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January 2013 Post Op

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one4ozzie    434

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Hope everyone had a great day today' date=' got to spend it with my hubby and his family at my bro and sis-in-laws house, mostly poolside. Was nice to be in swim shorts and a long halter swim top and not feel horribly self conscious. Even though I tracked in MFP (for the most part) I allowed myself to go outside my new box this weekend. Gave my body a bit of a break, will go back at it hard tomorrow. Planning to try to cut out meat for a while, eat more Beans and try cooking with tofu. Should be interesting!![/quote']

It's good to give your body a break every now and then. I actually think it helps out w the loss. I don't go out of the box often but when I do I still lose. I am down to 145 and 15#s to go to hit goal.

Good luck on tofu. I don't have much in meats at all. I still drink two shakes a day however. Breakfast and after work out.

Gen :-) 12/15/12

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jerz    251

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Finally my stall broke. Down 4 lbs last week.

HW:358 DOS:338 CW:278 SD:1/28/13

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LilBoo007    491

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Good job Jerz !!!

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jerz    251

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Good job Jerz !!!

Thanks!

What can we take for a cold? Babysat a sneezing coughing baby this weekend and now feel a cold coming on. I'm pissed cuz her mom knew she was sick and didn't tell me and I didn't realize the baby was sick til she left. Being pregnant, I have a weaker immune system and try to avoid sick ppl. I feel horrible and have no appetite.

HW:358 DOS:338 CW:275 SD:1/28/13

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G-MaYoYo    29

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HW 289

SW 289 (1/7/13)

CW 213

76 lbs gone!!

GW????? Just want to look healthy

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ready2smile    138

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Super frustrated to be stalling-knew it would happen at some point, but apparently I also gained a couple pounds! I was even drinking a ton of water...however my Protein intake wasn't too great. That being said, I usually do pretty good with food in the morning, but want to snack in the evening. I know what I "should" do-but darn if I can follow through. :( I'm still exercising, even though what I can do with my knee injury is limited. Where are the days a couple months ago when I just didn't care about food at all???

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Marla    35

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Super frustrated to be stalling-knew it would happen at some point' date=' but apparently I also gained a couple pounds! I was even drinking a ton of water...however my Protein intake wasn't too great. That being said, I usually do pretty good with food in the morning, but want to snack in the evening. I know what I "should" do-but darn if I can follow through. :( I'm still exercising, even though what I can do with my knee injury is limited. Where are the days a couple months ago when I just didn't care about food at all???[/quote']

I am in the same boat girl!

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mrspitts11367    17

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Am I the only one who has lost less that 40lbs in 5 months?? I am so discouraged that it is just ridiculous. I had my surgery on Jan 30 2013. Day of surgery I weighed 286 today I weigh 250. I am sooo done. My doctor does not see a problem. Yet I have not found anyone anywhere who has had this procedure and lost so little intially. Please someone tell me that there is someone else out there like me.

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wonderwoman75    118

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Am I the only one who has lost less that 40lbs in 5 months?? I am so discouraged that it is just ridiculous. I had my surgery on Jan 30 2013. Day of surgery I weighed 286 today I weigh 250. I am sooo done. My doctor does not see a problem. Yet I have not found anyone anywhere who has had this procedure and lost so little intially. Please someone tell me that there is someone else out there like me.

I have been on an all Protein diet since 1/29. I know that's helped.

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Marla    35

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Am I the only one who has lost less that 40lbs in 5 months?? I am so discouraged that it is just ridiculous. I had my surgery on Jan 30 2013. Day of surgery I weighed 286 today I weigh 250. I am sooo done. My doctor does not see a problem. Yet I have not found anyone anywhere who has had this procedure and lost so little intially. Please someone tell me that there is someone else out there like me.

I have only lost 25lbs since 1/14/13, 185 now.....have not lost in 2 months....

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ready2smile    138

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Am I the only one who has lost less that 40lbs in 5 months?? I am so discouraged that it is just ridiculous. I had my surgery on Jan 30 2013. Day of surgery I weighed 286 today I weigh 250. I am sooo done. My doctor does not see a problem. Yet I have not found anyone anywhere who has had this procedure and lost so little intially. Please someone tell me that there is someone else out there like me.
Am I the only one who has lost less that 40lbs in 5 months?? I am so discouraged that it is just ridiculous. I had my surgery on Jan 30 2013. Day of surgery I weighed 286 today I weigh 250. I am sooo done. My doctor does not see a problem. Yet I have not found anyone anywhere who has had this procedure and lost so little intially. Please someone tell me that there is someone else out there like me.

So sorry-its so frustrating!!! We're all going at a different pace, and I'm afraid mine is slow too. I've lost about 52. I was almost 240 DOS, am now 188. I was 186.8, but gained about 2lbs and stalled in the last two weeks.

I know part is related to my hypo-thyroid, part to not getting in enough Protein. I do exercise regularly but not super heavily. My caloric intake is steady at 900, but sometimes I get "the snackies" in the late afternoon/evenings, and it's not "good" food that I snack on.

I think we go into this knowing it will be hard, hope it will be easier than what we've done before, get excited at losses, then when we face stalls it's even more disappointing. :(

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ready2smile    138

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I have been on an all Protein diet since 1/29. I know that's helped.

What does an all protein diet consist of?

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wonderwoman75    118

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I have been drinking one Protein Drink a day. Usually for breakfast. lunch almonds and string cheese. dinner usually 4 oz of meat

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wonderwoman75    118

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My surgeon has had me in this diet since my surgery and I haven't incorporated fruits or veggies until I have hit 75% of my weight loss. I have 9 lbs.

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ready2smile    138

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My surgeon has had me in this diet since my surgery and I haven't incorporated fruits or veggies until I have hit 75% of my weight loss. I have 9 lbs.

That's very restrictive but awesome that you're able to do it. :) what did you start at and where are you now?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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