genden63

10.13.17
CW 201...stalled 🤔

10.6.2017
CW 201... again. 🤔i think I've stalled. Gotta keep pushing to break that 200 pound barrier.

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Today 9.29.17
CW 201...almost under 200. Next week for sure [emoji41]

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Thank you... Monday afternoon

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9.22.17
CW 203...left knee swollen like a ball not sure why. No falls, no injury 🤕
GW less than 200

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Way to go Missy!! Half way!! That's awesome!

Awesome Pixie! Congrats! How did you do it??

186- still the same but we're gonna keep trying!
Good job everyone!

9/22/17
191.3
I only went down from 191.9 to 191.3 but at least it was a little

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9.22.17
CW 203...left knee swollen like a ball not sure why. No falls, no injury 🤕
GW less than 200

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184.5!! Goal [emoji2] Now to keep it between 180-185!!

CW 203
Goal...less than 200...lol!

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9.8.17
Today's weight 204... in the right direction now.

Challenge goal 185

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9/1/17

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205...the wrong direction, lol

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O..weigh in was 8/25/17

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I'm in too...🏿
HW 330
SW 284. 10/17/16
CW 202
GW 182

My one year follow up is 10/18/17...i hope to be real close to getting down these last 20 pounds.

Thanks for the challenge- just the kick I needed!

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Yes I did that ! Thank you God and Dr. Monk! So in love with the new me!

That's true...we sometimes lose perspective because we are so focused on losing weight.
Thanks for the reality check.

Don't under estimate the weight of muscle gain. Muscle weighs more than fat, if you lost 10lbs of fat and 6 lbs of muscle are you still upset? The scale doesn't break down your body composition, but if you are sticking to the plan your body is changing. Your DR obviously knows this, thus shared no concern of you lack of short term loss. I am in a two week stall as well, so I know the underlying anxiety that builds evertime we step on the scale an don't see what we hope or expect. I do think you should hide the scale. I havent lost a pound in two weeks, but I lost an inch on my waste!
Stay strong and stay on plan, and it all comes off in time. You are making wonderful life changes, the weight will come off. Thank you for sharing.


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Well.....Happy New Year? I can't believe I haven't posted since December! This is the first time I've posted here in 2017! I guess as time goes on, you just kind of adjust to the new "normal" and it because less "new" if that makes sense. That's probably why you don't see as many people 3+ years post op on the online forums. You just kind of settle into the new routine and you don't have to work at it as much to maintain.
Here are some recent pics. One is just me and the other two are with my daughter (I'm the one on the right in both). I also have lots of pictures before/after surgery and Tummy Tuck in my blog (themeiamnow.blogspot.com).
So...where am I now? I am 3 years and 7 months post op. I have lost and maintained the loss of 128 pounds. I am up about 15 pounds from my lowest post op weight. The story on that.....I became extremely anemic and wasn't able to really exercise or watch what I ate. I was just in survival mode. So, I gained about 20 pounds back. After getting well, I lost about 5-9 of that regain (depending on the day and time of the month) and I realized something. I definitely could get back to my lowest post op weight. But it would be through the religious carb and Protein counting that I did right after surgery. For me, with my eating disordered brain, that is a dangerous way to live. It's way to easy to let that take control and become too obsessive if you have a history of anorexia in your past.
So, through much therapy and taking control of my life situations I've realized something very important to my journey. I am enough just the way I am. I do not always have to struggle with my body and obsess over my weight. I eat mindfully and I generally watch my carb and protein intake, but I do not obsess over them. I've decided that I will stay right where I am. I have no desire to kill myself to maintain 120 pounds, when I can easily and comfortably maintain 135-140 without killing myself, eating somewhat "normally" and feeling good in my skin. So, I would say I've been in that range steadily for the past year and half with very little effort.
To anyone starting out on the journey, I would say that the biggest contributor to my success (and I can say with confidence now that it IS a success) was dealing with the emotional eating and dealing with the underlying reasons that I was binge eating. Once I took care of that, I had no more reason to abuse my body with food.
It was NOT easy. I had to be committed to make the difficult decisions to end the relationships that needed to end, to draw the boundaries that needed to be drawn, and to face some demons that were easier to just ignore. But I can honestly say, I'm entering a time in my life where I feel happier, freer, and healthier physically and emotionally than ever before!

Being able to do the same yoga moves I did as a 16 year old at 40 ( 6 days shy of my 40th)

I have a lap!! [emoji3][emoji106]

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