introducing myself.....

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Hello All,

I have been a lurker the last few months and have enjoyed reading

everyone's posts. Let me introduce myself to ya'll:

My name is amy and I'm 33 years old. I am married with an " almost

2 " year old daughter, Grace. I had my surgery almost 13 months

ago on June 25, 2002 by doctor Ernest Rehnke in St. sburg, FL.

That was the first day of the rest of my life. I have lost 204

pounds. I started out at 460# and now weigh 256#. My life has

dramatically changed for the best. If you were to ask me, " why? "

I'd have to tell you it was for my daughter ( and of course, me!). I

couldn't be the mother that I wanted to be. There was no playing on

the floor, chasing around the house or even moving freely with her.

I was petrified (and still am to a degree) of passing on this trait

of morbid obesity. It runs in my family on both sides, but my

brother and I have taken it to the extreme. So I HAD to do something

before she began learning the bad eating habits from me. So when she

was 10 months old, I had my surgery and I haven't been stopped

since! I still have a long " weigh " to go at 5'2 " , at least another

100 pounds would be nice. My main goal right now is to weigh under

200#. I would even be pleased as punch at 199.9! Just to be able to

say I was UNDER 200....that would be bliss. But I know for my

height, I should be much smaller. My only fear is that my window of

opportunity will slam shut before I can lose it all.

Now on to my problem...my doctor is a strict, protein only kind of

guy. That worked for about 2 months for me, when the ketosis

started, I began to get nauseated at that nasty taste in my mouth, so

I introduced minimal carbs to get rid of the taste. Those minimal

carbs have slowly creeped up to regular carbs at every meal. Until

the last 2 months, I have still been losing 10 pounds a month or

more. I have now drastically slowed down,and even gained 4# one week

while on vacation which scared the crap out of me. I have now lost

those 4 pounds plus another 4 after 2 weeks. After reading several

of your posts, I now am convinced I need to go cold turkey again with

the carbs. But I don't have what it takes to start it again. I don't

like the fact that I am seeing some of my old eating habits (grazing,

sweets, etc) returning, just at a smaller scale. Unfortunately, I'm

one of those that can tolerate just about ANY food, I have only

dumped once, when I had a donut on an empty stomach (and haven't had

one since). Any advice or comments would greatly be appreciated!

I really need to buckle down and kick these bad habits again, I am

petrified of not losing more, or of gaining! AHHHH!

Thanks, amy (BTW.. I always sign my name in lowercase..it's my

thing!) ;-)

[Guest guest]

Hi teacher, you didn't sign your name, but teacher is good. The only way to

get back is to get off carbs. All you have to do is do it one hour at a time.

Clean your house of your favorite carbs. The family will live if the stuff

is gone for a few days. Keep all the protein you can easily available. When

the craving hits, eat a bunch of shrimp. I load up on cottage cheese because

it bloats me so I can't eat. If you can do it long enough the cravings will

ease.

I don't know any other way. By the way, you are really doing great and

should be proud of yourself.

Fay Bayuk

**300/168

10/23/01

Dr.

Open RNY 150 cm

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