BOT

December 1, 2011

Well ... I am 4 years Post Op...BEST THING I EVER DID FOR ME!   However, I stopped losing weight before I reached my ideal weight/BMI and I was satisifed... 115 lb loss is great.... I am pleased that I have been able to maintain my loss... Now I am working toward reaching a normal BMI.... Minimum 10 lb loss hopefully 25 lbs.  I will work on this 1 lb a week....have decided to get BOT by making the following changes:  

1. No Diet Sodas
2. Journal food
3. 60 Grams of Protein each day
4. Add Exercise (start small)

Welcome to back on track.  I know what you mean about not reaching goal.  I was 10 lbs from my personal goal four years ago.  With a regain and relost, I am now  21 lbs away.  I am going to make it this time!  Good to have you on board.

thank you for the words of encouragement.... I will be thinking of you as you also work toward your goal

Wow, your story echoes mine for sure.  I am really impressed with your weight loss!  Did you have an Roux en Y? 

What kind of exercise are you doing?

Yes I had a Roux en Y ... I am sorry to say that I do no exercise...but I am determined to begin... My surgeon has always said that exercise will be one of the keys to long term success... so I will begin a few moments on the elliptical and a very small bit of hand weights and bands... 

One of the mistakes that I always make is that I begin with too much and then I get too sore and I quit.

so I have determined to make some changes.... 4 in all ... satisfied if I reach one of them (at least) each day.   with the goal of reaching them all (on a regular daily basis) by the end of January 2012

I think you have good "do-able" goals.  I bought a little pedal thing called an "Easy Strider" from Walmart for about $30.  You can put it under your desk or in front of a chair to pedal as you read, write, watch tv.  Then you can put it on a table top and pedal with your arms for upper body exercise. It has a knob where you can adjust the tension so you can make it harder to pedal or easier.  I "pedal" as I read for about 30 minutes but the Dr told me that what I was doing was too moderate and I needed to get in more high intensity workouts. Don't ask me what I am going to do..lol Anyway, if you want to ease into exercise, this pedal machine is pretty good. 

Keep up the good work!

Thank you... I will look into the "Easy Strider"... I have to do something for cardio but also for strengthening...surgeon says muscle will keep off the weight..

Good luck

Hello fellow BOTTers. I am Jacki from PA. I had my RNY surgery November of 2005 and lost 100 pounds. I am going to tell my story here so I can get it out. You can skip the next two paragraphs if you want....lol.

 I felt like a million bucks. I did really well for 2 years and then the troubles began. I got sick and had to have surgery. I had my gallbladder out 20 years before and my body formed gallstones in my liver. They blocked the duct and I had surgery to remove them and open my duct in case they ever showed up again. From that point on it was a downhill slide to the unhealthy side. I started gaining weight and stopped exercising. I put on about 40 pounds. I rationalized it by saying that "everyone regains a little'... "I feel better at this weight"... and the big lie.."I didn't like my body". I felt deflated and the extra weight made me less self conscious about my body. I maintained that weight until the gall stones showed up again in Sept 2010. I had was septic and had to spend 10 days in the hospital. When I came out, I was wonderfully lighter.  I know that I should have kept myself there but I didn't.  No exercise, little protein... and candy..lots of it. I went through a divorce, my boys were graduation high school, and i decided to go back to school. But most of all, I ate. I am a stress eater... bored, lonely, upset... I eat. And I don't have a problem with dumping with sugar. It has to be a really high amount of sugar to make me feel sick.

Needless to say. I am here. I have regained 60 pounds. I am here to make myself accountable for what I am doing to myself. I'm tired and fatigued and it's my fault. Today, I have begun a food journal to keep track of the grazing garbage that I am eating and getting rid of favorite junk foods. I am increasing my protein intake. I set my goal for a loss of 10 pounds. Tomorrow am I am doing my measurements and  the exercise will begin. i am planning a quick walk today after the Steeler game.

Thank-you for letting me get this off my heart. Time for Jacki to get her stuff together and DO IT. I know my pouch works, i just have to get my head to work and break these bad habits of sugars and carbs and mindless grazing.and get my butt exercising.        Jacki

Isn't it amazing how it can creep back on little by little...one crisis after another?   However, you have taken one of the necessary steps to getting back on track...making the decision to do it!

I too am struggling to get BOT and find that the decision to do so was very important...and then the hundred decisions that I have to make each day... I don't get them 100% right but I am striving toward the goal.   I have my "Goal" and then I have my mini-goals... 10 lbs is doable..so it is good to start there.

I will be thinking of you as you get BOT