Gwen S.

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Today I am down a total of 66 lbs (38.4 since surgery).  I went to Curves last night.  I was measured and weighed.  According to them, I have lost 49 lbs since March.  I have also lost 34 inches! I lost the most in my hips, waist and bust - all over 9" in each area.  I gained an inch in my thighs - don't think so.  A different girl did the measuring....so??  My body fat was down 4.5%! 

29.4 lbs down.   Why do I have to lose so slow!? Damn!  I really thought I'd make it to 30 lbs too.  I am on my 100th stall now.(I know - sour grapes, but it sure feels like it).  I did manage to lose .2 of a lb from yesterday.  I'll probably be up 2 whole lbs tomorrow.  I guess I am more down about this than I thought and did revert back to some food comfort.  DH brought home his candy stash from work and I had a mini Twix.  I didn't dump.  Kind of wish I had.  It was just OK too.  It was the only one I had, but still.... I had the caloires available and stil do - just stupid that I even ate it.

I am thinking that some of my gain has been because of my sodium intake.  I have been eating jerky and other salty things.   Not intentionally.  It just seems most everything has higher sodium.  Cheese, jerky, cottage cheese....  I am going to have a shake here in a minute as my last protein for the day just to give my system a break from it.  I have also been trying REALLY hard to just drink, drink, drink.

Yup....once again, I am in a stall.  I am not as bugged by it as I was before, but it still is not exciting like losing. 

Tomorrow I will be 2 months out.  29.2 lbs down since surgery.  I really did think I was going to beat my 1st month loss of 17 lbs....guess not.  A whopping 12.2 is all.  *sigh*  I know, I know....still better than not losing at all.  My body just won't let go of this fat.  I am really wondering if I will meet my goal - which still won't put me in my ideal weigh range. 

I guess the biggest bummer for me is that eating and drinking is still so unpleasant.   I know if I post about it then ppl think that I am stalling because I am not doing the right things.  I am hear to tell you that if I didn't pay close attention to what I was putting in - and only putting in the good stuff - I'd never make my daily protein goal (which I always do).  It is not easy.  My NUT wants 3 meals of 15 g of protein and a snack.  Yeah - to get 15 g of protein in a real meal (no supplements) is not always possible.  I can not eat that much in one setting.

Confession - I am still eating too fast.  I do not get 30-60 minutes to myself.  I have 3 young children.  I can not ignore them for that long.   They come first - but I do try to take as long as I can....sometimes at least.   Eating is so unpleasant I have have found myself trying to scarf just to get it over with.   Plus chewing is BORING!  I find myself speed chewing and will go to a snail pace to slow down my eating time.I hate eating anymore.  I do have some head hunger, but then all I have to think about is how I am going to feel and that quickly goes away.  If I don't get foamies I am still icky feeling when I eat....or even drink 1st in the morning.  I know it will not be this way for ever.  Right now with trying to get all my protein in and stuff it makes it isn't ideal, but if it were to stay it may be best in thelong run.

 

But I am 10 pts down on my BMI too!! I have been for a few days now.  I had been watching it, but thought I had a little further to go!! Yahoo!!

I) I am under 250 lbs
2) I have doubled the amout lost pre-surgery (28 lbs - almost to 30!!)
3) I am under 100 lbs to goal!!

Next goal in 1.8 lbs - that 30 lbs lost since surgery!!

I am loving all these goals - baby steps....baby steps!!

I celebrated with having my 1st piece of pizza (double celebration for cheating - my b-day is tomorrow.  Not that it is anything special.  For some reason I keep getting closer to 40!)

It went down well.  I ate all but a few bites of crust.  It took me an hour or better, but I didn't have any ill feelings.  I was worried it would sit like a medicine ball since I hadn't had any bread yet.  It was good, but not something I crave.  I also had an ounce of steak yesterday.  That did sit heavier.  I am at least able to get a little more down in a setting so maybe that will help with getting calories and protein in.

 Funny thing is though, I think the pizza may have helped with getting my water in.  I am able to drink it a lot faster.  Maybe it is the fact that my tummy is healing well and thing are getting used to the new way of consumption.

Today my weight is 254.6.  I have lost almost 52 lbs.  I have 104 and some change to go.  I am 1/3 of the way to my goal weight!! (+/- 1 lb.)  GROOVY!!

