The Sunday Weekly Weigh-In

Hi Dx and guys, This is my first posting to the weekly weigh in, but I've been reading them for about 5 months and always look forward to them. They help me keep a modicum of perspective. By modicum I mean a teeny, tiny bit. No matter how much "objective" info and data I get from various sources, my first impulse is "woe am I." For a while I had fears that I was part of an experiment to prove that we don't need surger. I worried that I had only had placebo surgery--hole*****ed in my belly but no actual RNY. For the last three weeks I've been struggling with a TRAF, a reverse FART. TRAF, to me, stands for Terrible, Ridiculous, Awful, Fiasco. My most recent TRAF was waffling around the high 240s, up a pound, down a half, up, down, no change, down a tiny bit. This was a TRAF because I couldn't claim a genuine plateau or even a puny stall. I was making "progress" by ANY REASONABLE STANDARD. Aye, and there's the rub-- REASONABLE. I am not when it comes to expectations in this realm. Now, after all that whining, wingeing, and bemoaning, here are the stats proving I'm a fatheaded idiot, but a lucky idiot who lives in a world where WLS is available, who is married to a saint, and who has found a bunch of cyberpals who know that "fatheaded idiots are people too." Highest weight at PCP: 343 (maybe even 357 according to some old Optifast records) Signup for WLS surgery: 335 Day of surgery: 317.5 Today's weight: 245 Loss this week: 3.5 Total lost: 98 Lost since surgery: 72.5 These weekly weigh ins are important reminders that Dx is right about plateaus and progress. Thanks everybody. Doug Such

Doug, TRAF! How Un-Kosher!! Very Clever! Very Perfect! A Super 3.5 Week! Glad to have you posting here! Sorry I missed your arrival on the Board. I've just finished a month of hectic schedule And "drive-by" Board activity. Congratulations for slipping on past the plateau. Clearly the placebo is working! Keep it Up!! Best Wishes- Dx

Starting weight ---346 Last weeks weight ---219 Todays weight ---218 Total lost this week was 1 lbs Total loss of ------128 lbs in 32 weeks

Happy superbowl weekend. Locker room. Here are my nubers highest wt. 320 Preop Wt. 310.5 Wt. last week 203 wt. today 201 . That's 119 total pounds. If that doesn't make you feel like What will? GO COLTS

Hello All After a weight gain of almost 20 lbs from being in the hospital for a week, from a bleeding ulcer in my pouch. They replaced over 10 pints of blood, and 15 pints of plasma,and iv's. I am now back down to my weight before I went into the hospital. Surgery day 11/14/06-----------544 Home from hospital 1/27/07--470 Today---------------------------------455 Total loss------------------------------89

Alan I'm glad you checked in. I hope that they have that ulcer under control and that you are feeling ok. I wish you the best my friend. Scott

Day of Surgery - 458 Last Week - 317 This Week - 311 Loss for Week - 6 Total Loss - 147

As of this morning 211.3. Total loss of 253.7. Doug.

Day of Surgery: 310 (or 300..depends on the scale ) Lowest: 195 Today: 206 Accountability baby..accountability.

Us "monday" posters again - is me! biggest weight: 404 surgery day: 387 last week: 298 this week: 296 weekly loss: 2 lbs total losses: 108 WooHoo! jim