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I jogged almost 3 miles yesterday. Huge huge victory. So excited!

I'm four months out and I can eat a couple eggs. Im definitely full after that though. Not sure how much I could add beyond it.
I get a quarter banana in on many mornings in my Protein Shake smoothie. But that's blended.

I'm about three months out and yes mine is very loud too. Particularly right after eating. I could imagine that it would be embarrassing if I were more self-conscious. But the truth is that the older I get the less I really care LOL

I jogged almost 3 miles yesterday. Huge huge victory. So excited!

I jogged almost 3 miles yesterday. Huge huge victory. So excited!

I jogged almost 3 miles yesterday. Huge huge victory. So excited!

I jogged almost 3 miles yesterday. Huge huge victory. So excited!

I jogged almost 3 miles yesterday. Huge huge victory. So excited!

I'm Protestant so I've always had a different relationship with lent than some. But I've still practiced it from time to time. Ive found it a helpful spiritual tool. However a lot of times I've given up health related things and so lent becomes conflated with a type of diet. These were never good for my health pre surgery ultimately speaking. So I'm going to abstain this year and maybe pick a different non food issue next year to focus on.
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Sleeved 12/17. 276 to 249 today. So 27lbs lost in about 7 weeks. It's hard not to be disappointed or impatient. But I'm doing my best to internalize my diet and lifestyle changes - trusting the process to work out in the end.
I'm going to weigh myself less often going forward.
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Sleeved 12/17. 276 to 249 today. So 27lbs lost in about 7 weeks. It's hard not to be disappointed or impatient. But I'm doing my best to internalize my diet and lifestyle changes - trusting the process to work out in the end.
I'm going to weigh myself less often going forward.
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Amazing
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I didn't actually get a catheter for he surgery. They straight cathed me several times to drain my bladder because I was unable to go at all... Maybe that's a side effect of catheterization while under surgery?
Idk. Never came up as a reason. They just said it was due to anesthesia... I'll tell you what though, it was incredibly painful (and I'm not talking about the caths) - the pressure relief they brought was a god send.
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Sleeved 12/17. 276 to 249 today. So 27lbs lost in about 7 weeks. It's hard not to be disappointed or impatient. But I'm doing my best to internalize my diet and lifestyle changes - trusting the process to work out in the end.
I'm going to weigh myself less often going forward.
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It'll get better. I'm only 7 weeks out but I so relate to your feelings. It's definitely a scary and vulnerable place to be. I just started more solid foods this week and I'm seeing light at the end of this tunnel.
My advice would be: pay attention to those food wants during this time. They're obviously not tied to need or to real hunger. It's a head thing.
What do those foods do for you emotionally? What is driving the desire? Is it anxiety about something? Boredom? Fear?
Those impulses won't go away unless we deal with their roots. How can we replace food in that equation with an alternate healthy coping mechanism? This is a good season to start working on these things.
Courage!!
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It'll get better. I'm only 7 weeks out but I so relate to your feelings. It's definitely a scary and vulnerable place to be. I just started more solid foods this week and I'm seeing light at the end of this tunnel.
My advice would be: pay attention to those food wants during this time. They're obviously not tied to need or to real hunger. It's a head thing.
What do those foods do for you emotionally? What is driving the desire? Is it anxiety about something? Boredom? Fear?
Those impulses won't go away unless we deal with their roots. How can we replace food in that equation with an alternate healthy coping mechanism? This is a good season to start working on these things.
Courage!!
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Hi gang, I'm officially in my first real stall - have stayed at roughly the same weight now for just over a week. This isn't a fun feeling, especially after losing close to a pound per day for about the first month after surgery. (I'm almost through 7 weeks post op now). I know everyone says "embrace the stall" - easier said than done haha
Never the less, I have had some victories I want to report. I'm proud of myself in them:
1. I ran 1.2 miles without stopping last week. It took me 12 minutes but I didn't stop. The last time I remember being able to do this Was 14 years ago. (!!!!) A goal I have for myself is to eventually complete a marathon race, this is the first step and I'm jazzed.
2. I exercised 6 of 7 days last week. Yahoo.
3. Last night when I got home from work and picking up the kids, I very very badly wanted to eat. I had already eaten dinner more or less. But I WANTED more. Instead of going in the house when we pulled in the driveway, I immediately put the kids in the stroller and we went out for a half hour walk in the dark. When we got back, I no longer wanted to eat - at least not nearly as much. It felt like a victory and I was proud: attempting a healthy coping mechanism in place of my old standby, Snacks.
4. I'm off all my medications now (save for vitamins). No bp meds, no more metformin, no more triglycerides lowerers, no more psych meds. It feels good. I'm hopeful.
Anyways, thanks for hearing my cheers.
Any encouragement on my weight stall is much appreciated! I'm half way to goal right now and I want to stay on the path.
Keeping away from sweets, snacking, and eating too often feels like my biggest hurdle at this point. I have to admit though, fear of failure is creeping back in for me already. Not my friend. Not fun.
