Small Victories

[wwboy 141]

Hi gang, I'm officially in my first real stall - have stayed at roughly the same weight now for just over a week. This isn't a fun feeling, especially after losing close to a pound per day for about the first month after surgery. (I'm almost through 7 weeks post op now). I know everyone says "embrace the stall" - easier said than done haha

Never the less, I have had some victories I want to report. I'm proud of myself in them:

1. I ran 1.2 miles without stopping last week. It took me 12 minutes but I didn't stop. The last time I remember being able to do this Was 14 years ago. (!!!!) A goal I have for myself is to eventually complete a marathon race, this is the first step and I'm jazzed.

2. I exercised 6 of 7 days last week. Yahoo.

3. Last night when I got home from work and picking up the kids, I very very badly wanted to eat. I had already eaten dinner more or less. But I WANTED more. Instead of going in the house when we pulled in the driveway, I immediately put the kids in the stroller and we went out for a half hour walk in the dark. When we got back, I no longer wanted to eat - at least not nearly as much. It felt like a victory and I was proud: attempting a healthy coping mechanism in place of my old standby, Snacks.

4. I'm off all my medications now (save for vitamins). No bp meds, no more metformin, no more triglycerides lowerers, no more psych meds. It feels good. I'm hopeful.

Anyways, thanks for hearing my cheers.

Any encouragement on my weight stall is much appreciated! I'm half way to goal right now and I want to stay on the path.

Keeping away from sweets, snacking, and eating too often feels like my biggest hurdle at this point. I have to admit though, fear of failure is creeping back in for me already. Not my friend. Not fun.

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[fernandfj 469]

Congrats - and the fact you went walking instead of snacking tells you all you need to know. Also, stalls do end.

You are human, and you may slip up. You have proven however that you can choose a healthy alternative. I have tried to walk the straight and narrow path and have been successful for the most part. It was hard for me to accept when I slipped up, until I realized that I was just adding too much pressure on myself. Now I make every effort in the days following a slip up (successfully, thank God) to avoid starting a pattern.

You are doing great!

[Lisa_85 118]

I hit a stall too!

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

I just think we need to address your choice of vocabulary. "Small" NSVs? These sound pretty big to me!

Congratulations, and Embrace the Stall!

[wwboy 141]

Thank you friends. Your encouragement is helpful. Another victory I discovered today is that my body get percentage has dropped about 10% since surgery. I feel pretty happy about that as well.

Hoping the path continues.

I actually sent my food logs to my nutritionist today - asking for feedback. I'm expecting some constructive advice and or encouragement from him. Thanks again

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