VSG Maintenance Group
Daily Maintenance Weigh In - Saturday 12/1
Good morning!
Today's weight 138.4
December 1st is a big celebration day in my household. December 1, 2005 was the date my then 9 1/2 year old daughter was placed with me as a foster child with intent to adopt. She has now been with me longer than she was with her birth parents. After all she has been through she has turned out to be a strong and amazingly resilient kid, now growing into a lovely young lady.
Unfortunately, birth Mom is also morbidly obese and her maternal grandmother died of complications related to being SMO. My daughter at age 16 is right on the borderline of between overweight and obese. We're keeping an eye on her weight and trying to work with her, but it's a fine line in teenage girls to address these things in ways that won't trigger worse eating disorders. If she continues to struggle I will encourage her to take action sooner rather than later and not wait until she's almost 50 like I did. Nothing until she's an adult though. Thankfully she can stay on our insurance until she's 26, so I know there's a way if we need to go the WLS route.
But tonight we celebrate! No sweet or unhealthy foods, as that's one thing I'm trying to model for her.
Highest weight: 335 lbs, BMI 50.9
Pre-op weight: 319 lbs, BMI 48.5
Current range: 140-144, BMI 21.3 - 22
175+ lbs lost, maintaining since February 2012
What a blessing your daughter seems to be, Mom! Congratulations to you and her :-)
156 this morning. Down another (undeserved) pound. I did NOT eat well yesterday and was sure I would have regained the two pounds I lost in the last day or so. I'm very grateful, but I know that if I don't serious up, those pounds will come back with friends.
--Dorothy
Highest weight: 292 Pre-op weight: 265 Goal met: 150 Six years out: 185 and trying to lose again!
Mom- sounds like you are very blessed to have your wonderful daughter. And she is blessed to have you!
Recovery from knee surgery is getting old already. I'm used to being super busy and independent. I'm already getting cabin fever. Maybe I can get DH to take me for a drive or something, although it is pouring rain. Okay Judy - stop complaining! How many times have I wished for down time? I will enjoy today whatever it brings!
Dropped about 1.5 more of surgery weight.
HW: 284: SW: 274: CW: 152.8. Goal: 159
173.3 Up a few tenths of a pound. I can deal with that.
Talked with my trainer yesterday. He thinks I may be dealing with a couple pounds of muscle gain. Next week we will retest body composition to see if that is the case. In the meantime he thinks I should focus on "leaning out" more - reducing my body fat, but not necessarily losing weight. He says that can be tricky, but it will start with upping the protein to a minimum of 120 grams per day. Dr. C says there's nothing wrong with that, so I'm in. It'll be hard though, but it's doable.
The trainer is also encouraging me to instead lose another 5 pounds along with the whole leaning out thing. I'm a bit hesitant to lose those extra pounds. For those of you who know me in RL (or from my profile pics) your input is welcome. Part of me is thinking, "Sure would be nice to be a little under my goal." Yet, another part of me is thinking that I upped my goal to 170 for a good reason!
I chuckle because I can't think of a time that I was ever worried about being a little too thin! HA!
I've been working that same angle and it's a slow, slow process. In 3+ months I've dropped from near 28%BF at 147 (per scale & BodPod) to near at/under depending on the day 24% at 137.. I may get another BodPod to see how it's tracking my scale now.
Nice thing about leaning out while doing a good load of lifting- muscle definition to beat the band. Looks great! Just that little bit of drop made everything pop- arms, legs, lats.. even abs (though skin hides a lot of that..) I aim for a minimum of 105g protein a day, and prob need to up the carbs a bit more as well to fuel some recovery better as I'm tapping out on my fat I want to use up. I do wish my belly would be totally flat- it's the last hold-out, but as MacMadame points out- skin and residual fat cells aren't going to evaporate w/o more surgery.. so I may have to call it until I decide whether I want to address it.. Good luck!
