Re: The potential for WEIGHT GAIN at 18 months...........

[Guest guest]

Dear Maxine,

I am so right there with you on those feelings of starving.. I have actually

gained weight in the past month or so 8 pds! YIKES!!! After reading someone

posting about the BOCK challenge, I went to the site and printed out the page

and read it yesterday and today, and I am trying to stick by it.. I have done

good today. I have already drank 128 oz of water, and for breakfast I had

1egg w/ half a pc of cheese.. Then I waited 2 hrs before drinking.. Then I

drank some water and then had a 12 oz protein shake, which gave me 30 grms

protien.. Then for lunch I had 3 triskets and 1 oz or so of tuna.. I felt so

full... I again waited the 2 hrs to drink.. then had a protien drink, and was

still feeling unfulfilled and had another 4 oz of protien drink.. Didn't

help, so I got out my last 20 oz of water, and guzzled it.. I really can't

tell if it is my head or not wanting to eat.. I think that is part of it,

although I do feel hungry.. but I feel like I want to eat all the wrong

foods.. I know if I can just stick with it I will be over these horrible carb

cravings in a few days or so.. UGH.. I wish the surgery would work on our

heads too.. I am stressing too, it is FREEZING outside, snow is deep, and the

boys are both sick with fevers and yucky noses, so I probably shouldn't get

them out in this.. I did a 15 minute workout on the ez glider I just got..

Not so sure I like it, my feet slip all around.. Well, gotta go see what my

boys are into.. I may make another shake.. Gees wonder what the record is for

highest number of shakes drank in one day?? Good luck on getting back on

track.. I am there with you! I had my surgery on Sept 11, 2001. ~~Chandra

[Guest guest]

Dear Maxine,

I am so right there with you on those feelings of starving.. I have actually

gained weight in the past month or so 8 pds! YIKES!!! After reading someone

posting about the BOCK challenge, I went to the site and printed out the page

and read it yesterday and today, and I am trying to stick by it.. I have done

good today. I have already drank 128 oz of water, and for breakfast I had

1egg w/ half a pc of cheese.. Then I waited 2 hrs before drinking.. Then I

drank some water and then had a 12 oz protein shake, which gave me 30 grms

protien.. Then for lunch I had 3 triskets and 1 oz or so of tuna.. I felt so

full... I again waited the 2 hrs to drink.. then had a protien drink, and was

still feeling unfulfilled and had another 4 oz of protien drink.. Didn't

help, so I got out my last 20 oz of water, and guzzled it.. I really can't

tell if it is my head or not wanting to eat.. I think that is part of it,

although I do feel hungry.. but I feel like I want to eat all the wrong

foods.. I know if I can just stick with it I will be over these horrible carb

cravings in a few days or so.. UGH.. I wish the surgery would work on our

heads too.. I am stressing too, it is FREEZING outside, snow is deep, and the

boys are both sick with fevers and yucky noses, so I probably shouldn't get

them out in this.. I did a 15 minute workout on the ez glider I just got..

Not so sure I like it, my feet slip all around.. Well, gotta go see what my

boys are into.. I may make another shake.. Gees wonder what the record is for

highest number of shakes drank in one day?? Good luck on getting back on

track.. I am there with you! I had my surgery on Sept 11, 2001. ~~Chandra

[Guest guest]

Maxine........I too feel as though I would rather die than put the weight

back on........and I think that it is this very thought that will help us

NOT to. I have always gone through major eating times since my RNY. Mine

was two months after yours. I noticed that a lot of it had to do with my

" monthly visitor " ......the week before I am just famished.....and I want to

eat from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed....literally. Since

I am in peri-menopause and my period can be up to two weeks late it has been

really wrecking havoc in my life. This last time I gained 6 lb. in two

weeks. BUT, the good news is that it does stop.....all of a sudden (usually

when my period starts) the insanity stops, I don't crave carbs, I actually

crave steak and veggies again, and I feel in control again. I have taken 5

of the 6 off in just 4 days.....nothing drastic, just back to the protein

shakes and good food. Try to relax (panicking I think makes it worse) and

see if you can find some kind of " reasoning " either physical or mental for

this change. And most importantly try to get back into your exercise

habit.......stopping could have helped get you off track with the eating.

Getting back to it will help if you are anything like me...I have a hard

time eating bad when I know I am working out, I hate to feel like I am

outdoing the exercise. I do believe you will get a handle on

this........you are on the right track with the protein drinks......let us

know how it is going...... P.

The potential for WEIGHT GAIN at 18

months...........

