Guest guest Posted July 22, 2000 Report Share Posted July 22, 2000 In a message dated 07/22/2000 6:24:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lindat@... writes: << he same shorts are now loose all over, 3-4 inches I can pinch on the legs of them are free, and when I am sitting down with my stomach relaxed, I can *still* pull the elastic waist out about 6-8 inches. Now that's progress! I think I *might* be able to get into an 18 but I'm not going to try until I lose another 20 pounds. I like baggy clothes so I'm not getting any new clothes until I absolutely have to and they better be size 10 or smaller . . . heehee. Kind regards, ( " the Barbie Wannabe " ) MGB 5/18/2000 >> , That is so wonderful1 You little brat, you had me nervous when you first got home and was saying it wasn't working and all! I am happy to here you are doing great! Doesn't it feel so good when that happens with the clothes! You'll be walking down the street with pants down to your ankles LOL You are the greatest! Hope to meet ya some day!! Take care , Ta Ta Margie, July 26th!!! :0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2000 Report Share Posted July 22, 2000 In a message dated 07/22/2000 7:39:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lindat@... writes: << Thanks, hope to meet you, too! I'm hoping to be in Durham for the support group meeting and get together at 's on the 29th and I told Judi that we were going out to get a 1/4 cup of soup one night while I'm there, too, so you're welcome to come, too, if you're there! >> Thanks , I'll take ya up on that! I would Love it, I wouldn't miss out for anything inthe world!! I'll be at the Duke with judi! Have a good one! xoxox Margie Sc July 26th :0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2000 Report Share Posted July 22, 2000 Hi everyone, Okay here it is: My husband thinks that I have become obsessed with having the surgery. He told me to stop putting my life on hold, because I keep saying " maybe after I have the surgery and get skinny then I'll do this or that or go here or there " . But what he doesn't seem to grasp is that I feel like my life has always been on hold. There are so many things that I have always wanted to do but held back because of being overweight. How many fat tap dancers do you know? But you see, I have always desired to take tap dancing lessons. And I don't care how ridiculous it sounds, when I lose enough weight that I can do it (leotard and all), I'm taking lessons. Me 5'9 " with all those little kids in class. But seriously they must have classed for adult beginners, you think? So the question is do you just stop talking about it and secretly daydream about being " that girl " instead of " fat girl " . Or...do you continue to drive hubby crazy going on and on about the MGB. P/S, he also thinks I'm spending way too much time on the PC reading all the messages at this site. So am I obsessed? Do I need a support group for people obsessed with having the MGB? Hopefully, I'll soon need to join a group for people obsessed with buying new clothes...get my drift? Love to all, Ranee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2000 Report Share Posted July 22, 2000 ranee riggs wrote: > > Hi everyone, > Okay here it is: My husband thinks that I have become obsessed with > having the surgery. He told me to stop putting my life on hold, > because I keep saying " maybe after I have the surgery and get skinny > then I'll do this or that or go here or there " . But what he doesn't > seem to grasp is that I feel like my life has always been on hold. When I read the sentence where he said " stop putting my life on hold, " I was already saying, " I kept my WHOLE life on hold until I would lose weight, " meaning, there was NO possibility of ever getting off " hold " until this surgery! So the surgery, instead of putting me on hold, was the first thing that offered a chance of getting off hold. And then, that's exactly what you said right after that, so AMEN to that, sis! > There are so many things that I have always wanted to do but held > back because of being overweight. How many fat tap dancers do you > know? But you see, I have always desired to take tap dancing > lessons. And I don't care how ridiculous it sounds, when I lose > enough weight that I can do it (leotard and all), I'm taking > lessons. Me 5'9 " with all those little kids in class. But seriously > they must have classed for adult beginners, you think? So the > question is do you just stop talking about it and secretly daydream > about being " that girl " instead of " fat girl " . Or...do you continue > to drive hubby crazy going on and on about the MGB. P/S, he also > thinks I'm spending way too much time on the PC reading all the > messages at this site. So am I obsessed? LOL! Maybe, but more likely, you've just found a bunch of people JUST LIKE YOU for the first time in your life . . . isn't it fantastic? > Do I need a support group > for people obsessed with having the MGB? Hopefully, I'll soon need to > join a group for people obsessed with buying new clothes...get my > drift? > Love to all, > Ranee I'm wearing size 20 shorts today that I wore 2 years ago. I was wearing them before surgery (when I had bought clothes at size 24-26) and they were SOOOOOO tight. They have an elastic waist and before surgery, the waist was stretched to the max, there was nothing loose, anywhere. The same shorts are now loose all over, 3-4 inches I can pinch on the legs of them are free, and when I am sitting down with my stomach relaxed, I can *still* pull the elastic waist out about 6-8 inches. Now that's progress! I think I *might* be able to get into an 18 but I'm not going to try until I lose another 20 pounds. I like baggy clothes so I'm not getting any new