Re: 1 year out and - 178 Lbs!

[Guest guest]

Missie,

Welcome to the group. Your weight loss is totally awesome. It

sounds like you are doing everything right. There could be a number of

explainations as to what happened yesterday. I don't know about you but

I always seem to associate celebrating anything with food and/or alcohol.

I also do the same thing when I am grieving a loss. Could it be that

you were grieving your old life, your old friend? Could it be your way

of celebrating a year of successful weight loss and a new life? I also

know " normal people " who occasionally have a bad food day. The biggest

difference with them is that they get back on track in a day or two. The

bad food day does not become a habit. Hope this helps.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 13:35:03 -0000 " girlfightkungfu "

writes:

> It has been a year ago today since I had this life changing

> surgery. I have went from 334 Lbs to 156-158 (bobbling back and

> forth for what seems like FOREVER!!) in the last year! I have gone

>

> from hardly being able to tie my own shoes, to being a Black Belt

> and

> Assistant Martial Arts instructor. I run 2-4 miles 4 times a day,

> do

> martial arts 3-4 hours a day 5 days a week, and am able to do more

> physically then alot of natuarally thinner people.

> There is all the good, now for the not so good. Mentally it

> has

> been difficult the last few months with weight loss slowing down and

>

> also being able to eat more. Can you guys tell me what you eat in a

>

> day at this point? Are calories something I should concern myself

> with. Yesterday I hada bad day where I just kinda layed around and

>

> ate all day. I do this very RARELY and even though I ate larger

> amounts than normal it was all high protein low carb foods. But I

> probaly ate more than 2000 Calories. On average I eat 1500-1800

> which I dunno if that is good or not....but with my level of

> activity

> I don't know if it is healthy to not eat that much. Anyway,

> feedback

> would be great! I am kinda confused and feeling bad about

> yesterday. I don;t want to be depressed on my re-birthday.

>

> Missie

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[Guest guest]

Missie,

I hope you mean you're running 2-4 miles four times a *week.* Yikes.

After a year, the amount of food I can eat gradually increased. It did this

gradually for the last 5 years. It's disconcerting, sometimes I still get

concerned about it, but I'm maintaining my weight. I think you're doing the

right thing by enjoying your ability to exercise. And I also think it is

extremely important, as we talk about so much here, to eat protein as you

do. Those carbs go down so easily....they " feel " better because you don't

have to chew them to death like meat. And there's less variety with meats

and fish than the world of carbs.

Can you believe we live in a country where we can even make these choices

???? Thanks !

There's a store by my house that makes great homemade sandwiches. On an

indulgent day, I get one half of one of those and small potato chips. The

other night, I skipped the chips and ate a whole sandwich. It took twenty

minutes and I had to chew it to death, but it's what I needed to eat. So at

5 years, a whole sandwich is still a feat. For lunch sometimes I'll get a

BBQ turkey or pork sandwich, toss the bread, and eat a " side " along with it

like broccoli salad. The meals are about two cups, give or take depending

on density. Last night for dinner, I had a bowl of gazpacho and a plate of

carpaccio (raw beef). It was great, but I'm always hungry two hours later.

I think it is so incredibly important to do weight bearing exercise in a

serious way. The surgery keeps my eating " normal. " The exercise makes for

good bone density and muscle burns calories.

Take care,

in Austin

RNY April 1998

1 year out and - 178 Lbs!

> Can you guys tell me what you eat in a

> day at this point? Are calories something I should concern myself

> with. Yesterday I hada bad day where I just kinda layed around and

> ate all day. I do this very RARELY and even though I ate larger

> amounts than normal it was all high protein low carb foods. But I

> probaly ate more than 2000 Calories. On average I eat 1500-1800

> which I dunno if that is good or not....but with my level of activity

> I don't know if it is healthy to not eat that much. Anyway, feedback

> would be great! I am kinda confused and feeling bad about

> yesterday. I don;t want to be depressed on my re-birthday.

>

> Missie