Guest guest Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 Oh and lastly, . 77 lbs? Go to a dog feed story and lift the corners (not to heavy I don't want you to get a hernia) of 4 - 20 lb dog food bags - yes might as well round up 3 lbs lol. That is what you lost . Ignore your doc on his lack of praise. He's busy and has no time to " pick ppl up " so to speak so don't take him personally. I know it's easier said than done. So what that isn't what some ppl lose in a year. Atleast go do the dog bag thing and smile at yourself for some type of accomplishment. Look for any way of praising yourself..instead of tearing yourself down. This will set your fight back to losing on a good road. I fight this a lot btw so I know full well the feelings. Sherra new to group > Hi Everyone, > > My name is and I'm new to this group. I live in northern Alabama. I > had my surgery Oct. 20, 2002 and when I had my year check up my doctor was not > pleased with my progress. I had only lost 77lbs in a year. Imagine the > defeated feeling I had. He told me that my window of opportunity was quickly closing > and I basically had only 6months left. > I'm sure he was using this scare tactic to get me moving and to wake me up > but I will honestly tell you it almost defeated me completely. I thought to > myself " gosh, I'm even a failure in this WLS. " Needless to say though, it did wake > me up to become more concious of what I was doing. > Alittle back ground here: This past year has NOT been the best for me. I was > going through a divorce after 20yrs of marriage. My weight had gone up to 342. > I only had a certain period of time to have the surgery done on the insurance > because I wasn't sure of my benefits after the divorce. My divorce became > final in June and well I sort of hit bottom. Went on a " pity " vacation and well I > didn't pay much attention to me and my health. I found, as silly as it > sounds, but bananas and lo-carb bread with peanut butter became my buddy. Yes, I > have all the excuses of why I failed but the real truth is I just didn't care. > Gosh, that was hard to admit. > Well since that check up I have dove into this thing. I have recommitted > myself to " succeed " in this journey if it kills me, nah, not really kill me, but I > want to succeed at it. So for the past two weeks I've gotten back on <A HREF= " www.obesityhelp.com " > > www.obesityhelp.com</A> (my profile is H. in Alabama) and updated my profile. Then > I've started to arm myself with more information about what I need to do to > get back on track. I've begun to join more information loops like this one and > have made my plea for any and all help and information that I can use to help > me win this battle. I've stopped eating bananas, even though they are in my > kitchen, no bread or peanut butter. I'm getting more information on the kinds > of protein shakes I need to take to get my protein in. > I've joined this group to learn your wisdom and hear your successes. I look > forward to learning more about you all. > > 342/265 > 10/30/02 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 , Sherra has a great suggestion of lifting the dog food bags. I was feeling down whenever my weight loss slowed and one day I was in the grocery store w/my husband and he took me to the flour and had me pick up the bags. It really did put it in perspective for me. Don't let anyone get you down about losing 77 lbs. Own it and move on. Good Luck. Diane LAP RNY 9/99 > Oh and lastly, . > > 77 lbs? > > Go to a dog feed story and lift the corners (not to heavy I don't want you > to get a hernia) of 4 - 20 lb dog food bags - yes might as well round up 3 > lbs lol. That is what you lost . Ignore your doc on his lack of praise. > He's busy and has no time to " pick ppl up " so to speak so don't take him > personally. I know it's easier said than done. > > So what that isn't what some ppl lose in a year. Atleast go do the dog bag > thing and smile at yourself for some type of accomplishment. Look for any > way of praising yourself..instead of tearing yourself down. This will set > your fight back to losing on a good road. I fight this a lot btw so I > know full well the feelings. > > > Sherra > > new to group > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > My name is and I'm new to this group. I live in northern Alabama. > I > > had my surgery Oct. 20, 2002 and when I had my year check up my doctor was > not > > pleased with my progress. I had only lost 77lbs in a year. Imagine the > > defeated feeling I had. He told me that my window of opportunity was > quickly closing > > and I basically had only 6months left. > > I'm sure he was using this scare tactic to get me moving and to wake me up > > but I will honestly tell you it almost defeated me completely. I thought > to > > myself " gosh, I'm even a failure in this WLS. " Needless to say though, it > did wake > > me up to become more concious of what I was doing. > > Alittle back ground here: This past year has NOT been the best for me. I > was > > going through a divorce after 20yrs of marriage. My weight had gone up to > 342. > > I only had a certain period of time to have the surgery done on the > insurance > > because I wasn't sure of my benefits after the divorce. My divorce became > > final in June and well I sort of hit bottom. Went on a " pity " vacation and > well I > > didn't pay much attention to me and my health. I found, as silly as it > > sounds, but bananas and lo-carb bread with peanut butter became my buddy. > Yes, I > > have all the excuses of why I failed but the real truth is I just didn't > care. > > Gosh, that was hard to admit. > > Well since that check up I have dove into this thing. I have recommitted > > myself to " succeed " in this journey if it kills me, nah, not really kill > me, but I > > want to succeed at it. So for the past two weeks I've gotten back on <A > HREF= " www.obesityhelp.com " > > > www.obesityhelp.com</A> (my profile is H. in Alabama) and updated > my profile. Then > > I've started to arm myself with more information about what I need to do > to > > get back on track. I've begun to join more information loops like this > one and > > have made my plea for any and all help and information that I can use to > help > > me win this battle. I've stopped eating bananas, even though they are in > my > > kitchen, no bread or peanut butter. I'm getting more information on the > kinds > > of protein shakes I need to take to get my protein in. > > I've joined this group to learn your wisdom and hear your successes. I > look > > forward to learning more about you all. > > > > 342/265 > > 10/30/02 > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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