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Topic: Where Have All the Marchers Gone?
I hope this Board has not gone the way of so many others - the OH Monthly Boards Virtual Graveyard! Here's your challenge - for every lurker, please post a response to this post... you can call me names, make an evil face, post a recipe (Kimmmmm!!!), tell us about your worldly travels, or cry in our collective pea soup - but please say something! If you are reading this, just press the reply button and say hello. Let's see how many Marchers are really still breathing out there... Maureen
Topic: RE: This Much I Know...
I think you're onto something here, Pam. There has to be some scientific explanation as to why we're gaining, even though we're not eating a helluva lot. I admit that my program isn't nearly as stringent as it was 3 years ago; I'm lucky if I get a good solid workout in twice a week; 3 years ago I was working out like crazy 5 days a week. But the calories I'm taking in still amount to around 1,000 a day most days - and I'm gaining. There has to be a connection between being morbidly obese for an entire lifetime and regain after WLS because soooooo many people are regaining the weight. Yes, we know that our fat cells - those little buggers that were so full of fat for most of our lives, a bazillion of them in our bodies - we know those cells just lie in wait to fill up again, and that will be the case the rest of our lives. Is it as simple as that? Those cells are slowly filling up again? I dunno. But I intend to have a very serious conversation with Dr. A when I see him in April. Have a good day - and yes, it's good to remember those first few weeks! I'd give anything to have that feeling of satiety again!!! Maureen
Topic: RE: This Much I Know...
sometimes when i am working out i'm thinking about what i've eaten for the day which is well within the calories to lose but i continue to gain...
i wonder if my body is waking up from the surgery saying hey your suppose to weigh 300 pounds! maybe my body is saying i've been alseep for almost 5 years and let you get away with being smaller now i'm taking back my territory!
thats a small thing that pops into my mind sometimes wheh i'm sweating up a storm rethinking what i've eaten and wondering why the scale doesn't go down it only goes up.
im not saying that its gone up tremondously or that it is every single day.
but it seems like no matter how hard i work and watch what i eat it doesn't zoom down like it did almost 5 years ago.
of course back then drining 30cc's was a thanksgiving dinner!
hey lets remember our first days!
getting out of bed! wasn't that a hoot???
walking the mile around the nurses station!
wearing those nightgowns!
not unbacking a thing I brought from home!
wishing someone was at home to put those stupid socks on my feet!
I still have my little plastic 30cc cup sitting on my shelf in my study above my computer...tothink it took me forever to drink 8 ounces of protein drink before they'd let me go home...i'm telling the truth here now...i poured most of it in the sinki in the bathroom!!!!
remember the first time you finally went to the bathroom and had to call someone to help??? ok too much information! hahaha
ahhhhhh then...remember the firsttime you got on a scale after surgery? in less than 2 weeks i' dropped 25 pounds. WOW was that a fun day!
first meal was a 1/4 of a scrambled egg and i had to push the plate away i was so full.
i want those days back! hahaha
i wonder if my body is waking up from the surgery saying hey your suppose to weigh 300 pounds! maybe my body is saying i've been alseep for almost 5 years and let you get away with being smaller now i'm taking back my territory!
thats a small thing that pops into my mind sometimes wheh i'm sweating up a storm rethinking what i've eaten and wondering why the scale doesn't go down it only goes up.
im not saying that its gone up tremondously or that it is every single day.
but it seems like no matter how hard i work and watch what i eat it doesn't zoom down like it did almost 5 years ago.
of course back then drining 30cc's was a thanksgiving dinner!
hey lets remember our first days!
getting out of bed! wasn't that a hoot???
walking the mile around the nurses station!
wearing those nightgowns!
not unbacking a thing I brought from home!
wishing someone was at home to put those stupid socks on my feet!
I still have my little plastic 30cc cup sitting on my shelf in my study above my computer...tothink it took me forever to drink 8 ounces of protein drink before they'd let me go home...i'm telling the truth here now...i poured most of it in the sinki in the bathroom!!!!
remember the first time you finally went to the bathroom and had to call someone to help??? ok too much information! hahaha
ahhhhhh then...remember the firsttime you got on a scale after surgery? in less than 2 weeks i' dropped 25 pounds. WOW was that a fun day!
first meal was a 1/4 of a scrambled egg and i had to push the plate away i was so full.
i want those days back! hahaha
Topic: RE: This Much I Know...
Hi Connie, I think you answered your own question - all of the above! The bottom line is (and as always, I'll speak for myself, although in reading probably over 200 posts from people this far out who have regained, I'm probably speaking for many in similar situations) - I have gotten lax about my program; I'm eating foods that I shouldn't be eating; I'm eating more than I should be eating; and I'm not exercising or working out to the extent that I was 3 years ago. I'm slacking off. This isn't rocket science - to lose weight, we have to burn off more calories than we take in; to stay at the same weight, we have to burn off the same amount of calories that we take in. To not gain fat, we have to limit the amount of fat calories that we take in. This is hard work on a daily basis - as we all know. Living gets in the way - stress, jobs, family, bills, any number of things takes over our very good intentions of taking care of ourselves. I think this is it anyway. How are you doing? I miss you. Maureen
Topic: RE: My Turn #5 here we are!!
Thanks Connie, How are you feeling these day? We are still waiting for your update
around these parts. You have been too quiet, again!!
Marilyn C (Bearlady)
around these parts. You have been too quiet, again!!
Marilyn C (Bearlady)
Topic: RE: My Turn #5 here we are!!
Happy 5 years !!!! It doesn't seem like 5 years, but it is. I hope the next years will just get better. Judy
God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it or use it for good. Today is very imporant, because I'm exchaning a day of my life for it.
Topic: RE: My Turn #5 here we are!!
Happy re-birthday to you Marilyn. I'm so glad that you are back. You were really missed.
Hugs,
Connie
Hugs,
Connie
Topic: RE: This Much I Know...
So Reenie... #2... Why the regain?
Body starts to compensate for less calories and the metabolism slows down even more?
Snacking?
More calories?
Less exercise?
Why?
Body starts to compensate for less calories and the metabolism slows down even more?
Snacking?
More calories?
Less exercise?
Why?
Topic: RE: My Turn #5 here we are!!
Thanks Reenie just like the timex watch Just keep on tickin!! No Matter What hits Me
it seems.
Marilyn C (Bearlady)
it seems.
Marilyn C (Bearlady)
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