Guest guest Posted November 9, 1999 Report Share Posted November 9, 1999 , Congratulations on reaching your goal! I too am where I want to be. However, I still weight 195-200 lbs. I stabilized around April of this year and haven't lost another pound. I pretty much eat what I want (healthy - not junk food). I don't feel deprived at all any more. When I get that full feeling - I know I'd better stop or PAY THE PRICE! Hope you're a mommy in the near future! My tummy tuck is scheduled for December 1st! Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 1999 Report Share Posted November 9, 1999 Congratulations !!! I'm so happy for you. Debbie > All told... > > > > Well I just got off the phone with BTC after speaking at length with the > nutritionist. I have dropped more weight. I am down to 163 according to my > scale. Which is 8 pounds less than what I weighed at my 1 year checkup. > Which is good however I also have about 10 -15 pounds of extra skin > hanging > around that I won't lose without surgery. Going by 15 pounds (on tummy, > thighs and arms) extra skin that means I have probably made goal weight > and > shouldn't lose much more. My goal weight was 148 or 200 pounds lost. I > have > lost 185 actual pounds. > > Anyway, the reason I called them was because I needed to know how much > lower > I would/should go. The answer is I should NOT go much lower because of the > fact that I haven't done tummy tuck/thigh lift/bat wing removal. Probably > only another five pounds or so of fat will come off. The nutritionist > quizzed me on whether or not I have been eating -- yeah, like a little > piggy > actually. She also said that my body will find the weight it is > comfortable > with and settle there as long as I am eating and getting enough calories. > I > have been eating what I want when I want it. And still have been losing. > Its > odd. My body has adapted quite well to this surgery -- to this lifestyle. > > So I guess what I need to do now is concentrate on maintaining. > > But the main reason I am writing is that this is odd. Finally I am at a > point where food is not ruling my life. Where I am a normal weight and > happily going about my business without worrying that people are looking > at > me or laughing at me because of my appearance. I am no longer the biggest > person in the room and my goal was never to be the smallest. I just wanted > to be average and I got that. > > Over this past 13 months I have managed to take control and keep it. Which > is saying a lot. I have discovered quite a bit about myself and others. I > feel healthy and confident and have attained a place in my life I didn't > think possible. A normal healthy weight. Once I have plastic surgery -- > which won't be until after I fulfill my dream of becoming a mommy -- I > will > be at the proper weight for my height. Normal healthy. Insurance chart. I > can just about say I have reached my destination.And the journey was worth > it. It isn't quite over but one stage in my life is. I am never going to > be > obese again. I say this with hope and optimism but also with a grounded > reality that I now have the control to make it a choice at this stage with > this system! > > 13 months and a lifetime. What more could I ask for? > > Rasley > mailto:drasley@... > BTC, Columbus Ohio October 7th, 1998 > Starting weight: 348 pounds > After surgery: Healthy, happy and wiser > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 1999 Report Share Posted November 9, 1999 thanks to the people that responded this quickly to my post. Congrats to you Tina! Isn't it a great feeling to be where we are content??? I hope everyone gets this feeling. And yes Iknow when I am a bite from eating too much. Rasley mailto:drasley@... BTC, Columbus Ohio October 7th, 1998 Starting weight: 348 pounds After surgery: Healthy, happy and wiser > Re: All told... > > > From: TINA35MB@... > > , > > Congratulations on reaching your goal! I too am where I want to be. > However, I still weight 195-200 lbs. I stabilized around April > of this year > and haven't lost another pound. I pretty much eat what I want > (healthy - not > junk food). I don't feel deprived at all any more. When I get that full > feeling - I know I'd better stop or PAY THE PRICE! > > Hope you're a mommy in the near future! My tummy tuck is scheduled for > December 1st! > > Tina > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 1999 Report Share Posted November 9, 1999 My sentiments exactly. Sog (Bob) here. open rny 6/6/97 367 to 183 or do and holding. but I do sometime get a little upset at the way my appetite is. but you said what I think a lot of the time All told... > > > Well I just got off the phone with BTC after speaking at length with the > nutritionist. I have dropped more weight. I am down to 163 according to my > scale. Which is 8 pounds less than what I weighed at my 1 year checkup. > Which is good however I also have about 10 -15 pounds of extra skin hanging > around that I won't lose without surgery. Going by 15 pounds (on tummy, > thighs and arms) extra skin that means I have probably made goal weight and > shouldn't lose much more. My goal weight was 148 or 200 pounds lost. I have > lost 185 actual pounds. > > Anyway, the reason I called them was because I needed to know how much lower > I would/should go. The answer is I should NOT go much lower because of the > fact that I haven't done tummy tuck/thigh lift/bat wing removal. Probably > only another five pounds or so of fat will come off. The nutritionist > quizzed me on whether or not I have been eating -- yeah, like a little piggy > actually. She also said that my body will find the weight it is comfortable > with and settle there as long as I am eating and getting enough calories. I > have been eating what I want when I want it. And still have been losing. Its > odd. My body has adapted quite well to this surgery -- to this