I AM NOT COMPLAINING, but I am still losing at least a pound a day!  I could get used to this.  Crazy weird....but I like it!   Hopefully I will make up for the lack of movement in the first month before it lets back off.  I don't know why I wasn't losing so it is nice to see some results for my hard work.   I was doing everything I was told to do and I was at a stand still.  So the NUT upped my calories & protein.  Seeing some normal results was my main goal - not to be the biggest loser, but just to see something!  After I increased the protein and caloires I still didn't any great change. It had improved slightly, and it was still better than gaining - but nothing to write home about.   I was really worried that my sleeve wasn't going get me very far. 

The only other thing I have done is eat every time I think about it.  I don't consider it grazing since it isn't hourly and it isn't bad stuff.  Since I have no hunger (I want to eat REAL food, but I don't really feel the urge to eat) I have to remind myself.  So I have gotten in the habit of trying to think of food each time I go in the kitchen.  If it has been a while I'll eat a 2% string cheese, a tuna/salmon bowl (by Starkist - yummy), anything to get protein and calories in.  If I haven't had enough water I will make a 20-30g protein drink in my 32 oz cup.  It will take me hours to finish, but at least I am getting protein and water in that way.  Maybe having some food (calories & protein) going in every couple of hours rather than meals is best for me and my sleeve.  My goals every day is to get 70 g plus of protein and more than 500 calories.....and as much water as I possibly can.

I know there are others who are experiencing super slow loss and my heart goes out to them.  (I still consider myself a slow loser.  There hasn't been enough days of steady loss to consider myself back on a good loss pattern.)  

So I don't know what is behind my loss lately.  Did my body finally adjust?  Is the extra calories and protein helping?  Maybe a combination of both? I do know that since I went to snack days, I haven't had as many issues with foamies or getting sick.  Extra bonus!

Wowzers!! I am .8 lbs away from my 2nd goal which is a total of 50 lbs lost (it would be since I started my WLS journey, not surgery).

I thought I'd put my weigh dates (which are now daily) out here in a easier to read format, but it lost something in the translation. I will post it anyway. It started out as a slow loss and I had many more days where the numbers went in the opposite direction. Luckily I am in a downward descent and will enjoy the ride for as far as it will take me. :D

 5/23: 291.4 (start liquid diet)

5/26: 284 / -7.4

5/31: 279 / -5

6/3: 278 / -1 (surgery)

6/5: 291 / + 13 (home. water weight gain - not counting)

6/10: 270.8 / - 7.2 (from surgery date weight)

6/22: 263.8 / -7

6/27: 263 / -.8

6/28: 261.8 / -1.2

6/29: 261.8 / 0

6/30: 261.8 / 0

7/1: 261.4 / -.4

7/2: 261.4 / 0

7/3: 261.8 / +.4

7/4: 260.8 / -1

7/5: 260.8 / 0

7/6: 260.6 / -.2

7/7: 260.6 / 0

7/8: 260.0 / -.6

7/9: 259.2 / -.8

7/10: 259.2 / 0

7/11: 257.8 / -1.4

7/12: 256.8 / -1

7/13: 255.8 / -1  (This is an average of 2 weights I got.  My son moved my scale and I didn't realize it at first - only a few inches, but it is on tile.  The first weight was 256.2 then I moved back to where the scale should have been....then got 255.4.  My scale is goofy and I am not sure if either are right - so I took the average.)

It happened a little sooner than I thought.  I am now OFFICIALLY down 20 lbs from surgery!!   It took me 38 days, but I did it!  I really do think eating is the key.  So there is really nothing I could have done about it before since things weren't going down too well.  I still have issues.  Just last night I ate an ounce of turkey deli meat and got the foamies and evenutally had to get rid of it.   I think it had to do with me drinking a protein water prior and the sweetness of that made it hard for the turkey to sit.  Little by little eating gets better, but it keeps me in check and I am thankful for it.  I wouldn't want to be able to eat anything and everything......I'd then be boo-hoo-ing about going in the direction I worked so hard to get away from.

I can NOT believe this!! The scale moved in the downward direction two days in a row!! Today it was even .8 of a lb - almost a whole lb!! It has taken me a week or better to do that lately. Now, not to sound pessimistic, I am prepared to see an incline tomorrow, but it shouldn't be the full amt. At this rate I will be down 20 lbs from surgery by next week.

I do believe what I am doing is helping. I eat when ever I think about it. (and of course logging every morsel.) I am trying to wait the required time suggested from water consumption, but I don't adhere to it strictly. If I took a drink and walked thru the kitchen and think "I need to eat something." I eat something. I am not timing the wait for drinking after eating eitehr, but I know I am usually not before 30-45 min. It is pretty uncomfortable if I try to drink too soon after eating.

I sure hope that my loss over the last couple of days is a sign of things to come. My less than impressive loss over the last 4 weeks was quite a bummer.