VSG Maintenance Group
Friday 12 Feb 2016
Glad you are starting to feel better. Hope you are able to stay that way and make your show tonight! Read your last blog entry....sorry you are struggling so. It is hard when we see others around us being able to eat much more and stay thin. One thing I'm trying to come to terms with is that I am not like "normal" people. I will never be able to eat a "normal" amount if I want to stay thin. My body likes to hang on to calories and fat. My metabolism sucks. Is it fair? Hell no, but it is my truth!
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!
Thanks. Yes, that's the reality I'm trying to grasp too. I guess I just sometimes want an extra high five for it. Some recognition for the things I do right. I've always been obese--since about the time I was 5. I started Weigh****chers at 9 weighing 139lbs! And it's not even that I eat that much (at least, not in comparison to my husband, my peers, etc.). I cannot tell you how many times a doctor would say something like "have you considered cutting out sodas?" And I'd be like are you for real? You honestly think I haven't done that already?!!! Unfortunately I think so many people expect that if you're obese you went through the Golden Corral line a few too many times.
So I know what I have to do. It sucks and I hate it. I just wanted to throw a fit about it. It did seem pretty unmanageable on Monday. But now I'm no longer bloated and my restriction is really good today and I don't have an appetite. Hallelujah!
Mini Goal!
The trick now is to not let the party start! I have indulged that sort of thinking in the past. I'm very happy, but feeling calm. But hot damn! There was a 1 in the hundreds place and I have not seen that in far too long a time (just about 2 years!). Happy dance morning!
I hope everyone has a fun weekend with partners, husbands, etc... Linda, safe travels. Diane O, thinking of all of you and hoping your community is making sense of it all. Lesa, have a great away weekend with Andy. Mary, hope you are still enjoying your b'day celebrations. Shel, exciting news about the plastics. I'd like to get an LBL eventually, but luckily, my skin is not a terribly big deal. BB - stay home and rest! No sense risking a secondary bacterial infection. (I see that at least once a year with a teacher who doesn't want to miss school. Pneumonia is not fun!)
Speaking of plastics - did anyone end up with loose skin on their feet? I did! And if a wear a shoe that's just a little narrow the skin on the bottom of my foot folds over and I have to take the shoe off and readjust. Weirdest thing ever!
Doing the happy dance with you! 
Ouch, well maybe I'll just cheer from my chair! So happy for you! I had a feeling you would make it to onederland today!
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!
I looked for loose foot skin in your feet :) I guess it wouldn't show on the top of your foot.
Congratulations on that number --- inspiring! I know how hard you have worked for it. I feel recommitted just seeing this. (Don't know about you, but re-commitment seems to be a continuous process)
HW:361 SW:304 (VSG 12/04/2014)Mo 1:-32 Mo 2:-13.5 Mo 3: -13.5 Mo 4 -9.5 Mo 5: -15 Mo 6: -15 Mo 7: -13.5 Mo 8: -17 Mo 9: -13 Mo 10: -12.5 11/3/2015 Healthy BMI Reached! Mo 11: -9 Mo 12: -8 12/27/2015 Goal Weight Reached!
Great job Devon!!!!! So happy for you!
