Guest guest Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 Flo Well put girlfriend. You always seem to keep things in the proper perspective for many of us. I'd love to be in a size 10 too, but I'm ever so grateful that I'm finally at last in size 14's. I can't ask for more. My life has been richly blessed by my MGB. I love the new chat room. I finally took the time this morning to get on and chatted with (Sassy). You just keep adding things to your plate; now does that surprise ME? You're the GREATEST! We are so blessed to have you on our side. Lucy in SC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 hi! i'm Doris's daughter. first, let me say i'm sorry you're feeling so down right now. i know that we all have a whole lot of emotional baggage to go along with our weight, and sometimes i get really scared myself. yesterday was my 3 year anniversary and my mom is about 6 years out. she has been a great inspiration to me. she looks incredible after 6 years. people refer to her as tiny all the time. no one can believe that she was ever fat. when she offers advice, i try my best to take it, cuz she is truly a poster child for MGB success. other than the protein for breakfast things, one of the other things she taught me that has been a huge help is to always have some type of protein snack with me, where ever i am. this allows me to eat immediately when i start feeling hungry and/or icky, which helps me avoid getting to the bad place and pigging out on things i shouldn't. i live in the arizona desert surrounded by indian reservations, i joke that my indian name is, " travels with snacks " , this always gets a giggle. but it sure does help. the other thing i have taken to doing is always having a gallon thermos of water or gatorade in the car with me. this is partially a self defense thing from living in the desert, most people out here carry something to drink, at least in the summer. but i think it also helps with weight maintainence. sometimes what we think is hunger is really just thirst. before i eat, i always try drinking first. it is amazing how many times it makes the feeling go away. i fill my tummy with liquid, wait maybe 10 minutes and all of a sudden, i'm fine again. i'm 35.5 weeks pregnant right now. i have already gained my 35 pounds for the pregnancy, probably plus a couple, i haven't been to the doctor for 2 weeks. i get worried about taking the weight off next month after nick is born. but i do my best to calm myself down, and remind myself that i have this wonderful tool at my command, and even if it doesn't just all fall right off like it did after the surgery, it will surely be easier to lose it than it would have been before MGB. and i certainly have had a much healthier pregnancy than i could have possibly dreamed of before the surgery. i found a website that i really like that has provided me with a lot of support. it's obesityhelp.com and they have a ton of different message boards. i spend my time on the post op pregnancy board, but they also have an MGB board as well as state boards for every state. from reading that, i have learned that while we MGBers might have some issues with weight regain, we are in much better shape than most of the people who have has the RNY. on the pregnancy board there is a daily " accountability thread " where those of us who have regained some post everything we have eaten the day before. i am truly amazed at how little many of the RNY patients eat in a day, even years after the surgery, and they are still having weight issues. i feel like my tool is a makita saw and there's is a k-mart special. sure, sometimes a makita doesn't work quite right, but you have a much higher quality tool to work with from the jump. and finally, about my sister. she had to have an open RNY because of extensive previous abdominal surgery. she has had a much harder time than either my mom or i. about 6 months ago, she was very down about the amount of weight she had regained. i went home to boston to visit, and i was actually kind of startled at how big she had gotten again. but she has been able to adjust her diet and she joined a gym, and the weight is coming off for her at a very nice rate. now, i know my sister pretty well, and i guarantee that before the surgery she would never have been able to do that. she is feeling much better about herself again. and i am so proud of her! i hope you have gotten something useful from my ramblings this morning. if you take nothing else away from this post, please take my advice to heed my mom's advice. she is an amazing woman is so many different ways and truly an inspiration to me. monica Re: terrified >Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:35:20 EDT > >I haven't been posting much lately but this thread makes me want to share >something that has worked for me and even for some of my non-WLS friends to >whom > I have recommended it. > >I was lactose intolerant before the MGB and much more so since the MGB so I >was already out of the habit of eating cereal with milk for breakfast even >before the MGB. What I have found very effective is to eat " dinner " food >for >breakfast. For example, this morning I had a good-size serving of cooked >red >beets and a serving of cooked green beans with a slice of deli ham for the >protein. Some days I have roast chicken with two side vegetables. Trust >me, I >am not an early morning person and I do not get up and " cook " this type of >meal for myself. I just microwave something that's already in my >refrigerator. This combination of vegetables and protein for breakfast >seems to set up >my metabolism at a good rate for the day and also keeps the food " moving " >through my system quite regularly. And of course I have my Citrucel every >morning before breakfast. I will also have scrambled eggs on weekends >when I have >more time to cook, but I try to always have vegetables also. > >One of my daughters had the MGB and started eating this way when she had >gained a few pounds and now she, too, swears by it. Great energy level for >starting your day. My other daughter didn't qualify for MGB because of >multiple >previous abdominal surgeries and ended up having the regular bypass. She >has >struggled with weight gain for about a year and recently came to live with >me (temporarily, she says, while looking for a new apartment) but is >finding >this way of eating has helped her lose weight also. > >I know this may sound strange to some of you, but do give it a chance. I >weighed 239 when I had the MGB and now fluctuate between 116 (too low for >me) >and 122 with no problem maintaining it. Of course I may for some reason >just >be lucky but I plan to stick with what works. > >Doris > > > >*********** ********* ********* ********* Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL >at >http://discover. aol.com/memed/ aolcom30tour > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 Beth, I know how you feel. I am 6.5 years out; of course Dr. R performed my surgery. I lost for the first 1.5 years. After that I saw a few pound regain each year I didn't worry to much I knew most gastric bypass patients eventually experience a 15 weight gain. Well by my 2006 physical examination, my primary care is telling me he didn't want to see me gain any more weight. By the spring of 2007 I was up 14 lbs from 2006 and my physician is telling we need to reverse this trend. I too, can eat about anything and I can eat more, at least 8 ounces at a meal depends on the food texture. After surgery, I was lactose intolerant and I had a rule about never eating sugar until the evening, this usually included fruit, just in case there were any consequences a couple of hours later. So after my 2007 physical I cut back on non-healthy food. That didn't work. In July, I added exercise three days a week - I saw a two pound weight loss that month. I had fallen off the exercise wagon in the last couple of years. In August, I joined a new gym and I have hired a personal trainer for three days a week for weight training (1 hour sessions) and I am doing cardio exercise 30 minutes three times a week. I saw 2 pound weight loss in August- I am hoping it was that low because I am putting on muscle mass. I am also following this gym's recommend diet which includes no salt and sugar. (I can't tell you how much it hurts my feeling to have to email my food diary to my trainer everyday- I thought those days ended 6.5 years ago- but I willing to try it if I can the weight back off.) My theory is that our metabolisms adjust to the lower caloric intake and over the years we are able to eat large quantities and foods we could not initial tolerate after surgery, like the fried stuff, so to compensate we have to exercise more to get the weight off and once I get it off I will after to watch what I eat again. The post-op days of eating anything that didn't bother me are over. I also realize exercising 30 lbs off will be incredibly slow, you have to burn over 3000 calories, I don't remember the exact number anymore, to get one pound off. You are not alone Beth! Kim in SC Dr. R 2/22/01 251/145/167 The goal with my trainer is 140 lbs by Christmas --------------------------------- Sick sense of humor? Visit TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 Wow , totally insightful and articulate post that 'spells' it out; even to a man like me. I thought your makita saw and k-mart special analogy was awesome, but then I like power tools, especially noisy ones. Keep posting as Flo asks, will ya. ;-] Grizz > > hi! > i'm Doris's daughter. first, let me say i'm sorry you're feeling so down right now. i know that we all have a whole lot of emotional baggage to go along with our weight, and sometimes i get really scared myself. yesterday was my 3 year anniversary and my mom is about 6 years out. she has been a great inspiration to me. she looks incredible after 6 years. people refer to her as tiny all the time. no one can believe that she was ever fat. when she offers advice, i try my best to take it, cuz she is truly a poster child for MGB success. > > other than the protein for breakfast things, one of the other things she taught me that has been a huge help is to always have some type of protein snack with me, where ever i am. this allows me to eat immediately when i start feeling hungry and/or icky, which helps me avoid getting to the bad place and pigging out on things i shouldn't. i live in the arizona desert surrounded by indian reservations, i joke that my indian name is, " travels with snacks " , this always gets a giggle. but it sure does help. > > the other thing i have taken to doing is always having a gallon thermos of water or gatorade in the car with me. this is partially a self defense thing