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Well folks, today is the 5 year anniversary of my surgery.  I have done well in terms of side effects, eating problems, etc.  The only "big" problem I have now is regain.  I have put back on over 40lbs of the weight I originally lost.  I am soooo mad at myself for letting it happen.  I thought for sure this was the solution to my lifelong battle against my weight. Probably my biggest problem is that I never had an issue after surgery of eating sugars which I loved and ate too much of before surgery.  I have NEVER dumped on an foods, including sugars, and I think that is a big part of my problem.  I think that if I had I might not have been eating them with abandon!  I did so much work to get this weight off initiailly and am doing a way too good job of putting it back on.  I looked at the photos of me on Sunday (Easter) with my family and I couldn't even post the picture because I was too embarrassed and afraid of what friends and family would say (or not say) when they saw it.

 

Have others of you had this problem?  Any solutions besides sheer willpower (mine sucks!!!). I have 25th wedding anniversary coming up in two months and we are going to Mexico for two weeks and am looking forward to it, but not wanting to take pictures with me in them.  I LOVED having my picture taken after surgery up until the last year and now just want to be the photographer.  So sad!  Any advice, help, encouragement is certainly appreciated! 

 

Well today is 4 years since I got out of the hospital after my gastric bypass.  i can't believe it's been that long!  I have been going the wrong way again this year.  I am now up a total of 35lbs since my lowest weight (at 100lb loss) .  I am so angry with myself that i have taken the gift that was given and blown it all to hell!  I know that it is my own fault, I eat too much, eat things that I shouldn't like sweets, and don't get in enough protein everyday.  I had really slacked off - well stopped really) exercising until this past week for the past 6 months or so.  I need to SNAP OUT OF IT and get back on track!  I was supposed to go for my 4 year checkup with the doctor who did my surgery this month, but I am too embarrassed and ashamed.  But maybe I need to go to get the advice to get me back on it!  Or maybe I need to get back on this website for the support, or maybe start back going to the support meetings -  ALL THREE REALLY!!!  And definitely get motivated to exercise - should have been doing it when it was cooler - hate doing it in the heat and now i will have the "excuse" since summer is coming up.  HELP!!!

Well hopefully things will look better on my next post and hopefully that won't ake another year!!!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!  And watch out for all the sweet treats!

Well it's been three great years since I had my gastric bypass.  Still the best decision I have ever made for myself!  I have been struggling a bit recently and gained back about 20lbs :(  this year.  I have recently gotten back into exercising - walking mostly about 12-15 miles a week with the dog.  Found a great lake to walk at that is easy to walk, pretty, breezy, dog loves it, and it is easy to monitor my progress (they have markers that tell you how far you walk!)  I am really enjoying it.  I am going on a vaction with my husband this summer to Cancun in about 10 weeks and really want to get in better shape shince I have to bee seen in a swimsuit - thank goodness I got a cute coverup last year!  We are going on our 1st vacation without the kids in 14 years!  I had stopped going to support group meetings and talking with fellow weight loss friends and i think that has been part of the problem.  As you can see I haven't been on here in a year!  Please send good vibes to me to get me remotivated!  I've worked way to hard to fall back into opd patterns!

Yesterday was my two year anniversary.  I can't believe it's been that long.  It seems like just yesterday that I was wheeled to the operating room!  I feel so good and am so glad that I had this done.  Wish it could have happened years earlier!  I have been struggling a little bit recently having gained about 10 lbs back.  I have been following the "Liver Shrink" (pre-surgery diet) and have gotten most of it back off.  I have about 25 lbs to go to my ultimate goal, but I am also happy with where I am right now.  I have a whole new wardrobe and love to shop now that I am no longer in the big girl stores! 

We are headed to the Caribbean in June and hope to get some more off before we go.  Now if only the body was more toned - thank goodness for Bermuda shorts - the place I hate the most - the inner thighs!

HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE!

I am down two lbs this week.  I had been so stuck for about 2 months and I finally broke the plateau this week.  I am down 97 lbs now at almost 10 months (Feb 2nd it will be 10 mos).  I was getting worried there for awhile, but have been watching my food this week and making sure I got the protein in and what do you know - it works!  I am hoping to hit 100 lbs by the 12th when my father gets here for a visit.  He and his wife haven't seen me in person since right before my surgery. They will be seeing an all new daughter!

