Re: Shoulda,Coulda, & Woulda - Robynn

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Boy! You could have written this for me. It's exactly what I'm

feeling. I've been the same weight for the past 2 months. I

fluctuate between 183-185. I can't seem to go lower. Sometimes I'm

okay with where I'm at. I wear a size 10-12 and I look fairly well

in clothes (naked is something completely different!) and I don't

have to work too hard to be where I'm at. Really though I'd like to

weigh 10-15 pounds less so I have a little cushion. I'm almost 10

months out.

You've read my mind Robynn and I'm interested to see what others say

about this.

Tina

> Hello Everyone;

>

> I have been beating my self up really bad lately and tonight I

went

> to the Kaiser meeting at Deer Valley and it was cancelled so I

need

> to vent a little I hope it is okay. When I had surgery 3 years ago

I

> didn't have to through the nutrition classes or loose 10% of my

> weight as a matter of fact I weighed more when I had surgery than

I

> did when I saw Dr. Zorn in Nov. of 2002. I was pretty smug in the

> fact I didn't have to go through all the steps how wrong that was

> because I never really fully understood the reality of all the

true

> life changes I would be making. I do not have any clue why I was

> just put through. So I have no answers to that question.

>

> Now for the SHOULDA I should have really listened with open ears

and

> mind when they said no sugars eat your protein first then your

other

> foods. Most important that you will loose half the amount of

weight

> you need to loose in the first 6 months and the next 6 months you

> will loose only 1/3 to 1/2 of what is left to loose after one year

> you work as hard as you did before surgery to get the weight

> off.Exercise and strength training is very important for body fat

to

> burn itself off how true now that I'm exercising and eating my

> protein I'm loosing again!! I COULDA been at a weight that I want

to

> be at if I WOULDA really listened to the doctor and his staff. By

> the way They said in San Diego that my goal weight was 240 lbs

> because that is all the weight my body would loose. I'm at their

> goal right now but I believe I can loose this other 100 lbs and

that

> is my mission right now. I have a hard time with food about 3

bites

> and I'm done with food so I really do mostly drinks now, well for

> the past 3 weeks any how. There will be no more Mochas for me and

no

> more sugars of any kind.In 3 years I have never gained any weight

> back not even a pound so I feel very fortunate for this.

>

> Thanks everyone for letting me vent surgery weight 428lbs

02/21/2003

> today 240lbs 100lbs to go.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Donna Jordon

>

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Interesting, since our surgeries were so close to one another. I wonder if this a normal "lull", because I haven't really lost any weight since mid-January (I was thinking it was December, but I just remembered I lost about 3 lbs. when I was in Europe, and I got back mid-January.) You are right, it's pretty easy to maintain where I am, and i look good...so the temptation is just to stay here. On the other hand, I am technically still a little overweight according to the BMI chart...so, I really should lose a minimum of 7 lbs. to get into the "normal weight" category. I wonder if maintaining the lower weight will require a lot more vigilence? Any seasoned veterans out there deal with this? RobynnTina wrote: Boy! You could have written this for me. It's exactly what I'm feeling. I've been the same weight for the past 2 months. I fluctuate between 183-185. I can't seem to go lower. Sometimes I'm okay with where I'm at. I wear a size 10-12 and I look fairly well in clothes (naked is something completely different!) and I don't have to work too hard to be where I'm at. Really though I'd like to weigh 10-15 pounds less so I have a little cushion. I'm almost 10 months out. You've read my mind Robynn and I'm interested to see what others say about this.Tina> Hello Everyone;> > I have been beating my self up really bad lately and tonight I

went > to the Kaiser meeting at Deer Valley and it was cancelled so I need > to vent a little I hope it is okay. When I had surgery 3 years ago I > didn't have to through the nutrition classes or loose 10% of my > weight as a matter of fact I weighed more when I had surgery than I > did when I saw Dr. Zorn in Nov. of 2002. I was pretty smug in the > fact I didn't have to go through all the steps how wrong that was > because I never really fully understood the reality of all the true > life changes I would be making. I do not have any clue why I was > just put through. So I have no answers to that question. > > Now for the SHOULDA I should have really listened with open ears and > mind when they said no sugars eat your protein first then your other > foods. Most important that you will loose half the amount of weight > you need to loose in the first 6

months and the next 6 months you > will loose only 1/3 to 1/2 of what is left to loose after one year > you work as hard as you did before surgery to get the weight > off.Exercise and strength training is very important for body fat to > burn itself off how true now that I'm exercising and eating my > protein I'm loosing again!! I COULDA been at a weight that I want to > be at if I WOULDA really listened to the doctor and his staff. By > the way They said in San Diego that my goal weight was 240 lbs > because that is all the weight my body would loose. I'm at their > goal right now but I believe I can loose this other 100 lbs and that > is my mission right now. I have a hard time with food about 3 bites > and I'm done with food so I really do mostly drinks now, well for > the past 3 weeks any how. There will be no more Mochas for me and no > more sugars of any kind.In 3

years I have never gained any weight > back not even a pound so I feel very fortunate for this.> > Thanks everyone for letting me vent surgery weight 428lbs 02/21/2003 > today 240lbs 100lbs to go.> > > > > > > Donna Jordon> > DSJordon@... > ---------------------------------> Yahoo! Mail> Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. > >