VSG Maintenance Group
Friday December 11th
Good Morning !
I woke up bright and early, and was ready to get going ! I'm down two pounds since Monday, so it's time for another 100, bringing me to 1000 calories per day. That seems like so many calories to me, as my struggle to get to 500 still seems so vivid. I still want to keep the process of adding back in slow. I'll have a week away from the pool between Christmas and New Years. If the weather cooperates, I'll be able to walk the dog lots, but my activity level may go down a bit.
I made the decision to retire between 6/30/16 and 12/31/16. I have been a school administrator for 30 years, and taught prior to that. I want to be able to enjoy my new, healthy lifestyle. Maybe that's why I woke up so early !
Diane
Age: 64; 5' 5"; High weight: 345; Start weight: 271 (01/05/15); Surgery weight: 218 (05/27/15); Pre-Op (-53); M 1 (-18); M 2 (-1.5); M 3 (-13.5 ); M 4 (-13); M 5 (- 8); M 6 (-12) M 7 (-5, Xmas); M 8 (- 9) Under surgeon's goal and REACHED HEALTHY BMI 12/07/15!! (Six months and one week.) AT GOAL month 8. Maintaining at goal range (139- 144) ~ four (4) years !!
Congratulations on your continued weight loss and your decision to retire Diane. How exciting!
Scale is up .2 this morning - still at goal weight though. Legs are having a little less swelling but it is still painful when I move much. I'm feeling lazy with no exercise. Hope that it isn't too hard to get back in the swing of things.
This next week is going to be crazy busy. Three Holiday concerts (all 3 of my boys perform - singing/band or both) and a pot-luck dinner with our adult bible study group plus I will be back at work starting Monday.
Have a great day everyone!
Paula
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
on 12/11/15 7:46 am
Morning all:
Good work Ocean! Good work. And retiring sounds scary wonderful!
And Paula am sure that once the swelling goes down and you feel more comfortable you will be back exercising as good as ever.
Well I am up a whopping 4 pounds! 4! Not quite sure why. Calories for this week have ranged between 896 and the unfortunate day when they were over 1600 but in the main the average has been 1056 - 1170. Still walking most days with the average steps being 11,000.
It could be salt of course as yesterday's work luncheon was loaded with it. I thought that had drunk enough water to ' wa**** through' but obviously not.
Today will be a day of walking, preparing for 10 days of visitors, baking ( on the other hand just might purchase the treats - won't be $$$ cheap but will be calorie smart ) and more chugalugging of water.
Some days are more discouraging than others.
Happy Friday everyone!
Carbon, you eased my frustration. Hate to say that misery loves company, but there must be truth to that statement. Knowing you are up in weight for no damn good reason, too, helped me today! Thanks for sharing.
I'm up another .7 today. And yes, I was frustrated. My highest calorie intake for the entire week was 1360, which for my activity level should promote a loss.
Looking at my trend for the past month, I am stable. No weight lost whatsoever over a period of time. I'm dancing around the same weight by two pounds. I was this same weight on November 8.
I had a little conversation with myself yesterday about staying the course and not changing anything. However, when I got up this morning and was up almost another pound, my "What the Hell, Go ahead and eat" attitude reared its head. I have two parties this weekend and the thought of just eating whatever the hell struck my fancy crossed my mind. It's hard sometimes to keep a positive outlook when I feel I'm giving it my all, and the scale doesn't reflect the work I'm doing.
Not saying I'm giving in, but again, just saying it out loud.
On a brighter note: a client gifted me with an entire pound box of Lindt truffles (not the regular ones you can buy at the stores, but their specialty chocolates....). I said a grateful thank you and took them in the house. I looked at the box, sighed deeply and took the box to the garage and hid them. I will offer them to guests on Christmas Eve. If I start wanting to eat them, I will bring them to school and give them to my fellow teachers. Teachers, as you may know, eat ANYTHING! I swear you could poison the whole lot of us by putting arsenic laced cookies in the teachers room!
Stay strong, my friends!
Hi Kairk! We must have posted at the same time. Didn't mean to leave you out of my greeting. I too hate the demon that gives me the "what the hell, go ahead and eat" message. Recognizing this message and why I'm getting it, however, forces me into a place where if I do go ahead and eat, it is a deliberate choice and I can't pretend I don't know what happened. I still do give in sometimes, unfortunately, but I'm doing so with my eyes wide open and I usually can stop the behavior more quickly after, though it does set up a period of struggling for me. Drat, I so wish that WLS had truly been the magic bullet, though I knew going into it that it wouldn't be. Sometimes though, I feel as if I've put my time in and should be given clemency for time served and good behavior. If only....! :)
HW (recorded) 323 Start of Journey 298.9 SW 263.6 CW 177.8 GW 180
Oh, it could be anything. Wish I could blame it on "My Time of the Month" like a lot of the women at school, do, but alas, I can't! LOL!!!!! I've been having very irregular bowel movements, but I can't imagine that could cause that significant of an increase over two days. Who knows, it could just be the perfect storm of cir****tances: heavier workout schedule, change in weather, constipation, too little sleep (averaging only 5.5 - 6.0 per night the past 10 - 14 days).
Good news is that once I had my time to write to all of you I could let it go. There is something about getting the thoughts out of my head, whether it is through discussion or writing, that helps me let go. Perhaps because I think through things as I work out what to write. Not only do we have a staff party tonight, the had the December b'day celebration at school today, too! Muffin Central! Granola with yogurt (w/sugar already in it! BOOOO!!!!!) and of course, all the cookies and holiday cakes just sitting there on the lunch room table ready to be eaten. Devon left it all alone, he did!
Now to get through the party.
