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Topic: RE: i'm new to this part!!
this is the time!!!! we are so going to make it this time!!
btw, how did you get that ticker on your posts?
btw, how did you get that ticker on your posts?
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on 4/27/10 4:25 am, edited 4/27/10 4:50 am - Rochester, NY
on 4/27/10 4:25 am, edited 4/27/10 4:50 am - Rochester, NY
Topic: RE: i'm new to this part!!
Good for you! I just joined WW yesterday morning and determined to get to goal weight this time. Good luck to us both!!
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on 4/27/10 2:56 am
on 4/27/10 2:56 am
Topic: RE: What are you celebrating and proud of? Monday
This is a great post today - so many people here have done things towards improving their health - smart decisions. I find reading this so inspirational.
DH is feeling a little better so we walked our 5 miles at a much brisker speed. I was so full of sweat and I don't like having sweat running down me - sort of feels disgusting. So I carried some paper towels in my bag and used them to dry myself off near the end - hopefully no one saw, I went into a quiet hallway to do it. I figure if it's cold in the mall, which it was, and I'm sweating like a pig, then I must be making progress and getting a good cardiac workout.
I'm also thinking that I need to get my Wi fit up and going - I bought it a long time ago and have never used it - my goal is to sometime this week figure out how to turn it on and use it. I promise by this weekend I will have used my Wi fit and I'll report back here on my experience. I will use it instead of letting the cats sleep on it. LOL
DH is feeling a little better so we walked our 5 miles at a much brisker speed. I was so full of sweat and I don't like having sweat running down me - sort of feels disgusting. So I carried some paper towels in my bag and used them to dry myself off near the end - hopefully no one saw, I went into a quiet hallway to do it. I figure if it's cold in the mall, which it was, and I'm sweating like a pig, then I must be making progress and getting a good cardiac workout.
I'm also thinking that I need to get my Wi fit up and going - I bought it a long time ago and have never used it - my goal is to sometime this week figure out how to turn it on and use it. I promise by this weekend I will have used my Wi fit and I'll report back here on my experience. I will use it instead of letting the cats sleep on it. LOL
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on 4/27/10 2:47 am
on 4/27/10 2:47 am
Topic: RE: Greetings
Hi choose2inspire, we're happy to have you join us.
WOW- you've been through 2 bands - that's a lot of surgery on your poor stomach. If nothing else I would think you need to allow your stomach to heal before jumping into another surgery. I think you're wise about not having the RNY and giving yourself time to take another route. You must be so upset and frustrated with that whole experience. As for WLS - that is huge business for hospitals and doctors - not just in the surgery itself but everything else related to it - so yes it is a bariatric mill even if your doctor is genuinely a nice and caring person. It's just the reality of the way medicine is practiced today.
I think you're lucky, you have some wonderful Dr.s who are supporting you in shedding your weight. I have recently, after giving it lots of thought, realized that making profound and permanent changes in your diet is the only way to go - and these changes are for life, not just to shed the weight. There is nothing wrong with your digestive tract, it's in your head in the choices you make to eat. Even our drive for hunger is more about the choices of food that we eat. I think in the long run, if you can shed the weight with a fully intact and functioning digestive tract, then you are better off. The only thing WLS does offer is faster weight loss early out but it comes with a heavy price for some people.
All of us here want to share this journey with you so I look forward to your postings - the good, the bad and the ugly - we can kick you back on the wagon when you need and cheer you on when you're doing well.
WOW- you've been through 2 bands - that's a lot of surgery on your poor stomach. If nothing else I would think you need to allow your stomach to heal before jumping into another surgery. I think you're wise about not having the RNY and giving yourself time to take another route. You must be so upset and frustrated with that whole experience. As for WLS - that is huge business for hospitals and doctors - not just in the surgery itself but everything else related to it - so yes it is a bariatric mill even if your doctor is genuinely a nice and caring person. It's just the reality of the way medicine is practiced today.
I think you're lucky, you have some wonderful Dr.s who are supporting you in shedding your weight. I have recently, after giving it lots of thought, realized that making profound and permanent changes in your diet is the only way to go - and these changes are for life, not just to shed the weight. There is nothing wrong with your digestive tract, it's in your head in the choices you make to eat. Even our drive for hunger is more about the choices of food that we eat. I think in the long run, if you can shed the weight with a fully intact and functioning digestive tract, then you are better off. The only thing WLS does offer is faster weight loss early out but it comes with a heavy price for some people.
All of us here want to share this journey with you so I look forward to your postings - the good, the bad and the ugly - we can kick you back on the wagon when you need and cheer you on when you're doing well.
gloop
on 4/27/10 2:33 am
on 4/27/10 2:33 am
Topic: RE: Greetings
I'm in the process of changing my diet, relationship with food and my lifestyle. I'm in training for maintaining.
"These lifestyle changes are the same ones I'd have to make with or without RNY in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle and weight loss."
There, you hit the nail on the head. I think we all realize that surgery is just an assist and unless we get all our mess straightened out we'll be right back where we started so why not try it without the surgery first. I figure I'd have to do the work at some point anyway so why not just do it without all the added complications that come with having WLS. Stay focused and you can do it. Good luck.
There, you hit the nail on the head. I think we all realize that surgery is just an assist and unless we get all our mess straightened out we'll be right back where we started so why not try it without the surgery first. I figure I'd have to do the work at some point anyway so why not just do it without all the added complications that come with having WLS. Stay focused and you can do it. Good luck.