It's almost the end of January and I have been "stuck" at basically the same weight since November.  I know it's mostly my fault and those chocolates and cookies that called to me during the holidays and are still whispering in my ear.  I don't have a "dumping" problem with sugar which is a good and bad thing I guess.  I should be happy and I am at a weight loss of 95 lbs (196.4 this morning) but I had hoped to be over 100 by now.  I have been having a problem with the exercising.  I still walk 5-6 days a week, but maybe not with the same gusto I did.  Sometimes, it's too cold (I did actually walk one time around the neighborhood when it was 9 degrees out (about 30 minutes) but I need to rev thing up.  I have been bike riding the past three days for 30 minutes too - it's fun to get out on the bike and though we stay in our cul-de-sac I feel like I've been getting a decent workout.  I have two dogs who run with us (my kids and me) while we ride.  Everyone is getting some well needed exercise while the weather is cooperating.

Part of me are beginning to look flabby now.  I need great toning exercise and I hope that it's not too late for those to head off plastic surgery.  My legs are beginning to look like and elephants with the wrinkles and sagginess.  I am really scared for summer with shorts and bathing suits.  I don't want to have gone thru all this only to wear a mumu just to cover up the skin!

I actually went shopping the other day and surprised myself by fitting int size 12 jeans.  10 months ago I was in a 24.  I am proud of myself for that progress and want to keep up the feeling I had when I saw that they fit so well and that I looked good in them!  I guess if I just stay in clothes from head to toe, I look pretty darn good if I don't say so myself!

I am thinking fo doing the liver shrink diet I did before surgery to rev things up and jumpstart a return to losing before my year anniversary on April 2nd.  It's up to me and only me!



 

Well it's amazing.  I actually hit Onederland today on Thanksgiving weekend!  I am at 199.2 which is 92.4 lbs lost!  This is the first time ever that I actually lost weight over Thanksgiving.  Of course I couldn't eat a whole lot.  Turkey was having a bit of a problem going down.  If I mixed it with the other things like mashed potatoes it went down better. 

What a lot to give thanks for this year.  My health is restored, energy, motviation, etc.  I have a new wardrobe that actually looks good.  My son can get his arms all the way around and grab his wrists!

Now if I can only get thru Christmas the same way!

I hit the 6 month mark last Thursday and am down to 208 lbs. That's 7 lbs this month.  I had hit 206, but I think that was my scale teasing me!   Not as far as I had hoped.  Things have slowed down considerably, but that is my fault.  I need to rev up the exercise - these arms are getting scary!  I also need to lay off the carbs.  I am stressed with school back in session and having to keep up with the kids homework, soccer, Bible study, etc.

THis month I hope to do better.  It's only up to me!

I just hit the 5 month mark and although this month has been very slow I am down a total of 78 lbs.  This month I went from 219.8 to 213.8 for a total of 6 lbs.  At least it's going the right direction.  I have to admit I've been eating things I shouldn't be like candy.  I had hoped that this surgery would have caused the dumping on sugar like most patients have, but unfortunately that hasn't been a problem for me.   I do love candy and sweets, but they have always been a downfall for me! 

I also have been having problems with snacking again like pretzels, cheezits, etc.  I need to find an outlet for my boredom.  I have been getting back into my walking (I had slacked off all July and most of August) but as soon as the kids started back to school I have been walking for an hour most mornings (during the week).  We got a new puppy last month so I am taking both dogs for a walk one round around the neighborhood, then I take them home, refill my water botle and head out for two more rounds.

I need to get into some more exercise, especially weights so I can tone up the arms especially.  I did have a great moment though the other day.  I went yard saling last weekend and hit a great sale and bought about 8 really cute dresses in a 14 and I thought they'll be great to wear next spring and summer.  On a whim I decided to try them on and low and behold 3/4 of them actually fit me now!!!  I decided to try on a bunch of my old dresses and found they were all huge.  So the wardrobe has been switched!  Yippee for me!

Til next month, my 6 month surgiversarry and my appt with the doctor and nutrionist.  Hope my labs are good.

Well today I hit the 75 lbs mark and am still feeling so great.  It's been 4 1/2 months since my surgery and I couldn't be happier with my results.  I had been stuck in a stall for a little over two weeks and was getting frustrated, but it finally broke this week.  Yippee for me! 

The kids are back in school and so I've started walking again in the morning.  We got a new puppy named Pepper last weekend and taking her for walks isn't the easiet as she like to "army crawl" across the grass instead of walking.  It's cute to a point, but I can't walk fast enough!  I think that I'll take the dogs around once and then bring them home and walk by myself so I can get some much needed exercise.  I've been way too lazy the last month and a half!  I need to work on the arms more too.

I've been yard saling again and I got some really cute things this weekend including the new outfit in the picture I posted on my profile.
I certainly buy better clothes than I could afford to buy retail!  So fun!