Re: I gained in the third month???

[Guest guest]

Hey Kiddo,

I was just looking thu my HUGE stack of email and saw your letter of 11/16.

I did a quick search of what I have here and didn't see anything else from

you, lately at least.

I have to admit that I don't get to read too many of these, I just don't

have the time so they usually end up in the delete file.

I'm just writing to offer a bit of encouragement and to see how you are

doing.

I suppose that by now things have turned around, at least I hope so.

First of all, why did you buy that stupid scale? Don't you know that thing

is your enemy? Oh you'll have to get on one from time to time (usually at

the doctors office) but I would think they are to be avoided like lice.

You should have saved the money for the new clothes that you probably need

by now. :-)

I wont bend your ear too much except to say this. Have FAITH. The program

works. If you weren't sure of that you wouldn't have had it done.

I happen to be a Christian and from time to time I hear people lament about

how hard it is to have Faith, BUNK.

Faith is a choice! YOU choose what you want to believe. It doesn't have to

make sense to anyone else, faith is personal. The procedure works.

My father used to tell me to believe nothing that you hear and only half

what you see.

How does this apply? Stay the course, the program WORKS. (Choose to BELIEVE

it) In a while people around you will begin to notice. Some will be overly

kind, some will act as if they don't notice, some will be jealous. Don't

put too much stock in what ANY of them say. (nothing that you hear) Trust

the program, IT WORKS. Their comments will only serve as a reminder that

something is happening. " You don't need a weatherman to know which way the

wind blows " (apologies to Bob Dylan)

Stay off that scale, has that stupid thing, or any of its lesser kin EVER

been nice to you in the past? Has it ever told you that you are a good

person or that you have value? (When I get on them they usually say " Hey,

one at a time " :-) )

Remember, you are in a marathon, not a hundred yard dash. Stay the course,

the Program Works.

Hang in there , I have faith in you and the program.

God Bless

Jerry

I gained in the third month???

> Hi guys,

>

> I am sooooo depressed. My new, expensive scale finally arrived at my

> doorstep. Its from Staples and will weigh anything up to 400lbs and cost

> $129.00. Took me months to save up for it and now I want to throw it out

the

> window!!!

>

> I am three months out. I lost 27lbs before surgery, 25 the first month

and

> 19 the second. This morning when I weighed myself, it said I GAINED

> 4.5lbs!!! I got on the phone pronto and made an appointment with my PCP's

> nurse to get weighed Monday. (Cause I weigh so much they have to do the

> hanging weight thingy with the scale, and cause they're so busy, I need an

> appointment, just can't walk in!)

>

> I can't believe that I didn't lose anything and actually gained weight in

my

> third month. The scale is a postal/freight scale and should be accurate.

> Could I have messed myself up that badly?

>

> My frame of mind is that I'm not on a diet, eat protein first veggies,

carbs,

> but a little of anything else is fine as long as it doesn't make me dump.

So

> far nothing has. I stopped keeping a food diary (big mistake) and fell

into

> the habit of eating late at nite again. But I didn't think I'd GAIN!

Maybe

> not lose alot, but GAIN???

>

> OK OK, breathe - breathe. If I did gain then I will use this as a life

> lesson. I will start keeping a food diary again, and will cut my portions

in

> half. If I eat at nite it will only be fruit. I will start over and

change

> my mindset, reminding myself that my 'window' is only 12 to 18 months and

now

> I've blown one of them. I will not chastise myself anymore than I have

been

> doing, will wipe the slate clean and go on. I can and will overcome this

> setback.

>

> After all I have started taking aerobics classes this week. My local

> hospital is offering classes three times a week for one hour for three

> months. Man is my back killing me, but I won't give it up! I know this

will

> build some muscle, (its only been a week) and I'm prepared for that.

>

> I wanted the scale so I could tell if I was on a plateau. That way I

could

> try and break it before I wasted a month cause I didn't know I had

plateaued.

> I could only weigh at my PCP's or at the hospital where I had surgery.

>

> So do any of you think I messed myself up that badly? I don't think I

should

> blame the scale, oh sure I'd like it if it were defective, but I think I'm

> the one thats defective this time. OK OK, breathe -breathe.

