Kathi C.
"Moderately" Overweight
Mar 08, 2009
OK, I am now "moderately" overweight, according to a chart that I looked at a day or so ago. Wow, this has been an incredible journey from MORBIDLY OBESE to "MODERATELY" overweight in just over 6 months. I have to count from the time I went to the seminar, August 21, 2008, because I began making small changes in my lifestyle and actually lost about 12# before starting the two week liquid diet where I lost another 15# (for a total of 27# pre-surgery). And this loss and these changes took me out of the morbidly obese category on the charts, before surgery. All of the comorbidities were still there, but PRAISE GOD!! they are now gone (forever, I pray!).It appears that my weight is beginning to creep downward, again. Praise the Lord!! I know that with what I am eating (and not eating) and with exercising at Curves 3x/week and walking 4-5 days a week, I have to be losing. However, when the scale does not move, it is REALLY annoying.
I don't freak out like I did when I was younger. I don't take it out on the scale or the world. It doesn't affect my mood for the day, but it is rather disappointing when it doesn't move for days.
I have been feeling thinner and looking good, but I like it when the scale reflects it. AND when I get to 168 (75% EWL), I will be allowed to eat fruit and whole grains. I am excited about the fruit, not so much about the grain products, since those are my trigger foods and the reason I was morbidly obese. I am afraid to add grain back into my diet.
I really want to make a pledge to myself to stay away from white bread, white flour, white pasta, potatoes, and white rice, sugar and try to stick with whole grains and healthy choices. I don't want to make it a "sin" to ever taste something made with white flour or sugar, but I do want to make it a part of my new healthy lifestyle to avoid those things 99% of the time.
I am spending a lot of time looking in mirrors. I really want to move past the “body dysmorphic disorder" that I experienced the last time I lost a great deal of weight. I am there about half of the time. The other half, I still feel big and forget that I am not so big now.
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About Me
Pompano Beach, FL
Location
24.2
BMI
Surgery
10/31/2008
Surgery Date
Aug 29, 2008
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