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Wednesday, November 27, 2024 - Thanksgiving Eve?

Peps
on 11/27/24 9:25 am

Too funny, too true, and oh so telling about how we think! And yes, I would have done the exact same thing!

Paula1965
on 11/27/24 10:28 am
VSG on 04/01/15



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!












CC C.
on 11/27/24 1:26 pm

Only a crazy person would do anything different!

Peps
on 11/27/24 9:55 am

216.9 this morning. This weight marks a loss of 60 pounds since beginning the GLP1 meds! A great way to start the Thanksgiving weekend.

I LOVED Diane's reweigh story this morning. I would have done EXACTLY the same thing!

Ann, doing the kitchen, too? I know it's a chore, but LUCKY YOU!

CC, banquet pics????? I got my first filling at 13. The next one in my 40s. What my problem is periodontal disease. I inherited crappy gums from both sides which I think I only worsened because I smoked. So though I have relatively healthy gums now, the recession is severe so lots of root surface is exposed which causes problems. I'm a daily flosser and use prescription toothpaste to keep my oral health in check. Ron is like you and your dad.

Liz, HALF A CORN DOG??? WTF? Girl, you need to eat more. That's not even enough for a toddler! You're going to lose too much muscle if you keep eating like that! Though I know that some days you just don't have an appetite with the meds. The muscle loss is my concern about the meds when I read how little some of you ladies on the meds are eating. It really is worrisome to me. Losing muscle mass for a post menopausal woman in NO BUENO. Have you considered dropping the dose more or getting off the meds so you can eat more protein? I don't want any of us to have "Ozempic Face"! It's a real thing and not so pretty! LOL!

After ranting about eating too little I admit that I am lucky that my metabolism works relatively well. It took several years to get it back in shape after the decades of yoyo-ing starvation and deprivation dieting followed by fast gains followed by VSG, but it is a blessing! I am able to lose weight eating roughly 1800-2200 calories a day. I maintain well at 2500 a day, though I'm sure it will be a lower calorie level to maintain my goal weight.

Naturally I left my grocery shopping until today. It must be the glutton for punishment in me. In addition to grocery shopping, I have a few bills to get paid, a post office run, grocery shopping, dog trimming and bathing and workout on the books. Better get my butt in gear!

Paula1965
on 11/27/24 10:21 am
VSG on 04/01/15

Congrats on the 60 lbs. lost!!



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!












DiamondD
on 11/27/24 10:53 am
VSG on 06/13/12

Hope the grocery store isn't too much of a zoo! Congratulations on your stellar weight loss!!! It gives me so much happiness to see tribe members who worked so so hard to lose weight find a medication that makes it possible.

Peps
on 11/27/24 11:06 am

Well, I'll tell you, the med seems to really have been the missing link for me. My success with it only strengthens my belief that obesity is a complex, multifaceted metabolic disease/issue that has been abusively classified (and still is by many) as a simple lack of discipline, will power and commitment.

Miss150
on 11/27/24 3:20 pm

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 11/27/24 12:05 pm, edited 11/27/24 4:08 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16

I ate other stuff later! And it was 1/2 of a foot long hotdog.

Congrats on 60 pounds!

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

Peps
on 11/27/24 3:12 pm

I really do worry when I read how little you and Paula eat sometimes! Obviously, it's been drummed into my head repeatedly by my nutritionist and therapist! Now that I finally own it... well you know how it goes.

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