RE: For everyone who thinks they are losing too slow....

January 5, 2004

In a message dated 1/5/2004 5:59:42 AM Pacific Standard Time,

candiread@... writes:

> Candi

>

Candi, this was such a cute refreshing letter... I laughed and laughed, as it

addressed many of my " size " issues. Spread like the Grand Canyon...

hilarious. But I know exactly what you mean ... we are all built so very

different.

I am 5' 8 " , have had three children, and weight 145 ... and and and if I zip

my jeans while laying down on the bed, this, with zero intention of breathing

for the rest of the day, I might be able to tolerate a size 12 jeans for

three hours. . But as a rule I wear a size 14-16, somewhere in there.

Bone structure. What is beautiful ... who we are .. or how we look......

Skinny Wishes from Mandy in CA

275/145/126

January 5, 2004

In a message dated 1/5/2004 5:59:42 AM Pacific Standard Time,

candiread@... writes:

> Candi

>

Candi, this was such a cute refreshing letter... I laughed and laughed, as it

addressed many of my " size " issues. Spread like the Grand Canyon...

hilarious. But I know exactly what you mean ... we are all built so very

different.

I am 5' 8 " , have had three children, and weight 145 ... and and and if I zip

my jeans while laying down on the bed, this, with zero intention of breathing

for the rest of the day, I might be able to tolerate a size 12 jeans for

three hours. . But as a rule I wear a size 14-16, somewhere in there.

Bone structure. What is beautiful ... who we are .. or how we look......

Skinny Wishes from Mandy in CA

275/145/126

January 5, 2004

Very well said, Candi!!! IT is so hard to compare to others when on

this long windy, bumpy road of weight loss...Your comparisons were

very good and I think that sometimes when I read about others

journeys, it is so easy to think they are doing better/faster than

me...You really put it in perspective though...it's funny at 213

pounds I am in a 20 and getting ready to go into an 18, but I am also

5'6 " , and I tend to wear my weight in my tummy(I will also need a

tummy tuck), but I always think that without this surgery I would

have just put on weight over the last 3 months, and boy that sure is

scary!!! I am down 75 pounds and not afraid to look in the mirror

anymore. Life is good and only getting better!

Hannah

9/29/03

open rny

288/213/???

> I have to start by apologizing to Mindi for using her as my

example. Mindi

> I am sooo happy for you but seeing your size 10/12 made me jealous

for about

> 30 seconds. If I offend you in any way for using your statistics

as my

> example I am on bended knee BEGGING for your forgiveness.

>

> When I saw my Dr. a couple of weeks ago he told me I was way ahead

of the

> game with my weight loss. I asked him what he meant and he said

that he

> projects his patients will loss roughly 70-80% of their excess

weight. I

> started at 263 so for me that meant 96-110 pounds loss for me. At

3 1/2

> months I had lost 80 pounds. In that context I am in fact " ahead

of the

> game " so to speak.

>

> However to show that it is all individual let's compare me to Mindi

(sorry

> again Mindi).

>

Mindi Candi

> Starting Weight 277

263

> Starting Size

26/28 22

> Current Current Weight 175 179

> Current Size

10/12 16

>

> Now why when we are so close in weight are we so far apart in size?

> Because there are too many other variables. I am almost 40. I

don't know

> how old Mindi is. Maybe she is younger. I have had two children

(9.9lbs

> and 12.6 lbs). Maybe Mindi has no children and her hips have not

spread

> like the Grand Canyon the way mine have. I am 5' 4 " tall. I don't

know how

> tall Mindi is. Maybe Mindi exercises religiously. I try but I am

not the

> best about getting my five days a week in. Mindi had surgery on

6/26 and I

> had surgery on 9/8. Over time (or so my Dr. says) your body does

naturally

> pull in to some small degree. So maybe since Mindi had her surgery

first

> she is seeing some of the benefit of that where as obviously I am

not seeing

> as much. I am definitely going to need a tummy tuck when all is

said and

> done. Maybe Mindi has a flatter tummy. I swear I could go down a

whole

> pant size were it not for the excess skin on my tummy (sigh). I am

> definitely a large frame. Maybe Mindi is a small frame. Bottom

line is I

> just don't know enough to compare myself to Mindi.

>

> So you see you can't judge what you are doing by what others are

doing.

> There are too many unknowns. Although we were close in the

beginning and

> are close now Mindi has obviously lost more inches than I have.

Why is

> anybody's guess.

>

> What I do know for sure is that I am happy for Mindi and I am happy

for me.

> I would much rather be a size 16 than the 22 that I once was. Both

Mindy

> and I will lose the rest of the weight and keep it off forever and

end up at

> whatever size we end up. we will do it in our own time and at our

own

> speed.

>

> Hope this helps some of you who are frustrated with the speed with

which you

> are losing. Remember fast or slow doesn't matter. Getting it off

and

> keeping it off is what counts!!!!!! )

>

> Candi

> Re: Carbs

>

> Thanks Joan, but I am 2 pounds over the 100 pound loss. That was

very

> exciting........I am at a plateau though now and that

stinks....its been

> over a week

> since I have lost anything, but people around me say I am losing

inches.

> Its

> exciting....From a size 26/28 to a size 10/12. Cant wait till I

get to

> the

> size 4........

> Mindi

> 277/175/125??

> Lap RNY 6/26/03

>

January 5, 2004