Weigh in..........
Okay girls, sorry I am so late posting, but I forgot and didn 't weigh until last night. I got on the scale...weighed...saw the number...SCREAMED for my daughter to come look...she came running...I got on again and it was the same...are you ready...drum roll please... 106.6....I CANNOT believe it...I have not been over 105 pounds in almost a year....I think anyway....I HOPE it is not a fluke....I did not weigh this morning because I was afraid it would magically disappear and say 99 freaking pounds or something...LOL...I have to confess though, I have been on a BBQ ribs kick...and I know pork contains a lot of salt...so some of it could be fluid...but I doubt it is 6 pounds of fluid...if I had to guess...I think my true weight is probably 103 or so...but that is still fantastic for me...as I have not weighed that much since I got my PICC line out and got off the TPN...the day they took the PICC out I weighed 103. I am sooooooooooooo hopeful I am going to be able to survive this whole mess and maintain a decent weight without another surgery to completely reverse my bypass. I had recommitted myself two weeks ago after seeing pictures that were taken and realizing how skinny and yucky I looked...and decided maintaining was not cutting it...that to be attractive again I REALLY need to gain about 10 pounds...so I have been actively trying to eat more and not concentrate on maintaining but concentrate on getting enough calories in to gain. It is hard for me...because to maintain I have to get in about 2500 calories a day...so to gain...I have to get in about 3000 calories...before this surgery I could have accomplished that in one meal...now I have to eat from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. to do that....it is a battle...but one I am going to win damnit...I am NOT going to let them going to split me from stem to sternum again without a fight!!
It seems like this was a great losing week for everyone...thank goodness it was a good gaining week for me...maybe the stars and planets are all aligned perfectly for all of us :)
I can't wait to see how all you girls do that are not weighing for a month...it will be an interesting experiment. Unfortunately, for me...I do not have the luxery of letting my weight go a month. I have to stay on top of it...if it drops 2 pounds that can be critical for me...soooooooo i cannot participate in the experiment...but maybe someday I will have enough excess that I can do that and see how it works for me too :)
Hugs to you all...and again...I'm sorry for my tardiness...sometimes r/l gets in the way...!!
OHHHHHHHHHHHH and one more update...here is something for you to think about...I have been a health care professional for over 20 years...I have been unable to work for the last year due to my health issues...but, I am going to start doing home health care over the weekends for a gal who has had weight loss surgery and is not doing well at all. She still weighs 450 pounds, but is unable to eat anything of any sustanance...she cannot eat any meat at all of any kind...so I have my work cut out for me to help to get her on track to getting healthy but losing weight....it should be interesting to see me (100 pounds)...taking care of a 450+ pound woman...lol...I hope I am able to spend a few days a week with her and help her get on track....I will take the weekend shift of 5 p.m. on Friday to 5 p.m. on Sunday...then she has someone that comes in and helps her during the week days.
So that is my life...take care all!
Laura
It seems like this was a great losing week for everyone...thank goodness it was a good gaining week for me...maybe the stars and planets are all aligned perfectly for all of us :)
I can't wait to see how all you girls do that are not weighing for a month...it will be an interesting experiment. Unfortunately, for me...I do not have the luxery of letting my weight go a month. I have to stay on top of it...if it drops 2 pounds that can be critical for me...soooooooo i cannot participate in the experiment...but maybe someday I will have enough excess that I can do that and see how it works for me too :)
Hugs to you all...and again...I'm sorry for my tardiness...sometimes r/l gets in the way...!!
OHHHHHHHHHHHH and one more update...here is something for you to think about...I have been a health care professional for over 20 years...I have been unable to work for the last year due to my health issues...but, I am going to start doing home health care over the weekends for a gal who has had weight loss surgery and is not doing well at all. She still weighs 450 pounds, but is unable to eat anything of any sustanance...she cannot eat any meat at all of any kind...so I have my work cut out for me to help to get her on track to getting healthy but losing weight....it should be interesting to see me (100 pounds)...taking care of a 450+ pound woman...lol...I hope I am able to spend a few days a week with her and help her get on track....I will take the weekend shift of 5 p.m. on Friday to 5 p.m. on Sunday...then she has someone that comes in and helps her during the week days.
So that is my life...take care all!
Laura
WOW that is great!! It could be real weight if you are using a lot of sugar in your sauce.
That is so sad about your new patient. A woman at my husband's work had WLS, lost only about 50 pounds, gained it back and died suddenly of a ruptured bowel. I guess right from the start she tried to out eat her surgery because mentally she couldn't handle the changes.
That is so sad about your new patient. A woman at my husband's work had WLS, lost only about 50 pounds, gained it back and died suddenly of a ruptured bowel. I guess right from the start she tried to out eat her surgery because mentally she couldn't handle the changes.
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