DanaC84

Surgery today 7:30- don’t remember recovery room. Moved upstairs around 1:30.. lots of pain took morphine and slept until5. Thenup to start waking and drink 3oz Water an hour

I had my first gain this week. small, only 3lbs, but I know it is because I have veered off track. It is indeed a mental project for me.

I hope we all find the motivation to get through this. I have been seeing a counselor already, my surgery is Feb 26 and thank you for sharing this. One of the things I have discovered in my counselling is that, the habits that caused me to gain weight were as follows :-

1. A partner that loved to eat out alot and not work out. For I am a follower so if I have someone who loves eating out and yet has a metabolism that burns it off. Well I'm the one disadvantaged.
2. Work, often stressful situations at work led me to eating comforting food, a latte and muffin and lunch, a chocolate bar here and there.
3. Calorie counting, and being around people who are constantly mentioning the calories in a food, led me to be embarrassed in eating food at work.
4. Partner does not like alot of foods that I liked and grew up eating. And being someone that doesnt like to cook alot, i choose to eat out with my partner.
5.Not drinking enough liquids and often dehydrated pain felt like hunger pain.

My solution we came up with my counselor:-

1. Preplan meals and have it on my fridge.
2. Learn to say and offer to eat at home .
3. Read up on obesity related complications, such long effects of diabetes, heart disease etc. GUESS kind of like scare myself to discipline. This seems to work for me.
4. Don't eat when I'm stressed.
5. I have bought a dress that I have placed on my wall in my room as a reminder of what I want to fit in at the end of 2019.

I hope some of these may help, but hang in there.. I hope things get better.

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I have to find a new bra. mine are crazy.

I’m going to have to look into the bio oil too. I’ve used Eucerin Advanced Therapy lotion for years due to the dry skin from diabetes so that’s all I’m currently using . But my face!! I’ve had the exact opposite. Since surgery I’ve been getting zits! I’ve had to go back to using Stridex and Clearasil . Haven’t had that problem in 40 years . But I’ll swap a zit for pounds any day of the week

I think it started out I had a high stress situation and that nasty little voice in my head told me chocolate would make it all better. I'm detoxing right now. No more chocolate for me!

Two days remaining....

Wow, thanks to each if you for the posts. I am 8 days pre-op and these feels i g i am having now. When i went to register at the hospital the whole day I was a ball of tears, wondering will this turn my health issues around. Since that day daily i have been afraid, crying and concerned. I started searching support sites because i feel crazy. I know God brought me to this surgery to resolve the serious medical issues i have been experiencing for 3 1/2 years.

I made it! In almost exactly 10 weeks! I’m thrilled!

Indeed!!! We have 2 and one on the way grandkids to stick around for!!

Both look good. So what was starting weight and current weight. How long you been on journey

I’m starting to see the big differences. Felt it for a while, but now how a visual! Loving it. My wife has lost a good bit too!! She eats what I eat and it’s also helped her.

Thank you so much. I'm about 10 days in and so far so good. Good luck on your journey too!

Mine is health related but in a round about way. I’ve had high bp, diabetes, high cholesterol, Migraines, the list can go on and on but you get the idea. But that was my every day life and I was complacent about it. One night when all the kids and grand kids were over I was making dinner. At the time I had a granddaughter that would hardly eat anything other than Mac n cheese. While reaching to the back burner to stir another pot my pinky was up against the boiling pan. I didn’t feel a thing until it was already a 3rd degree burn. That was my ah ha moment. I had no idea my nerve damage had become so severe in my hands and feet from my diabetes . I’m not sure I can reverse any of that damage but I’m sure praying that it’s halted.

My moment that really solidified this choice for me was when I had to take my son to the hospital. He was six months old and suddenly got sick. I had to take him to the children’s hospital. He was miserable and he was crying and being walked around helped him calm down a bit. I could barely do it. I have gotten so heavy that my hips, knees, and back ache. I am so fat that I couldn’t comfort my baby as good as I should have. I don’t ever want my weight to impact my children so I’m doing something about it. It’s a big commitment and not something I’m taking lightly. I need to do this, though.

I walked in a popular 5K in June 2018. I was actually training myself to run it, but it didn't happen that way.

I'd taken a picture with my participation medal, and the picture was posted by the photographer on a website so that people could go and grab theirs if they wanted. Before I was able to get to the website, I got a notification that someone Id met at the race that morning posted the pic and tagged me on FB. When I saw the picture, I broke down in tears. I was angry that the girl posted it because it seemed weird for he to post a picture of ME, but I was disgusted at the way I looked. I tried so hard to find good in that picture and I just couldn't.

That did it. I was 100% tired of being big.

-AtA

Mine is health related but in a round about way. I’ve had high bp, diabetes, high cholesterol, Migraines, the list can go on and on but you get the idea. But that was my every day life and I was complacent about it. One night when all the kids and grand kids were over I was making dinner. At the time I had a granddaughter that would hardly eat anything other than Mac n cheese. While reaching to the back burner to stir another pot my pinky was up against the boiling pan. I didn’t feel a thing until it was already a 3rd degree burn. That was my ah ha moment. I had no idea my nerve damage had become so severe in my hands and feet from my diabetes . I’m not sure I can reverse any of that damage but I’m sure praying that it’s halted.

So, so many! But the best one ever: my husband was folding the laundry and he couldn't tell if some clothes were mine or my 13 year old daughter's!

KG371 - congrats! The same thing is happening in my house! I asked my husband why my 13 yr olds clothes are in our closet and he said “ I guess I just can’t tell your clothes apart anymore “. 😁

I went to the mall for help in buying a new bra. The sales person grabbed a t-shirt for me to try on with the bras. When she handed it to me I paused and said I'd probably need a larger size. She said it was a medium which is what she said looked like my size. And by golly, it fit!

Gosh, this was a good thread to see this morning. Seeing a before and after I had posted reminded me why I’m up early on a Sunday to go train. 😂😂

Must. Keep. Moving.

I’m 3.5 months postop and down 50 lbs and down from a sz 20 to a 14! I still have a long way to go but am pretty happy with my progress so far! This is the year I get my life back on track.

Thank you. Still have more to go.

Hahaha!! Yea, I binged watched a lot those first few days. And it took me a few days to get my days and nights back in order

No they would not as neither should a child abuse/ molest victim, I still believed my groomer/society that it was my fault for being so sexually appealing. Now from my adult knowledge, just hope appealing is a little flat-chested informed figure being? But we were taught it was all little Pennie or Billy's fault, often we were threatened with the death of a pet or baby sibling. My friend who I call Billy here, his baby brother was threatened. Why would. adult not be believed? He had killed many animals by many diverse methods before. It is difficult even to talk to help people or law enforcement, for in our day small children were not believed.💦😪😥😪