Re: Jitters @ Weight , stress,

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Thank you all for your encouragement!

I've just spent an hour or so looking into albumin...

- Major component of blood plasma

- Prevents edema - swelling of tissues because it holds onto plasma

in the blood stream, not leaking out into injured tissues)

- Good sources = proteins.

Weight loss...

Believe it or not, I used to be a Weight Watchers group leader. I

faithfully followed the program 1978-1982 or so, losing and keeping

off 30 lbs (160 down to 130). 130 was a great weight for me, size 11-

12, 34C, etc.

After my first child, I had about the same weight problem, and I lost

it again by food combining - eating fruit by itself in the morning,

keeping carbs separate from proteins, but plenty of veggies with each.

I had terrific energy and looked terrific. In fact, pregnancy with

my second child 2 yrs later gave us another wonderful child, and

losing the baby weight was easy.

Where I put on weight, mostly, was from eating both kids' leftovers

starting about 16 yrs ago when I had 3 & 5 year olds... in fact, I

used to not order anything for myself when we ate out, because I knew

there would be plenty to eat after they finished. This gradually

transformed into me eating what I wanted for myself + eating kid

leftovers.

Over the years it turned into stress eating - my and hubby job

worries and kid stress.

Same thing now, only it's just my job worries and bigger problems

leading to more stress with bigger kids (19 & 21)

Just found out about a major stress dealing with my 21 yr old. He's

living with a girl who lives in her parent's basement... He just told

me that she's still in high school. What kind of parents...? I'm

hoping she's 18...

I'm in shock, frustrated, crying.

Wow, thanks for listening. Anyone know how this kind of stress

affects presurgery/surgery success?

> >

> > Dear Jeri,

> >

> > I was in your boat weight wise going into revisions( yes I had

> two), but took a great deal of weight off after the surgery( 40

lbs).

> For pain control following surgery I had a Fentanyl patch, which

had

> me sick at my stomach a lot, and kinda queezy most of the time. The

> weight literally fell off. Not a good way to loose weight, but it

did

> come off. When I went back to eatting normally after getting off

the

> patch, 20 lbs creeped back on. So I started doing Adkins, and off

> that came with a few more pounds. I kept it off three years.

> Unfortunately I know I'm an emotional eater, and with some big

> losses, I got lazy and put it back on. I'm back at working on it

> again, for me I guess it will always be a battle, and carbs are

just

> my enemy. So my suggestion is make better choices with food moving

up

> to surgery, don't do anything drastic, but be mindful of portions

and

> balance. Most people will loose some weight after surgery, and then

> look at that loss as your jump start to better health, and find an

> eating plan that works for you. After surgery most of these doc's

> want you walking, walking is good exercise and helps boost your

> mental being. Look at swimming too, many here after doc's okay find

> swimming very good for their bodies. If you need a weight loss pal,

> maybe we could be each others pal during it, I need to loose 50

lbs,

> you do, and maybe we could keep each other motivated. It's tough, I

> thought I had the weight thing sorta beat, and back I went, but

today

> is a new day, and I'm there if you need it!

> >

> >

> > [ ] Jitters @ Weight and revision

surgery

> & looking in the mirror

> >

> >

> > As I look over what I wrote below, I realize that it's probably

> just

> > the latest of my pre-surgery jitters. Regardless, here's my

> latest

> > whining...

> >

> > I'm at least 50 lbs overweight -- a number that is being kind

to

> myself.

> > I'm wondering if any of you had the same situation at your

> revision

> > date. And if so, how it went for you losing weight while/after

> > recovering.

> >

> > Dr.T did not say anything about my weight at my appt with him

in

> > November. But I read an account of how the patient is

positioned

> for

> > the surgery... and a note of how an obese person's belly needs

to

> be

> > supported differently. It makes perfect sense, but I feel

> embarrassed

> > about the idea.

> >

> > I've had moments when I eat right, and then plenty of others

when

> I

> > just give up and eat because I'm hurting, or because I haven't

> looked

> > in a full length mirror lately. Hubby set up my recumbent trike

> for

> > indoor use a few weeks ago, and I use it, but loosing weight

> feels so

> > hopeless.

> >

> > I avoid full length mirrors because of weight, but also the

> twisted-

> > craned-neck-hunched-bent-over sort of look. That's not how I

feel

> > inside... just like I don't feel 53 inside either (more like 35

> at

> > most).

> >

> > It's a shock that I look so broken down and old. I try not to

> cry, so I

> > try not to look.

> >

> > Thanks for reading all this.

> > Jeri

> >

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