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03-26-2006, 11:47 AM
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| Super Moderator  |  Be Well, Be Happy Is what I often write at the end of my letters to my closest friends. Yes, BE well, BE happy, not, I wish you well, I wish you happiness. Wellness, as in health is, I believe, not just a physical state, but the state of one's mind, the frame of one's mind. Happiness is not something that will come to you one day from up above or wherever, it is not something you will find once you get what you craved for. Being well has been my territory just about all of my adult life, counting med school, which is also is well over half my life. Even if you have to take medication to control certain aspects of your physical condition, it is up to you to do what needs to be done to maintain one's health in the best possible state. There are millions of medications, millions of how-to books, millions of exercises out there, but if you don't get up and exert the neccessary control over your daily activities, not even the best medication the doctors prescribe is going to do any good. If you can't control this, then you don't have a healthy state of mind, a healthy frame of mind, so you're not going to have a sense of physical well being. Happiness is not a relative thing, but something that comes to you only with your peace of mind, only with liking and loving who you are. You won't find happiness once you get something you covert after, more likely, you will find that you crave for something else....just like when you go for that bad carb, it won't satisfy your hunger, but rather will make you crave for more...and you find yourself unhappy for it. You have to take stock of what you have, be grateful for what you have, and not look around for what you lack. You need to let go of what you want, and seek what you need, instead. Even if what you have looks bad, take a very good look, and you'll find there's some good there. It's just a point of view. Like, you may hate carrots, how they taste, how hard they are, but, they are loaded with carotins and vitamins, and if you chew on them carefully, they are pretty sweet. Very good for you body, even if they taste ick. In every bad, there's a seed of good. Likewise, in every good, there's a seed of bad. You have to tend carefully so you can have the good seed growing, not the bad. You have to let go of your wants, and seek your needs to fulfil yourself and be happy. Both wellness and happiness takes a lot of hard, back breaking work. Reaching goal weight is only halfway to the goal. As Craig says in his article, The Journey is the Destination ,we are all ongoing work...all through our lives. That's why I write, be well, be happy. We are not going to have wellness and happiness drop by and join us, we have to work hard for it, and only when we work, will we have the satisfaction...that we have worked hard, and deserve our health and happiness. A healthy mind in a healthy body.
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04-02-2008, 10:49 PM
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| Super Moderator | This thread is a couple of years old, but this is something I always hold true to my heart. So, BUMP, I hope someone out there will find this helps them. (((((((HUGS)))))
__________________ "In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun." Just a li'l bit 'bout myself |
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04-03-2008, 11:04 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: May 2007 Location: minnesota
Posts: 3,693
Weight Statistics july 21, 2007 Start Date:
august 17, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 339 lb Start Weight:
185 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
154 lb Weight Loss:
25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.4277286136 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 54.7100550964 BMI Start:
29.8565197429 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | wow doc thanks so much, i really needed that!!
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04-03-2008, 11:11 AM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Near St. Louis, MO.
Posts: 947
Weight Statistics 04/17/2007 Start Date:
April 30, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5" Height: 296 lb Start Weight:
168 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
128 lb Weight Loss:
18 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.2432432432 % % Lost:
05/21/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 49.2515976331 BMI Start:
27.9536094675 BMI Current:
24.9585798817 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | Very nice writing!!! Thanks Doc!! |
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04-03-2008, 11:25 AM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North West, NJ
Posts: 1,086
Weight Statistics 1/14/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 10" Height: 330 lb Start Weight:
255 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
75 lb Weight Loss:
75 lb Lb Left to Lose:
22.7272727273 % % Lost:
Summer 09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 47.3448979592 BMI Start:
36.5846938776 BMI Current:
25.8244897959 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | What would we do without you Doc? You keep it all together for us! Thanks for everything 
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04-03-2008, 11:31 AM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: AZ
Posts: 879
Weight Statistics January 1, 2008 Start Date:
January 11, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 339 lb Start Weight:
234 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
105 lb Weight Loss:
69 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.9734513274 % % Lost:
July 4, 2009 FIREWORKS, BABY! Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 53.0891067053 BMI Start:
36.6455780798 BMI Current:
25.8398306973 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Thanks Doc! Your words ring so true, I believe being happy and being well are a choice we make. It is surely an ongoing practice to "Be well and be happy" but so worth the rewards!
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04-03-2008, 11:49 AM
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| WLS Master Guru Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Troy,ny
Posts: 929
Weight Statistics Since birth:) Start Date:
postponed until ? Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 319 lb Start Weight:
308 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
11 lb Weight Loss:
158 lb Lb Left to Lose:
3.44827586207 % % Lost:
sometime in 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 51.4823232323 BMI Start:
49.7070707071 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method - | Doc very well said. So true.....We look for happiness from outward pleasures but to be truly happy we only have to love ourselves. Then everything truly falls into place.
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04-03-2008, 12:00 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ct
Posts: 840
Weight Statistics 03/29/07 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 257 lb Start Weight:
137 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
120 lb Weight Loss:
-13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.6926070039 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 40.2474938739 BMI Start:
21.4548897305 BMI Current:
23.4907551793 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | Just beautiful Doc, and it definitely makes so much sense. Puts a whole new prospective on life, doesn't it? Be Well, Be Happy. Thanks for sharing.
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04-03-2008, 12:07 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama
Posts: 2,117
Weight Statistics 9/28/07 Start Date:
9/28/07 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 279 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
85 lb Weight Loss:
29 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.4659498208 % % Lost:
18 months Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 45.0268595041 BMI Start:
31.3089990817 BMI Current:
26.6287878788 BMI Goal:
| Thanks for the reminder, Doc. Well said.
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04-03-2008, 12:08 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: WADING RIVER (Long Island), NY
Posts: 4,860
Weight Statistics 7/16/07 Start Date:
7/16/07 Surgery Date:
4' 11" Height: 230 lb Start Weight:
139 lb Current Weight:
115 lb Goal Weight:
91 lb Weight Loss:
24 lb Lb Left to Lose:
39.5652173913 % % Lost:
12/31/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 46.4492961793 BMI Start:
28.0715311692 BMI Current:
23.2246480896 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Amen!!!! Very Well Put And Soooo True!!!! Its All Up To Us
__________________ 3/2008 PREG. START WT 144LBS. GOAL WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL AFTER BABY  230 lbs 7/2007 & 142 lbs 4/2008     |
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