Daily Maintenance Weigh In - Tuesday 4/16

Yeah, I'm alive and doing OK. Right now my mornings are madness and I miss you guys but wanted to let you know that all is well.

This week's weight: 137.0

Headed on a long weekend rush road trip from Thursday afternoon until Monday evening. Trying to get my pack-along food together in the midst of the madness. I'll let myself have one fairly free meal a day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday but stay on plan the rest of the time.

Miss you terribly, Mom! xoxo

So, this has been a weird week. I lost 4 pounds last MONTH, but this WEEK, I lost 5 total. I'm not complaining, I know a stall (and a long one) is likely in my future, but wow... crazy.

153.0 this morning.

This morning, I feel like I want to keep going to 140 as my new highest weight, but I'm not going to change it yet. I'm being wishy-washy. LOL

Given how much you've lost, you might need to allow for skin in choosing your a slender dream weight...in other words, you may struggle to lose to your dream weight until you have some of the skin removed.

Consider celebrating 150 with a consult and asking the surgeon how much weight he/she estimates will go away with the skin. Remember, losing a few pounds after plastics won't make a big difference. So if you get the plastics and weigh 142, dropping below 140 won't make you droop again.

Hahahaha... I was JUST having that conversation with myself. That I need to suck it up and go for the plastics consult. I did talk to my regular doctor and she said she'd like to see me (in her perfect world, although if I never lost another pound, she'd be happy too) in the 125-135 range because my bone structure is starting to show and it's pretty small (yes, we're both shocked I'm not "big boned" LOL). I asked her about skin and she said I can figure 5-8 pounds (usually).

But yeah... I'm going to make a plastics consult for next month, I think. I need to stop being a baby about it. Like having kid, if I wait until I'm ready, I'll never be ready so I need to get over myself and go.

Hi All!  181.8 this morning, which is out of my comfort range, but lower than yesterday.  I have been adjusting what I'm eating, as well as how much.  I finally got a chance to make a pot of Elina's green chicken soup.  It's yummy and filling! 

Feeling out of sorts today due to the events in my hometown, Boston, yesterday.  Still trying to sort my feelings and get to a place where I can fully deal with it, but not there yet.  Not eating or even thinking of eating over the feelings, which is where I need to be in dealing with any life struggles, so am relieved about that.  Have a good day everyone!  Mary

((Hugs)) I was doing okay until they said the 8-year-old that was killed was waiting for his dad to cross the finish line. My kids have waited at a finish line (or walked with me) on several races and getting to that finish line on even a 5k, nevermind a marathon!, and seeing your kids smiling and waiting for you with amazingly big hugs is what kept me going during my first hardest one. Yup, I'm going to start crying again. Sigh. I'm such an emotional mess since losing weight. LOL.

I hear you Candy.  My little one is almost 8 and I haven't even begun to deal with my feelings over that poor little boy.  I bet, like many of us, you were more of an emotional mess before weight loss, dealing with those emotions by stuffing them.  It is hard to feel the feelings instead, but they do pass, and there is a certain amount of comfort and pride in actually coming out on the other side of the feelings, without compounding them by guilt and shame over eating and stuffing them further.  I see myself as a volcano that hasn't erupted for many years, but all of that stuff is down there and needs to come out eventually.  Luckily, it's coming out in small spurts and not a full eruption!!  LOL

Oh definitely. My therapist is proud of me when I go off on a rant and start crying.

My poor husband has endured a few full-out explosions the past couple of years... I'm starting to level out - frankly, since my father's voice left my head (well, the VAST majority of the time - I only hear him once a month or so now, VAST improvement and I'm perfectly okay with telling him to **** off) LOL.

Yes, I'm insane. I'm okay with that.

You sound perfectly normal to me!  Oh, wait, I'm insane too!!! LOL

Hahaha... from one crazy person to the other... "Nah, you're perfectly normal" - like you said, though, seriously, most of us dealt with the crap in our lives with food. When that goes away and you don't find something else... you have to find something to replace it or --- gasp --- actually DEAL with those feelings.

I hate that some days :) LOL