What's on your (PHOTO) Friday Menu, RNYers?
i feel you on the bangs decision...I haven't had bangs since I was about 12 years old and I always argue with myself about it. I mean it's just hair afterall right? it grows back! but it's such a struggle to decide!
I also have a 6-head so I keep thinking maybe bangs will even out my face! LOL
DH keeps telling me not to do it but I'm thinking that might be how I treat myself once I hit onederland!
Amber
RNY 2/12/18
5'4 1/2" tall, HW : 315 lbs, Surgery Wt: 297lbs.
M1: -17.5lbs M2: -11.5lbs M3: -12lbs M4: -13lbs M5: -13lbs M6: -13.5lbs M7: -12lbs M8: -14lbs M9: -10.5lbs M10: -7.75lbs M11: -5.25lbs M12: -4lbs M13: -3lbs M14: -7lbs M15: -2lbs M16: -1lb **made it to goal!**
CW 148
I'm glad that you are applying for the new job. I hope that in the end you come to peace with whatever works out!
HW: 248+, SW (RNY: 2/28/17): 244, GW (10/17): 125; LW: 115; 45# regain (19-20); CW: 135.6; new goal: 135; Plastics: Ext mastopexy, Ext abdominoplasty-5/18/2018; diagnosed w/ gastroparesis 11/20.
Mornin' All!
another busy day getting stuff in order for my upcoming surgery and doing all this crap I need to do for our new trust. Plus all the other crap I need to do for the organization I chair. This is driving me insane!! Aren't I supposed to be retired??? I snapped at DH this morning and yelled at one of the cats. What is wrong with me? Feeling a bit calmer now, though...thank God!!
QOTD: I can't really think of anything other than during a "Yogalates" class earlier this week, it occurred to me that I would not have been able to do a lot of the yoga and Pilates poses she had us do when I was SMO. I've done yoga for 14 years, but the poses she had us do were *tough* (a couple of them I couldn't get into *now*, let alone when I was SMO). And Pilates- forget it. I doubt I could do any of that before WLS.
3 years out:
B: homemade Greek yogurt, 1/2 mango
MS: coffee with half & half, Miralax/protein shake
L: cottage cheese with strawberries
AS: either L&F yogurt or a couple of whole grain crackers (yes - I said it) with 1 T pimento cheese on each
D: bimimbap (didn't make this yesterday - didn't have time to marinate the pork)
ex - yes, I should...
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
QOTD: My NSV for the day is that I have 2 huge boxes of clothes varying in size from the last time I lost weight, size 12 pants & M tops and up. I was able to find about a laundry basket full that I can now wear. So I emptied out some drawers with clothes that are now too big. I now have 3 kitchen bags full of clothes to give away.
It's working the weight is coming off more slowly than I would like, and I'm battling depression over the ulcer and a 2 lb increase on the scale. The meds for the ulcer threw off my vitamin regimen so I'm trying to adjust and get all my vitamins in. I haven't been very successful. Just want to hide in a corner and cry!
I'll get over it.
5'5" Age 66 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 179.8
on 7/13/18 1:08 pm, edited 7/13/18 6:19 am
JB, I love these photos, especially that last one. You guys are way too cute!
Yesterday was my 13 month surgiversary and I am on track. I have 25 more pounds to lose to hit my first goal of 150, then I would like to get down to 137. I lost 8+ pounds in this last month. Hard to tell at this point whether my loss will slow more as I approach goal (it wouldn't be unusual for it to do so), but I am steadily moving downward. My birthday is in October and it would be amazing to reach goal by then!
But if not I am happy whenever it comes and am perfectly prepared to be in the weight loss phase until Christmas and beyond.
As far as NSVs go, I love being able to meet new people without being aware that the first thing they think is "Wow, what an incredibly fat woman!". Nobody up here knows that I was so obese and that is fine with me! I really like wearing high heels without pain. I love fitting into every chair. I like how people respond to me, openly and warmly. I want always to respond to people like that no matter what they weigh! I love that I can walk for miles and feel nothing but pleasure. I love that all of my gorgeous boots fit again! I went from wearing XL tops to Smalls (I am not really all that small, but my shoulders and ribs are relatively narrow, so even though I am still a DD these fit me more properly than a larger size. Then again these "smalls" are absolutely an example of vanity sizing!). I most of all love just feeling more upbeat and optimistic about my future than I did when I was severely obese and profoundly metabolically stuck!
Here's a photo of one of the beaches where I live. It's covered in huge driftwood logs - it's the weirdest thing ever. I don't understand exactly why so many wash up on the shore from the sound. I've been to beaches all over the world and this is unique in my experience! But it's very beautiful and I love it all!
