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Bears_Chick

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  2. Posted

    10 hours ago, chiquitabananaz14 said:

    Hello friends,

    This past week has been one of breakthrough for me and learning so much about myself. I was asked to share some of my poetry with the Young Adults at my church last Friday and it was the first time that I felt truly confident and happy with who I was. I was happy with the person I was becoming and stepping in being- like really living. My identity was not wrapped around what I looked like, obsessing over a number on the scale or the "I'll be happy when" mindset. I am actually happy. Truly uncovering the depths of my being and who God created me to be has brought me freedom. I am done obsessing over my weight and letting it consume my life and shaping my whole life around if I am losing or not. I want to be healthy, I want to be alive, I want to truly enjoy my reality and I believe I am doing that! I still plan on controlling my weight but I am no longer allowing my weight to control me. This is an NSV for me, big time! IMG_0994.JPG

    That's amazing! I love it! Everything you said!

  3. Posted · Edited by Bears_Chick

    So I've been MIA for a couple weeks due to vacation and staying away from the internet.... I'm an aspiring novelist, so I REEEEAALLLY have to try to focus on my writing if I ever want to "get there." But I just read posts from the past couple of weeks and have seen the ups and downs... I had a couple myself. But as of today I'm 169.6.... within 10 lbs of my goal weight! I'm pretty excited about that. I had to give up 80% of the carbs I was eating, and I've been careful with sodium.... upped the Protein, and 'as for now' it seems to be working. I'm happy, but always scared.

    This is the first 4th of July in YEARS that I haven't been embarrassed to take a picture with my family. So I'm sharing.

    Family_4th_of_July.jpg

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  5. Posted

    I weighed in at 172.8! Two more pounds! I'm getting there! Cutting out the bread, crackers, and Pasta really made a difference. Why do I love carbs so much?! I also went back to an hour of cardio and 30 minutes of weights every day except Sunday for the past two weeks.... I had missed a couple days of workouts the two weeks I didn't lose.

    12.8 pounds to goal!!! I'm so scared! Terrified I won't make it. That my body will just quit losing even if I'm doing the same thing. I'm hungry and it's hard, so cutting back lower than 1,000 calories a day.... ugh, I just don't know if I can do that.

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  6. Posted · Edited by Bears_Chick

    20 hours ago, chiquitabananaz14 said:

    I got a new scale but my weight is pretty much around the same as last week. My new scale tells me my body fat, muscle mass, Water weight and some other stuff which is pretty cool. It's reading up .6 which I'm not sure if it's the new scales calibration or what but I know I've been eating right and exercising so I feel great.

    Did you keep the old scale, just to see if they weigh you the same? That would be a good starting point, to know if one weighs differently, then switch to the new one... maybe? Very cool scale!

    I caught myself doing the Starbucks thing a couple weeks ago... and I didn't lose two weeks in a row. And I was order the SKINNY or the NONFAT, but still, it's liquid calories, and apparently, my body didn't like that. No weight loss for two weeks. But I know when I get to my goal, I can drink a Starbucks on a weekend as a treat. I won't need to lose then, just maintain. :)

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  8. Posted

    Absolutely Necessary:

    --Calorie counter (how much you've had; how much remains)

    --Nutrients: Protein, Carbs, Fiber, Fat, Sugar - I also like seeing the fat breakdown (saturated, monounsaturated, trans) and basic Vitamin and mineral info.

    --Exercise input with calorie burn

    --Food bank - this is HUGE! Having a good database and the ability to add personal recipes; restaurants; general foods; ability to scan packages such as Protein Bars and shakes, even those not in database to create a larger shareable database.

    --Progress tracking for weight loss with reports so I can look back at the last year or five years

    Would be nice:

    --Sharing with friends

    --Ability to take pictures at milestones and compare and use for motivation

    --Sync to FitBit, MapMyRun, and other fitness apps.

    --Yes to this: Countdown of the number of grams of protein and ounces of Water to get to your daily goal. With reminders!

