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06-21-2008, 03:52 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Posts: 4,760
Weight Statistics July 21, 2007 Start Date:
August 6, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
Height:
287 lb Start Weight:
164 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
123 lb Weight Loss:
24 lb Lb Left to Lose:
42.8571428571 % % Lost:
January 1, 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.4872528616 BMI Start:
29.9927159209 BMI Current:
25.6035379813 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass    | 
I totally agree with you Clancy.  |
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06-21-2008, 07:09 AM
| #22 (permalink) |
| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Posts: 8,170
Weight Statistics all my life Start Date:
4/19/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
260 lb Start Weight:
143 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
117 lb Weight Loss:
-17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 38.3910943079 BMI Start:
21.1151018694 BMI Current:
23.6252888049 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
this is the "ah ha" moment. i remember this so well. i cried i think when i got it, in part BECAUSE i got it, and the fear that no one else would. the WONDERFUL thing about this board is that you can post yourthoughts, no matter how off the wall you think they are, and AT LEAST one other person is with you. the cool thing about this revelation is that we have ALL been there at one point or another. you just cant get that anywhere else! i LOVE it. everyone has done so well. no one should beat themselves up over anything. its not JUSt about losing weight. long after the scale stops the journey continues. it's about losing your mind too!  im serious. your OLD mindset has to go in order for you to let loose and LIVE post op. being where you have been before weightwise and loving yourself there now as opposed to then is IMPERATIVE to be a success. there is a TON of headwork that has to happen and you have all done it, or started. heck, being open to it is HUGE in itself.i could go on for days about this but im sure you guys have heard more than your share of my head noise. i am just so happy that we all get it! what a wonderful way to start my day. thanks for this thread
__________________ Anything worth having is worth working for!   KenyaR.  Lap RNY 4/19/07  |
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06-21-2008, 10:56 AM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: May 2008 Location: Minnesota
Posts: 769
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
161 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
119 lb Weight Loss:
-23 lb Lb Left to Lose:
42.5 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 41.3442554085 BMI Start:
23.7729468599 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Quote:
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__________________ da perfesser ******************* Dare to live your dream!!  | |
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07-10-2008, 02:43 AM
| #24 (permalink) |
| Guru In Training  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oregon
Posts: 200
Blog Entries: 7 Weight Statistics 2001 Start Date:
June 24, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
379 lb Start Weight:
239 lb Current Weight:
179 lb Goal Weight:
140 lb Weight Loss:
60 lb Lb Left to Lose:
36.9393139842 % % Lost:
2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 63.0620118343 BMI Start:
39.7673372781 BMI Current:
29.7839053254 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Movin on Up--Commin' on down!
On the way up! 
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07-10-2008, 07:29 AM
| #25 (permalink) |
| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Davenport, IA
Posts: 1,710
Weight Statistics 12/28/06 Start Date:
May 14, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
253 lb Start Weight:
191 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
62 lb Weight Loss:
41 lb Lb Left to Lose:
24.5059288538 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 42.0968047337 BMI Start:
31.780591716 BMI Current:
24.9585798817 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
Very well said Becky! Although I am much happier at this weight than I was at my beginning weight, I have been here so long that I am getting the old frumpy feelings back. I think it's time for some new clothes. I have been wearing some of the old clothes that were way too small at my highest and now are really big. I need some new stuff that fits! With a better image in in mirror, maybe I will feel better about myself.
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07-10-2008, 07:58 AM
| #26 (permalink) |
| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 760
Weight Statistics 4/30/2007 Start Date:
9/5/07 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
233 lb Start Weight:
130 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
103 lb Weight Loss:
-10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
44.2060085837 % % Lost:
Nov 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 39.9899902344 BMI Start:
22.3120117188 BMI Current:
24.0283203125 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
I'm 10 months out and I'm still struggling with self image. I look at the scale and see the number is the lowest I've been since I got out of the Army. I shop and buy clothes in a size I never dreamed I could fit into, people compliment me daily on my weight loss, yet I still feel so fat most days! I just can't get my head around it. I feel physically great. I can breathe, I can move, I can squeeze past someone who has their chair out in the aisle. I was at a friends house recently and one of them spilled a drink. Another one tossed me the paper towels and I squatted down, wiped up the spill, and stood up - WITHOUT NEEDING TO PUSH MYSELF UP WITH MY HANDS. So many things I can do now. But I still feel fat! I was talking with someone who's obese about weight loss and diets and she gave me a funny look when I said I understood how hard it is and I realized that to her, I look thin. Occasionally I'll have a good day when I feel skinny and pretty. EVERY day I still feel better than ever and I know it shows because I smile more and am friendlier. I still don't believe I won't gain it all back (this is the 3rd time for major weight loss for me, getting to be an expert on hair loss and saggy skin LOL). I guess I'll eventually believe, but not at this moment. Will I ever get my head around this? |
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07-10-2008, 04:05 PM
| #27 (permalink) | ||
| WLS Master Guru Join Date: May 2008 Location: Minnesota
Posts: 769