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Thank you friends. Your encouragement is helpful. Another victory I discovered today is that my body get percentage has dropped about 10% since surgery. I feel pretty happy about that as well.
Hoping the path continues.
I actually sent my food logs to my nutritionist today - asking for feedback. I'm expecting some constructive advice and or encouragement from him. Thanks again
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It'll get better. I'm only 7 weeks out but I so relate to your feelings. It's definitely a scary and vulnerable place to be. I just started more solid foods this week and I'm seeing light at the end of this tunnel.
My advice would be: pay attention to those food wants during this time. They're obviously not tied to need or to real hunger. It's a head thing.
What do those foods do for you emotionally? What is driving the desire? Is it anxiety about something? Boredom? Fear?
Those impulses won't go away unless we deal with their roots. How can we replace food in that equation with an alternate healthy coping mechanism? This is a good season to start working on these things.
Courage!!
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Hi gang, I'm officially in my first real stall - have stayed at roughly the same weight now for just over a week. This isn't a fun feeling, especially after losing close to a pound per day for about the first month after surgery. (I'm almost through 7 weeks post op now). I know everyone says "embrace the stall" - easier said than done haha
Never the less, I have had some victories I want to report. I'm proud of myself in them:
1. I ran 1.2 miles without stopping last week. It took me 12 minutes but I didn't stop. The last time I remember being able to do this Was 14 years ago. (!!!!) A goal I have for myself is to eventually complete a marathon race, this is the first step and I'm jazzed.
2. I exercised 6 of 7 days last week. Yahoo.
3. Last night when I got home from work and picking up the kids, I very very badly wanted to eat. I had already eaten dinner more or less. But I WANTED more. Instead of going in the house when we pulled in the driveway, I immediately put the kids in the stroller and we went out for a half hour walk in the dark. When we got back, I no longer wanted to eat - at least not nearly as much. It felt like a victory and I was proud: attempting a healthy coping mechanism in place of my old standby, Snacks.
4. I'm off all my medications now (save for vitamins). No bp meds, no more metformin, no more triglycerides lowerers, no more psych meds. It feels good. I'm hopeful.
Anyways, thanks for hearing my cheers.
Any encouragement on my weight stall is much appreciated! I'm half way to goal right now and I want to stay on the path.
Keeping away from sweets, snacking, and eating too often feels like my biggest hurdle at this point. I have to admit though, fear of failure is creeping back in for me already. Not my friend. Not fun.
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Hi gang, I'm officially in my first real stall - have stayed at roughly the same weight now for just over a week. This isn't a fun feeling, especially after losing close to a pound per day for about the first month after surgery. (I'm almost through 7 weeks post op now). I know everyone says "embrace the stall" - easier said than done haha
Never the less, I have had some victories I want to report. I'm proud of myself in them:
1. I ran 1.2 miles without stopping last week. It took me 12 minutes but I didn't stop. The last time I remember being able to do this Was 14 years ago. (!!!!) A goal I have for myself is to eventually complete a marathon race, this is the first step and I'm jazzed.
2. I exercised 6 of 7 days last week. Yahoo.
3. Last night when I got home from work and picking up the kids, I very very badly wanted to eat. I had already eaten dinner more or less. But I WANTED more. Instead of going in the house when we pulled in the driveway, I immediately put the kids in the stroller and we went out for a half hour walk in the dark. When we got back, I no longer wanted to eat - at least not nearly as much. It felt like a victory and I was proud: attempting a healthy coping mechanism in place of my old standby, Snacks.
4. I'm off all my medications now (save for vitamins). No bp meds, no more metformin, no more triglycerides lowerers, no more psych meds. It feels good. I'm hopeful.
Anyways, thanks for hearing my cheers.
Any encouragement on my weight stall is much appreciated! I'm half way to goal right now and I want to stay on the path.
Keeping away from sweets, snacking, and eating too often feels like my biggest hurdle at this point. I have to admit though, fear of failure is creeping back in for me already. Not my friend. Not fun.
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Hi gang, I'm officially in my first real stall - have stayed at roughly the same weight now for just over a week. This isn't a fun feeling, especially after losing close to a pound per day for about the first month after surgery. (I'm almost through 7 weeks post op now). I know everyone says "embrace the stall" - easier said than done haha
Never the less, I have had some victories I want to report. I'm proud of myself in them:
1. I ran 1.2 miles without stopping last week. It took me 12 minutes but I didn't stop. The last time I remember being able to do this Was 14 years ago. (!!!!) A goal I have for myself is to eventually complete a marathon race, this is the first step and I'm jazzed.
2. I exercised 6 of 7 days last week. Yahoo.
3. Last night when I got home from work and picking up the kids, I very very badly wanted to eat. I had already eaten dinner more or less. But I WANTED more. Instead of going in the house when we pulled in the driveway, I immediately put the kids in the stroller and we went out for a half hour walk in the dark. When we got back, I no longer wanted to eat - at least not nearly as much. It felt like a victory and I was proud: attempting a healthy coping mechanism in place of my old standby, Snacks.
