Post Date: 9/4/08 3:56 pm
Topic: RE: what is your 6 mth loss?
I've lost 100lbs and am shocked that it came off sooo quickly.  This last weekend was the first time that I went shoping with a girlfriend and felt comfortable shopping in ALL of the stores.  It was sooo fun!  It you aren't there yet you will be!

Post Date: 8/30/08 1:24 pm
Topic: RE: Time for me to be thankful

You just have to have faith that you are getting there. even if it's one lb at a time.  Accept the compliments with grace and lmpw tjat one day you will eventually see the thiner you when you look in the mirror.  It takes a while to adjust  your self perspective to how you look now.

Sandi

 

Post Date: 8/30/08 5:44 am
Topic: RE: what is your 6 mth loss?
I am down 82.5lbs in 6 months. The weight loss is slowing a bit, but that is ok since I only have a little over 50lbs to go. I am still losing between 7-9lbs a month.

Post Date: 8/27/08 10:12 am
Last Edit: 8/27/08 10:13 am
Topic: what is your 6 mth loss?
I haven't lost as much weight as I've noticed others have, but loosing 70lbs in 6 mths is impressive enough for me right now.  I've gone from a size 22 down to a size 14/16 & have more energy then I have in a long long time.  The biggest WOW is my loss in inches:

	02/24/08	08/22/08	Total Loss
neck	15	13	- 2
upper arms (x2)	16 1/2	14	- 5
full chest	52	44	- 8
under chest	43	36 3/4	- 6 1/4
waist	45	38	- 7
hips	55	48	- 7
thighs (x2)	33	28 1/2	- 9
calves (x2)	17 3/4	16 1/2	- 2 1/2
ankles (x2)	9 3/4	9 1/2	- 1/2
Total inches lost			- 47 1/4

How is the rest of my FEBRUARY club doing?
-Michelle

Post Date: 8/18/08 5:37 pm
Topic: Time for me to be thankful
Ok All, I've been doing some thinking. Over the past two months or more, I have gotten myself into this funk. So upset that my weight has been stalling. Seems like I stall for three solid weeks then I drop about 4-5 pounds. And this was depressing me. I felt as if I should be losing more. That I was a failure. People would tell me how wonderful I look, I would shrug my shoulders in disbelief. I still don't like to be called skinny, just because I know it's not true. And I have a long way to go before would even be close to skinny. But over the last few days I have been feeling pretty good about everything. I am ONE pound away from the weight I was when I met my husband. I am 25 lbs lighter than the day I got married. I am 95lbs less than the day I had surgery. I can go on a treadmill, multiple times a day and I love to sweat. When I first started I could not stand (or handle) being on the treadmill for more than 5 min. Now I go 30 min and increase my incline all the way up to 12. No I don't stay at that pace for long, but I CAN finally do it. I went shopping on Saturday and bought a pair of size 18 jeans, I didn't even try them on because I knew they would fit, and they did. and are actually a little loose. I am now in a 1x shirt. Can't wait until I'm in a XL or even better a size large. I know this will come, I now know, I have the tool it took to get me to the point where I am now that I can finally excercise and feel good about it again. This will keep my weight off. Thanks for listening to me. Not to many people can relate to how all this feels. I just need to tell myself how wonderful life is!!!! I hope everyone else is doing well. I know a lot of Feb losers have lost more than me and thats ok. We all need to just keep truckin!!!!!! let's hang in there together!

Post Date: 8/14/08 3:55 am
Topic: RE: Setting short term goals
i agree with you michelle...i see these people that have lost like 40 lbs in a month?? i was so dispressed about that compared to my own weight lose. my surgeon said to me, this is not a race, each person loses at their on pace and like you said some have like 200 lbs to lose. i have always used the phase " i have to lose 5 lbs this month" as not only my short term goal, but also my long term. and, at some point, i do plan to stop losing. i'm not looking to be a size 0....just healthy! actually, neither by surgeon or my pcp gave me a "goal weight" ! so, i just made one for myself. i just take one day at a time then one week and then one month...i seem to be averaging over 10 lbs a month since i began at 240 and now as of this moring i'm 165. that's plenty good for me since i don't want to pick pieces of me up off the floor!!

Post Date: 8/13/08 3:58 am
Topic: RE: Setting short term goals
I agree with you. I am almost six months out and have lost 80 lbs (started at 258) and am very pleased with my results so far. I don't compare MY loss with anyone's for the very reasons you stated. We are all different and thusly, will lose weight differently. Sandi 2/21/08 RNY 258/178/130

Post Date: 8/7/08 6:31 am
Topic: RE: STILL STALLING FOR OVER 4 WEEKS????
I have not heard about that 10lb per month thing. I wi**** were true. I would be happy with a consistant loss. I too got on the scale a had a gain 2lbs. I am hoping it will be gone plus another 2 when I get on the scale next week. I was using my clothes to see if I was losing if the scale wasn't moving, but I have not even noticed too much of a difference there. I want to reach my 1st goal by mid September and I have 10 lbs to go to get there. So I have to find something to get the scale moving down again. Good luck and keep me posted.

Post Date: 8/6/08 1:41 pm
Topic: RE: Setting short term goals
My short term goal was to get under 200 pounds so that I could go skydiving. I accomplished that last week after a 6 week stall at 204. I AM somewhat dissapointed by the weight loss as it hasn't been as quick or as much as I thought at 6 months. I started at 260 (254 day of surgery) and am now at 196. I had 100 pounds to lose so I have lost about 60% of my excess weight. I am hoping to lose at least another 20 before stopping. It has really crept along the last month. Now after I skydive I think the next goal will be size 12 pants (I am in a 14 now). I think I need to recognize the weight on the scale but go by the feel of my clothes.

Post Date: 8/5/08 3:36 am
Topic: RE: HAIR LOSS!!!!!!!
I had a big problem I had the RNY and I was losing my hair like a ckemo patient so I was forced to go for a short haircut and my hair loss is very slight now. I am only 6months post. But before I got my short hair cut I couldn't even run my fingers thru my hair without losing strands at a time. I have got used to the new me now but it took abit to get used to the short hair exspecially when u don't have much to begin with lol but I would do it again even if I had to be bald because I feel like a whole new person. So take care always johesn56