21 DAY CHALLENGE OF CHANGE - BEGINS TODAY

Let's get this started .
I would like for everyone that is taking part in this to start out today by goal setting .

Introduce yourselves , give a brief history of your  journey , then list your goals you want to accomplish here in the next 21 days .

Once we have done this , we can start listing other challenges such as our food accountability and such.
These post will come at the end of the day , once we have had time to get all our meals in .
I will be offering links to other support material as well . And will plan on at least one chat session.
Man , I am excited !!
I look forward to working with you all .. and helping each other to reach for our goals .. and change our habits so to come out Winners !!

Love to you all ,
Tink

I am so in need of this at this point in my life. I am changing positions with my company and am stressing out and guess what having wls doesn't change the way I try to eat when stressed. So I need accountability. I have gained 7 pounds over the past 2 months. I do exercise everyday and lift and run so the moving is good but my food intake is way up.
Thanks for a great thread.
Robin

Robin,
I look forward to seeing you in the 21 day challenge .
I know you will hit your goal and be a success ! 

Hugs,

Tink

Do I really need to introduce myself to you Nat?  LOL

OK - Had RNY in June 2003 with starting weight of 340 pounds
Lost 180 pounds in first 18 months, ending December 2004
Had various plastic surgeries in 2005 including lower body lift, breast lift and augmentation along with brachioplasty, and two medial inner thighplastys.

Maintained weight of between 160 and 165 through June 2006 when I remarried.
By February 2007, I weighed 175

In October 2007, tests showed that although my pouch was still a reasonable size, I had an enlarged stoma -- three times the size that it should be, and that food was emptying through my pouch very quickly which caused me to be hungry shortly after I already ate.

I underwent the experimental Stomophyx revision surgery which is more effective at reducing pouch size, rather than stoma size -- It did not work for me at all!

During this period of time, I had stopped exercising due to knee injuries, had started drinking alcohol, grazing and generally not weighing portions.

By December 2008, I weighed 214!

I joined Weigh****chers Jan 2009, and am trying to have a goal of 1 pound loss per week.  To date,  have lost 12.4 pounds -- slightly ahead of my goal.

My ultimate goal is to get back to my 'comfortable' post RNY weight of 160-165!

My current weight is 201 and I wish to break back into Onederland (or Wally World as my husband calls it!), and keep on going!

Hugs,
Nannette

Hi my sweetness .. so glad you are here .
I am hoping that we can all work together to get to our goals .
I know how hard you work .. and you will get there !

Love you ,

Tink

 Hi my name is Toni I had RNY may of 07 started at 292 my lowest was 169 and now im up to 178.. I quit my job in Jan Im very depressed since I cant find work I am not eating the way I should be all I want to do is sleep and sit around my house. Where I live there is not a support group so I have been on my own since july 07. My surgeon and Nut. are over 5 hours away.. I am married to a great man and my girls are great.. I really need help getting on track and holding myself acountable Im scared I will sabotage myself since thats the way Ive always been. I really dont know how to do it different I know I deserve better for me its making myself believe I do... well enough about me thank you Tink and all my other friends here.. Hugs Toni

Toni ,
You are taking the first steps in recognizing what is triggering your eating.
Now we just need to work on getting your habits to change .. and set some goals .. and I know you can do this too .

Don't be scared . I wil help you as much as I can . While I am not a doctor or Nut.. I have been doing this for a while now .. almost 5 years.
So .. call on me when ever you need me ..

Hugs,

Tink

Hey I'm Iris - I had RNY on 8-8-8 and have lost down from 294 the day of surgery to 211 as of this morning. I'm tickled with the 83 lbs loss but I know I need to continually review the basics to make this surgery as effective and efficient as possible.

I've never been really good at setting goals. But I so want to reach onderland (SOON). I'm still relatively new at the WLS game so I suppose I should set onederland as my 21 day goal. I know it's doable.

So what will I do to get there - I'm back to logging my food intake religiouslly on the dailyplate.com. I realized that when I started drinking coffee about a month ago that I let my water intake slip so that's being addressed. I also slipped out of my exercise routine. SO - that's a little harder but I've cleared my schedule for this evening and to the gym I go.

I can't wait for this weather to break. I really need a little taste of sunshine to get me up and out.
 
Thanks for doing this.
- Iris

Hi there sweet Iris !! 
You can do this .. You have done amazing on your RNY .. and I know with some help and goal setting you will hit onderland in no time.
One day at a time ...

I am here for you .. just call on me when ever you need me .

Hugs,

TInk

Well, I just did this somewhat in another post, so will try not to bore...

I had gastric bypass 10/31/06.  I went from 300 lbs (at five-foot-nothing) to 148, with a goal of 140.  I was working out nearly every day, did a charity walk of ten miles and 1000 stairs, took swimming lessons, got back on a bike after many years.  Felt great.

Then I got hit with Lyme disease, which went undiagnosed for nine months.  The weight began to creep on, the highest being 164.  I am currently 162.  Partly, weight gain can be a part of Lyme.  Partly, I could not exercise the same...eventually, the tiniest little walk would leave me sick with fever and bad muscle pain.  And partly, I got bored and blue and ate some of the wrong crap.  My eating never went out of control and I have since reeled it in, but that doesn't seem to be helping so far. 

I've had to adjust my exercise, based on research, to limit my aerobic portion to 15-20 minutes every other day...I know, that sucks!  And increase the weight training to rebuild my stamina and muscles.  This till the infection is all gone.  I started out with a good week last week, but felt so good that I pushed too hard and ended up sick all weekend.  It's frustrating as hell.

My first goal, by the end of March, is simply to get back on track.  That is, getting all my liquids and protein in and keeping the carbs down; working out the exercise so that I can do it every other day without getting sick and setting myself back; and getting back into a steady weight loss again.  I just bought the book "Winning After Losing," and plan to read it all the way through as well. 

Accomplishing this, I will get into more specifics.

Lisa