4. I'm off all my medications now (save for vitamins). No bp meds, no more metformin, no more triglycerides lowerers, no more psych meds. It feels good. I'm hopeful.
Anyways, thanks for hearing my cheers.
Any encouragement on my weight stall is much appreciated! I'm half way to goal right now and I want to stay on the path.
Keeping away from sweets, snacking, and eating too often feels like my biggest hurdle at this point. I have to admit though, fear of failure is creeping back in for me already. Not my friend. Not fun.
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Hi gang, I'm officially in my first real stall - have stayed at roughly the same weight now for just over a week. This isn't a fun feeling, especially after losing close to a pound per day for about the first month after surgery. (I'm almost through 7 weeks post op now). I know everyone says "embrace the stall" - easier said than done haha
Never the less, I have had some victories I want to report. I'm proud of myself in them:
1. I ran 1.2 miles without stopping last week. It took me 12 minutes but I didn't stop. The last time I remember being able to do this Was 14 years ago. (!!!!) A goal I have for myself is to eventually complete a marathon race, this is the first step and I'm jazzed.
2. I exercised 6 of 7 days last week. Yahoo.
3. Last night when I got home from work and picking up the kids, I very very badly wanted to eat. I had already eaten dinner more or less. But I WANTED more. Instead of going in the house when we pulled in the driveway, I immediately put the kids in the stroller and we went out for a half hour walk in the dark. When we got back, I no longer wanted to eat - at least not nearly as much. It felt like a victory and I was proud: attempting a healthy coping mechanism in place of my old standby, Snacks.
4. I'm off all my medications now (save for vitamins). No bp meds, no more metformin, no more triglycerides lowerers, no more psych meds. It feels good. I'm hopeful.
Anyways, thanks for hearing my cheers.
Any encouragement on my weight stall is much appreciated! I'm half way to goal right now and I want to stay on the path.
Keeping away from sweets, snacking, and eating too often feels like my biggest hurdle at this point. I have to admit though, fear of failure is creeping back in for me already. Not my friend. Not fun.
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Hi gang, I'm officially in my first real stall - have stayed at roughly the same weight now for just over a week. This isn't a fun feeling, especially after losing close to a pound per day for about the first month after surgery. (I'm almost through 7 weeks post op now). I know everyone says "embrace the stall" - easier said than done haha
Never the less, I have had some victories I want to report. I'm proud of myself in them:
1. I ran 1.2 miles without stopping last week. It took me 12 minutes but I didn't stop. The last time I remember being able to do this Was 14 years ago. (!!!!) A goal I have for myself is to eventually complete a marathon race, this is the first step and I'm jazzed.
2. I exercised 6 of 7 days last week. Yahoo.
3. Last night when I got home from work and picking up the kids, I very very badly wanted to eat. I had already eaten dinner more or less. But I WANTED more. Instead of going in the house when we pulled in the driveway, I immediately put the kids in the stroller and we went out for a half hour walk in the dark. When we got back, I no longer wanted to eat - at least not nearly as much. It felt like a victory and I was proud: attempting a healthy coping mechanism in place of my old standby, Snacks.
4. I'm off all my medications now (save for vitamins). No bp meds, no more metformin, no more triglycerides lowerers, no more psych meds. It feels good. I'm hopeful.
Anyways, thanks for hearing my cheers.
Any encouragement on my weight stall is much appreciated! I'm half way to goal right now and I want to stay on the path.
Keeping away from sweets, snacking, and eating too often feels like my biggest hurdle at this point. I have to admit though, fear of failure is creeping back in for me already. Not my friend. Not fun.
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Hi gang, I'm officially in my first real stall - have stayed at roughly the same weight now for just over a week. This isn't a fun feeling, especially after losing close to a pound per day for about the first month after surgery. (I'm almost through 7 weeks post op now). I know everyone says "embrace the stall" - easier said than done haha
Never the less, I have had some victories I want to report. I'm proud of myself in them:
1. I ran 1.2 miles without stopping last week. It took me 12 minutes but I didn't stop. The last time I remember being able to do this Was 14 years ago. (!!!!) A goal I have for myself is to eventually complete a marathon race, this is the first step and I'm jazzed.
2. I exercised 6 of 7 days last week. Yahoo.
3. Last night when I got home from work and picking up the kids, I very very badly wanted to eat. I had already eaten dinner more or less. But I WANTED more. Instead of going in the house when we pulled in the driveway, I immediately put the kids in the stroller and we went out for a half hour walk in the dark. When we got back, I no longer wanted to eat - at least not nearly as much. It felt like a victory and I was proud: attempting a healthy coping mechanism in place of my old standby, Snacks.
4. I'm off all my medications now (save for vitamins). No bp meds, no more metformin, no more triglycerides lowerers, no more psych meds. It feels good. I'm hopeful.
Anyways, thanks for hearing my cheers.
Any encouragement on my weight stall is much appreciated! I'm half way to goal right now and I want to stay on the path.
Keeping away from sweets, snacking, and eating too often feels like my biggest hurdle at this point. I have to admit though, fear of failure is creeping back in for me already. Not my friend. Not fun.
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