Lateese92

Hi ladies, I am also 6-7 weeks out. I lost a pound this week. I have followed my diet to a "T". I am also a RN, and I work in the OR. I went back after 9 days. It seems we just need to persevere and press on. Good luck.
Melanie

The mind is a very powerful thing. Your body will follow. Change your perspective and believe in yourself. You're doing GREAT.

Thanks all. Your support means a lot. I'm now under 250 for the first time in over 12 years. That's something in itself!

@Lateese92 @@AlanaRN I'm about 6 weeks out as well and as soon as I started 'real' food I stalled...bad. The scale is beginning to move a little now but I was totally stumped (and still feel a bit confused). The way it was explained to me is that the body has an amazing ability to adapt. So now that it's gotten used to so few calories we have a lower threshold of what we can eat and not stall or gain. So while I may not eat ever 1/4 of what I used to, just simply eating more carbs than we should can stall you because of the increase in calories. I'm not sayign that's what's happening with you but for me it made perfect sense. I wasn't eating horribly at all but there were definitely some times when I either ate too much or ate something I probably shouldnt' have. And the opposite holds true to...if you don't get enough carbs your body will hold onto what you do eat to avoid you starving it. For me I've had to go back to being VERY careful to get all my Fluid and Protein and cut out any carbs that don't come from veggies. The only other carb I'm allowing myself is sweet potato and then only once a week. It's hard and not fun for someone who spent the bulk of her life addicted to food but I'd hate to have gone to all the trouble of the surgery only to sabotage myself.
The other thing I really have to get serious about is exercise. I walk occasionally but not nearly as much as I should. i work with a girl who is a personal trainer and she's helping me come up with a plan to help me get my body together. And interstingly enough it's mostly strength/weight training and limited cardio (since our bodies are kind of fat burnign machines for the next few months at least). I'm hoping it works.
I'm consistently amazed at how complex this whole process is and sometimes I wish I'd taken more time to wrap my brain around it before I started. But at the end of the day I'm pleased. I haven't seen anything in the 220's in many many years so I have to sometimes cut myself a break and realize that progress is progress and all of it is more than I'd have had if I hadn't had the surgery. At least this year I don't have to worry about gorging myself during the holidays and starting the year 10 pounds heavier
Good luck to you both! Let us know what kicks you out of the plateau!

216.8
I will take it, better something than nothing

I have to admit, I was a bit nervous beings though I haven't told my extended family about my surgery. But, it was a success!!! I started off my day normal with my Protein shake. We headed over after lunch. This year I did make healthier choices about what I put on my plate and my portions were small, but I did great! Nobody said anything. They noticed some more weight loss and knew I have been actively working on losing weight since last March. However, they did give my hubby a hard time since he didn't eat very much at all for dinner. He just ate to many appetizers. Ha ha! There was a veggie tray that I snacked on prior and had eaten a yogurt before arriving. When desert time rolled around, I knew there was no way that I would be able to down any of it, so I took it home. Later that evening, I ate half of my little piece of apple pie. Suffering didn't happen at all! When I weighed myself this morning, I didn't even gain an ounce! Woo hoo!!! It feels good to eat to live, rather than live to eat!
We all bring dishes so, it isn't just on one person to cook. This year, I made 3 dishes. Little did they know, they were all sugar free! Yep, I wanted to be able to have some of my own dishes too. I used Stevia. Everyone raved about how good they were and nobody noticed that the sugar was gone!
The one thing that stood out bigger than life to me, was how HUGE everyone else's servings actually were! And people went back for seconds!!! It just blew me away to think that used to be how I ate. To have a Bentley (sleeve) as a tummy, was still the best decision I have ever made for myself! Today I feel AMAZING vs sluggish feeling of the day after Thanksgiving Feast! What a huge difference! For that, I feel thankful!!!
P.S. This morning, on the 29th, I dropped 2 lbs!!! Even after eating half of my little piece of apple pie and half of my piece of cheesecake the next night. Who does that after Thanksgiving and yummy desert?!?! I was shocked beyond belief! Dang!

Copied and pasted from a thread I started this morning:
I'm a little over 3 months post surgery, and I've been in an ugly stall (gained a pound,and then stalled for about a week and a half now). I thought Thanksgiving would be the perfect time to up my calories and carbs to see if I can break the stall . I had my usual Protein shake for Breakfast while everyone else was having cinnamon rolls. I had a deviled egg and some veggies for lunch. I had 2 spoons of stuffing, and stuck with turkey and veggies and a spoonful of cranberry sauce for dinner. I felt satisfied and more importantly, IN CONTROL. Hopped on the scale this morning, weight still the same, but I wasn't mad. For the first time in my entire life, I didn't make a complete glutton of myself on Thanksgiving. And as everyone else sat there completely miserable and sluggish, I still had energy to clean up and even take a walk after dinner. So although I may not like the number on the scale this week, NONE of it matters compared to the feeling I have of being in complete control of my health for the first time in my life! That to me is success

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I did not reach my goal for thanksgiving weighting in at 217.2. 7 lbs higher than my goal, but I am still very thankful for achieving my weightloss this far.
Congrats to everyone that has reached their goal and for those of you that's doing the holiday challenge I will see you there because that goal I will undoubtedly achieve !!!!

Gotta love a Thanksgiving that leaves me a half pound lighter than the day before!!
I'm 192 today. ????

SW 231.8
CW 217.6
GW 210
Doesn't look like I will make my goal either with this challenge.
But I'm going to keep trying, back to liquids and up my exercise, 7.6 lbs to go.

217.6 for me

CW 245
Goal- 235
I'm not going to make it but that's ok. I'm down 41 lbs in less than 2 months. I'm ok with that

I'm a little discouraged too....this week I weighed in at 206.4 but drs office weighed in at 209.4....so I'm going with 206 lol...
SW: 228
CW: 206.4
GW: 200.0
Its not looking like I'm going to make goal I too was thinking about going back to liquids. ...time can only tell

Checking in at 234 thanksgiving goal of 225 is not happening but still happy well what do you know got back on the scale from yesterday to today and it said 232.9 must be this cold i have and sweating but i will take it. Lol

SW 231.8
CW 217.6
GW 210
Doesn't look like I will make my goal either with this challenge.
But I'm going to keep trying, back to liquids and up my exercise, 7.6 lbs to go.

My weight for 11/21 check in: 199.8! I finally made it to "Onederland" - barely, but hey, I'll take it!!

Up 1 lb this week. Current wt 221 uggghhh !!!!

CW- 248
Goal by thanksgiving- 235
Don't see it happening but that's ok.

165 today! That's a total of 75lbs lost.

243 this morning
the scale moved after a month long stall

Challenge Start Weight: 250
Friday, November 14th: 246.2 (down 3.8 pounds) After gaining this loss is exciting!!
Goal Weight: 235

Week 1: 205.7
Week 2: 203.7

Hallelujah!!! The scale moved after a 3 week stall!!!! 229 this morning.

144 this morning. I have now lost 100 lbs.

Well....weighed this morning and was down 2 lbs since yesterday! So it's moving. Not going to weigh again till next week!