question about the case worker

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

What do I say or not to say to the case worker? What does she want to hear or not to hear?

I'm still working on my 10%.

Has anyone lost the weight with out exercising?

Thank you

[Guest guest]

Well , I can't address what to say to the

case worker, but I can address your second

question briefly. It depends on how you define

exercise. If you mean a specific routine, where

you do a specific set of movements for a specific

period of time a specific number of times a week,

then I have to say that no, I don't exercise.

HOWEVER, I am pretty active. I run around with my

son (5.5 years old), tend to park pretty far from

store doors (I'll walk a LONG way if I can get a

spot in the shade, even if it's in the back 40),

take stairs instead of the elevator, do marathon

shopping, am involved with a bunch of projects

fixing up the house which involves a lot of

lifting and climbing on ladders, etc. So I'd say

I exercise, but I don't " exercise " .

Make sense? What I'd say is that you should do

whatever activity that gets you moving that you

will actually DO. Be honest with yourself. If you

won't go to a gym, save the money and don't sign

up. If you're like me in this regard, no, the

fact that you're spending the money every month

will NOT adequately motivate you to actually go

to the gym and do all those exercises. If you

like watching TV, perhaps getting an exercise

bike and riding while watching is what will work

for you. If you have a buddy who also wants to

get into shape, perhaps setting a regular time

for a walk with each other to help stay motivated is what will work FOR YOU.

You gotta find what works for you, and what will

work for you will probably be different from what

works for me. Just like all sorts of things in this whole weight loss journey!

At 09:41 05/05/2006, you wrote:

>Hi Everyone,

>

>What do I say or not to say to the case

>worker? What does she want to hear or not to hear?

>I'm still working on my 10%.

>

>Has anyone lost the weight with out exercising?

>

>Thank you

>

Eleanor Oster

eleanor@... (personal address)

www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm

San , CA

Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA)

~5'9 " tall

05/09/2003 319 Orientation

07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

Current 157±2 Goal until plastics?

[Guest guest]

Know special words for the case worker, just be yourself. Exercise won't only help you lose the 10%, but needs to become a part of your life. We can use many excuses not to do it, but it is so necessary. I have screws in my feet with pieces of my hips they put in there, bad knees, fibromyalgia, arthritis and asthma, and before surgery way more than this. Before surgery I couldn't hardly walk, would fall due to my knees buckling backwards, have asthma attacks so bad, I was on deaths bed, but I knew this was something I must do. I went to Health Education and got the Tape Chair dancing and did it faithfully every morning (I had to push myself hard) and I stuck to the 1200 cal meal plan. It worked, but without the exercise I didn't even lose on 800 cal a day. I'm not sure if any one has lost the weight without exercise, but it will take alot longer and you really need it to really be healthy. I

started at 270 orientation, got to 228 day of surgery and have been at 138 since 6 months post op. Every little bit of weight will make the exercising that much easier. Water aerobics which I try to do 3 times each week, have only missed 1 class in three weeks, are wonderful. I do alot, I ride bicycle, I did a Relay for Life for fighting cancer, I walk daily, use my treadmill, and elliptical, but before surgery and the weight lose this was not possible. Now I enjoy all these things. Don't give up. Take care. Donna J.ADARONE53@... wrote: Hi Everyone, What do I say or not to say to the case worker? What does she want to hear or not to hear? I'm still working on my 10%. Has anyone lost the weight with out exercising? Thank you Donna JordonDSJordon@...

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