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ThinDolphin3

By ThinDolphin3, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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ThinDolphin3    3

ThinDolphin3
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K I will first off by sayin hi all my friends. I've missed being on here. I have had a busy summer going to visit family in PA and then going to Colorado and Utah.:sad: With all the altitude changes I could barely eat all summer, but yet I havent lost any weight. I have been home for a while and still no change in my weight loss. :frown: I wasnt able to go to the gym most of the summer so I know that is part of it.

I have started back going to the gym, but I am finding it hard to get motivated when I am not losing weight. I am so close to ONEderland it's not funny. I've been 206 lbs for like 3 to 4 months. Now I know that some of this is my fault becuz of not exercising. I've been eating right lots of veggies since I stopped traveling and put myself on a liquid diet. I also am starting school on tuesday and daughter is ticking me off with being so lazy and actually getting pissed at me becuz I cant eat a whole lot. I've explained how the band works several times and she still doesnt get it and she is 14. :tt2: LMAO

Also have stress with just receiving a summons yesterday about the state wanting a crap load of child support while my son is incarcerated by COURT ORDER. So now I have to fight SRS, school, trying to lose weight and keep my sanity. :lol: How am I suppose to handle all this and not let the stress get to me where the weight wont come off? How do I get the motivation to exercise everyday like I want to and find the energy also. :)

I feel like such a failure. I've been banded for over a yr now and I have ONLY LOST 50 SOMETHING LBS. :ohmy::tt2::eek:

love and light to all of my may bandsters. I miss all of you and I will be coming to this site on a regular basis in between all the other stuff I have to do.

blessings to all

dolphin:wub:

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I encourage you to change something routine about yourself. It could be the walking with your daughter or even taking a few minutes to breathe in the car before you drive off to work. Stress sometimes won't let you lose weight. It doesn’t matter exactly what you change, just make yourself uncomfortable by doing something out of the norm and the weight will come off.

The reason why we want to change something routine is because we want to stimulate our mind to become more focus and motivated. Once you change something routine, you will find that it’s very stimulating and you will be much happier.

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I am so there also. I have been at the same weight since January!! I feel like a loser--except in weight! I have had some serious personal issues that I battled for several months--but I won. One thing I know is I have not had a Protein Shake in MONTHS! I need to get back on them...I feel with out them I am just spinning my wheels....

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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
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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.

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