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PinkPolkadot619

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    PinkPolkadot619 got a reaction from misstvb in OCTOBER 2014   
    I can't believe it's been a whole year!
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    PinkPolkadot619 reacted to misstvb in OCTOBER 2014   
    I had my year appointment a few days ago. It went well, my doctor remembered the chats we've had over the phone about my exhaustion which impressed me. I guess she could have been reading my charts but never the less it was nice to know that she was up to date. We reviewed my labs and they look good. Over the last couple months my energy levels have been up and getting to the gym is no longer the only thing I have energy for in a day.
    The weight has started to come off again and for that I rejoice.
    It's funny, when the doctor asked me if I was happy I had the surgery I started crying and said no. Since that conversation I've done much reflection and have since realized without the surgery I would still be diabetic and would probably be heavier than I was a year ago. There would be new medical problems coming my way. And I would always be that fat girl that people say would be pretty if she lost weight. Oh how I hated to hear that.
    I'm going to catch up on my reading here on this thread I've been in my reflective state and I think coming out of a deep depression.
    I hope when I read I find you all are well, happy and lighter.
    I'm beginning year two with a bit of a different outlook then it's been for the last 6 months. I'm not scared of the future infact I'm looking forward to it. This is a new feeling and I hope it sticks.
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    PinkPolkadot619 got a reaction from tacycakes in OCTOBER 2014   
    a year ago there was no way I would have taken a body pump class and 2 yoga classes in 1 week!! I was lucky if I would have walked at all.
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    PinkPolkadot619 reacted to Shadow427 in OCTOBER 2014   
    Luna, I can relate! A few bad habits have crept up on me. I think it's all the changes I've been going through. Carbs are an old friend.... So is wine. We have come so far, I really hate it when I slip! The good news about the job is I walk to and from work - which is over 4 miles total. But, I need to get healthy eating routines.
    Luna- I have a question for you. Your new guy sounds GREAT the way you describe him. Do you feel you don't deserve him? Just do an ego check! See if that's why you miss the old guy who didn't treat you as well.
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    PinkPolkadot619 reacted to Luna222 in OCTOBER 2014   
    Hey, how is everyone doing? It's our anniversary month!!!! I did my first 5k this weekend, and as I was jogging, I said to my sister in law, "a year ago today, I wouldn't be able to do even half of this without stopping and gasping for life". It was a wonderful feeling! I have been going thru some really emotional times lately, and old habits are creeping up :-( I broke up for good with the guy I was with for 3 yrs, and I've been seeing a guy for the last 2 months, who is amazing all around, cute as hell , and encourages me to make the healthier choices. But I'm starting to miss the ex. I think it's a comfortability thing, or maybe not, who knows. But I do know that going thru this and all the Halloween candy in front of me everywhere I go, and pumpkin spice this and that, it's not a good mix.
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    PinkPolkadot619 reacted to amylynns in OCTOBER 2014   
    Ooops didn't mean to hit POST yet...
    School is still going well, I have A's in both classes. The nutrition class is pretty interesting. My teacher knows I've had the bypass surgery and said we talk about that at some point and asked if I'd like to share. I said, sure! She's already called me out a few times in regards to my high Protein diet. In general, the US eats excess Protein, which leads to weight gain if people aren't active enough, or don't burn off what they don't need. But obviously my case is different. She always adds, "and you're under a Dr.'s care with your high protein diet, correct?" Yeps!!
    I think I had mentioned before my knees were giving me issues. I've only been back to my "intense" workout class once since then. I really think I'm not quite ready for that class, unfortunately When I dread going....it can't be a good thing.
    All I've done is walking lately. Need to get in some weights or something! I might end up going back to my other gym I'd been going to. Frustrating because I really wanted to be able to handle that intense class. Ugh... we're supposed to go tomorrow morning, we'll see what happens. Maybe if I try it once more, I'll make my decision for sure.
    Okay--so a couple of "skinny person" issues I've come across. It's SO weird to have "skinny person" issues!! (sorry if I've already whined about these, LOL)
    Shaving my arm pits!? I don't know how to explain it, but there's like a deep concave area that I just can't get the razor into, LOL!!!
    Bleacher sitting....OMG, that tush padding came in a bit handy evidently!!! My butt bones literally feel bruised the next day after sitting at my son's football games!
    I am FREEZING all of the time!!!! I am seriously going to die of coldness this winter I think....I think I'll have to move to a warm, beach island, for sure.
    I was thinking I had another one, but I can't remember right now, LOL.
    Ok, I'd better go get some work done!
    I need to figure out how to make a picture thingy that shows a "Before and After" picture all in one?!
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    PinkPolkadot619 reacted to Bronxmerci in OCTOBER 2014   
    Hey guess what guys? Found out on my bday!


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    PinkPolkadot619 got a reaction from Beni in OCTOBER 2014   
    @@Shadow427
    Love you all too!! It is so nice having people who are at the same place I am in this journey! I am the founder of two local FB groups, but there is just something about you ladies that is so amazing! yay Gladiators!!
