Cervidae
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I truly never, even in my wildest dreams, believed I could get to my goal weight. I truly never even had a glimmer of hope that I could one day have a healthy relationship with food, a healthy self-image, hope for my future. But here I am. How in the world did I get so incredibly, unbelievably lucky?
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Now that the holidays are over, I may actually have a chance to eat, sleep, and shower. Maybe I'll even have a few moments to surf the internet and see how you BPers are doing.
In the meantime, I made a side by side by side comparison of 2.5 years ago vs. last year this time vs. tonight, for anyone who would like to see what 450 pounds--->300 pounds--->180 pounds looks like. Here it is! http://imgur.com/a/dKzJG I am now 16.5 months post RNY. Who knows what 2017 will bring?! -
I missed it yesterday, but yesterday was my 15 months post-op date.
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Who else reeeeeeeeally really wants to stress eat today? :/
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Like a good fool, I turned coverage on at 7 and have been half paying attention. I'd already decided on dinner early in the day, but about an hour ago considered crackers & cheese as an 'appetizer.' I didn't do it, though, having told myself that eating more than is smart won't change anything that needs changing, but it will make me feel stoopid.
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14 months post op today! Down 196 pounds since surgery and 259 overall. At 191 pounds, I'm almost into the 180s!
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Week one of the Mirena is over. Suddenly my month long stall is broken. Hmmm. My skin is being sort of bitchy but it's manageable. Still hoping I may have actually found the best option for me and not another problem!
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I love my Mirena! Well, the second time around. I got it right after giving birth to my son and HATED it and had it removed 5 months later... but had another put in 6 years later and couldn't be happier. PCOS symptoms drastically went down.. and because I'm not constantly forgetting to take a pill my husband gets lucky more often
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Leftover spaghetti squash and turkey meatballs thrown into into a delicious beef and tomato broth makes one of the best easy and amazingly yummy soups I've ever made! I don't know what smells better, my soup or the garlic chicken and red potatoes baking in the oven.
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Well, I buckled down and got the Mirena... these cramps are absolutely horrid, but supposedly won't last more than a couple days. In the mean time, I have to sit back and cross my fingers that the weight gain and skin issues many people report don't happen to me...
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I got my first Mirena 5 months ago, and the cramps didn't last terribly long for me. While the first few days truly sucked, they progressively improved over about 2 weeks (please note that I am an absolute gynecological baby). Haven't noticed it since. It has, however, seemingly caused regular cycles to resume, which I'm hating. I miss my 1-2 super-light cycles per year...
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Hey all! Enjoying this misty, chilly Autumn day? I sure am! I just wanted to share the recipe for this super yummy, fast, easy, and healthy eggdrop soup I've been making a lot lately, as it seems like the perfect meal for us on a day like this. It's very simple! Put two cups of water on to boil, and while that's heating up, add some bouillon (I use 1 tbs of Better Than Bouillon beef or chicken. Both are delicious! Today was beef.), a dash of lemon juice, and whatever spices you love. My soup today has cumin, garlic powder, chili powder, paprika, and a little dash of curry. While the water continues to heat up, beat two eggs really well with a little bit of milk in a separate bowl. You'll want to get the eggs as uniform in consistency as possible. By this time, your water will be boiling. Turn off the heat, but leave the pot on the burner, and slowly pour your eggs/milk mixture into the boiling broth. And now you're done! Pour into a bowl, curl up with a cozy blanket, and enjoy. This soup only takes about 7 minutes to make, tastes delicious, and contains 12 grams of protein. I normally eat half of it and save the other half for later. Pretty wonderful!
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I AM FREAKING OUT. I just got home from a loooong day of class (12 hours) and I weighed out of curiosity... and I am UNDER 200! I'm glad no one was here with me to see me breaking down and sobbing like a toddler but my goodness! I can't believe I'm here, and it actually happened! Please celebrate this moment with me! http://imgur.com/a/4RcuL
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I was 201.0 this morning when I weighed. Onederland is so close I can taste it!
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#Cervidae, as I recall, it tastes like a chocolate chip cookie, hold the cookie. @shrinkingstacy, you're where I call Twoonerville.
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Okay. Time to get back on track. Let's do this! >
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I am really going to make myself sick sooner or later if I can't find a way to get my calories and water in while I'm stressed and extremely busy. :/
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My main problem is that I'm at school for 40 hours a week (and that's only a 4 day span...) so friday-sunday, I'm trying to recover and I'm so repulsed by eating right now because of the heat/stress/etc that playing catch-up is really hard. I've been carrying food with me, and a 40 oz. water bottle with ice water in it, but I honestly feel physically sick at the thought of eating food when I'm in this kind of situation.
