we are so going to make it this time!!
btw, how did you get that ticker on your posts?
btw, how did you get that ticker on your posts?
(deactivated member)
on 4/27/10 4:25 am, edited 4/27/10 4:50 am - Rochester, NY
on 4/27/10 4:25 am, edited 4/27/10 4:50 am - Rochester, NY
Topic: RE: i'm new to this part!!
Good for you! I just joined WW yesterday morning and determined to get to goal weight this time. Good luck to us both!!
(deactivated member)
on 4/27/10 2:56 am
on 4/27/10 2:56 am
Topic: RE: What are you celebrating and proud of? Monday
This is a great post today - so many people here have done things towards improving their health - smart decisions. I find reading this so inspirational.
DH is feeling a little better so we walked our 5 miles at a much brisker speed. I was so full of sweat and I don't like having sweat running down me - sort of feels disgusting. So I carried some paper towels in my bag and used them to dry myself off near the end - hopefully no one saw, I went into a quiet hallway to do it. I figure if it's cold in the mall, which it was, and I'm sweating like a pig, then I must be making progress and getting a good cardiac workout.
I'm also thinking that I need to get my Wi fit up and going - I bought it a long time ago and have never used it - my goal is to sometime this week figure out how to turn it on and use it. I promise by this weekend I will have used my Wi fit and I'll report back here on my experience. I will use it instead of letting the cats sleep on it. LOL
DH is feeling a little better so we walked our 5 miles at a much brisker speed. I was so full of sweat and I don't like having sweat running down me - sort of feels disgusting. So I carried some paper towels in my bag and used them to dry myself off near the end - hopefully no one saw, I went into a quiet hallway to do it. I figure if it's cold in the mall, which it was, and I'm sweating like a pig, then I must be making progress and getting a good cardiac workout.
I'm also thinking that I need to get my Wi fit up and going - I bought it a long time ago and have never used it - my goal is to sometime this week figure out how to turn it on and use it. I promise by this weekend I will have used my Wi fit and I'll report back here on my experience. I will use it instead of letting the cats sleep on it. LOL
(deactivated member)
on 4/27/10 2:47 am
on 4/27/10 2:47 am
Topic: RE: Greetings
Hi choose2inspire, we're happy to have you join us.
WOW- you've been through 2 bands - that's a lot of surgery on your poor stomach. If nothing else I would think you need to allow your stomach to heal before jumping into another surgery. I think you're wise about not having the RNY and giving yourself time to take another route. You must be so upset and frustrated with that whole experience. As for WLS - that is huge business for hospitals and doctors - not just in the surgery itself but everything else related to it - so yes it is a bariatric mill even if your doctor is genuinely a nice and caring person. It's just the reality of the way medicine is practiced today.
I think you're lucky, you have some wonderful Dr.s who are supporting you in shedding your weight. I have recently, after giving it lots of thought, realized that making profound and permanent changes in your diet is the only way to go - and these changes are for life, not just to shed the weight. There is nothing wrong with your digestive tract, it's in your head in the choices you make to eat. Even our drive for hunger is more about the choices of food that we eat. I think in the long run, if you can shed the weight with a fully intact and functioning digestive tract, then you are better off. The only thing WLS does offer is faster weight loss early out but it comes with a heavy price for some people.
All of us here want to share this journey with you so I look forward to your postings - the good, the bad and the ugly - we can kick you back on the wagon when you need and cheer you on when you're doing well.
WOW- you've been through 2 bands - that's a lot of surgery on your poor stomach. If nothing else I would think you need to allow your stomach to heal before jumping into another surgery. I think you're wise about not having the RNY and giving yourself time to take another route. You must be so upset and frustrated with that whole experience. As for WLS - that is huge business for hospitals and doctors - not just in the surgery itself but everything else related to it - so yes it is a bariatric mill even if your doctor is genuinely a nice and caring person. It's just the reality of the way medicine is practiced today.
I think you're lucky, you have some wonderful Dr.s who are supporting you in shedding your weight. I have recently, after giving it lots of thought, realized that making profound and permanent changes in your diet is the only way to go - and these changes are for life, not just to shed the weight. There is nothing wrong with your digestive tract, it's in your head in the choices you make to eat. Even our drive for hunger is more about the choices of food that we eat. I think in the long run, if you can shed the weight with a fully intact and functioning digestive tract, then you are better off. The only thing WLS does offer is faster weight loss early out but it comes with a heavy price for some people.
All of us here want to share this journey with you so I look forward to your postings - the good, the bad and the ugly - we can kick you back on the wagon when you need and cheer you on when you're doing well.
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