clothes until I absolutely have to and they better be size 10 or smaller . . . heehee. Kind regards, ( " the Barbie Wannabe " ) MGB 5/18/2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2000 Report Share Posted July 22, 2000 > , > > That is so wonderful1 You little brat, you had me nervous when you > first got > home and was saying it wasn't working and all! Hey, this slow weight loss part has not been fun, but I'm getting used to it. I am losing, but very very slowly. As one person characterized it rather aptly, " Yeah, like on a sh*tty diet . . . " I have to agree. But it's a lot better than gaining!!!! And on this point, I am definitely the exception, not the rule. Other people who had surgery two weeks after me have zoomed past me on the weight loss. >I am happy to here you are doing great! Well, it is truly weird, because I am well below even the lowest end of the expected weight loss (see Dr. R's neato-keen new page on this: http://www.clos.net/predict-wt-loss.htm ) but I've lost a *lot* of inches. I've lost 4.5 inches just on one *arm.* I've lost 4 inches on my waist, I've lost 4 inches on my hips. I don't know how much I've lost in my bust because I didn't measure it beforehand, but it's gone down 4 inches from my previous bra size (44 to a 40 and it's in the 3rd hook, not the 1st) and a full cup size (from C to , so it's going down, and hey, so far so good, they're not looking like a couple of tube socks with baseballs in the ends yet!! Dr. R. suggested that I up my calorie intake and my exercise, so I'm doing that. Upping my calorie intake occurred just prior to the one big loss of six pounds I had last week, so I hope it keeps up and I will eat more. I lost 11 pounds of waterweight the week of surgery, nothing the next week, then 2 pounds a week pretty much after that for 8 weeks, then, the week I ate more (up around 800-1000 calories a day with one 1250 day), I lost 6 pounds. Then I didn't lose anything the next week, but as soon as I upped my calories, I lost 2 pounds in two days. So I'm going out for pizza tonight. > Doesn't it feel so good when that happens with the clothes! Yes!!! I didn't have any summer clothes that fit at all, so all my t-shirts and shorts were too tight. They all fit nice and loose now so that has been a big help in this scorching heat. Alabama has had temperatures in the high 90's this year since about the end of April. We had a long drought, no rain for 3 months, and we've still had very little rain in the past month, so when it does rain, all it does is shoot the humidity up to 100% along with the heat. BLECH!!!! So, yes, me and my one-window-airconditioned office are very glad I have some loose shorts and t-shirts!!! > You'll be walking down the street with pants down to your ankles LOL > You are the greatest! Hope to meet ya some day!! Take care , Ta Ta > Margie, July > 26th!!! :0) Thanks, hope to meet you, too! I'm hoping to be in Durham for the support group meeting and get together at 's on the 29th and I told Judi that we were going out to get a 1/4 cup of soup one night while I'm there, too, so you're welcome to come, too, if you're there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2000 Report Share Posted July 22, 2000 Dear Ranee, You say focused (obsessed) because that is what gets you to the other side. We ALL did the same thing. You are perfectly NORMAL/ and Welcome///////////// Love Judi in Fla MGB 7/26/2000 Quoting ranee riggs : > Hi everyone, > Okay here it is: My husband thinks that I have become obsessed with > having the surgery. He told me to stop putting my life on hold, > because I keep saying " maybe after I have the surgery and get skinny > then I'll do this or that or go here or there " . But what he doesn't > seem to grasp is that I feel like my life has always been on hold. > There are so many things that I have always wanted to do but held > back because of being overweight. How many fat tap dancers do you > know? But you see, I have always desired to take tap dancing > lessons. And I don't care how ridiculous it sounds, when I lose > enough weight that I can do it (leotard and all), I'm taking > lessons. Me 5'9 " with all those little kids in class. But seriously > they must have classed for adult beginners, you think? So the > question is do you just stop talking about it and secretly daydream > about being " that girl " instead of " fat girl " . Or...do you continue > to drive hubby crazy going on and on about the MGB. P/S, he also > thinks I'm spending way too much time on the PC reading all the > messages at this site. So am I obsessed? Do I need a support group > for people obsessed with having the MGB? Hopefully, I'll soon need to > join a group for people obsessed with buying new clothes...get my > drift? > Love to all, > Ranee > > > ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ > To email plain text is conventional, to add graphics is divine. > We'll show you how at www.supersig.com. > http://click.egroups.com/1/6811/3/_/453517/_/964302628/ > ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ > > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com > Please visit our web site at http://clos.net > Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm > > To Unsubscribe Send and Email to: > MiniGastricBypass-unsubscribe (AT) egroups (DOT) com > > ----------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through Hitter Communications Webmail http://webmail.hitter.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2000 Report Share Posted July 23, 2000 I vote for " continue to drive him crazy " ...it's what I do Or...do you continue to drive hubby crazy going on and on about the MGB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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