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Topic: RE: Well, started my latest and greatest LIFESTYLE CHANGE today
Does that mean there was no change?
Topic: RE: Well, started my latest and greatest LIFESTYLE CHANGE today
So...how was the first day of the rest of your life?
Topic: RE: cant stop
My best advice, don't deny yourself snacks. just make sure they are healthy snacks. Your body, like a car, won't move (or even run) without fuel. But celery sticks fuel your body better then potato chips. So keep the snacks healthy, and you'll be fine!
Topic: RE: Weekend plans/goals
Well if the weather cooperates I'm going to do yardwork (got to winterize). But if not I'll be in the house organizing (still moving chaos).
My goals are to do a c25k workout and take a walk.
Topic: cant stop
I quit smoking about a year and a half ago. And recently have been wanting one but instead I turn to food. Its causing me to constantly gain weight. I work as a in home health aid and I get quite bored as I'm here 12 hrs straight. I tell myself not to snack but 10 min later I do it anyway. I need control, any tips?
Topic: Weekend plans/goals
Not too much planned for this weekend. The weather will be changing yet again which affects my mood and Fibro pain levels. I have had a fairly good wk but my weight continues to fluctuate. I think the Januvia is making it harder to get my weight down! I noticed since being on it that the scale has been nudging up, even though my sugars are down! On Sun. I have to prep for a colonoscopy on Mon. Yay me! I will be glad to get this test over with. I will be living off of clear fluids Sun and Mon. Something I haven't done ever and I think the idea of no food is making me a bit anxious guess I need to look at it as a challenge and think if the people that have done Opti for multiple wks and months. It will be a good time to clean up my diet some more! I think I am just waking up to the reality that I am truly "attached" to food. Not sure where I go from here. Feeling a bit lost these days. Deb
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on 10/25/12 4:10 am - Canada
on 10/25/12 4:10 am - Canada
Topic: RE: Hi there
I wish I had the magic solution to get your hubby on board with you.
Mine was forced to because of his health. My husband suffered a couple of heart attack just after Easter in 2007. It happened as he was admitted to hospital for severe anemia and while he was on the gurney waiting for tests to find out if there was an internal bleed causing the anemia he had the first of two attacks. The second happened as he was being transferred in to the bed in ICU. He was only 43 at the time and about 50 pounds overweight...all in the stomach. (He has a strong family history of heart disease...his father had his first heart attack at 37 and had 3 bypass surgeries before passing away in his late 50's. One of hubby's older brothers who is a marathon runner had a heart attack last year at this time at age 60.) Thankfully the doctors did tests while hubby was in hospital and found almost a full blockage where they inserted a stent. All is good so far. He takes his meds as prescribed and is careful with his diet where junk food and sodium is concerned. His weakness is my baking which I try not to do too much. He's down just over 30 pounds since we started working on this last year. He is on the verge of one-derland...I can't wait until he hits it...he's been on a plateau for weeks bouncing between 204-208. This week weighed in at 202...very happy man.
Plus I do the majority of the cooking so if he wants to eat, healthy is the only option. Mind you, he is the one who cooks the fish because the smell/look of it turns me off. If I prepare it, I can't eat it. But I'll eat it if he cooks it...weird.
OK...I must get back to working...
Tammy
Mine was forced to because of his health. My husband suffered a couple of heart attack just after Easter in 2007. It happened as he was admitted to hospital for severe anemia and while he was on the gurney waiting for tests to find out if there was an internal bleed causing the anemia he had the first of two attacks. The second happened as he was being transferred in to the bed in ICU. He was only 43 at the time and about 50 pounds overweight...all in the stomach. (He has a strong family history of heart disease...his father had his first heart attack at 37 and had 3 bypass surgeries before passing away in his late 50's. One of hubby's older brothers who is a marathon runner had a heart attack last year at this time at age 60.) Thankfully the doctors did tests while hubby was in hospital and found almost a full blockage where they inserted a stent. All is good so far. He takes his meds as prescribed and is careful with his diet where junk food and sodium is concerned. His weakness is my baking which I try not to do too much. He's down just over 30 pounds since we started working on this last year. He is on the verge of one-derland...I can't wait until he hits it...he's been on a plateau for weeks bouncing between 204-208. This week weighed in at 202...very happy man.
Plus I do the majority of the cooking so if he wants to eat, healthy is the only option. Mind you, he is the one who cooks the fish because the smell/look of it turns me off. If I prepare it, I can't eat it. But I'll eat it if he cooks it...weird.
OK...I must get back to working...
Tammy
Topic: RE: Hi there
I love rambling! It is far easier to get to know you that way
That sounds like an awesome program. I am in a rural area so our choices are limited. I really wish more people were able to put time into the thinking and emotion behind eating. I have been more stressed since scheduling my surgery than ever before in my whole life.
My mom, dad and brother have all had gastric bypass. My sister remains obese. Obviously this is a family disease...at the very least a learned activity. I thank God that nine of them have had serious side effects from the surgery like aol many others have.
I wish my husband was changing! We live different lives. I am always on the go and making sure my children are physically active...he likes to hold down our bed and make sure the tv still works. I think he is 260....he holds it all in his belly. Sometimes he gets in board and gets on the treadmill and stops buying junk food to eat at work...but he is so all or nothing...if he slips up he totally goes back. Any tips for getting him onboard??
Can I say again how glad I am to be here?!
That sounds like an awesome program. I am in a rural area so our choices are limited. I really wish more people were able to put time into the thinking and emotion behind eating. I have been more stressed since scheduling my surgery than ever before in my whole life.
My mom, dad and brother have all had gastric bypass. My sister remains obese. Obviously this is a family disease...at the very least a learned activity. I thank God that nine of them have had serious side effects from the surgery like aol many others have.
I wish my husband was changing! We live different lives. I am always on the go and making sure my children are physically active...he likes to hold down our bed and make sure the tv still works. I think he is 260....he holds it all in his belly. Sometimes he gets in board and gets on the treadmill and stops buying junk food to eat at work...but he is so all or nothing...if he slips up he totally goes back. Any tips for getting him onboard??
Can I say again how glad I am to be here?!
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