Daily Maintenance Weigh In - Thursday, Dec02/10

Daily Maintenance Weigh In - Thursday, Dec02/10 

Surgery Date - June 12/09
Highest Weight - 230 lbs
Surgery Weight - 230 lbs
Total Amount Lost - 88 lbs
Goal Range - 140 lbs - 145 lbs
Yesterday's Weight - 143.4 lbs
Today's Weight - 143.2 lbs
Gain/Loss - -.2 lbs 

Random Thoughts:  
-  Hi There.  My gosh what a time.  More tears and stuggles.  More research.  More advise.  Talked to a phycologist (friend).  Suggestions from many (including parents back in Canada) to do the quickest fix, which is just get back on Fluoxetine.  BUT, I really want to go the natural route, not the easiest route.  So more research on the internet today, more phone calls, and a decision will be made.  I found a website called www.WomenToWomen.com and I think I have found my answer.
- I have been 'holed' up here, hiding from the real world, have not walked for 2-3 days now... weight is re-distributing again, my 'altered' smaller clothes, especially this skort I was wearing yesterday is now falling off me...
-  ANYWAY, have a Phenominal Thursday everyone!  I miss you guys and it is reassuring to know you are all here, checkin' in daily... hugs!

I just found this board, and I love the daily weigh for maintainers!!

I wanna play too


Surgery Date: April 10, 2008
Highest Weight: 256 lbs.
Total Amount lost: 130 lbs.
Goal Range: 123 - 129
Yesterday's Weight: 130.6
Today's Weight: 131.0
Gain / Loss +.4

Random Thoughts:
I have been stress eating since one week before Thanksgiving, and am having a hard go of it right now. I lost a dear friend of 25 years suddenly, and his death is so difficult. I am severe anemic, so no heavy exercise right now---that was my "coping" sans food--so I've turned to food again. I'm trying to get a better handle on this, since I have gained 5 lbs. since then; and have no intention of reversing my progress.

Just for today, I'm going onto full liquids with one meal, partly to break the emotion eating cycle, but also I am pretty water weighted too, so let's flu**** out. Protein shakes, herbal teas, supplements, and for dinner tonight, a salad with smoked oysters. I really want to get back to exercising, but right now don't have the strength or energy.

Thanks for letting me play too.

    You are more than welcome honey!

Your post made me tear up, I am struggling right now, not with weight, but with emotions...

I will think of you during this difficult time, I am so sorry about your dear friend... and I am cheering you on with that bit of weight loss you are working on.

Big hugs and it is good to see you here...

Surgery Date -  3/3/2010
Highest Weight - 380 Lbs
Consult Weight - 357 Lbs
Surgery Weight - 309 Lbs 
Total Amount Lost - 141 Lbs
Goal Range - 215 - 220 Lbs
Yesterday's Weight - 217 Lbs
Today's Weight - 216 Lbs
Gain/Loss -  -1 Lbs

Random Thoughts:  
- I realized that I'm still struggling with my goal weight. Made a decision that I was going to hold in this range. Yet I find myself not eating enough and still doing Spin classes. Yesterday one of my friends at work called me. We were just in a meeting together with a bunch of others and said that I looked horrible. I looked fragile and weak and my faced was gaunt. She told me I need to eat more. After that I ate a cheesecake (my fav desert). It was sitting on a desert cart left over from the meeting. I'm conflicted because I want to loose more yet I don't want to look fragile and weak.

Mike - as you know, I'm very conflicted also, though my reasons are slightly different. My ultimate goal is to pack on muscle (I'm not scared of big muscles!), but I also fret over the scale. To build big muscles, one has to EAT, but for the scale to go down, one has to be in a calorie deficit. Sooooo, I force myself to eat more calories, but every time I do, I get upset on one hand and elated on the other. Yesterday I hit almost 1,100 calories (the biggest calorie day in 9 months!) and I was happy because I know my body needs it, but I was also anxious that it would make me "fat."

It's really hard when you are conflicted. I think you mentioned that you are lifting and want to build muscle or am I mistaken? My personal opinion is that you should eat and that the muscle will burn off the fat without you needing to keep your calories low. I've noticed that since I started lifting, my waist has gotten a lot smaller, my legs and shoulders wider. And I'm still losing roughly 1-2 lbs per week even though I've increased my calories by 400 a day (and still working my way up...baby steps, you know).

Also, don't listen too much to other people. According to my mother, I am emaciated but you can clearly tell from my photos (which show me in the best light possible) that I'm not even close.

Thanks Mandy,

I do want to build muscle. Yet I find when I get to the gym. I hop into the Spin class. I did do some weights yesterday. It's just getting over my anxiety of looking frail. I try not to listen to others. Yet I'm hearing it from many. It's hard to tune them out especially when it's those that are close to you.

I'm going to cut down the Spin and do more weights.  After a couple of weeks I'll see where I'm at. It helps that I'm traveling alot this month. So I won't have access to my gym and the Spin classes. Yet I'll have access to the Hotel's gym which I know has weights. 
 

I think it's a great idea to drop some of that cardio. = )

I keep wanting to try spin class but I'm scared of minced meat crotch from the seat.

Some of the ladies bring a padded seat that goes over  bike seat

Whew! Back to 164 this morning after getting up to 169 this past Sunday due to the holiday. Yay!

164