    --Track body-fat percentage; BMI; measurements

    --Motivational reminders and stupid little sayings to log my food, eat more protein, get my fat butt up and exercise if I haven't logged anything, slow down on the carbs, chubby; those are cute and fun, do it right... make it fun, not like a drill sergeant, probably not with the name calling, since some people might not like that. Maybe make it so we can write our own? (MyDietCoach has cute ideas here)

    Maybe but not super important:

    --I had an app once that I put in rewards for myself, personal competition, when I hit a goal. It was fun, but the rest of the app wasn't as good as others, so I laid it to rest in dark pit of useless apps.

    What I DON'T want/dealbreakers:

    --Advertisements popping up. If the app is free but only due to adds, give me the option to buy the app without ads.

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  11. Posted

    1 hour ago, Liz210 said:


    Thank you. I'm trying. My thighs are my enemies. I am trying to tone them by doing the 12 weeks challenge


    LizO

    You seriously look fabulous!

    Don't I know it about the thighs... my entire legs are my enemies. My legs will be the last to go. :( They've haunted me my whole life. Even as a kid. Sucked.

    Which 12 week challenge? I've done the Nike XBox Challenge... way harder than I anticipated. If you don't jump high enough or wide enough or squat low enough, it doesn't count it. Dang, Gina! I'm doing a weights/resistance routine right now, plus an hour on the elliptical at least five days a week. It's helping me get there. I REEEEALLY want to be 160 by October. I need to consistently lose a pound a week.

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  16. Posted

    16 hours ago, Liz210 said:

    Today was not a good day for me. I had a small slice of Nothing Bundt Cake, a taco from Dairy Queen and sunflower seeds, a bunch of cherries and 4 crackers and a slice of cheese. It's a 500 calorie day for me tomorrow. Let me not forget a mini pancake

    LizO

    Ditto what Mariela said. The fact that you shared it, you admitted it and shared with us, that is SOOO hard to do. And today will be a better day.

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  17. Posted

    2 hours ago, chiquitabananaz14 said:

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    I've ran from pain my whole life but in the midst of running from it, I ran head first into it. We must learn to deal with hard things and not seek to run away from them. Exercise is hard but the consequences of not exercising are harder. Eating right is hard, but consequences of not eating right are harder. Let's face the hard things and conquer them because the more we put them off, the harder the battle will be in the end. Love you all and keep pushing! We got this.


    May God bless you and keep you️

    -Mariela

    I absolutely LOVE THIS! It's so true. As I sit here and want to eat a handful of cashews, it's hard not to, but it's much harder being overweight and out of shape and unable to do things with my kids, hating myself.

    This was perfect! Thanks for sharing!

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  18. Posted · Edited by Bears_Chick

    13 hours ago, jennyqp said:

    So glad I am looking at this tonight. Exactly what I need. I am 10 months out tomorrow and the last 3 months I've been bad. Drinking
    beer. Eating ice cream and candy.< br /> Not everyday. A good week then two bad weeks etc. I will get on the scale in the morning and start from there. I actual think it's only been a few pounds of gain. But I should still be losing. I started at 211. August 15. I was down to 152 two weeks ago. I will restart the plan tomorrow. I have to do low carb and drink the shakes. It's a slippery slope for me with crackers and sweets. I'd prefer to eat rice than meat. Then I'm full of non nutritional food and feel sick.
    Thanks to the original poster. Does anyone use my fitness pal? We could also keep track of each other there too?

    I use MyFitnessPal. What's your handle?

