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Post Date 3/23/09 12:19 pm
Topic: RE: Elliptical.....

Oh boy oh joy!   Ordered an Eliptical through HSN 10 days ago and today it is suppose to be delivered.  Have no idea how long it will take for my hubby to put it together (he works nights, isnt off again til Friday.)  I have bad knees, absolutely hated walking on the treadmill.   Hopeing this machine will be the one that gets me off my butt for the long haul. 

Yay!  Feel like a kid waiting for Santa

Post Date 7/28/08 7:11 am
Topic: Starting 5DPT need encouragement

Hi All,

Today is my day 1 of the 5DPT.  Really needing some encouragement here.  I'm 6 years post op and still obese just not as obese as before WLS and yes a little healthier.  Lately I have scared myself with how much I can eat.  Anyway I'd just like to hear from folks *****trained their pouches with the 5 day pouch test diet.  Did you think it was successful and have you stayed on track since you did it.  If you tell me you lost some poundage in the process that would certainly bring a smile to my face too .   It's only 9am and I'm nervous and wanting to eat already!

Thanks!

Rosemary

Post Date 8/31/07 5:24 pm
Topic: RE: do you think we should avoid pizza??

A quote from the diet detective book... a large-sized slice of New York-style pizza would be 468 calories, equaling two hours of walking, an hour and six minutes of biking, and 50 minutes of running.          That is just MHO.  But you should know yourself and whether 1/2 a slice would lead to wanting more. Do as I say not as I have done.  I started out by testing small quantities of those foods I missed and 5 years later, I never made it to goal and I regained 32 lbs.  I'm back on the good path now, trying to avoid bad choices as much as possible and I've lost 23 of the regain.    Rosemary

Post Date 8/30/07 6:35 am
Topic: RE: What are you wearing today?

Today I am wearing a lime green shirt that I bought 2 years ago and it never fit me, arms were too tight and it pulled across the chest and black jeans that I bought and only wore once or twice becuase I grgained about 30 lbs after that.  Proof that even an old lady like me (46) can turn things around at 5 years post op and start losing weight again  Rosemary

Post Date 8/2/07 1:48 pm
Topic: RE: OK, here is the weirdest question ever; haven't seen it here before

hmmmmm....the only desperate alternative I can think up to help you upchuck would be syrup of ipecac.  I dont know if it is even sold anymore.  It use to be recommended for use to make kids vomit if they accidentally swallowed something they shouldn't.  Then I thought I heard they weren't reccomending it anymore. Also read somewhere that salt applied to the very back of the throat may induce vomitting but I'm not sure if that is an old wives tale. I know I have gone for over an hour feeling miserable before a piece of chicken attually goes down. I do know that I use to have to calm myself down because I'd get really anxious and upset when it was stuck because I wanted it resolved quickly. It does get better the further out you are. Rosemary

Post Date 7/31/07 2:36 pm
Topic: RE: Have I failed at 4.5 months?

You mentioned that your protein intake "seems" to be fine w/out the protein shakes.  I thought the same.  I know that we aborb much less of the protein in the food we eat than we think.  Last week I added 2 protein shakes during the day and I lost 5 lbs, before I was down a couple of lbs and back up one.  I'm going to try sticking with the shakes for a while even though I'm not very partial to the taste of any that I have tried. Take it from one who didn't exercise during the 1st year, exercise is a very important piece to this puzzle.  You are right at about my lowest weight post op.  At 8 months out I stopped losing at 247.  My eating habits slipped, exercise was never really in the picture 5.5 years post op I found myself at 275 and feeling truly miserable.  I started over 6 weeks ago, changed my diet , added the exercise and I'm down 12 lbs.  I know it will come off very slowly if I am patient and stick with it "for real" this time. So luckily you are only 4.5 months out and you are at your 1st real sucky plateau and you can still take advantage of the window of opportunity to maximize your weight loss now.

 

Hang in there!