> Hello everyone. I am mainly a lurker, get online and read for info

> purposes, don't chat much, but I've reached a point where I need

> assistance. I have had " something happen " within me. I am almost 18

> months post-op, had lap rny in Nov. 01, going good, doing well.

> Exercise by walking 3 miles a day --well, I've let myself slip lately

> and haven't been as faithful, gotten lazy. But the real issue is

> within. I am starving. I am hungry. I want to eat! This weekend I

> bought two candy bars and ate them slowly, but I ate them! I don't

> want to gain any of this weight back (lost 111). I weigh 175 and not

> at goal. But that would come IF I were to have the t.t., which I

> have no intention on doing, as I did this for my health. And I do

> feel so much better. Ya know how people say, " I don't know how they

> could let themselves get fat again after losing all that weight! " ??

> Well, I can see how easily it could happen, but letting yourself

> graze, eating the wrong foods, etc., slowly, it could creep back on.

> It's time to make a very serious assessment of my situation and get a

> grip on the situation. I have never been to a support group, as I

> live out in the boondocks, and have always posted online at AMOS for

> all my questions, concerns, and now this site. PLEASE does anyone

> else out there feel this same fear? Today I've gotten back on the

> protein shakes (I've had two Designer shakes mixed w/frozen fruit,

> crushed ice, a little 2% milk and a little Five Alive juice.. Also

> had a little serving of lasagna from the deli next door for lunch.

> And right now I AM HUNGRY! I mean it's like the old days. I need

> some advice for the first time since my surgery! Thank you for

> listening. I do not want to gain my weight back. I would rather die.

>

> Maxine Hines

> Logan WV

> Lap rny 11/02/01

> Was 286

> Off all meds

> Now 175

>

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[Guest guest]

Maxine........I too feel as though I would rather die than put the weight

back on........and I think that it is this very thought that will help us

NOT to. I have always gone through major eating times since my RNY. Mine

was two months after yours. I noticed that a lot of it had to do with my

" monthly visitor " ......the week before I am just famished.....and I want to

eat from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed....literally. Since

I am in peri-menopause and my period can be up to two weeks late it has been

really wrecking havoc in my life. This last time I gained 6 lb. in two

weeks. BUT, the good news is that it does stop.....all of a sudden (usually

when my period starts) the insanity stops, I don't crave carbs, I actually

crave steak and veggies again, and I feel in control again. I have taken 5

of the 6 off in just 4 days.....nothing drastic, just back to the protein

shakes and good food. Try to relax (panicking I think makes it worse) and

see if you can find some kind of " reasoning " either physical or mental for

this change. And most importantly try to get back into your exercise

habit.......stopping could have helped get you off track with the eating.

Getting back to it will help if you are anything like me...I have a hard

time eating bad when I know I am working out, I hate to feel like I am

outdoing the exercise. I do believe you will get a handle on

this........you are on the right track with the protein drinks......let us

know how it is going...... P.

The potential for WEIGHT GAIN at 18

months...........

> Hello everyone. I am mainly a lurker, get online and read for info

> purposes, don't chat much, but I've reached a point where I need

> assistance. I have had " something happen " within me. I am almost 18

> months post-op, had lap rny in Nov. 01, going good, doing well.

> Exercise by walking 3 miles a day --well, I've let myself slip lately

> and haven't been as faithful, gotten lazy. But the real issue is

> within. I am starving. I am hungry. I want to eat! This weekend I

> bought two candy bars and ate them slowly, but I ate them! I don't

> want to gain any of this weight back (lost 111). I weigh 175 and not

> at goal. But that would come IF I were to have the t.t., which I

> have no intention on doing, as I did this for my health. And I do

> feel so much better. Ya know how people say, " I don't know how they

> could let themselves get fat again after losing all that weight! " ??

> Well, I can see how easily it could happen, but letting yourself

> graze, eating the wrong foods, etc., slowly, it could creep back on.

> It's time to make a very serious assessment of my situation and get a

> grip on the situation. I have never been to a support group, as I

> live out in the boondocks, and have always posted online at AMOS for

> all my questions, concerns, and now this site. PLEASE does anyone

> else out there feel this same fear? Today I've gotten back on the

> protein shakes (I've had two Designer shakes mixed w/frozen fruit,

> crushed ice, a little 2% milk and a little Five Alive juice.. Also

> had a little serving of lasagna from the deli next door for lunch.

> And right now I AM HUNGRY! I mean it's like the old days. I need

> some advice for the first time since my surgery! Thank you for

> listening. I do not want to gain my weight back. I would rather die.

>

> Maxine Hines

> Logan WV

> Lap rny 11/02/01

> Was 286

> Off all meds

> Now 175

>

>

> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

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