Re: last few pounds - help!

[Guest guest]

Hi Barbara-

the only other thing i can think of is the dreaded exercise, and if your already doing that, then i dont know........................i think it will just happen as long as you are not gaining you are doing something right !

Colleen"Hokoana, Barbara" wrote:

I feel like I am doing all I can and can't seem to get rid of these pesky 6 pounds I have left!!! Perhaps it's all mental - perhaps I just don't feel like they are coming off as fast as I would like. I am not eating more than 1200 calories a day, in fact, most days I try to stay under 1000! I know Im not doing as well as I should be with my water - but I am trying and getting in at least 48 oz if not the whole 64. Other than the water, is there any advice anyone can offer?

Thanks! Barbara (LTLJSMOM)

Colleen

[Guest guest]

Hi Colleen,

well Im not gaining - I dont think. The scale moved up about 3 lbs. but I was ovulating so I figure it had something to do with that. I am going weigh again tomorrow. I started swimming in hopes that would kick those last pounds off of me. So far I have went twice last week and I should be able to make it twice this week plus I will swim while camping this weekend.

I was walking, but I started a 2nd job and just cant find the time to do it. How horrible is it that I can't seem to find just 10 minutes to do something like that for myself. But I take about an hour to swim in the evenings (when I make it) so at least that is something I am doing for myself.

It's just frustrating because it seems to be going so slowly, but really I have lost 22.5 lbs. since 7/5/05 - so to stand back and look at it - I guess I am still doing ok.

Thanks!

Barbara (LTLJSMOM)

From: Colleen Garner Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:55 PMTo: gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients Subject: Re: last few pounds - help!

Hi Barbara-

the only other thing i can think of is the dreaded exercise, and if your already doing that, then i dont know........................i think it will just happen as long as you are not gaining you are doing something right !

Colleen"Hokoana, Barbara" wrote:

I feel like I am doing all I can and can't seem to get rid of these pesky 6 pounds I have left!!! Perhaps it's all mental - perhaps I just don't feel like they are coming off as fast as I would like. I am not eating more than 1200 calories a day, in fact, most days I try to stay under 1000! I know Im not doing as well as I should be with my water - but I am trying and getting in at least 48 oz if not the whole 64. Other than the water, is there any advice anyone can offer?

Thanks! Barbara (LTLJSMOM)

Colleen

[Guest guest]

Make sure you are eating ENOUGH calories so that you don't put your

body into starvation mode. I had to be really careful about that. I

couldn't go below 1200 calories or I wouldn't lose an ounce. Drink

water, exercise, and eat enough. That's my only advice. Good luck!

Hang in there! It will come off.

Tina

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> I feel like I am doing all I can and can't seem to get rid of these

> pesky 6 pounds I have left!!! Perhaps it's all mental - perhaps I

just

> don't feel like they are coming off as fast as I would like. I am not

> eating more than 1200 calories a day, in fact, most days I try to

stay

> under 1000! I know Im not doing as well as I should be with my

water -

> but I am trying and getting in at least 48 oz if not the whole 64.

Other

> than the water, is there any advice anyone can offer?

>

> Thanks!

> Barbara (LTLJSMOM)

>

[Guest guest]

Barbara

of course you are doing OK ! its just too hard to be patient about these things, I am still impatient with myself over these kinds of things but not like i use to be. Like you said when you look back instead of being impatient with the present you see things you might not have seen before, like today a woman came in to pre register for a mammogram and she said , honey have you lost some weight ? I said yes, and she said, my god i thought you didnt work here anymore and wondered where you were and what happened to you and then when i saw your face i realized that i thought you were you........................this has been happening to me lately, twice last week people came in asking where is colleen ? does she work here still ? and i say yes this is Colleen.

Colleen"Hokoana, Barbara" wrote:

Hi Colleen,

well Im not gaining - I dont think. The scale moved up about 3 lbs. but I was ovulating so I figure it had something to do with that. I am going weigh again tomorrow. I started swimming in hopes that would kick those last pounds off of me. So far I have went twice last week and I should be able to make it twice this week plus I will swim while camping this weekend.

I was walking, but I started a 2nd job and just cant find the time to do it. How horrible is it that I can't seem to find just 10 minutes to do something like that for myself. But I take about an hour to swim in the evenings (when I make it) so at least that is something I am doing for myself.

It's just frustrating because it seems to be going so slowly, but really I have lost 22.5 lbs. since 7/5/05 - so to stand back and look at it - I guess I am still doing ok.

Thanks!

Barbara (LTLJSMOM)

From: Colleen Garner Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:55 PMTo: gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients Subject: Re: last few pounds - help!

Hi Barbara-

the only other thing i can think of is the dreaded exercise, and if your already doing that, then i dont know........................i think it will just happen as long as you are not gaining you are doing something right !

Colleen"Hokoana, Barbara" wrote:

I feel like I am doing all I can and can't seem to get rid of these pesky 6 pounds I have left!!! Perhaps it's all mental - perhaps I just don't feel like they are coming off as fast as I would like. I am not eating more than 1200 calories a day, in fact, most days I try to stay under 1000! I know Im not doing as well as I should be with my water - but I am trying and getting in at least 48 oz if not the whole 64. Other than the water, is there any advice anyone can offer?

Thanks! Barbara (LTLJSMOM)

Colleen

Colleen

[Guest guest]

Hi Barbara

How is the exercise? Maybe if you just bump it up by 5 minutes it will

help break this plateau. Are you journalling to see if there is any

type of unthinking eating? I know Im struggling myself right now and

Im trying real hard to get back to basics.

Huggles

You can do this!!

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> I feel like I am doing all I can and can't seem to get rid of these

> pesky 6 pounds I have left!!! Perhaps it's all mental - perhaps I

just

> don't feel like they are coming off as fast as I would like. I am not

> eating more than 1200 calories a day, in fact, most days I try to

stay

> under 1000! I know Im not doing as well as I should be with my

water -

> but I am trying and getting in at least 48 oz if not the whole 64.

Other

> than the water, is there any advice anyone can offer?

>

> Thanks!

> Barbara (LTLJSMOM)

>

[Guest guest]

Barbara,

I can totally relate to your issue. I have been stalled for months,

not lossing a darn thing. I have even scheduled an appt with the

nutrionist again. I too was eating between 1000 - 1200 calories and

not getting results. I have since Monday added a protein shake in the

afternoon and eat a heartier dinner and so far since Monday I have

lost 3 pounds. I keep reading that maybe I have sabotaged my body

into thinking it was starving and I was holding on to all my weight.

That might work for you to up your calories. No harm in trying, right?

Jeanne

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> I feel like I am doing all I can and can't seem to get rid of these

> pesky 6 pounds I have left!!! Perhaps it's all mental - perhaps I

just

> don't feel like they are coming off as fast as I would like. I am not

> eating more than 1200 calories a day, in fact, most days I try to

stay

> under 1000! I know Im not doing as well as I should be with my

water -

> but I am trying and getting in at least 48 oz if not the whole 64.

Other

> than the water, is there any advice anyone can offer?

>

> Thanks!

> Barbara (LTLJSMOM)

>