Cervidae

That's amazing! Way to go!

Wow!! Congratulations on having lost 79% of your excess body weight. That is a fantastic accomplishment and I am sure you are feeling terrific. At the rate you are losing you will be at goal real soon. Keep going strong!!!

Awesome! Well Done and Mega Congrats

it IS unfair!!! good luck with moving during your bad health. You'll do as well as you've lost weight!! - feel better, kathy

that isn't fair! garble salt water, it can help a lot.

!Great job! Feels wonderful, doesn't it.--and it will only get better.

good for you - down another 10 lbs!!! i'm sure this has been a very exciting period.-

keep up the good job - raising my glass to the next 10 lbs and more!! kathy

My 1st goal weight is to get down to what I was when I got married. I was still overweight, but I'm looking forward to it. Congratulations!

You warned of this the other day. You're sounding more and more competitive. It's sexy. The blood is coursing through your veins.

YESS!! Isn't it awesome?

I know what you mean! Congrats, mine can carry me now ... LOL

You look amazing and have a healthy "glow" about you. Wow!

@ExcitedAt55 I noticed this right away too! lol @Cervidae You look great - and so happy! Hope the knee is healing well!

OH Goodness, You really look amazing! I love seeing before and after pictures, they give me hope, that I will really be able to change myself. My surgery is on June 3rd. I pray I have such a good outcome as you have!

woot woot!

New pics??? love to see a newer you

Congratulations on your weight loss and your attitude

it sure was! and boy howdy, did it live up to it's reputation here in Tennessee. :-)

What? Pollyanna had WLS?

It's the damn weather. Chicago is having the coldest May since 1894. GRRR!

fantastic!

You're the lovable one in this. I'm as tickled by your delight -- it has a pulse -- as I am by your success.

Congratulations!!! You look amazing!!!

Knee surgery is THE most painful surgery--documented fact. Sometimes it takes several tries until the right pain cocktail is found. I had a L knee total replacement and a spinal surgery a year later. I would rather have a dozen spinal surgeries than one more knee surgery. My advice? Try to stay ahead of the pain. It is easier to manage if you don't wait until it's unbearable. If a particular pain med mix isn't working, ask for another. and keep asking until you get relief. No need to be "brave" or "stoic". Just get through it as pain free as possible. I'm putting you on the prayer chain that I belong to. Dozens of folks praying for you couldn't hurt, right? It does get better, and it is soooo wonderful not to have any knee pain. I had my surgery 5 years ago. It was so worth it.

"an acl reconstruction using my own bone/patellar ligament, a meniscus trim and meniscus repair."

-- All those syllables. You may be feeling lousy, but at least you sound intellectual in the process. Chin up, Deer.

Knee surgery is an absolute bitch, pain-wise. About the only thing more painful is not having knee surgery when you need it. Hang in there!

I seriously doubt you'd be eating enough to gain six pounds of fat, so hopefully when you get back on your meds the weight will come off. but not at night. I hate getting up to pee.

It will go away. I had surgery last week and I was up 19 in just 3 days! So far, I'm down 12 of them...

hi neighbor!!! syracuse, ny says hi!!! keep up the good work, while the lbs continue to go down!!! - congrats - kathy

That's awesome - congrats!!!

Thats awesome. My surgery is April 27th and Im nervous. Trying to get through this two week pre-op of liquid diet.

@mngreeneyes, garlic dill pickles and pickled hot chili peppers straight from the jar have been my savior!

I crave salt too - and sometimes give in and have a little bit on my finger. Have you tried any of the really cool special salts they have around now? Pink salt, black salt, smoked salt, truffle salt, etc... They each have their own nuanced flavor.

I cook with regular salt, but I season with (and sometime eat a tiny bit of on my finger ) Himalayan pink salt because it has minerals that are good for everyone but especially for women with PCOS, which I am. I like it!

that's cool, go on vacation and leave 9lbs in San Diego! I feel bad for SD ;]

Welcome back!

Doing much better now that you're back, but it feels as though you started vacation a couple of months ago. I'm thrilled for your nine pound loss.

Aren't you the smug little kitten! Deservedly so.

Holy cow!! 126 pounds in 7 months?! That is amazing! Congrats! You look great!

That is awesome!!

I often think that type of overnight gain (I have them too) is due to extra water weight if the foods involve more salt and then the extra residue in the digestive system from more food. It disappears in a day or two. Long term yes I believe many of us need less calories than others. My girlfriend and I weight about the same have about the same activity level, do most of our exercise together but she eats about twice what I do. Seems unfair as I see her eat every day but that's life. So has your pound disappeared yet?

@Mountaingal nope, still working off .8 pounds of whatever it was, perhaps water. It's not really a big deal for me, it just makes me think that I probably just have lower calorie needs than I'm being told to eat. I've followed every rule down to the letter but in this case, i think I'm going to need to tailor my diet to my body, and that includes some fats and generally less calories than is expected.

 

@OutsideMatchInside my nut is telling me to eat between 1000-1200 cals a day, which sounds perfectly reasonable. For one, it's pretty hard for me to get in that much food unless I eat something like peanut butter to get them up there. And then of course this has happened multiple times, I either stop losing abruptly or gain when I go over 700-800 calories. I get the comment about "neo-anorexia" - I've had an eating disorder all my life and it's now a huge struggle for me to know if it's the disorder lying to me or the scale, or myself. Part of the process, I suppose.

I don't bother with my nutritionist anymore... she's affiliated with my bariatric program, but her advice always conflicts with the surgeon's advice and I never lose when I follow her plan. So annoying! I have to constantly tweak my macros until I get to a point of losing - which means VERY low carb (like less than 25 per day). I've also noticed that (and I think I've mentioned this before) I only lose like 10 days out of the month. So I stall for about 3 weeks, then I lose a pound a day for the 10 days before my cycle.

 

All this to say... I'm not an expert, but I've learned my body and its patterns... what works, and what doesn't. I've been quite diligent about tracking everything so that it's easy to recognize where I am at any given time. I wouldn't worry much about a 1 lb "gain", but keep an eye out for more gains (obviously) and then you'll know if it's really too much.

YOu'll do it. This is your vacation trip, yes? Have a great time and send postcards.

P.S. You'll do it 'cause it's the only way you're gonna get there.

smart idea!

 

Nice! Let us know how it goes!

Congrats happy for you , I am on a 3 day stall its driving me nuts!!! .....you have wonderful patience

What did you do???? I'm at 4 weeks and literally about to lose my freaking mind!

You are Mistress of Understatement. I expect that you look prettier than pretty. Relish it.

Perhaps the dress in question should be modelled for those interested parties who could ooohh and aaah in an appropriate manner... Pics!!!!!

http://imgur.com/aaukMbQ the first one is actually a normal-length skirt but my legs are so short that I made it into a dress! The second one is actually a dress. Now to just be brave enough to go out in public with my new clothes... D:

mine lasted a damn month too, then I finally started losing again, just when I was seriously starting to wonder WTF was going on! Have faith, your scale will move soon. I'm actually going to put my scale away in the closet so I'm not tempted to get on it so often.

Do as a proper, young, Victorian lady: Lie back and think of England.

It is a nightmare...stall, lose, gain, lose. UGH!!!

Aren't you the cutie!

Woot!

That is amazing! Get yourself a non-food present, girlie!

Sorry to hear that but your new avatar is so pretty. Love the makeup. There, does that help?

Come closer and I'll sing to you.

Like rusty nails?

I have no idea how to describe it. It's just strong and odd. lol

Are you drinking plenty of water/fluids?