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02-23-2011, 08:09 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Peterborough, ON
Posts: 55
Weight Statistics Sept. 27, 2010 Start Date:
October 18, 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
296 lb Start Weight:
185 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
111 lb Weight Loss:
25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.5 % % Lost:
October 18, 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.4283194759 BMI Start:
32.7676996725 BMI Current:
28.3396321492 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Help!!!! I need someone help me to give my head a shake. *chuckles*
One of the things I've been hearing from the social worker and the nutritionist at the bariatric clinic is that I'm being too hard on myself, and concentrating too much on comparing myself to others. I had my four month anniversary last Friday and I've been fighting with a plateau for about four weeks even though I work out five days a week at the gym. When the scale wasn't moving I at least had my measurements to help me judge where the changes were happening and in fact reassure myself that there WAS changes when the scales didn't move. I'd dropped 55 1/2 inches in three months. Between last month and this one (month 3 to month 4) I only dropped a few inches.
My first reaction was total panic! Worried that I'd screwed up somehow...worried that I was failing at this whole journey. Instead of being pleased I'd dropped a few more inches all I could think about was it wasn't enough...wasn't NEARLY good enough.
*smacks head on table* I think I'm doing well... I think I am. but I don't KNOW I'm doing well. If that makes any sense. My brain can say all the right things, but my heart and soul don't believe it.
How can I stop beating myself with such a big stick everytime I see a number?????
AAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGG 
Shelley
OH... and PS... how do I get those really cool funky versions of my name that I see so many people have in their signatures? Those graphics are so cool!
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02-23-2011, 08:37 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Chesapeake, VA
Posts: 128
Weight Statistics Jan. 17, 2011 Start Date:
Jan. 17, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
277 lb Start Weight:
164 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
113 lb Weight Loss:
24 lb Lb Left to Lose:
40.7942238267 % % Lost:
Oct 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index49.0629881582 BMI Start:
29.0481229529 BMI Current:
24.7971781305 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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You have already lost so much weight!! I hope your plateau goes away soon. I'm 5 weeks out and I have had a mini-plateau..its not any fun.. I wish you the best and willl thinking of you.. Best of luck. Sandy
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02-23-2011, 09:08 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Oregon
Posts: 863
Weight Statistics 10 yrs old Start Date:
Dec 14, 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
266 lb Start Weight:
164 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
102 lb Weight Loss:
24 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.3458646617 % % Lost:
ASAP Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.6538085938 BMI Start:
28.1474609375 BMI Current:
24.0283203125 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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You are doing really well IMO. I hope I am doing that well in 4 months. Mar 14th will be 3 months and I've lost less than 50 lb. That is okay though. I am not as saggy as I thought I'd be, I can walk and breath without my heart feeling like it is popping out of my chest. I just played dance central with my daughter/son for about an hour and while I won't jump (top floor) I did get a work out. I like my walks better right now though, no jumping and not as much jiggling. When I get further out there I'll have less to jiggle. The point is, I am able to do more thing than I've been able to do for a long time. Quite focusing on what you haven't been able to loose and focus on what you are able to do that you weren't before. I remember my first big achievement was going to the bathroom without turning into a pretzel. I let everyone know about it too. You'd be surprised how many people felt the same way!
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02-23-2011, 11:03 PM
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,636
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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You're paying your medical support team an awful lot of money for their expertise. You expect them to know what they're talking about, don't you?
SO TRUST THEM ALREADY!!! If they say that in their expert opinions, you are doing well, what is your expertise to tell yourself different??
CT
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02-24-2011, 03:26 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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First off.
(And this is the third time today I'm posting this, there's an epidemic going on   )
The standard losing curve is half of your excess weight in the first 6 months, the next quarter in the next 6 months, and the last quarter over a year and half to two years form surgery.
You're WAAAAY ahead of schedule. 
