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Looking at how you're doing on the shakes I confess to being tempted to do the same thing. I know I lose quickly on shakes, but if I stay the course right now and maintain (or lose just a bit) I get my panni removed, and I hate my panni with a deep, dark, ugly hatred.
Kelly-Anne
Highest 303.4, Surgery 263, Current 217.8, Goal 180
This weekend was a great one for me because I faced one of my biggest challenges to date, and am happy to say conquered it. On Sunday I was actually able to stick to lean & green at one of my favorite restaurants, Chili’s. Rather than my usual chips & queso, margaritas and a beacon cheeseburger, I had grilled chicken and steamed broccoli and lived to talk about it. LOL I’m so proud of myself!
Not exactly, but I’ve been trying to get close to a pre / post WLS diet the past few weeks. Initially I was scheduled for VSG (with Dr Kelly in TJ, MX) on May 13th, and was supposed to start the pre-op diet 2 weeks before (April 29). But I got freaked out by a couple posts about leaks that I read on the VSG forum. So I decided to start the liquid diet 2 weeks earlier than necessary (April 15th), give it 2-3 weeks and see how things went. If I did well enough I would cancel my VSG. Below are my stats.
Female 5’4"
254.4 high weight 1/03/11
240.0 start weight 4/15/11
231.8 (-8.2) week 1 4/22/11
228.6 (-3.2) week 2 4/28/11
225.2 (-3.4) week 3 5/06/11
130-140 goal weight
My diet consists mostly of protein shakes, but I’ll through in a lean & green meal (lean protein and veggies) every now and then. I plan to keep this up for about 12 weeks and just see how I feel. If I feel as great at 12 weeks as I do now, I may continue this longer. At some point I will transition to a daily lean & green meal, then maybe two lean & green meals. Needless to say (or maybe not), I have changed my mind about surgery. I decided to work on my head a little more before taking the drastic measure of altering myself surgically. Things have really changed for me. Yesterday I treated my mom and sister (both gastric bypass survivors) to Chili’s for lunch. Chili’s would normally be a big challenge for me (chips & queso, margaritas etc.) but all I had was a piece of grilled chicken and some steamed broccoli. I never used to eat veggis, so this is all a super big deal for me and I’m very proud of myself. If you would like the support of a weight-loss buddy, let’s exchange email addresses.
When I started losing weight I lowered my calories to 1,600 per day. I was so big that I just couldn't do much exercise and I couldn't afford a gym at the time. After about a year I started walking three times a week. It HURT and I hated it. I'm back on the weight loss train post baby and I'm doing what worked before but I'm adding in workouts and joined a gym I can afford. I'm seeing results once again!
I honestly wish you the best of luck! Some times we need that structure in the beginning with a fixed diet because we've been so out of hand for so long... Go with what will work for YOU!
One thing I can tell you is that you have to start feeling better about yourself. The sad thing is only you can do that for You. Do what ever it takes to build that self esteem just like you did to lose the weight and improve your tone!
I was turned down for surgery because I did too well on the dietitian guided diet at the local Bariatric clinic. The Dr, who is one of the top in the world, said that he wouldn't expect me to lose much more than the 45# I have at this point if I had surgery, and when balanced against the risks of surgery he couldn't refer me. Since I've lost almost all that he said would be a realistic amount to expect after surgery he said they'll treat me as if I had it and refer me to have my pannis removed (no cost to me) if I maintain the loss for 6 months.
I was pretty upset for several days, then I gave myself a shake and decided that since the diet I'm on is giving me a pretty steady 1# a
week loss right now I'm going to stick with it and gradually build
more exercise into my life so as to keep it going as long as possible. I figure I should get another 20# or so of loss before the exercise I'm will/able to do will balance my intake and I'll stop losing.
So - back to my question. If you have access to a dietition, get yourself an appointment, journal (totally honestly) your eating until that appointment. Tell her/him you need help setting up a diet you can live with long term that will help you shed the weight. (mine is 1400 calories. I'll be happy to tell you more privately)
Know that you will have to stick with the eating plan forever and build in some sort of exercise if you want to lose and KEEP it off. It WILL be difficult at first, but it gets easier as you develop strategies to deal with things like social eating and traveling.
The reason for doing something like this instead of the post surgical diet is that because we don't have surgical restriction we need something that works in the long term without that restriction.
I've found that by avoiding most prepackaged food (except calorie controlled frozen meals, which can be super helpful), reading packages carefully, applying strategies taught by my local Weight Wise program and journaling honestly my plan isn't too difficult to follow, and the improvement in quality of life after losing even the
amount I have is huge!
Kelly-Anne
Highest 303.4, Surgery 263, Current 217.8, Goal 180
I was wondering if anyone has tried using the Post Op weight loss surgery diet as a guide or a version thereof to lose weight. Please comment on if you have had any sucess, problems, etc.
Thanks,
Shell
I try to wear a muscle shirt on at the gym, to try and face the fear. And I may be slowly getting over it. But even this shirt causes alot of anxiety, as I feel people are judging me, either negatively, or positively.
It also effects me because the skin is ugly and I got stretch marks with it too.
Bodyfat is between 7-9%. Usually 7-8% consistently every morning when I wake up.
Final pics (latest):
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