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i am fat. i have gained 10 pounds above my lowest weight and i am completely disgusted with myself. (and my body fat% went up as well so yes, i'm thin but FATTER.) according to my surgeon and my nutritionist i am "perfect" but could stand to gain muscle in my legs and abdomen and also lose a few pounds of fat in those areas. i think if i could lose 15 pounds of fat and maybe gain about 5 pounds of muscle in my legs, i'd be happy then. this is me now:



oh and yeah, i've dyed my hair but don't worry, it's only manic panic. it'll go from looking like this:



back to looking like this:

 

in no time ;~P

so, for the next 21 days i vow to get my tuckus back on track. i will concentrate on protein first, i will limit carbs and fats (and i will cut back on my beloved reese's) and i will work on getting in more water and exercise each day.

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

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

About 2 weeks ago a friend(Paul) wanted to fix me up with a friend of his, so one night while Tony was over his house he called me, and Tony and I chatted a bit and exchanged phone numbers. Tony and I continued to talk daily for the last 2 weeks. Well last night we met. Paul and his partner had us both over for dinner so we could finally meet. Tony is such a sweet caring guy. I was'nt disappointed. He was really interested and concerned in hearing about my various health/diet requirements. I told him about the nausea, and my 4 hours of dry heaves that goes along with it. He said he will be in the bathroom holding my hand while I puke!!!! And that he will not let me be alone when I am not feeling well. I think I'll keep him. After dinner we went to a diner for coffee.  We both felt there was something between us and we will take it slow. I gave Alan my heart and soul and had them both ripped out of me.Will I/can I ever feel the same for Tony as I did for Alan? I don't know, but he is part of the healing process and I am fond of him and do care about him. Now for some info on Tony: He is 44(45 in May 6-same as my grandmother), he is 1/2 Polish and 1/2 Italian and he is an accountant with a masters degree and has his own condo with a cat.  He is a music fanatic with over a thousand cd's. He has'nt been in a relationship for 2 years and in that he was used.
This is Tony, aint he cute????

Some shots of us together last night,

I love this shot,

Awwwww, I think he likes me,

 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