VSG Maintenance Group
Wednesday June 7
Last to post yesterday and first today! I was up at 4:15. I planned to sleep later but couldn't go back to sleep, as I was thinking about needing to leave at 6:15 for Boston. 2.5 days of work left until vacation (and 4 appointments for DH - 3 this morning).
Weight 115, calories 898. I'm feeling like I will go into vacation with a small buffer or at least at the bottom of my range. That's what I was shooting for, but after the two weeks of family and funeral I wasn't sure if I'd be able to do that.
I have a lot of catching up to do reading posts on OH, but I will be able to do that once in Aruba.
Have a good Wednesday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Good morning. At the top of my range. Too much constant, cool rain and NO outside activity. I've been power watching saved Food Network shows, and wondering why grazing sounds appealing. Really !?
Sadie wet the bed big time last night, which she has NEVER done. I'll give the vet a call first thing. It has to be an infection. Doing lots of laundry ! She worked hard as a therapy dog yesterday... spent well over an hour in the infusion room at the VA, visiting cancer patients, then sprawling out on the floor in front of each one, protectively "guarding" them. I suppose it could have been partly stress/exhaustion too.
Dave... love the horse ! I don't think there is anything you can't make ! Joey... hang in there ! Your grandsons are blessed to have you. Liz, good luck today ! Aruba... Aruba.. Paula, pictures are just priceless ! Devon... almost summer ! You all challenge me to be stronger, push a bit harder, feel gratitude for what I have... coming here every day simply inspires me !!
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 !!
Carbon... don't "like" that you had an awful nightmare but supporting your return to peace and serenity.
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 !!
141.something. Got a good hour walk in yesterday and eats were pretty good. Did have a protein bar instead of shake for one of my snacks (calories are not that much different but carbs are much less with the shake). Also had a serving of chips - dang boy's for leaving them out on the kitchen counter - if they had been in the cupboard I think I could have resisted but I was super hungry after my walk and they called.
Work for at least part of a day. DH has his CT and then we meet with the oncologist. We appealed the denial for a second opinion and the denial has been overturned, so I think we will be making a trip to Mayo soon. A long-time patient of mine passed away, so will try to get to his wake late afternoon too.
Love to you all!
Summary of yesterday's eats:
| Cals: 1,146 | Carbs: 118 | Fat: 41 | Protein: 106 | Sodium: 1,094 | Sugars: 26 |
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!
Weight: 134.6
Macros: Cals - 1,692, Carbs - 213, Fat - 38, Protein - 117, Fiber - 22
Veggies/fruits: 5 (goal is 7)
Sleep: 6 hours
Exercise: None
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Another quick post today. I'm wishing for KINDNESS for everyone, especially for our own selves. We each deserve acceptance, affection and encouragement.
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
Diane O.--Sorry to hear about Sadie. Hoping it's an easy to fix infection
Liz-Didn't realize you were going to Aruba! How fun! HOpefully these next couple days fly by...but we all know how long the days before a vacation can be!
Carbon-sorry about your nightmare.
Paula-Glad to hear the second opinion was allowed.
AFM:
Weight: 153.6, Exercise: 35 min. cardio to burn approx. 230 calories
Food:
Breakfast: leftover fried green tomato topped with 1 1/2 pieces bacon and a poached egg. Coffee
Lunch: Half of a taco salad with a few chip scoopers
Pre-workout: handful of trail mix
Dinner: small carb-watch tortilla with grilled chicken, peppers, and onions, 1/4 c. jicama-mango salad, grilled corn on the cob with jalapeno-honey butter. for some odd reason I was so stuffed during dinner. I actually ate half and then ate the second half close to bed. I think the corn just really filled me up? I was bad and opened a bottle of wine. Ugh. That means I've just committed to 5 nights of wine drinking. But I did have just the one last night. I've been having a lot of tension in my upper back/neck. Stress perhaps? Maybe the way I'm exercising? The way I'm sleeping. In my head, I told myself that a glass of wine would allow me to relax :)
I'm pretty happy with weight holding steady. I really really want to get solidly into the 140s, though. I have 13 weeks left in my 20s. I wanted to be in the best shape of my 20s and I'm heading toward that goal. If I can manage to lose just slightly over 1lb./week, I can even be half of myself at 138.5 in time for my dirty thirty.
Speaking of sleep, in the past week I've had two very happy dreams about implant removal. Obviously this has been on my mind a lot. I have put off and put off an explant, worried about making yet another mistake. Am I just complaining to be complaining? Obviously after 3 years of implants things will unlikely return to the way they were. I can say I was very content with that. But there's no going back. Then there's the idea of what's acceptable in society. I was pretty much flat as a washboard, even at nearly 300lbs.! Amazingly, I've received more raised eyebrows to the notion that I would willingly and wantingly go back to being flat and natural than the the idea that I would put foreign objects into my body. I will have to think on it some more. But those dreams made me so happy I could cry! And I'll admit some of this is my body dysmorphia. I have a very large "barrel chest" (pectus carinatum--pigeon chest). This is probably some of the reason I've experience lateral displacement. But in addition, it means that my top half has always appeared fairly broad, even without any chest. So now, with implants, I'm extremely self-conscious of how large I look on the top! And yet no cleavage hardly ever because of lateral displacement and bottoming out.
BB, I had no idea you were still in your twenties! Wow, I remember those. And my thirties. And forties and fifties and sixties. ;)
And now, the seventies are so interesting to me.
You're so smart to be considering and addressing the issues you've targeted. I think I'm a smart cookie, but my self-awareness was WAY lower than yours at age 29.
Good on ya!
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
Thank you! I'd like to think I'm self-reflective. Shockingly I've been asked if I wanted medication for my anxiety! True, I do tend to overthink, but I rather like that characteristic of thinking and writing my way through things. Maybe I feel more things, but I prefer to call it "passion" and I wouldn't trade it for the world!
I don't really identify with my age group, and I married an older man so there's that!