from living in the desert, most people out here carry something to drink, at least in the summer. but i think it also helps with weight maintainence. sometimes what we think is hunger is really just thirst. before i eat, i always try drinking first. it is amazing how many times it makes the feeling go away. i fill my tummy with liquid, wait maybe 10 minutes and all of a sudden, i'm fine again. > > i'm 35.5 weeks pregnant right now. i have already gained my 35 pounds for the pregnancy, probably plus a couple, i haven't been to the doctor for 2 weeks. i get worried about taking the weight off next month after nick is born. but i do my best to calm myself down, and remind myself that i have this wonderful tool at my command, and even if it doesn't just all fall right off like it did after the surgery, it will surely be easier to lose it than it would have been before MGB. and i certainly have had a much healthier pregnancy than i could have possibly dreamed of before the surgery. > > i found a website that i really like that has provided me with a lot of support. it's obesityhelp.com and they have a ton of different message boards. i spend my time on the post op pregnancy board, but they also have an MGB board as well as state boards for every state. from reading that, i have learned that while we MGBers might have some issues with weight regain, we are in much better shape than most of the people who have has the RNY. on the pregnancy board there is a daily " accountability thread " where those of us who have regained some post everything we have eaten the day before. i am truly amazed at how little many of the RNY patients eat in a day, even years after the surgery, and they are still having weight issues. i feel like my tool is a makita saw and there's is a k-mart special. sure, sometimes a makita doesn't work quite right, but you have a much higher quality tool to work with from the jump. > > and finally, about my sister. she had to have an open RNY because of extensive previous abdominal surgery. she has had a much harder time than either my mom or i. about 6 months ago, she was very down about the amount of weight she had regained. i went home to boston to visit, and i was actually kind of startled at how big she had gotten again. but she has been able to adjust her diet and she joined a gym, and the weight is coming off for her at a very nice rate. now, i know my sister pretty well, and i guarantee that before the surgery she would never have been able to do that. she is feeling much better about herself again. and i am so proud of her! > > i hope you have gotten something useful from my ramblings this morning. if you take nothing else away from this post, please take my advice to heed my mom's advice. she is an amazing woman is so many different ways and truly an inspiration to me. > > monica > > Re: terrified > > >Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:35:20 EDT > > > > > >I haven't been posting much lately but this thread makes me want to share > > >something that has worked for me and even for some of my non-WLS friends to > > >whom > > > I have recommended it. > > > > > >I was lactose intolerant before the MGB and much more so since the MGB so I > > >was already out of the habit of eating cereal with milk for breakfast even > > >before the MGB. What I have found very effective is to eat " dinner " food > > >for > > >breakfast. For example, this morning I had a good-size serving of cooked > > >red > > >beets and a serving of cooked green beans with a slice of deli ham for the > > >protein. Some days I have roast chicken with two side vegetables. Trust > > >me, I > > >am not an early morning person and I do not get up and " cook " this type of > > >meal for myself. I just microwave something that's already in my > > >refrigerator. This combination of vegetables and protein for breakfast > > >seems to set up > > >my metabolism at a good rate for the day and also keeps the food " moving " > > >through my system quite regularly. And of course I have my Citrucel every > > >morning before breakfast. I will also have scrambled eggs on weekends > > >when I have > > >more time to cook, but I try to always have vegetables also. > > > > > >One of my daughters had the MGB and started eating this way when she had > > >gained a few pounds and now she, too, swears by it. Great energy level for > > >starting your day. My other daughter didn't qualify for MGB because of > > >multiple > > >previous abdominal surgeries and ended up having the regular bypass. She > > >has > > >struggled with weight gain for about a year and recently came to live with > > >me (temporarily, she says, while looking for a new apartment) but is > > >finding > > >this way of eating has helped her lose weight also. > > > > > >I know this may sound strange to some of you, but do give it a chance. I > > >weighed 239 when I had the MGB and now fluctuate between 116 (too low for > > >me) > > >and 122 with no problem maintaining it. Of course I may for some reason > > >just > > >be lucky but I plan to stick with what works. > > > > > >Doris > > > > > > > > > > > >*********** ********* ********* ********* Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > > >at > > >http://discover. aol.com/memed/ aolcom30tour > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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