lifestyle. > > So I guess what I need to do now is concentrate on maintaining. > > But the main reason I am writing is that this is odd. Finally I am at a > point where food is not ruling my life. Where I am a normal weight and > happily going about my business without worrying that people are looking at > me or laughing at me because of my appearance. I am no longer the biggest > person in the room and my goal was never to be the smallest. I just wanted > to be average and I got that. > > Over this past 13 months I have managed to take control and keep it. Which > is saying a lot. I have discovered quite a bit about myself and others. I > feel healthy and confident and have attained a place in my life I didn't > think possible. A normal healthy weight. Once I have plastic surgery -- > which won't be until after I fulfill my dream of becoming a mommy -- I will > be at the proper weight for my height. Normal healthy. Insurance chart. I > can just about say I have reached my destination.And the journey was worth > it. It isn't quite over but one stage in my life is. I am never going to be > obese again. I say this with hope and optimism but also with a grounded > reality that I now have the control to make it a choice at this stage with > this system! > > 13 months and a lifetime. What more could I ask for? > > Rasley > mailto:drasley@... > BTC, Columbus Ohio October 7th, 1998 > Starting weight: 348 pounds > After surgery: Healthy, happy and wiser > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 1999 Report Share Posted November 10, 1999 Glad tosee someone else agrees. About appetite one thing I have noticed is that if I eat a lot today then the next day I don't seem hungry at all. My body is equalizing itself based on what its needs are. So I eat when my body says it is hungry. I know and I trust that my body will then have a day when it willnot want as much. it has happened every time. Usually after I spend time " pigging out " I find that I actually lose weight. Rasley mailto:drasley@... BTC, Columbus Ohio October 7th, 1998 Starting weight: 348 pounds After surgery: Healthy, happy and wiser > Re: All told... > > > > > My sentiments exactly. Sog (Bob) here. open rny 6/6/97 367 to 183 > or do and > holding. but I do sometime get a little upset at the way my > appetite is. but > you said what I think a lot of the time > All told... > > > > > > > > Well I just got off the phone with BTC after speaking at length with the > > nutritionist. I have dropped more weight. I am down to 163 > according to my > > scale. Which is 8 pounds less than what I weighed at my 1 year checkup. > > Which is good however I also have about 10 -15 pounds of extra skin > hanging > > around that I won't lose without surgery. Going by 15 pounds (on tummy, > > thighs and arms) extra skin that means I have probably made goal weight > and > > shouldn't lose much more. My goal weight was 148 or 200 pounds lost. I > have > > lost 185 actual pounds. > > > > Anyway, the reason I called them was because I needed to know how much > lower > > I would/should go. The answer is I should NOT go much lower > because of the > > fact that I haven't done tummy tuck/thigh lift/bat wing > removal. Probably > > only another five pounds or so of fat will come off. The nutritionist > > quizzed me on whether or not I have been eating -- yeah, like a little > piggy > > actually. She also said that my body will find the weight it is > comfortable > > with and settle there as long as I am eating and getting enough > calories. > I > > have been eating what I want when I want it. And still have been losing. > Its > > odd. My body has adapted quite well to this surgery -- to this > lifestyle. > > > > So I guess what I need to do now is concentrate on maintaining. > > > > But the main reason I am writing is that this is odd. Finally I am at a > > point where food is not ruling my life. Where I am a normal weight and > > happily going about my business without worrying that people are looking > at > > me or laughing at me because of my appearance. I am no longer > the biggest > > person in the room and my goal was never to be the smallest. I > just wanted > > to be average and I got that. > > > > Over this past 13 months I have managed to take control and > keep it. Which > > is saying a lot. I have discovered quite a bit about myself and > others. I > > feel healthy and confident and have attained a place in my life I didn't > > think possible. A normal healthy weight. Once I have plastic surgery -- > > which won't be until after I fulfill my dream of becoming a mommy -- I > will > > be at the proper weight for my height. Normal healthy. > Insurance chart. I > > can just about say I have reached my destination.And the > journey was worth > > it. It isn't quite over but one stage in my life is. I am never going to > be > > obese again. I say this with hope and optimism but also with a grounded > > reality that I now have the control to make it a choice at this > stage with > > this system! > > > > 13 months and a lifetime. What more could I ask for? > > > > Rasley > > mailto:drasley@... > > BTC, Columbus Ohio October 7th, 1998 > > Starting weight: 348 pounds > > After surgery: Healthy, happy and wiser > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 1999 Report Share Posted November 12, 1999 I agree, when I look in the mirror sometime I see kind of thin and sometime I see I want to lose another ten or so. But at least that seeing fat feeling is gone Re: All told... From: zedora@... Bob - I would be greedy Having had this weight problem, its pretty hard to think that I could ever be too thin! Trish > > > I feel the same way. My body found it's place at 182 or so. I was willing to > settle for 200 or so. And even now not to be greedy but I would take another > 1o lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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