Amalia S.
Bumpety, bumpety, bump summer
Aug 13, 2010
I can't believe it's the middle of August already! It has now been almost 7 months since my surgery and I have lost almost 50% of my exess weight. A little slow, since I should have reached that 50% mark last month but better late than never!This summer has been unbelievable. I seriously believed that I had reached my weight loss limit last month since I was going through a 2-month stall and even GAINED 2kg. It turned out that it was the cortisone I took for my allergy attack and in the last 2 weeks I lost the 2kg plus 1 more kg to boot. Thank goodness THAT bump is over!
Of course, I had to change some things. I had been slipping, eating a lot more carbs and a lot less protein and not good carbs either! I felt deprived and resentful that I had to adhere to such a restrictive food regimen when after all, I had just made the "ultimate sacrifice" and had cut off 90% of my stomach! Wasn't that enough? I thought.
Apparently, it isn't enough. I am an obese person and my body knows only one thing: how to gain weight. At best, it can remain steady. I've killed any natural reactions my body may have had by a lifetime of yo-yo dieting. Just what did I expect? Miracles?
Well, yes. Deep down I did expect miracles. I was not serious enough. I've been cheating on my sleeve since Day 1, grabbing a bag of potato chips now and then, sneaking in a candy bar every so often... It worked out at the beginning when I was losing a lot of weight, but it caught up with me when the loss slowed down.
I've made some changes. Last month, while on vacation, I tried a diet of almost exclusively fish and a lot of swimming. I reintroduced protein drinks into my diet since I had HATED them and had dropped them. I said goodbye to potato chips, candy and snacks. The result? A 3.5kg loss (7lbs) in the last 2 weeks and I'm hopeful again for the future.
WLS is NOT a miracle cure and weight loss is NOT easy despite the amazing results we see in OH. With WLS we get a tool. That tool can be put on autopilot only for so long. After that, we have to work with it if we want to see results.
After 2 months of a bumpy road with the scale either remaining indifferent to my efforts or even moving the wrong way, I'm back on track. I have been taught a valuable lesson and I hope I will never forget it again.
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Athens,
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29.0
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Surgery
01/26/2010
Surgery Date
Dec 13, 2009
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