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March 2013 Post Op "A New Life 2013"

ElleG

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ElleG    394

ElleG
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Will do Montage! :)

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Marisela    104

Marisela
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Surgery date 3/11, 47 lbs down!!! sooooo happy!! :D

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Montage    87

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I'm out of country on business so not going to be able to weigh in for almost 2 weeks. Any guesses at how much I will lose?

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Marisela    104

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I'm out of country on business so not going to be able to weigh in for almost 2 weeks. Any guesses at how much I will lose?

6 lbs.

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ElleG    394

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I'm out of country on business so not going to be able to weigh in for almost 2 weeks. Any guesses at how much I will lose?

I say 10 lbs... There is really nothing to do in the hotels after work but eat, drink, watch TV, work out or swim so we expect you to be in the pool or in the gym! LOL

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Marisela    104

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Take some Protein Shake packets with you.

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ElleG    394

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Well, I missed you said "out of the country" you have to sight see so ad walking to the list. :)

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Montage    87

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I say 10 lbs... There is really nothing to do in the hotels after work but eat' date=' drink, watch TV, work out or swim so we expect you to be in the pool or in the gym! LOL[/quote']

Yeah I will have to look into the gym. It's a mine site in Madagascar. So I'm sure there is one, I'll ask around. 10lbs will be quite a bit I think. But will be very welcome ;-)

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Montage    87

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Take some Protein Shake packets with you.

I find I can't have my regular shakes and haven't had the time to find ones that agree with me. I will have to just make sure I get my fish and chicken in where possible. Only thing is I also cannot get my 5 to 6 meals a day. But I do my best to make sure I'm getting what my body needs. I hope that it's not too much of a bad thing.

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Montage    87

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ElleG, how's the Water and Protein intake going? Any loses yet?

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Marisela    104

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I find I can't have my regular shakes and haven't had the time to find ones that agree with me. I will have to just make sure I get my fish and chicken in where possible. Only thing is I also cannot get my 5 to 6 meals a day. But I do my best to make sure I'm getting what my body needs. I hope that it's not too much of a bad thing.

Have you tried nectar Protein Shakes? I got my samples last week and they are not bad at all, I keep at least one packet in my purse in case of "emergency" which means being away from home, the fruit ones are good, just add Water and ice!

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ElleG    394

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ElleG, how's the Water and Protein intake going? Any loses yet?

The scale moved a little this morning so I'm excited about that. I have to remain consistant with the water that looks like that was my problem! THANKS FOR THE TIP!!! :)

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ElleG    394

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Yeah I will have to look into the gym. It's a mine site in Madagascar. So I'm sure there is one, I'll ask around. 10lbs will be quite a bit I think. But will be very welcome ;-)

You can do it! :) It should be an interesting trip do a some exploring by foot (stay safe tho) and hopefully you will sweat a lot

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Montage    87

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The scale moved a little this morning so I'm excited about that. I have to remain consistant with the Water that looks like that was my problem! THANKS FOR THE TIP!!! :)

Always glad to help a fellow loser.

I used to be a water baby ( I literally dream of swimming, and drinking water), and now I find that now I have to get back into the habit..

Just keep it up, and it will fall off. I am so keen to see if I am still losing but I forgot to pack my scale :-(

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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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      1. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

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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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      1. summerseeker

        summerseeker

        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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