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    PinkPolkadot619 reacted to Beni in OCTOBER 2014   
    @@tacycakes
    Loved your post on your relationship with food. It was wonderful to read because I too do the same things. I look back on all the food funerals I had before surgery. They were really food funerals for the person I was back then. They are not for me now. The person I am now is not that hungry. Yes, I enjoy eating but something light and refreshing. Blueberries and greek yogurt are heavenly. A bite of some thing sweet is all I need. I would never have ever dreamed that a chocolate bar could last 2 months. I ate it all but one tiny bite at a time. Remember the days when a favorite desert would barely last a day? Now it sits like your chocolate eclair in abandon and neglect. How dreamy is that.
    I think we (I certainly did) used food as a blanket of protection. It was our friend it loved us because it made us feel good. In part deep inside we needed love but we didn't know how to get it or nurture it. We substituted with something that felt good. Food will do that, then, it became a habit. Now food is not a blanket, it's just food, that what we need to live. That's what food is supposed to be. Now we can move on to some other way of nurturing our inner child. That fragile human being that needs love and acceptance so very desperately - mostly from ourselves. Really, it is not until we can love ourselves that we can be free. For me, loving me will be a life long pursuit, I am sure but I am well on the road to recovery. I am a "Recovering Obese Person." That's a thing and we know it!
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    PinkPolkadot619 got a reaction from Beni in OCTOBER 2014   
    @@Shadow427
    Love you all too!! It is so nice having people who are at the same place I am in this journey! I am the founder of two local FB groups, but there is just something about you ladies that is so amazing! yay Gladiators!!
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    PinkPolkadot619 reacted to Shadow427 in OCTOBER 2014   
    I got the job! So excited! Director of a organizational Development. Had to go buy a whole new wardrobe because its been 6 months since I worked in an office setting! And, shopping was fun!!!
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    PinkPolkadot619 reacted to jess9395 in Protien bars   
    Hmmmm I might actually like the change. The old fiber in them was HIGHLY processed chemically:
    http://blog.fooducate.com/2013/12/30/are-quest-bars-really-as-nutritious-as-claimed/
    And the source of the big lawsuit:
    https://m.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/1vihyr/the_quest_bar_lawsuitand_why_science_shows_its/
    So I'm game for the change.
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    PinkPolkadot619 reacted to punkinvine in Netflix what are you watching? Which series do you love!?   
    I love the Call the Midwife series. I think there is new on PBS in March but the old ones are on Netflix. I like Downton Abbey too.
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    PinkPolkadot619 got a reaction from Niki15 in Newbie looking for a buddy   
    I drink and have drank Premier Protein, it has a much higher Protein content (fills you up and really helps with EVERY thing to have high protein). You also want to watch the calories and sugar in the other Protein Shakes. There are many other good bariatric protein supplements that have much better numbers and will keep you much more satisfied.
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    PinkPolkadot619 reacted to losingit41 in Newbie looking for a buddy   
    I just had my RNY gastric bypass on 9/17/15. I would really like a buddy to share journeys with. The more the merrier!!
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    PinkPolkadot619 got a reaction from LisaCO in OCTOBER 2014   
    @@LisaCO Good Job!!! looks like you had so much fun! Who knew healthy was such a fun lifestyle :-)
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    PinkPolkadot619 reacted to Shadow427 in OCTOBER 2014   
    @@Beni, tacycakes, amylynns, pink, brown eyed, Bronx LisaCo, Luna, and EVERYONE who posts on this page . .
    I think I love you!
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    PinkPolkadot619 reacted to LisaCO in OCTOBER 2014   
    I did it! My first 5K. It was awesome a year ago I would of not considered to attempt this. We rock girls!!!!



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    PinkPolkadot619 got a reaction from tacycakes in OCTOBER 2014   
    a year ago there was no way I would have taken a body pump class and 2 yoga classes in 1 week!! I was lucky if I would have walked at all.
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    PinkPolkadot619 reacted to LivingFree! in Maintenance behaviors that keep you successful?   
    0. What type of weight loss surgery have you had? Sleeve
    1. How long have you been in maintenance mode? 3 years (4 years out from surgery)
    2. What's your current height and weight? 5 ft, 135 lb
    3. How many calories do you eat daily (on average) to maintain your weight? 1200
    4. What kind of focus do you put on Protein -- number of grams or anything else you want to say? 80-100gm/day; still drink 1-2 Protein shakes/day; protein first at meals and Snacks
    5. What kind of focus do you put on carbs - number of grams or anything else you want to say? Very mindful of any processed/refined carbs (don't do them). Very tight limit on breads/pastas/starchy veggies (once a week).
    6. What other nutritional tips / tricks are working for you that help you maintain? Eat whole, natural, & clean. Avoid packaged, canned, "cardboard"/frozen meals; fast food no more than once a week.
    7. Which foods, if any, do you avoid altogether? A big pre-op trigger: Not one M&M for me in four years! Don't miss 'em. Will never eat another one. 72% Ghiradelli dark choc once a week is my substitute now. Have found fantastic healthy substitutes for my other 3 major trigger foods--Cookies, baked goods, and ice cream. I never feel deprived and I always feel POWERFUL now.