>

> Hugs and Blessings,

> Rose

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hey Kiddo,

I was just looking thu my HUGE stack of email and saw your letter of 11/16.

I did a quick search of what I have here and didn't see anything else from

you, lately at least.

I have to admit that I don't get to read too many of these, I just don't

have the time so they usually end up in the delete file.

I'm just writing to offer a bit of encouragement and to see how you are

doing.

I suppose that by now things have turned around, at least I hope so.

First of all, why did you buy that stupid scale? Don't you know that thing

is your enemy? Oh you'll have to get on one from time to time (usually at

the doctors office) but I would think they are to be avoided like lice.

You should have saved the money for the new clothes that you probably need

by now. :-)

I wont bend your ear too much except to say this. Have FAITH. The program

works. If you weren't sure of that you wouldn't have had it done.

I happen to be a Christian and from time to time I hear people lament about

how hard it is to have Faith, BUNK.

Faith is a choice! YOU choose what you want to believe. It doesn't have to

make sense to anyone else, faith is personal. The procedure works.

My father used to tell me to believe nothing that you hear and only half

what you see.

How does this apply? Stay the course, the program WORKS. (Choose to BELIEVE

it) In a while people around you will begin to notice. Some will be overly

kind, some will act as if they don't notice, some will be jealous. Don't

put too much stock in what ANY of them say. (nothing that you hear) Trust

the program, IT WORKS. Their comments will only serve as a reminder that

something is happening. " You don't need a weatherman to know which way the

wind blows " (apologies to Bob Dylan)

Stay off that scale, has that stupid thing, or any of its lesser kin EVER

been nice to you in the past? Has it ever told you that you are a good

person or that you have value? (When I get on them they usually say " Hey,

one at a time " :-) )

Remember, you are in a marathon, not a hundred yard dash. Stay the course,

the Program Works.

Hang in there , I have faith in you and the program.

God Bless

Jerry

I gained in the third month???

> Hi guys,

>

> I am sooooo depressed. My new, expensive scale finally arrived at my

> doorstep. Its from Staples and will weigh anything up to 400lbs and cost

> $129.00. Took me months to save up for it and now I want to throw it out

the

> window!!!

>

> I am three months out. I lost 27lbs before surgery, 25 the first month

and

> 19 the second. This morning when I weighed myself, it said I GAINED

> 4.5lbs!!! I got on the phone pronto and made an appointment with my PCP's

> nurse to get weighed Monday. (Cause I weigh so much they have to do the

> hanging weight thingy with the scale, and cause they're so busy, I need an

> appointment, just can't walk in!)

>

> I can't believe that I didn't lose anything and actually gained weight in

my

> third month. The scale is a postal/freight scale and should be accurate.

> Could I have messed myself up that badly?

>

> My frame of mind is that I'm not on a diet, eat protein first veggies,

carbs,

> but a little of anything else is fine as long as it doesn't make me dump.

So

> far nothing has. I stopped keeping a food diary (big mistake) and fell

into

> the habit of eating late at nite again. But I didn't think I'd GAIN!

Maybe

> not lose alot, but GAIN???

>

> OK OK, breathe - breathe. If I did gain then I will use this as a life

> lesson. I will start keeping a food diary again, and will cut my portions

in

> half. If I eat at nite it will only be fruit. I will start over and

change

> my mindset, reminding myself that my 'window' is only 12 to 18 months and

now

> I've blown one of them. I will not chastise myself anymore than I have

been

> doing, will wipe the slate clean and go on. I can and will overcome this

> setback.

>

> After all I have started taking aerobics classes this week. My local

> hospital is offering classes three times a week for one hour for three

> months. Man is my back killing me, but I won't give it up! I know this

will

> build some muscle, (its only been a week) and I'm prepared for that.

>

> I wanted the scale so I could tell if I was on a plateau. That way I

could

> try and break it before I wasted a month cause I didn't know I had

plateaued.

> I could only weigh at my PCP's or at the hospital where I had surgery.

>

> So do any of you think I messed myself up that badly? I don't think I

should

> blame the scale, oh sure I'd like it if it were defective, but I think I'm

> the one thats defective this time. OK OK, breathe -breathe.

>

> Hugs and Blessings,

> Rose

>

>