  19. Posted

    I am at a plateau... hoping and praying it's a short one, but my history tells me otherwise. I'm with you on the sweet tooth, and I read an article that a skinny person wrote. :) But it really has helped me. It said some scientifically awesome crap about things in your brain, and how sometimes it's better to eat one small serving of whatever you're craving than not, because if you don't, you might still crave it (THAT'S ME!) and you end up eating more of something else and more and more. It used potato chips as an example. Just eat the dang small bag! Otherwise you'll eat a giant family size bag of pretzels and end up with more calories anyway and STILL have the craving for potato chips. It was a long article, but it was brilliant, and so this is what I do. Option A: Eat one square of dark chocolate... not every day, just when you have that SERIOUS nag that won't shut up up, whispering sweet nothings about chocolate nonstop. It's 50 calories and won't kill you. Plus if you like dark chocolate, it does have some health benefits. Option B: Oh Yeah One Chocolate Brownie Protein bar.... YUM!!!! 220 calories; 20 grams of protein; 9 grams of Fiber (so you'll poop it right out!)

    But sometimes, you just need that one little bite of the real thing. Just keep it to one. That's me preaching to myself. :)

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  21. Posted

    I am so thankful for this thread! I have re-gained at least a dozen times in my life 40-60-100 lbs. So I'm determined to not let it happen again. However... dum-dum-dum ... the scale hasn't gone down in two weeks and did go up... only one pound, which I know can be Water or anything, but I ALSO know that I've started to feel comfortable, and when I feel comfortable, I grab a little piece of chocolate at a party or have an extra glass of wine. So I needed encouragement.... and I found this thread. It's crazy how encouraging it's been reading all of your posts! I was ready to break down and have a snack, but just reading what you guys have been posting for the past couple of weeks has motivated me. I need to lose AT LEAST 15 more pounds.... I have to stay serious and not snack and cheat.

    I always weigh Saturday, but I like what you guys have said about Monday's keeping you straight over the weekend. So I'm going to start weighing on Mondays as well!

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  22. Posted

    8 hours ago, courtneyd said:

    I am about 5 days post op and still in a lot of pain. Right now I am wishing I didnt do this :( I hope it gets easier.

    It definitely gets better. The first week is the worst. The second is better but still tough. My Dr said to be sure to walk every hour for five minutes as it helps with healing.

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  23. Posted

    On 3/22/2017 at 9:55 AM, 907city2farmgrl said:

    I wouldn't say I forgot but I did have a moment at post op week 4 or so when I was making my hubby dinner and I popped a Pasta noodle in my mouth to see if it was al dente.. It was more of a mindless habit kind of thing. I was pretty irritated with myself for not being more aware.

    I 'started' to do the same thing. I was cooking for the family about two-three weeks post op; my 13YO daughter was cooking with me. I popped a noodle in my mouth to see if it was done, completely NOT thinking anything, and she yelled, "Mommy, can you do that?!" I yanked that sucker out of my mouth so quick! So yes, it can happen. It wasn't a 'hungry' decision; it was completely a blonde moment... and no matter what your hair color, I think we can all have blonde moments. ;)

    Sorry that you had pain... that's scary. Mine didn't go down, so I got lucky. Thank God my daughter was using her brain... cause I sure wasn't.

  24. Posted

    I've told some close friends and family but not acquaintances, parents from my kids' schools and sports teams etc... It's a personal thing for me, and I don't want to share personal things with acquaintances. It's tough with WLS compared to other surgeries because people can SEE the difference. But I've had not-so-great luck with people who like to talk when they shouldn't, so for that reason, I have been selective with whom I've told. So far so good, and I'm down 80 lbs. People are asking and I'm not lying, I'm telling them exactly what I'm doing. I give them a daily rundown of my diet and exercise. I'm pretty sure that if they follow that advice, then they will see results too, but most people just want to ask, most people (including myself) want to know if there's a magic "shrink me" pill. I've never lied. If someone flat out asked if I had WLS, I would be truthful, but I'm not offering it up to just anyone, and I don't consider that lying. I tell the truth about what I'm doing.. I just leave off the part that 80% of my stomach was sliced off. :)

    And people who have 'known' me for years that I haven't told, they've seen me lose 80 lbs before... more than once... so they probably just think I'm at it again, and HOPEFULLY they are hoping for the best for me.

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