    8. What exercise regimen (exercise types and frequency) do you follow? Walk 30 minutes, without fail, 7 days a week. Mild strength/weight/stretching 3x/week (15 min). Work in lots of standing/walking etc throughout day too.
    9. What role, if any, has counseling or therapy played in your WLS success? A HUGE part of my success! Have attended bari support groups 4 times a month for 4 years. The face-to-face support is just so helpful to me. Everyone all in one place, all with the same thing in common. Also have had (and continue to have) individual monthly counseling.
    10. What advice would you offer WLS patients to help them be successful? 1) Watch for those carby Snacks sneaking back into your lifestyle. So often people come back to group with weight regain because of slacking off by letting those back in. 2) Remember to have a daily/weekly plan for your food intake. It keeps us from being forced to make unhealthy choices. 3) Be aware of a major cause of weight regain--major life events that cause us major emotional distress. Know how vulnerable we are at those times. When death, divorce etc hit, our priorities STILL also need to be our health. 4) Watch the self-talk. Keeping a positive attitude and focusing on our new healthy bodies is our ultimate goal. The number on the scale and setbacks along the way cannot define how we're feeling about ourselves today. 5) We are WLS patients FOR LIFE. There is NO FINISH LINE. Continuing vitamin/mineral supplementation, annual checkups and bloodwork are forever.
    WLS = POWER + FREEDOM!!!
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    PinkPolkadot619 reacted to toler48 in How can I get my family in my corner?   
    @@PinkPolkadot619
    BRAVO!! I couldn't have said it better!
    You ARE strong, and healthy and beautiful!
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    PinkPolkadot619 got a reaction from animallover1247 in How can I get my family in my corner?   
    I took my family to the seminar, and they were a little more scared than before. But after a lot of questions and arguments and a lot of tears on my end I told them I was doing this and they could either support me or not. In the end I had surgery and some were more supportive than others, but after I am still me. I am still their family and they love me. Maybe that part of my life I just don't share as much with but truthful I talk about what I want and don't care. I have been very successful and am so incredibly healthy there is nothing they can say. What? It won't work....really? because I lost 115lbs. you wont be healthy, really because my labs are more healthy than EVER and defiantly more healthy than yours.......still have more to say?? how's that diet coming...again.
    People often don't like change and it is a fear of the unknown. Not only the risk of surgery but the unknown of how things will turn out. You changing your lifestyle and being successful sometimes intimidates others.
    There are so many possibilities, but in the end you need to do it for you and no one else.
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    PinkPolkadot619 got a reaction from animallover1247 in How can I get my family in my corner?   
    I took my family to the seminar, and they were a little more scared than before. But after a lot of questions and arguments and a lot of tears on my end I told them I was doing this and they could either support me or not. In the end I had surgery and some were more supportive than others, but after I am still me. I am still their family and they love me. Maybe that part of my life I just don't share as much with but truthful I talk about what I want and don't care. I have been very successful and am so incredibly healthy there is nothing they can say. What? It won't work....really? because I lost 115lbs. you wont be healthy, really because my labs are more healthy than EVER and defiantly more healthy than yours.......still have more to say?? how's that diet coming...again.
    People often don't like change and it is a fear of the unknown. Not only the risk of surgery but the unknown of how things will turn out. You changing your lifestyle and being successful sometimes intimidates others.
    There are so many possibilities, but in the end you need to do it for you and no one else.
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    PinkPolkadot619 got a reaction from animallover1247 in How can I get my family in my corner?   
    I took my family to the seminar, and they were a little more scared than before. But after a lot of questions and arguments and a lot of tears on my end I told them I was doing this and they could either support me or not. In the end I had surgery and some were more supportive than others, but after I am still me. I am still their family and they love me. Maybe that part of my life I just don't share as much with but truthful I talk about what I want and don't care. I have been very successful and am so incredibly healthy there is nothing they can say. What? It won't work....really? because I lost 115lbs. you wont be healthy, really because my labs are more healthy than EVER and defiantly more healthy than yours.......still have more to say?? how's that diet coming...again.
    People often don't like change and it is a fear of the unknown. Not only the risk of surgery but the unknown of how things will turn out. You changing your lifestyle and being successful sometimes intimidates others.
    There are so many possibilities, but in the end you need to do it for you and no one else.
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    PinkPolkadot619 got a reaction from animallover1247 in How can I get my family in my corner?   
    I took my family to the seminar, and they were a little more scared than before. But after a lot of questions and arguments and a lot of tears on my end I told them I was doing this and they could either support me or not. In the end I had surgery and some were more supportive than others, but after I am still me. I am still their family and they love me. Maybe that part of my life I just don't share as much with but truthful I talk about what I want and don't care. I have been very successful and am so incredibly healthy there is nothing they can say. What? It won't work....really? because I lost 115lbs. you wont be healthy, really because my labs are more healthy than EVER and defiantly more healthy than yours.......still have more to say?? how's that diet coming...again.
    People often don't like change and it is a fear of the unknown. Not only the risk of surgery but the unknown of how things will turn out. You changing your lifestyle and being successful sometimes intimidates others.
    There are so many possibilities, but in the end you need to do it for you and no one else.

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