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Since early last year when I weighed a whopping 375 lbs just over a year later I have lost 100#... I am so excited as it's been only almost 5 months since surgery.  I still have 100# plus to lose still but I'm on my way and it feels wonderful!! 

I never would have been able to accomplish this on my own.  I owe a lot to Bariatric Surgery, to my family and friends as well. 

Thats one milestone down and many more to go.  To all you that have just begun your journies, good luck, its rough at first but it does get better.  It seems like things will never get better but they will.  Keep the faith!

Love to all!

Sue

I have Wow moments almost daily lately!!  From the amount of people commenting how good I look and how well they think I am doing which is great!  I'll take it!!  But my real wow moment was when I went to go shopping... 22/24 tops are a little big on me and I can fit into 26 pants!!  And they look decent on me!!!  I just can't believe in less then 5 months I've lost more than what I lost in over 10 months!!!  Unbelievable!!!  But.... I WILL HANDLE IT!!!!  I'm walking way more than I ever did this week.  2 1/2 miles a day now, and I would love to walk more but it gets dark out.  And it only takes me 50 minutes to do that!!

WooHoo!!!  LOVIN LIFE!!!

TPALONE lost a lb since 6/12.. well I found it!  Now take it back!!!  LOL

I've finally had it... the opportunity to say goodbye forever! 

GOODBYE 300's FOREVER!!  I've finally left the 300 something gang and HELLO 200 something!! 

I've reached my first goal to weigh under 300 and I accomplished this on Saturday May 2nd.   I guess I thought I'd have balloons, streamers and whistles as I stood on the scale and saw the first 200 # mark, but instead it was all alone as my husband and son had already left for our weekly Saturday morning jaunt to the Y for Jon's soccer game.  I had a church thing to go to, it was quiet and reverent.  I was by myself and enjoyed every second of it.  I jumped up and down a little and my stomach did flipflops!  I was VERY excited and ready to set my next goal.  I'm setting short term attainable goals.  I can't quit this anyway!  I LOVE THIS!! 

Any other "diet" I had ever been on, I would have given up during the 2 week plateau I get, but I can't with this!  Wherever this ride takes me and however much I lose on this trip I have one thing to say at this point...

GOODBYE 85# GOODBYE... FOREVER!!!

I went back to work on April 1st... yup April fool's day no less.  What a day!  What a week and it was only 3 days!  I was exhausted!  Partly from the drive to and from work but just talking to everyone once I got back was tiring.  Everyone stopped by to see me and see how much weight I had lost.  Of course everyone knew that I went out for weight loss surgery.  I guess they were amazed at how much I had changed.  I'm down from 338 pre-surgery to 304 right now.  I go see Dr D on Wednesday this week and I'm hoping to be below 300.  That's my first goal.  I'm almost there. 

Been walking more than a mile a day.  Taking my son with me too as much as I can since he needs the exercise just as much.  Wish I could get my husband on the treadmill with out guilting him into it.  Or walking with us outside more.  He just doesn't get it.  Neither does my son but I make him walk with me since he can't stay home by himself!!  Ha ha!  (That was an evil laugh by the way)

Well, I hope everyone had a great Easter! 

I'm Happy Again!!!  I started losing last week again!  Just like everyone said!  I'm just glad the stall is over and I'm back on the losers train!!  Over 30 lbs lost since surgery now and still on the down side of the hill..  Can we get a Woo Hoo!!

OK  OK!!  I'm neurotic abt this aren't I?  I showed the Nut my typical day and she said I was doing fine and stop worrying! 

Ok, just get all the protein I can in a day.  Drink as much as you can and stop being ANAL!

  I am sooo frustrated!!  Only lost one lb in almost 3 weeks!  What am I doing wrong?  I have started going on to the Exercise On Demand on TimeWarner TV to do the Family Walk Fit program.  Along with my 1 mile a day walking.  I figured, it's not jumping around type exercise so it shouldn't hurt me.  It's walking with a few more moves which I take it easy.  THAT's how I've lost the lb since I started it yesterday!  Is it because I'm not walking the 2 miles in one setting?  I do a mile 2x's a couple days a week and then every day I do at least 1 mile each day.  

I'm trying to get 60-80 grams of protein in.  I almost get there each day.  It's the fiber I don't get.  I'm having trouble with the BM's as well.  UGH!!!!!  I drink coffee just to go!  Calories, hardly have 800 a day and at my weight I think I should be around 1000 a day at least!

I have a Nut appt tomorrow which I am hoping will help me.  And Tuesday night I have a support meeting to go to.  I am hoping I will find what I am or am not doing to get over this plateau. 

Any comments?  Please post them for me.  And I know that I should just take it easy and not worry abt it.  I am not that kind of person I am finding.  I used to have patience!!!  I lost that along with the ability to EAT!!!

Thanks for listening!

Well, I'm working on things.  I realized that I needed more protein after going over the stuff from the Dr.  I just wasn't getting enough in each day.  I keep forgetting that I just am not going to be able to do what I did prior to surgery.  I am struggling.  And I realize it is my fault. 

I'm having an egg for breakfast.

Snack with protein in it midmorning.

I'm having protein for lunch (chicken with miracle whip or tilapia)

Milk, yogurt or something for snack midafternoon.

Chicken, fish or something for dinner.

Then a snack with protein in it at night.  In between I am drinking as much SF drink I can. 

If anyone can give me any pointers it would be wonderful!

I'm walking at least one mile a day and a few days a week I am walking 2 miles. 

I cannot believe that I am plateauing already.  3 weeks out of surgery... and I am already plateauing?  What the fudge?  I'm able to eat a whole egg but it takes be an hour.  I'm not getting the water in like I should I know.  Soup is good and takes an hour to have a partial bowl because I don't want to push it too much.  Dinner is hardest.  I want to eat what my family eats, just much less and much slower.  Walking?  It's been hectic the last few days having to run here and there for things and just plain tired!  What can I do to perk myself up?  And forget abt the Special K protein drinks... yuk!  I don't like aspartame!  I like splenda so the 4C drinks are good but no protein!  Any suggestions?

FRUSTRATED!!