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It makes me so sad to be locked out of the vets' forum for another 6 months. Being over a year out, I no longer really belong in the newbie forum except to offer encouragement and advice. People I can actually relate to are all hanging out in the cool kids room.
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I haven't been around much! I started school Monday and let me tell you, this has been one of the longest weeks of my life. It feels like Monday was weeks ago. I have two 12-hour days and two that are at least 6 hours but will almost always be closer to 10 hours after factoring in studio time. Bring it on! This workload is huge and intimidating but I'm truly loving it. I do have a slight problem, though... I've been horrible about getting calories/water in. I'm going to have to figure out how to balance this new life... D:
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Today is 12 months post-RNY! A whole year already, it's mind-boggling! My sloowww loss in the last several months picked up quite a bit this month and I lost 12 pounds. I'm down 180 since surgery and 243 pounds since my heaviest two years ago. The difference two years can make...
Expect a longer and more detailed post later today, with before and current pictures! Thank you so much for all of your support and kindness, everyone! Couldn't have made it here without you. <3 -
Does anyone else have periods of time when you can only eat a certain thing, and everything else repulses you? Or am I just crazy?
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Finally found a way around my egg avulsion - simple and delicious 5-minute egg drop soup! 1.5 cups of water, a bit of bouillon, some garlic and paprika, and two eggs beat together. Perfect meal, 13 grams of protein.
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My anxiety is completely out of control. I feel like I'm going nuts. I'm so stressed that I've had two panic attacks today, and when I try to eat or drink something I get intense nausea, and I know it's not physical. I guess this is just one of those days when I can't deal with life.
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@WLSResources/ClothingExch I tried a lot of things, but the only thing that really helped me was, as @OutsideMatchInside suggested, some good weed and a ctr+alt+delete sleep. It was another bad day today, but a little less than yesterday. Anxiety disorders really, really suck.
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By all means I defer to @@OutsideMatchInside. I liked her suggestion when I read it earlier.
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11 months post-RNY today. I did my usual weighing/measuring/etc, and though I only lost 6 pounds in the last month, I did lose a couple inches. Plodding along now...
I've lost 168 since surgery and at least 223 pounds overall. I have not made the goal weight that I had for myself at the beginning of this year, and I'm still 219 pounds, but I now realize that I truly don't care. I'm healthy, happy, and I don't hate the way I look in the mirror. Everything that comes after this is just gravy. -
Out of the 220s and into the 210s! I now weigh less than I have lost. Also, my bmi is not high enough to qualify for surgery. Here's a new progress picture! Left is a new picture I found, and it was sobering. I believe it was my true heaviest. Right is the fourth of July when we went to see fireworks. Warning - I'm in a sports bra and undies in my before picture. Don't look if you don't want to see that!
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Stressing! MAJORLY stressing!
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Money (and lack thereof), my immobility as my knee heals, had a client back out of a job that would have given me nearly a grand right before school that I was really counting on, I'm late on rent, I have no idea if my tuition assistance is going to cover my huge school bill, etc. Mostly money and my inability to make it currently. I feel a lot less horrible and frantic after swimming for an hour, though, so it's a little better now. Still find it difficult to cope without food, though I haven't been slipping into old bad habits, thankfully.
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I'm almost certain I'm going into maintenance even though I still weigh 225 pounds. Is this normal? Is this my body's "set point"? Trying not to be discouraged, but I've been within the same three pounds for over a month. Could this just be a stall brought on by lack of exercise as I heal from knee surgery? Advice is appreciated! D:
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Girl, you have lost SO much so fast and had knee surgery! I am sure your body is concentrating on healing your knee and then catching up on the loss. It will start up again - I'm sure of it! And 5 pounds a month would be reasonable after all you have lost , so don't be discouraged. I thought mine had stopped and then without real reason, I dropped 10 pounds in maybe 16 days that got me to goal and finished my weight loss. It was very odd and unexplainable. Our bodies are wondrous machines doing WAY more than we can imagine! And you have proven that you can do this. Hang in there!!
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I think we got so used to the 10-15 pound losses that anything less than that feels like a stall.... I'm a little over a year out now and the losses have slowed waaaay down. I'm noticing how my body is not working hard to do simple things anymore so I'm just not burning as fast. Don't be discouraged though. The journey isn't over.
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http://imgur.com/fWK2zPV New ink to celebrate being almost a year post op and losing almost 220 pounds! I drew it myself, and I couldn't be happier! :'D
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