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02-24-2011, 05:42 AM
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| | WLS Guru
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: OOLOGAH OKLAHOMA
Posts: 377
Weight Statistics MARCH 2, 2010 Start Date:
MARCH 2, 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
225 lb Start Weight:
118 lb Current Weight:
135 lb Goal Weight:
107 lb Weight Loss:
-17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.5555555556 % % Lost:
MARCH 2, 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index39.8526077098 BMI Start:
20.90047871 BMI Current:
23.9115646259 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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WOW you are doing better than I was at that point. I stalled alllll the time. At first I was dropping 4 to 5 lbs a week. I thought "this is great...now this is what Im talking about" didnt last. After the initial shock my body got from surgery/less calories, I would lose a lb here and a lb there. I once stalled for 6 weeks. I thought I was done. Give it time. I think the more you stress the harder it is for your body to lose. BTW...good job on exercising! I think that is fabulous! 
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02-24-2011, 06:00 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Peterborough, ON
Posts: 55
Weight Statistics Sept. 27, 2010 Start Date:
October 18, 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
296 lb Start Weight:
185 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
111 lb Weight Loss:
25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.5 % % Lost:
October 18, 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.4283194759 BMI Start:
32.7676996725 BMI Current:
28.3396321492 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Thank you SO much. All of your replies have really helped. I do focus too much on the numbers...though it can be hard when everyone wants to know how you are doing and it's always "so how much have you lost now?" or "How many inches are you down?". Progress seems easier to measure with numbers than with the other t hings but it's the other things, like discovering I actually have a collarbone I can see *laughs*, that are the neato moments. Thanks for reminding me about that!
Doc... kept repeating it....somehow I've never heard that stat about the weight loss pattern. Either that or I heard but it never sunk in!!!! I'm so glad you took the point to say it yet again. *laughs*
Shelley
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02-24-2011, 07:38 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: chicago,il
Posts: 637
Weight Statistics 02-09-10 Start Date:
Feb.09,2010 & Dec.02,2010 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
358 lb Start Weight:
152 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
206 lb Weight Loss:
-13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
57.5418994413 % % Lost:
2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index63.4099269337 BMI Start:
26.9226505417 BMI Current:
29.2252456538 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodDuodenal Switch
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Hate them but Plateau's are normal, Hang in there...
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02-24-2011, 11:03 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: St, Louis MO
Posts: 513
Weight Statistics March 2010 Start Date:
June 29 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
286 lb Start Weight:
118 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
168 lb Weight Loss:
-22 lb Lb Left to Lose:
58.7412587413 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.6570924666 BMI Start:
20.90047871 BMI Current:
24.7971781305 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Doc,
That is because you have a bunch of 4-8 months people hitting this time  I know that my weight has really S L O W E D down, but I am prepared for it. Not only because from reading here and the other WLS Veterans.
I keep following the rules and take this time to really work out at the gym and pump some weights and grow some muscle. I know that "genetics" has a lot to do with loose skin, but for a 47 year old who has lost well over 106 lbs, I have very little loose skin... But I am doing some serious weight lifting (One of the reason I have some "bulky arms") the waist and hips and legs are nice and narrow and toned. No complaints from me!
That is why I put my "goal" at what I did. I was honestly kinda surprised I have already lost as much as I have with the serious muscle building and gym workouts. But I am now down to a size 14 and feel great.
Just keep following the "rules" and eat what you are supposed to... (I try to eat really low carb, but I DID splurge and have fun at a local Sushi/Sashimi house and I had a bit of tempura yams and sweet potatoes and my favorite Miso soup. Heaven!)
During these "slow" times, measure yourself, compare photos from the last months and take pictures of your PRE surgery clothes and what you wear now!
Warmly,
Jackie Quote:
Originally Posted by DocSanae  First off.
(And this is the third time today I'm posting this, there's an epidemic going on )
The standard losing curve is half of your excess weight in the first 6 months, the next quarter in the next 6 months, and the last quarter over a year and half to two years form surgery.
You're WAAAAY ahead of schedule.
So, of course your doing fine, in fact, you're doing super duper well | | |
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