Down another 2 pounds for a nice even #20 in 10 days. He told me "If you can puree it and suck it through a straw, you own it but use common sense.... cream soups like chowder, gravy, alfredo sauce milkshakes are not included. Watching your carbs, fat, and calories with net you greater loss. Walk walk walk 25 minutes each day"
When I told him I took no medicine since 2 days post op he told me. "I knew you wouldn't, you're not a whiner, and you're a damn tough girl. He told me I was "textbook", doing so well he didnt want to see me for 3 months and expected the 22% weight loss so he wants to be to weigh 300 to 310 when I come back mid May.
He saw my joy and enthusiasm and told me "You're going to love getting thin and healthy" If he only knew the freedom and liberation I feel!!!! Laureen 410 hi/ 398 preop/378
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When I told him I took no medicine since 2 days post op he told me. "I knew you wouldn't, you're not a whiner, and you're a damn tough girl. He told me I was "textbook", doing so well he didnt want to see me for 3 months and expected the 22% weight loss so he wants to be to weigh 300 to 310 when I come back mid May.
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It's nice that things are going so well. Enjoy! :-)
Take care, Carmen PS I'm still going to suggest that you take Larry and the squirt with you on walks. Getting exercise as a family is a good way to spend time together and emphasize a healthy lifetsyle for the shortstack. -- Please note change in Reply To address carmensrt <at> gmail <dot> com Hotmail isn't working and is being abandoned
Good Suggestion but........... I am much to slow for everybody right now so I prefer to go it alone but in a month or so we will. Thanks Carmen! Laureen
so now laureen, how are you going to hold yourself accountable for daily exercise and food planning? relearning a new way of living is in order, for you to be successful in your new life. i can *read* your excitement and wish you the best!
-- rosie
"Laureen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... : Down another 2 pounds for a nice even #20 in 10 days. He told me "If : you can puree it and suck it through a straw, you own it but use common : sense.... cream soups like chowder, gravy, alfredo sauce milkshakes are : not included. Watching your carbs, fat, and calories with net you : greater loss. Walk walk walk 25 minutes each day" : : When I told him I took no medicine since 2 days post op he told me. "I : knew you wouldn't, you're not a whiner, and you're a damn tough girl. : He told me I was "textbook", doing so well he didnt want to see me for : 3 months and expected the 22% weight loss so he wants to be to weigh : 300 to 310 when I come back mid May. : : He saw my joy and enthusiasm and told me "You're going to love getting : thin and healthy" If he only knew the freedom and liberation I feel!!!! : Laureen : 410 hi/ 398 preop/378 :
Well Rosie, this is my new lease on life. There is no margin for error or screw ups. I get out and walk. I eat my 1/4 of food, remembering protein first 4 times day and drink drink drink too. The food issue is incredibly simple right now. I will really face my demons when I return to regular food and the dramatically reduced protions. One thing right now is I no longer experience hunger. When my pouch matures more and holds a tad more food I will then experience hunger. This 3 monthperiod right now is my window of opportunity to lose the bulk of my weight. The doc told me yesterday " You willl never lose 20lbs in 10 days again, you can expect to lose 80+ pounds during the next three months but then it will slow down remarkably. In other words "You will never lose the weight as fast as you did the first 3 months and 10 days again" Use this time wisely and when you get back to regular food be careful and you will succeed. He told me my total winow of opportunity is 15 to 18 months. He said the general rule by statistics is that whatever I lose during the 15 to 18 month time is what I will lose and I wont lose anymore. I can excelerate my lose by my low carb, low fat, low cal choices and lots of exercise. Either way.... I chose this road, was given this wonderful tool for weightloss and I am going to make the most of it. 🙂 Laureen
Good for you Laureen. I'm proud of you for pursuing your dream and I know you'll succeed. :-)
-- Cheri
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He saw my joy and enthusiasm and told me "You're going to love getting thin and healthy" If he only knew the freedom and liberation I feel!!!! Laureen 410 hi/ 398 preop/378
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thin and healthy" If he only knew the freedom and liberation I feel!!!! Laureen 410 hi/ 398 preop/378
=========================== And you feel no hunger at all? No weakness? When can you start walking? -- Wysong Age 60. Height 5'6" Starting date: 1/8/05 171/ 165 / 140 lb Starting date LC 7/01 at 207lbs Stopped losing on LC 11/01 at 165lbs ==========================================
Write a daily letter to yourself, so when the hard times come, you can go back and gain inspiration from your own words.
Jennifer
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Down another 2 pounds for a nice even #20 in 10 days. He told me "If you can puree it and suck it through a straw, you own it but use common sense.... cream soups like chowder, gravy, alfredo sauce milkshakes are not included. Watching your carbs, fat, and calories with net you greater loss. Walk walk walk 25 minutes each day"
When I told him I took no medicine since 2 days post op he told me. "I knew you wouldn't, you're not a whiner, and you're a damn tough girl. He told me I was "textbook", doing so well he didnt want to see me for 3 months and expected the 22% weight loss so he wants to be to weigh 300 to 310 when I come back mid May.
He saw my joy and enthusiasm and told me "You're going to love getting thin and healthy" If he only knew the freedom and liberation I feel!!!! Laureen 410 hi/ 398 preop/378
Funny you should say that. On the day of my surgery my sister in law gave me this cool large spiraled notebook about 9 inches by 9 inches with thick pages in it. No lines, all blank pages. I pasted pics in it and have been writing in with many different colored glitter pens!
