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Where has the summer gone? I hope all are well and for those of us who are having a difficult time, God speed in feeling better and living life fully and healthily. I am trying to focus on what matters - taking care of myself so that I can take care of my family. I won't go into the dreary details of my daily woes and worries - we all have them - but in terms of the common denominator that keeps us around this Board, I struggle with the food. Pam and Connie have been talking about issues that point to serious consequences from the surgery. I haven't had my blood worked up in some time so they both have inspired me to do so - I hope everyone else does so as well. We need to know how healthy we are. Or aren't. What I'm struggling with mightily is how little I eat and yet I find myself gaining. I've hovered around 160-163 now for the past 6 months - and no matter how hard I try, no matter how little I eat the right things, I can't lose any weight. And if I so much as eyeball something that is "off limits" I swear, I've gained a pound. This, I believe, is also a serious consequence - not only of the surgery but of my pre-surgery life, wherein I lived in a Super Morbidly Obese Body for nearly 4 decades. My metabolism is shot. My body just doesn't know how to respond to anything anymore. So I struggle. I hate the way I feel, I hate the way I look - I think I felt and looked fit and healthy for about 5 minutes during this journey. Now, I fight with everything I have but am losing the battle. I am not griping or complaining - I am identifying a problem that I am not able to fix. And that bugs me Big Time. So just wanted to drop in and say hi and send my best wishes to everyone. Would be great to see how many of us can stop in to say hello as well. Take care, all. M.
Hang tough!! You can do this!! Hope the new meds work for you.
From what I have heard & read 70 grams of protien a day is correct. That is why so many do the shakes to help with that. Specially if you can;t eat that much protien in one day. Hope you are feeling better soon!! Get that protein up, so you can start living
a somewhat normal life, Girl!!
I'm laughing only because normal to you is always
going to be somewhat on the crazy side.
my homeopathic doc sent me to him because of my thyroid. its enlarged nothing major but i need to be on something stronger than the homeopathic meds she had given to me. thats one thing i really like about her she'll try the homeopathic stuff and if its not working she'll have you go to someoen stronger.
we also talked about the high blood sugar.
i'm doing things good with a few things he'd like to see tweaked.
like my wheat thins addiction. gotta cut those he said that i feel good now if i can get rid of those i'll feel great.
the whole wheat bread that i have once a day he said that if its not bothering me its ok but he felt that it is just useless calories that since i am trying to lose weight along with keeping my LBS under control then thats another uless calorie.
he also gave me a list of things he considers good foods and told me it is basivally the same things he tells his diabeties patients to eat. boy i tell you if i had to have this i'm glad i had it after surgery cause i'd never be able to stick to the diabeties diet before surgery.
we discussed why i thought that i had shook things up with my body. the laxatives daily for a month.
he said that while that got things shook up yes that this was not totally brought on by that. He said that the gastric by pass is the culpert.
now it could be that i would have had symtoms that woudl not have been as bad so in a way yes it was kicked up by it but it was there and was going to give me problems.
now that its here its here to stay.
i'm going to have to eat like this forever or suffer the side effects.
while he does not have the problem he says he understands because of his diabete patients who if they should get a low blood sugar drop they tell him it feels like they are dieing.
i get it. i really thought i was dieing.
so with the thyroid i've got a pill i'm to take gonna start that this week.
i'm not a big pill person i'm so afraid to take things becasue of how i react and all of my allergies to different medications but he assures me that this should be fine. he's giving me something that does not have dyes in it or fillers.
he did more blood work and is having me go on 1/2 pill a day to start for a week then on to a full pill a day after that. in a month i go back for more blood work and to discuss how things are going.
he did say that this medication might actually help the LBS alittle bit. its all a horomoal thing which i do not totally understand but as long as they do and i get better i'm listening!
all in all was a good visit he seems like a good doctor in that he listens and answers questions the way i need them answered so that i understand.
he also laughed at my jokes. personality is always a plus.
you know connie i would have gone to the concert but i would have been in extreme phyisical pain. the seats are so small and there isn't any room for your legs. i was comfortable last nigth not any issues at all. i walked up the stairs sat in the tiny chair with room to spare and my knees were fine but 5 years ago i would have been in agoney. i wouldn't have been able to walk today.
i felt bad for the heavy ladies that were sitting two rows up. they weren't able to sit all the way into the seats and their tummys were hitting the people who sat in front of them. you could tell they were very uncomfortable and probably in pain.
I hope you had the most marvelous time at Beyonce's concert. Now 6 years ago, would you have gone to the concert? I know I would have been so horrified at my weight I wouldn't have gone. Sad, isn't it? I think of all the weddings and parties and concerts I missed because I was embarrassed. I think I hid for 1/2 of my life. I hope that you and your wonderful daughter had the most fabulous time.
Hugs,
Connie
Connie yes thats the same thing my doctor has told me. I do eat closer to the 90 than the 70.
while i did'n't leave the computer last night to go eat a protein enriched cow i did go and make myself a nice protein shake. can't hurt right?
i like the rest of us worry constantly about gaining weight and want to lose lose lose.
but because of my stupidity over a year ago it made me kick myself and do what i'm suppose to do.
its working way to slowly but its working.
i lost 4 pounds then i gain a pound back. of course its summer and during the summer i gain water weight with the weather. so it fluctuates and i need to remind myself of that. i'm not just like everyone body else in the world get to a number and stay there the same every single day. in the morning i'm going to weigh less than at night.
whjy do i have to remind myself of this? geesh! but i do. so i don't beat myself up about it and will just obsess about it instead.
BUT tonight my daughter and I are going to see Beyonce!!!!!!! LIVE!!!!! IN CONCERT AT THE CASINOS!!!!!
I guess you can get I dont' get out much huh? hahaha I love her music. My daughter has a friend who's father is a high roller at the casino and got FREE tickets to her concert but didn't want them! Can you believe it??? so he gave them to my daughter who called her mother and asked if she watned to go before she called any of her friends! My daughter knows I love her music. dont' i have a wonderful daughter?
we can't wait to find out where the seats are. the last time they gave s tickets they were on the floor only 5 rows away from the stage so we are hoping we get just as good of seats.
ALL THE SINGLE LADIES! I told my daughter that when Beyonce sings that song that cause she went and got married my daughter can not get up and wave her arms in the air but I CAN!
yes the guy is still in my life but I am NOT married! hehhe
woooo hoooo gonna have to eat double protein today!
I don't know about ounces, but I was told to eat at least 70 grams of protein, but try to get closer to 90. I have been eating 70 grams a day, but it looks like I'll need to eat more than that. Maybe others can tell us what they've been told about how much protein to eat.
Connie
