Guest guest Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 I finally passed the " 200 lbs lost " mark and I am so happy I had to share. I had surgery 25 months ago in Oct. of 2001. I lost @ 150 lbs the first 15 months but stopped. I wasn't eating right and my weight loss came to a standstill for about 4 or 5 months. I spent a lot of time beating myself up for not taking better advantage of my " 18 month window. " I decided last June after visiting the dietician that I was going to try really hard to lose the rest of the weight. She suggested keeping a food journal daily and boy did that ever help. It made me aware of my calories, protein grams, etc. and really helped me get everything under control. Since then, I have walked 190 miles on a treadmill, really worked hard to eat protein first and drank my water. I have lost 50 more pounds and I never thought it would happen. I credit my psychologist for helping me get my head straight also. This allowed me to focus on my exercise, food intake, etc. and it has made a world of difference. Someone recently said you have to feel good about yourself and be mentally healthy to stay on top of your health and that is so right. I was so depressed that I didn't want to leave the house or really live to be honest, but with a little medicine, therapy, exercise and weight loss, I feel better than I have in 20 years. Yippee! The only bad thing I do is drink with my meals. I have seen people talk a lot about this lately and someone is probably going to flog me for saying it but I do. Not a lot but I do have a little sip while I am eating. I feel so blessed also that I had an excellent surgeon. He did an outstanding job mechanically on me (proximal RNY) and really set me up for success. I hear so many stories of surgeries that were not done correctly and it really makes me thankful every day for Dr. Dyer at CMC in Nashville. I also wanted to say that it is possible to keep losing after the 18 month window and hope that maybe this post will encourage someone to keep trying. I fully intend to lose another 50 lbs and after this past six months I really feel like I can do it. I plan on having a BIG celebration if that happens instead of a tiny one. tee hee... R in Nashville Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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