MONDAY WEIGH IN!

GOOD MONDAY TO ALL,           I HOPE THE WEEKEND TREATED YA WELL... I AM JUST GLAD ITS OVER SO ONE MORE DAY TO GET THIS DRAIN OUT AWWW... FEELING GOOD TODAY.. GONNA PITTLE IN THE HOUSE SOME... IM TIRED OF GOING AROUND LIKE BRITTNEY SPEARS WITH NO UNDERWEAR. LOL AINT MY STYLE... CANT HARDLY WEAR ANY WITH THIS DRAIN IN THE AREA ITS IN... IM JUST NOT THAT HIP I GUESS LOL... SO LETS ALL HEAD TO THEM THERE SCALES THIS MORNING AND BRING ALONG THE HAMMER OR PAMPER IT... DEPENDS ON HOW GOOD IT IS TO YA TODAY LOL.... BEGINNING WEIGHT-397 SURGERY WEIGHT-386 LAST WEEK-165 THIS WEEK-165 GONNA GO NOW AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SHAVE THE OLE LEGS.. AINT LOOKIN PURDY HERE... YALL MIGHT HERE THE WEEDEATER FROM WHERE YALL ARE AT LOL.. HUGS MARGE

I went to the Atlanta Event this weekend and had a great time. They had great speakers that were informative. I really enjoyed meeting some of the people I talked to on OH daily. I started not to go but I a glad I went.  BEGINNING WEIGHT-362(01/13/07 Pre-op consult) SURGERY WEIGHT-357(01/19/07-the day released from hospital) LAST WEEK-241 THIS WEEK-238

That drain will be out before you know it and then you can go shop for smaller underwear since you are the incredible shrinking woman .  Besides, you look much better than Brittany does! I don't have too much skin but it's enough that I think if I actually got it removed, I would be down to a size 8! Now that would blow my mind. Well, I had a very good week in terms of weight - I think my hike last week finally caught up with me! Surgery weight: 371 Last week's weight: 180 This week's weight: 174!!! 6 pounds, wow! I thought I was done with big losses. And I really thought I was in maintenance mode, since my weight hasn't budged for a month. But I'll take it! Actually, my birthday and surgery anniversary is this coming week and I'm getting all sorts of money for both - I'm going to buy lots of clothes! Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever enjoy clothes shopping, but apparently I was a 'closet' shopaholic I don't know if that's a good thing or not, my budget is taking a beating!

Morning, Marge.  You'll be dancing a jig when you get that drain out!  Sounds like you are really feeling a lot better - I'm happy for you.  Here's my numbers for the week: Beginning weight - 396 Surgery weight - 386 Last week - 200.8 Today - 201.4 I've been hanging out in the 199-202 range for the past week or so.  I'm losing 2-3 pounds per month now, so it's slow but relatively predictable.  I sometimes miss those big week-to-week losses, but keep reminding myself that, at 22 months out, slow and steady will win the race.  Kellie

Well, I'm definitely not happy this morning.  I am not only going to take a hammer to my scale, I'm going to throw it out on the driveway and back over it when I leave for the rec center. Beginning weight: 530 lbs Surgery weight: 407 lb Last week: 222 lbs This week: 225 lbs It didn't help that I ate like a doberman this weekend.  I kept eating even though I knew I was full just because the food was so darned tasty.  I've got to get a handle on it, or else.   Kix

I hit a roadblock when I was in the lower 220's as well, Kix.  It was at that point that I discovered I could eat more, and that I could tolerate limited amounts of sugar.  And I starting snacking on more carbs.  I think that, combined with the fact that I'd lost so much weight in the preceding year, put the brakes on my weight loss for about 3 months.   I had a follow-up appointment during that time, and my doctor basically said that how much more I lost was really up to me; I was going to have to work hard for every additional pound that I wanted to lose.  I gnashed my teeth about that for a while, railing against the fact that my body was no longer shedding pounds like a snake loses it's skin.  Being bitter about that the fact that this was supposed to be easier (or so I kept telling myself).  Starting to resign myself to the fact that the lower 220's was as low as I was going to get... But I kept coming here, reading posts, getting inspired.  If there were other folks that started out with BMIs over 60 that made it below 200, dang it, I could do it too.  The only limitations I had were the ones I placed on myself.  And I still had the benefit of this great tool, which keeps me from being able to eat like I could 200 pounds ago.  It also keeps me from getting super hungry, as long as I feed it good proteins and good, complex carbs.  So I resolved to buckle down and stay the course, even though my weight loss has slowed to an almost imperceptible crawl.  But month after month, I'm still losing 2-3 pounds.  Hard fought, ever one, and worth every minute on the elliptical, pounds lifted on the weight machines, and "no thanks, i don't want a cookie"....   So stay the course through the frustration of slowed loss, and daily/weekly ups and downs.  It'll be worth it in the long run!!!!   Kellie

Kellie, thanks for the much needed pep talk! When I saw my PCP last week, she said I'd start losing more slowly, but that it was a good thing because it's a healthy weight loss and not a sign that something is amiss.   What I need to realize is that I have to work for it now, as opposed to newly pre-op when the pounds just fell off in big hunks.  It's also up to me to not eat like a doberman just because the food tasted good!  BTW, I had GI distress all day the following day, so I felt punished for eating so much!  I cerainly don't eat the way I used to, either. I have yet to try sugar, I don't want to find out I can eat it, so better just to stay away from it.  Same with bread, which is a real trigger food for me. As you can tell, I don't do "frustrated" very well!  Thanks for putting up with me. Kix

Thanks.  I really needed this post at this particular time also.