icestorm12132008

everyone is different, as are their reasons for obesity, therefore their method that works for them will be different. What matters is that we eat good solid nutrtion and work out and stay hydrated and remember our portion control.

she is darling! I had a g. shepard/mix growing up as a teen she was the best dog ever ery loyal and protective yet she was very friendly to the right folks. enjoy your new addition

you go tell them to suck it keep blogging sister and keep loosing

I was exzactly as you said as a girl "big boned". And it is true my bone structure for a female is on the larger size. I also have an endocrine disorder called PCOS. I've had it my whole life according to the Reproductive Endocrinologist who dinagnosed me at 28 years of age with the disorder when my husband and I went to boston ivf for a diagnostic as to why we where having trouble with conception. My relationship with food before the diagnosis was an awful one. When i was her age that is when the trouble started, no matter what I ate it was never enough and I was always hungery dispite eating healthy meals. I also at twelve started my cycle and things just went south from there. I gained weight dispite diet exercise and eating healthy meals. Part of it is the blood suggar spikes that are happening within the body if these go un controlled the weight gain for her is never going to cease. Can you talk to her about how she feels when she eats, for me when I don't eat after a very long time say waking in the am I don't get a hungery signal and I feel sick to my stomach. But when i do finally eat that is where the ravenous hunger would start and from breakefast till dinner it semed the hunger never went away. unchecked high suggars can lead to cardiac problems and even blindness and problems with cirrculation and limb loss. Does she have an incidence of type II diabetis in her family? Did her mom have gestational diabetis while pregnant with any of her offspring? Also is she developing male hair growth(the legs will show dark hair first it hten progresses to the armpits and unfortunately the face and other areas are often covered with hair). The pcos can also lead to dysufunctional and painful periods due to fibroid formation within the uterus. I can understand your concern for your step daughter. She may want some help but might be to intemidated by her mom's poor reflection of you as a step parent. Can you talk to your spouse about it and just say you are worried for your s. daughter's health? I know this is a hard time for her as a teen and she might not realize it now but you are only trying to help her.

I'm a frequent scale hopper too. IT's so hard to break the habit of weigh in mentality especially if you have done weight Watchers's for a long time. You can live and die by the number on that scale. I actually try to only weigh in on my scale now only twice a week on Sundays and and wednesday's to see how i'm doing. But I only record Monday's weight and only my doctors' scale counts as the offical log of how i'm doing. but i do use the weekly weigh in when i'm not going to the MD to guage how i'm doing as far as working out and the nutrtion part of things. I think i will be a slave to the scale forever.

For many if you are not properly hydrated prior to eating, it won't matter how much you chew you might get stuck on meat and protien. meat that is dry won't do well so make sure to cook in a method that won't dry the meat out. use a crock pot if you can. Or if you bake or roast let the meat stand for fifteen min or so before you carve it so all the jucies don't run out of it when you cut into it. take small bites and chew it till it's mush.

Job well done, congratulations I've got fifty more pounds to go before i see the 200 marker on the scale. I've heard that once you reach that 200lb mark the idea of "onderland" dances before you and can be elusive for some but we will all eventually get there. How are you doing besides the weight? are you nearing the end of the plus size department and venturing into the regular sized store? Can you see more of your bone structure and muscle? How loose are your clothes getting? again good work

hi, I'm not expecting yet, but can i give you some advice? Listen to what your obgyn recomends as far as your weight gain, and also talk to your lapband surgon about how to safely eat while pregnant and banded. The obgyn is looking for your baby to get the proper nutrtion via what you eat diet wise and maybe with the help of a nutrtionist and your lapband team you can give your baby the healthy nutrtion it needs for growth, and you can avoid the massive weight gain that for some comes with pregnancy via the old school of thought that momma should gain 50 for her baby. Congrats on your baby and keep me posted on how you are doing, as I'm hoping to get pregnant after i hit my goal with the lapband.

girl I applaude you! Sometimes it is more then just "try to loose the weight and go to WW". There sometimes are other factors at play with obesity. I wish at 19 someone had said look you need lapband sugery. Maybe I would not have balloned up to over 300lbs. If you have other endocrine issues at play such as diabetis, thyroid issues and a high alc indicating PCOS. that should be adressed as if left untreated some of the problems such as thyroid dysfunction and problems with your blood glucose can impair weight loss even with the lapband. I wish you much luck on your jounrey and let me know how you are doing. hugs, icestorm

I think why bariactric surgery is still underutalized, is due to the insurance companies, not wanting to shell out for the surgeries, and making it very difficult for some patients who desperately need the surgery to obtain. I hope that more insurance companies ease up on their restrictions to help more of the obesse out there. I think the majority of those who look into Lapband have tried everything else and realize that lifestyle changes have to be made permenately for continued sucess.

yes a food scale is a good idea. you use it to put the cooked food on your plate to make sure it all totals 8oz. or a cup

you have done something awsome for your health, you took the bull by the horns and have done something about the current struggle with obesity. Question for you are alot of your collegues and aquantiances of a larger size? Are they maybe not noticing because they are jelous? Keep posting and I will keep on cheering you on. My little sister noticed at first, but then when I got thinner then her in looks and jean size, she stoped talking to me all together. I think she is wrestling with her own demons about the weight. I want her to talk to me about how she may or may not feel about surgery. I want to share the ups and downs with her. Keep on doing this for you and no one else.

Amanda drinking carbonated beverages is a huge no no, it can cause slippage, or possibly burst your pouch. Please no more fizzy drinks

this is the start of an amazing journey. Congratulations on your decision for surgery. As you progress with your liq. diet it will get easier. Just keep on drinking the crystal light and water it does help. After you are healed from surgery the real work begins. Start with light walking and head what your surgon says about the progressive diet from liquids to, mush, to soft, to solid Take your pain meds and sleep it off for the first few days if you need too, pain can be ricky esp. if they have you on a morphine shot pump that sucker will ware off in a few days and depending on your pain tolerance pain will become noticeable. Take your meds and sleep thru it. Also ice for your incision and a hot pack for your shoulders and gas x for the gas(strips). Walking will help with the gas . Congrats on the start of an amazing journey.

I'd ask your doctor if they do clothing swaps or if they can put you in touch with someone who might be "around" your size. You can also try salvation army or saver's thrift. You might be suprized at what you might find. Just keep in mind that you are transitioning to the new you, so these clothes won't be permanant. Try to get pants that you know can be belted or tailored as you loose. If you are good at sewing sometimes picking a pattern or two and some fabric you like will yield good results. I can't sew but my husband does. It was worth it for us to invest in a good singer machine and some dress/top patterns at the fabric store(go when they have sales). The hardest part is finding fabric that you like. If you are good at it a dress or top might take a weekend or two, or in my husbands case a month. It saved us considerable money when you consider that if you are still "plus size" and are shrinking out of the spicialty shop you are still going to have to spend fifty bucks or more ona top only to shrink out of it? It might be cheaper to sew yourown, and fill in with thrift store jeans and such until goal size /weight is mett. --icestorm