I'm in the process of changing my diet, relationship with food and my lifestyle. I'm in training for maintaining.
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on 4/27/10 2:23 am
on 4/27/10 2:23 am
Topic: RE: Avoid martyrdom.
This is one area I have a problem with only because I don't eat any animal products AND I don't eat any added fats or oils. So basically what the average person were to serve me at a dinner party - well much of it I can't eat. I always bring a dish with me - enough to share with others. I discuss it with the hostess before hand because I don't want to obnoxious and just show up with stuff - I try to bring it as a friendly addition in the way that others bring a bottle of wine. I also eat before I leave the house so I'm not too hungry. I also don't want a hostess to go out of their way to accommodate me - I'd rather they make the food that they want to make. It's a tricky situation.
The problem is do I even want to take stuff on my plate - I mean what do I do with it, I'm not going to put any of it my mouth - but I can push the food around with my fork on my plate which makes me feel guilty. I had serious health problems before going on my diet and I firmly believe the changes are only due to strict adherence to my diet because goodness knows all the medication I was on wasn't helping. So I don't cheat on my diet, even at a dinner party.
Mostly I make a point to talk to everyone and make my experience about being with others and not about my food and what I eat.
The problem is do I even want to take stuff on my plate - I mean what do I do with it, I'm not going to put any of it my mouth - but I can push the food around with my fork on my plate which makes me feel guilty. I had serious health problems before going on my diet and I firmly believe the changes are only due to strict adherence to my diet because goodness knows all the medication I was on wasn't helping. So I don't cheat on my diet, even at a dinner party.
Mostly I make a point to talk to everyone and make my experience about being with others and not about my food and what I eat.
Topic: RE: i'm new to this part!!
well, i love to shop, so i have decided that every 20 pounds i lose i'm going to buy myself something really nice. my 1st big goal is to fit into a plane seat by october since i'm going to ireland and don't really want to pay for an extra seat (very expensive) but i think that if i can lose 50 pounds by then (6 months, i think it's do-able) i don't think they'll make me pay, i hope not anyway!! thanks for the support, i'm gonna need it!! 
(deactivated member)
on 4/27/10 2:12 am
on 4/27/10 2:12 am
Topic: RE: i'm new to this part!!
AB - please come and post regularly so you can share your journey with us - the good, the bad and the ugly.
I know many people including Moosie had done extremely well with WW. And as Gloop points out this is not a "DIET to lose weight" this is about a lifestyle that you will maintain even after you've lost the weight. I'm glad to read that you've joined a gym too - clearly you are making a smart effort.
Do you have some small goals to reach for in the beginning? I found it helpful to have loads of goals, both actual numbers on the scale as well as things like buckling into the airplane seat strap without needing to add that extra strap. All my goals were meaningful to me but I did have a lot of them so that I constantly felt good about my shedding weight. I had 200 pounds to shed so I didn't want to look at long term goals because they just seemed so far off in the future that it was overwhelmingly depressing. Meeting lots of little goals is much more rewarding and builds self esteem and acts as feedback that you're doing well.
I know many people including Moosie had done extremely well with WW. And as Gloop points out this is not a "DIET to lose weight" this is about a lifestyle that you will maintain even after you've lost the weight. I'm glad to read that you've joined a gym too - clearly you are making a smart effort.
Do you have some small goals to reach for in the beginning? I found it helpful to have loads of goals, both actual numbers on the scale as well as things like buckling into the airplane seat strap without needing to add that extra strap. All my goals were meaningful to me but I did have a lot of them so that I constantly felt good about my shedding weight. I had 200 pounds to shed so I didn't want to look at long term goals because they just seemed so far off in the future that it was overwhelmingly depressing. Meeting lots of little goals is much more rewarding and builds self esteem and acts as feedback that you're doing well.
(deactivated member)
on 4/27/10 1:58 am
on 4/27/10 1:58 am
Topic: RE: Our Deepest Fear
Very interesting - I like what you see in the poem - seeing it as self worth and allowing it to shine and act as a light for others to shine. I never thought of something like that before - yes that is a wonderful idea.
I can relate it to seeing others doing well on their diet and posting their progress - I find that inspirational and it does shine a light in me to do well too.
On April 26, 2010 at 11:38 PM Pacific Time, mwy wrote:
I would say neither. It's about your own self worth. How we don't blossom to our full potential so that we don't make others feel badly that they don't measure up to who we are. It's about not letting ourselves revel in our own fabulosity because we don't want to be seen as thinking we are better than others. It's about not being afraid to let your brilliance shine, because if you do, it allows those around us to allow their's to shine, also. I think that's what it's about! ;-)
Mary
I can relate it to seeing others doing well on their diet and posting their progress - I find that inspirational and it does shine a light in me to do well too.
Topic: RE: Greetings
i was supposed to have surgery today (rny) but after listening all the risks, that seemed just as bad as the risks involved with obesity, i opted to try one more time the non-surgerical route. (that is just my own personal decision, i have nothing bad at all to say about anyone who has chosen to do the wls)- i decided that unless i can actually change my mindset about food then surgery was just going to be a temporary fix, so i have chosen to go to weigh****chers, low carb doesn't work for me, it makes me very tired and sick, so i am chosing to go healthy carbs and portion control (again, just what works for me). but whatever you choose, good luck to you and know you will have huge support on these boards!!
also, i'm so bad at all the abbreviations, what is:
PCOS
hCG
VLCD
thanks!!
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