 

Rosemary

Post Date 7/30/07 1:38 pm
Topic: RE: Help I'm gaining weight again

5.5 years post op, I had regained 30lbs, I had to be gut honest with myself and admit that I wasn't following any of the rules and I wasn't exercising.  Plain and simple, at this stage in the game there is no way around this, I'm back to diet and exercise and it is almost as if I didn't have the surgery.  I have to rely on willpower to stay away from bad foods.  Only exception is that I didn't regain all 120 lbs I only regained 30 and I do have WLS to thank for that.  I'm on a low glycemic index diet, no refined flour or sugars at least 70 grams of protein that includes to protein shakes a day, because i know my body doesn't aborb all the protein it needs from the food I eat.  I also have worked my way up to 1hr of exercise almost every day.  Have I been 100% perfect, no.  I have had a couple of moments of weakness.  I've been at this for 6 weeks now and I have lost 12 lbs, and the 1st couple of weeks I only lost 1 or 2 lbs and then gained a lb, it was very frustrating.  You have to remember that this is a life time commitment and that you will not see the rapid weight loss that you saw during the honey moon phase.  In fact it may be harder than ever to lose at this stage of the game, at least it has been so far for me.  Slow, steady and patient.  I have 18 more lbs of regain to tackle, then it will really get exciting for me.

Post Date 7/30/07 6:48 am
Topic: RE: Looking for any female around 6' tall weighing about 220?

At 6' tall 220 puts me into the overweight category.  I am trying to set realistic goal for me and I even wonder if I will make it to that because at 5 years post op I am still struggling to lose.  At 8 months post op I was only down to 247.  and I started regaining and have always stayed up in the 250-265 range.   No goal is set in stone, if by some miracle I reach 220 then I will set another one. Good luck to you reaching 180

Post Date 7/27/07 11:43 am
Topic: RE: Looking for any female around 6' tall weighing about 220?

   very funny... Ironically I'm 6' tall and my hubby is only 5'5". Rosemary

Post Date 7/27/07 7:29 am
Topic: RE: Can someone explain weight stalls and plateaus?

Try adding in an extra protein shake.  As ironic as it may seem you may been to increase your caloric intake a little bit by increasing the protein.  I was losing sluggishly and I switched what I am eating around.  I eat totally protein all day, shake for breakfast & lunch and small amounts of protein inbetween like cheese, hard boiled egg, cottage cheese, yogurt.  Then I have a nice sensible filling meal that includes a salad, even fruit as an evening snack.   I was only losing 1 maybe 2 lbs here and there, this week I have lost 6.  I think our bodies do get use to our routines and they stubbornly say no more until we change things up.   I'm exercising 1hr a day using a variety of different routines, walk/jog at a track, at home with some machines we have and walk videos.

Post Date 7/26/07 11:06 am
Topic: RE: protein snacks

Just google protein snacks and you'll find tons of websites with ideas.  One of my favorite's is pork rind chips, yes there's protein in the chip aisle.  Unfortunately for the most part Vitamins are not covered by insurance cost.  I find buying the larger containers at SAMS or Costco a great value - once you get beyond having to use the chewable ones of course.

Post Date 7/24/07 10:26 am
Topic: RE: Can't get Lap Band if diabetic???

This must be the rules of this particular drs office.  I do understand why drs would prefer to reccommend the bypass RNY for diabetics due to the malabsorption factor and the dumping factor.  My understanding is that banding only restricts caloric intake and yes in the long run that can lead to improved hypertension and diabetes.    With the Bypass, the malabsorption factor means that your body isn't absorbing some of what you eat and that would include sugars.  Many bypass patients develop dumping syndrom whenever they eat carbs.  You feel physically sick and that is a deterent to eating carbs which cuts out any sugar intake.  May I add that I had the RNY and I didn't develop dumping syndrome and I am diabetic so I discovered early on that I could eat carbs anyway.  With the RNY, I went from being an insulin dependent diabetic, to 1 oral med with meals at 3 months post op and to totally diet and exercised controlled at 8 months post op.  However, because I did test limits and found that I could eat carbs, I eventually ended up back on 1 pill by 2 years post op and I am still on 1 pill at 5 years post op.  I know some diabetics come off all meds even sooner than I did, some even go home from the hospital on no diabetes meds after an RNY. My understanding on the 6 month documented diet is that drs and insurance companies want to see that you will be able to be successful post op.  If you can stick with a moderate diet and a little exercise preop you will be successful post op.  I was not required to do this, I did have medically documented previous attempts at dieting.  However now 5 years post op, I wish I would have had to go through this because I would have developed the habits I would need after surgery.  I didn't have those habits in place.  I tested eating limits early on, and I rarely exercised.  Here I am 5 years later, with over 50 lbs still to lose to be at a healthy weight and having to start all over again trying to build up basic diet and exercise habits. 

 

Rosemary