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Down another 2 pounds for a nice even #20 in 10 days. He told me "If you can puree it and suck it through a straw, you own it but use common sense.... cream soups like chowder, gravy, alfredo sauce milkshakes are not included. Watching your carbs, fat, and calories with net you greater loss. Walk walk walk 25 minutes each day"
When I told him I took no medicine since 2 days post op he told me. "I knew you wouldn't, you're not a whiner, and you're a damn tough girl. He told me I was "textbook", doing so well he didnt want to see me for 3 months and expected the 22% weight loss so he wants to be to weigh 300 to 310 when I come back mid May.
He saw my joy and enthusiasm and told me "You're going to love getting thin and healthy" If he only knew the freedom and liberation I feel!!!! Laureen 410 hi/ 398 preop/378
Laureen your posts make me smile. I'm glad this is working so well for you. Angie
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He saw my joy and enthusiasm and told me "You're going to love getting thin and healthy" If he only knew the freedom and liberation I feel!!!! Laureen 410 hi/ 398 preop/378
I'm glad things are going so well for you Laureen! I'm betting Gram is happy for you, too!
I took my first long walk on the waterfront trail today. I have been doing little one block things near my house. I told myself walk to the first lightpole. it took me 10 minutes to get to it from my truck and 10 minutes back. I almost made the 25 minute walk the doc told me to do. I was ok. For the first time again in a long time I walked and had NO back pain. I will go farther each day. The trail is a mile round trip. I think I did a fraction of it, but be it told, I'm not a walker so this was a grand accomplishment for me!!!!
No I am not hungry at all. I was beginning to feel weak as of yesterday. I walked all over Best Buy in Seattle and got shaky and tired but since I saw the doctor yesterday at 4:30pm I had 1/2 can atkins shake for dinner, I had 1/4 cup of cooked cream of wheat with splenda this am, for lunch today I had Hood Carb Countdown strawberry yogurt for lunch thinned down with water and I could eat the 6 ounces since it was thin. My pouch empties quickly. Dinner is a 1/4 cup of pureed split pea with ham soup. I will have gotten plenty of protein today. I drink mega water and tea. I eat 2 Flintstones vitamins and 2 Tums each day too Laureen
Aww I just saw her name Saffire and thought of her and am misty eyed. She would be proud of me! She so wanted me to do this!!! She paid for it too LOL!
I took my first long walk on the waterfront trail today. I have been doing little one block things near my house. I told myself walk to the first lightpole. it took me 10 minutes to get to it from my truck and 10 minutes back. I almost made the 25 minute walk the doc told me to do. I was ok. For the first time again in a long time I walked and had NO back pain. I will go farther each day. The trail is a mile round trip. I think I did a fraction of it, but be it told, I'm not a walker so this was a grand accomplishment for me!!!!
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Man I love reading this! One cool thing about Google is you'll be able to look back at this post a month from now, a year from now etc. and marvel at far you are from the beginning - and how great it feels. <G>
Take care, Carmen
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Aww I just saw her name Saffire and thought of her and am misty eyed. She would be proud of me! She so wanted me to do this!!! She paid for it too LOL!
It strikes a chord with me because when my former mother-in-law, whom I dearly loved, was dying back in 1997, I promised her I WOULD lose weight. Instead, I GAINED another 30 lbs after she died, and I felt bad about breaking that promise. A small part of my happiness and relief at finally getting back into a "normal" weight range is BECAUSE of that promise and knowing that I am finally making good on it and that she WOULD be proud of me. I like to think that she knows about it and is happy for me -- annoyed that it TOOK me so long, maybe, but happy nonetheless :-)
Awwww thanks Carmen!!! Your so kind. I feel great as far as emotions and the head thing. Head hunger will set in but thats it its all in the head. I can ruin my pouch by eating anything other than pureed so I dont think its going to happen (me giving in) the real battle starts when the real food can be consummed. I think I can deal with those demons. In the meantime I will walk, drink water, take my vitamins, and eat my 4 protein rich meals per day. LOL Oh BTW, I am rejoining Curves Tues to work out 3 times a week. Ya think the fat will melt off fast enough then? LOL!!! Laureen
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I took my first long walk on the waterfront trail today. I have been doing little one block things near my house. I told myself walk to the first lightpole. it took me 10 minutes to get to it from my truck and 10 minutes back. I almost made the 25 minute walk the doc told me to do. I was ok. For the first time again in a long time I walked and had NO back pain. I will go farther each day. The trail is a mile round trip. I think I did a fraction of it, but be it told, I'm not a walker so this was a grand accomplishment for me!!!!
No I am not hungry at all. I was beginning to feel weak as of yesterday. I walked all over Best Buy in Seattle
Laureen, can I suggest you buy yourself a pedometer? Then you can note down what you did every day and marvel at your progress! And I bet you'd be amazed how far you walked round Best Buy - I do the better part of 2 miles round my local supermarket.
On the top of four of those pages, write these questions... one page each. Then answer them! Fill the whole page.
You'll find it a good thing to have in the future.
How was my life disrupted because of my weight?
What do I need to do to succeed on this new path?
How do I want my life to change in the coming year?
How can each of the people in my life help me in this new adventure? (Then TELL them how!!!)
Jennifer
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Funny you should say that. On the day of my surgery my sister in law gave me this cool large spiraled notebook about 9 inches by 9 inches with thick pages in it. No lines, all blank pages. I pasted pics in it and have been writing in with many different colored glitter pens!
OMG, Best Buy was one place, I walked all over the hospital to get to the medical tower, I wandered through each an every isle of a cool grocery store called "The Whole Foods Market", I went through Walgreens, perused through a plant pot shop called Half Price Pots. I was dog tired last night <grin> Larry bought a talking pedometer and it is screwy. He mapped out 2 miles one night in the car, then went and walked him and the darn thing shorted him like 1/2 mile. Maybe he wore it wrong?
