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Be at 80 pounds lost by Thanksgiving

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Be 165 or below for the rest of my life (unless I'm pregnant)

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Wear winter white this January without evoking Moby Dick

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Ajay Goyal, MD, FACS
From the very first time I met Dr. Goyal and his partner Dr. Boulay I have felt at ease. His pre-surgical regimen of tests and monitoring is thorough, which made me feel more comfortable. The staff is amazing-they remember me by first name and managed to wrangle insurance approval within a week of applying. I met with three other surgeons before choosing Dr. Goyal and chose him because of his emphasis on patient education, follow-up, and his exemplary track record. rnHe addressed the risks of surgery several times, so I was sure to understand them. I would really have to be nit-picking to think of a negative. Overall, I would rate this experience a ten out of ten. I can't imagine having been through this with any other surgical team.rnFuture patients should remember that they are expected to be a big part of their own experience with this office, meaning that they need to make the effort to inform themselves well enough to form a vision of their own success, share it with the office, and let them help you get there.
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If anyone out there reads through this blog...
on November 4, 2007 9:21 am
Please know that I feel like a donkey for whining about slow weight loss.  Now that I know it happens in fits and spurts I don't sweat stalls or slow points. 
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When will I learn to relax???
on September 23, 2007 7:55 am
Weight is coming off again.  Sigh.  I'm a lunatic.  But at least now I'm a happier one.
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If this is the honeymoon phase...
on September 22, 2007 8:23 am
Then what is it going to be like in the next few months?  I am losing about two lbs a week by eating less and exercising more than I ever have.  I am eating about 800 cal a day (absorbing how many?) and burning about 350-400 with exercise.  Why do I need to work so hard at this when it seems a lot easier, not to mention faster, for everyone else?  At this rate I will still be struggling with this in a year and a half!  I really don't think my goals are too aggressive given the press WLS has. 
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on a different note
on September 18, 2007 3:50 am
I've been such a negative wretch over the past week(s) so I thought I'd be positive for a change.  I slept like a baby last night, work is definitely getting better, and I'm going to Hawaii soon.  Yay!
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Issues with stalling...
on September 17, 2007 3:59 pm
OK, I'm not EVEN two months out and I stopped losing weight.  I was losing and gaining the same two pounds over and over again, then I lost two more and this AM they were back.  I can't seem to lose anything.  I am taking my viatamins, eating my protein, drinking my water, and exercising for about 45 minutes a day.  I am working harder at this than I have at any diet I've ever been on.  I belong to a diet site that, based on the nutritional info and exercise info I give it, says that I should be losing about 25 lb a month-and that's if I were "average", meaning non-WLS.  
I have actually lost weight faster on diets. I feel like this was supposed to help me and that it was a tool that, if I used it correctly, was guaranteed to help me lose weight.  How on earth am I not?  I eat fewer calories than I expend every single day.  I've tried increasing cals, decreasing them, decreasing carbs, increasing protein, decreasing and increasing fat, NOTHING helps.  At all.  How long can this go on?  Is there some hormone or something I have in my body that is dedicated to maintaining some obese homeostasis?  I've never felt more betrayed by my body.
And I feel like I've posted twenty times, Hey boohoo Im not losing weight please tell me it will be ok.
I don't want anyone to tell me it'll be ok, I just want it to BE OK.
And I feel like I'm having a temper tantrum.  I really really hope that one day I can look back and chuckle knowingly at this post, having achieved my goal. 
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This past winter I got the flu for the first time in my life.  I was so sick that I had to go the emergency room, where they weighed me.  I weighed 315 lbs.  I couldn't believe it:  The last time I weighed myself I weighed 70 pounds less and that weigh-in had been traumatic too.  I've been fighting the fat cell my whole life:  In college I won, weighing in at 5'11'' and 146 pounds.  Somewhere along the way fat won and I gave up, gaining monstrous amounts of weight over the past 8 years.  Every attempt to lose it resulted in a more significant gain.  Now I'm 30, a sales rep (where being overweight doesn't help) and need to do something before my life passes me by.  I've lost about 33 pounds since I had surgery a month ago and look forward to a slower but steady loss.  I'm the only obese person I really know.  My best friend is a size 2 and my boyfriend is 6'1 and weighs about 193 soaking wet.  I'm so happy this board exists so I can talk to other people who have experienced obesity.