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
161 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
119 lb Weight Loss:
-23 lb Lb Left to Lose:
42.5 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 41.3442554085 BMI Start:
23.7729468599 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |  Quote:
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I haven't had to deal as much with feeling fat as some have. Of course, I was in denial for so long about being "a bit heavy" (like 100 pounds, perhaps? ) that I never really developed a fat persona. But I am realizing just how much I had altered my life to compensate for that which I denied. Now I feel like the true me has been released.I can understand that there can be a hesitation to believe. Once your heart has been broken, you may be slow to trust love again. Once you've been betrayed, you may be slow to trust people again. Once your body has taken over and put all those pounds on (it couldn't have been us, could it? ), can we trust that the body will remain in subjugation? If we do our part and follow the guidance we have all received, we will enjoy success. If we revel in it and enjoy each wow and compliment, and dare to take pictures of ourselves and look critically in the mirror and like what we see, we will learn to trust these wonderful feelings at last. The first time I tried on a Small shirt, I thought I was being presumptuous. But the darned thing fit me so nicely!! That forced me to re-evaluate how I was thinking of myself. (Hmmm, maybe I did have a fat persona hiding inside somewhere, denying my denial  .) When I look at pictures of the new me, I see the image I always wanted to see, and sometimes even deluded myself into thinking that I was. Only now it's no delusion!A wise man once said "that which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the nature of the task has changed, but that our capacity to do has increased." When we persist in feeling good, it comes easier. When we practice being positive about ourselves, we become more positive about ourselves. Success feeds success! It's a beautiful thing!! Yeah, this is one major head game!! Such a major league life change messes with your mind major league style! But the only reason we are in this position is because we took actions that put us here. Eventually, we will all learn to trust our success and our photos. Recognizing the process and how it works is a great step to that end. $0.02 CT
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11-20-2008, 05:59 PM
| #28 (permalink) |
| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: AZ
Posts: 1,822
Weight Statistics January 1, 2008 Start Date:
January 11, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
339 lb Start Weight:
181 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
158 lb Weight Loss:
22 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.6076696165 % % Lost:
July 4, 2009 FIREWORKS, BABY! Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 53.0891067053 BMI Start:
28.3455112497 BMI Current:
24.9002004901 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
OK so here I am again- it's amazing how good I feel lately....down to 192 pounds and almost not obese. BUT when I weighed this before I was not happy with my size at all! None of us had this surgery to be skinny- and of course I want to be healthy...but a part of me is wanting to go past that. I want to look better than I have ever looked, I want to be a normal size and not a "big" girl (fact is I will always have a bigger build, but you know what I mean). Is it wrong to want to be more than healthy? That is my #1 goal, and I feel like in so many ways I am now, but I guess I want more....it's not OK for me to settle anymore- I settled for over 15 years and it is NOT who I am. What was I thinking? I feel like I am coming out of a semi dream state and waking up to the life I thought I was living, and the person I thought I was. I can't imagine what the next 30 pounds will mean- I am not sure how to take it all. OK those are my ramblings for today- I hope it doesn't sound superficial, it's just so different now. So much is SO different, and yet like I say IT'S ALL RELATIVE- since most people would be depressed to be my size! And I am not settling here, in the words of Robert Frost "I have miles to go before I sleep" mine are "I have pounds to go before I stop!" |
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11-20-2008, 07:02 PM
| #29 (permalink) |
| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 4,647
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
139 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
141 lb Weight Loss:
-11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
50.3571428571 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.5692041522 BMI Start:
21.1325692042 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
I don't think it sounds superficial at all...I did the surgery to get HEALTHY...I never dreamed I would get this far...I kept telling everyone I would be happy with 100 pound weight loss...I lost that in the first 6 months....I was NEVER this size and NEVER thought I would be SO miserable with the skin....now that I'm healthy, it's ALL gotten superficial...and that feels selfish... I understand what you are saying...I remember when I got under 200...and the stalls...and thinking, "I will NEVER get to my goal".....stick to your plan and you will get EXACTLY where you want to be...and maybe less....I would have been COMPLETELY happy at 180...never dreamed I would see the scales where they are now... |
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11-20-2008, 08:13 PM
| #30 (permalink) |
| Guru In Training Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oregon
Posts: 200
Blog Entries: 7 Weight Statistics 2001 Start Date:
June 24, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
379 lb Start Weight:
239 lb Current Weight:
179 lb Goal Weight:
140 lb Weight Loss:
60 lb Lb Left to Lose:
36.9393139842 % % Lost:
2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 63.0620118343 BMI Start:
39.7673372781 BMI Current:
29.7839053254 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
Your message could be a page from my journal. I feel the same way! I was in my 20's when I weighed 241. I am feeling born again--because my second life is upon me. I used to be looking down the barrell of a double loaded shot gun with a hair trigger. Now I am looking forward to falling in love and having it reciprocated, going on trips, riding a roller coaster and fitting. So many doors were closed, and they are flung wide open! God Bless you on your Journey. Your "rambings" sound perfectly normal for what we are going through. |
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