2 years. 158 pounds lost - half my body weight
Losing weight and keeping it off has been a breeze so far. I've had zero complications and have never felt better. Went from size 26-8/10. Will be getting plastic surgery in December. I realize the challenge will be to maintain for the rest of my life, but I have used my time wisely to educate myself on nutrition (I really didn't even know what a carb was when I started all this). I've trained myself to enjoy exercise and incorporate it in my life. I've watched lots of documentaries on food, supplements, nutrition and read books, too, enough to make me say I will NEVER go to McDonald's or a fast food joint. And I've given up soda completely.
I attribute my success to:
1. Reading this board to find out just about everything I need to know about RNY. Finding good role models on this board.
2. Educating myself about nutrition and healthy eating.
3. Becoming obsessed with my fitbit statstics.
4. Teaching myself to enjoy exercise and physically challenging myself.
5. Drinking protein shakes every day. I didn't like the taste at first, but I made myself keep drinking them and now I love the taste. I freeze shakes in 8 ounce pyrex bowls so I always have protein shakes available and if I eat them before I eat anything else, I'm not as hungry. I need to have these available, cause sometimes hunger overcomes me and if I don't eat immediately...I'll go crazy.
6. Taking multivitamins, D3, B12, iron and calcium every day.
7. Severely limiting my carb intake. There are no bread, crackers, pasta or rice in my house. That doesn't mean I won't eat them outside of my house, but at least they're not readily available. I need to do that because I am weak when it comes to carbs.
I have gained poise and confidence and am a happier person, so I am more fun to be around.
Happy Surgiversary indeed.
1. Reading this board to find out just about everything I need to know about RNY. Finding good role models on this board.
2. Educating myself about nutrition and healthy eating.
3. Becoming obsessed with my fitbit statstics.
4. Teaching myself to enjoy exercise and physically challenging myself.
5. Drinking protein shakes every day. I didn't like the taste at first, but I made myself keep drinking them and now I love the taste. I freeze shakes in 8 ounce pyrex bowls so I always have protein shakes available and if I eat them before I eat anything else, I'm not as hungry. I need to have these available, cause sometimes hunger overcomes me and if I don't eat immediately...I'll go crazy.
6. Taking multivitamins, D3, B12, iron and calcium every day.
7. Severely limiting my carb intake. There are no bread, crackers, pasta or rice in my house. That doesn't mean I won't eat them outside of my house, but at least they're not readily available. I need to do that because I am weak when it comes to carbs.
I have gained poise and confidence and am a happier person, so I am more fun to be around.
Happy Surgiversary indeed.
Congratulations plum21. It sounds like your journey is going so well for you. I hope I am as successful. I have lost 117 lbs in 6 1/2 months, but I want to love exercising and that has not come yet. I am working on it. Your post was inspiring. Thank you.
Today is the first day of the rest of my life!!
Hey Swampwoman - I wanted to have a leaner body of a runner and/or a swimmer, so I started running and swimming. And I did feel better after having exercised, mostly just because I was proud of myself for doing it, and as I was losing weight, I could see some muscle definition and that was good. I listen to fat2fitradio.com it's a podcast that talks about eating like the thinner person you want to be. It's free and available on itunes and has been helpful to me. I applied the same ideology to exercise. I always admired fit people and now I'm becoming one. And sure there's a part of me that doesn't like it, but most of the time I can squash her down.
Hey New Beginnings, as far as the shakes go, I microwave them for 39 seconds and they are the consistency of ice cream or sorbet. I often put blueberries, strawberries or bananas on them. Delish.
My recipe for 16 ounces of shakes (2 pyrex bowls) is 4 scoops of whey protein. I use gold standard. 2/3 cup water, 2/3 cup OJ, half a banana, handful of ice and blend it til it's frothy. I have 14 pyrex bowls, so I only have to do this every six days. I eat two or three a day. They're filling.
Hey New Beginnings, as far as the shakes go, I microwave them for 39 seconds and they are the consistency of ice cream or sorbet. I often put blueberries, strawberries or bananas on them. Delish.
My recipe for 16 ounces of shakes (2 pyrex bowls) is 4 scoops of whey protein. I use gold standard. 2/3 cup water, 2/3 cup OJ, half a banana, handful of ice and blend it til it's frothy. I have 14 pyrex bowls, so I only have to do this every six days. I eat two or three a day. They're filling.
Congratulations on your weight loss but more than that, you apparently have learned how to eat and have developed the life style and habits that make your chances of long term success much more possible. I hope I can be as successful as you. Great job. 
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