The Struggle Continues

[Guest guest]

Thanks again for all your letters of support and encouragement. And for all

the suggestions. I am in a MUCH better place than I was last week when I

wrote. For one thing, I had a nice long talk with my boss and made clear to him

that the plate he had handed me was way too full. We moved things off. Major

stress relief.

I also began to take my vitamins again. I am not 100% compliant but I am

MUCH better than I had been and today I will devote some time to finding the

vitamins for the new prescription my doctor made.

I also began to eat right again. I did not diet, per se. Just returned to

the healthful way of eating I basically had been doing before.

And I began to once again exercise. A major help to me in all of this -- not

just from the physical improvement side but also from the side of having the

mental health I need to cope with the stress that comes from this new and

improved life.

I think the one thing I would like to see myself doing which I am not is to

get down to a size 8. I am a 14 now. I just would love to be that size. But

I cannot seem to get together what it takes to get there. It seems my passion

for it is not enough to do the work to get there.

I thought maybe of making a list of why I want to be a size 8. That is what

helped get me from 28W to 14!

I thought maybe of setting goals with rewards for achievements.

I'm wondering if anyone out there lost weight this far out from their surgery

(it will be 4 years post op for me in November). How did you do it?

Hugs!

se

se

Baltimore, MD

Open RNY 11/22/99, Dr. Sweet, Reading, PA

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11/22/99 324, BMI 51

12/6/99 301, BMI 47

1/27/00 280, BMI 44

2/22/00 270, BMI 42

3/16/00 262, BMI 41

5/31/00 244, BMI 38 (no longer extremely obese... just plain obese)

7/22/00 224, BMI 35

9/23/00 220, BMI 34 (and still obese)

10/16/00 216, BMI 34

11/7/00 210, BMI 33 (65 pounds from goal!!!)

5/8/01 196, BMI 31 (new goal 157; I am 5'7 " that would give me a BMI

of 24.6; 39 pounds to go)

9/13/01 196, BMI 31 (Stuck!)

4/2/02 200, ARGH! Very frightening moment. Hopefully I can lose back

down to 190 quickly!

4/28/02 201 (started a starch-free, 4 hours a week of exercise

program...weighed in at the gym)

9/22/02 Tummy Tuck, Thigh Lift, and Lower Back Lift, Dr. Shermack, s

Hopkins, Bayview,

Baltimore, MD -- 12 pounds of skin removed!!

5/15/03 208!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ouch.