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Honeymoon is OVER!

Vicki0618

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blogs/blog-0858745001366821551.jpg7 weeks Post Op and the Honeymoon is OVER for me. The first 3 weeks the weight melted off, then I had the dreaded stall. The stall broke and now I am losing 1-2 pounds a week. Which is great! BUT, it is definitely work! I am having to make very conscience decisions about what I eat and to exercise. Sound familiar?? Sounds like the standard eat less, move more mantra that every doctor/nutritionist has told me my whole life. :wacko: DUH!!

 

See, I am one of those "lucky" ones that can tolerate anything. Nothing makes me sick, I guess I have a sleeve of steel to quote someone else. Now, I am limited to how much I can eat which is definitely a good thing. Because I CAN eat anything doesn't mean I SHOULD. This weekend was my eye opener. We had people over and I discovered that I can drink...DANG! I had a couple drinks, and I munched ALOT. I can eat a little something, then a little bit later I can eat a little more. I felt like I was eating all night. I did keep track of everything on Myfitnesspal on my phone so I have a really good idea of what it really looked like. When you add in the drinks (which were vodka and diet cranberry, which is a decent choice) I ended up close to 1200 calories for the day. Pre-Surgery that would have been a GREAT day. However post surgery that was very eye opening for me. I could see very clearly that my choices and decisions are going to make a huge difference in my outcome...regardless of the surgery! The surgery helps, for sure, but I am still going to have to do the work or I'll be right back to where I started!!

 

So like any normal person, the next day, I picked myself up...took the lessons to heart...and started over. Made good food choices and kept exercising. I say "like any normal person" because previously this would not be the way I handled it. I would have said "oh well, I blew it so I might as well quit" and my one day of bad eating would have turned into 2, then 3 then a week. :(

 

I am alternating between walking and riding my bike (the picture is of me the other day with my uber-cool cruiser bike!) and I just found out that 24 hour fitness has a great deal going on so I think tomorrow (pay day) I'll be joining the gym too! I think that's a good reward for losing almost 50 lbs!! B)

 

 

Heaviest Weight: 281

3/6/13 Surgery: 257 (-24)

3/13/13: 251 (-6)

3/20/13: 245 (-6)

3/28/13: 238 (-7)

4/3/13: 238 (-0)

FIRST MONTH -19#

4/10/13: 237 (-1)

4/17/13: 235 (-2)

4/24/13: 233 (-2)



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Thanks for this update. I think my honeymoon is over too. I had surgery in February, so that's 2.5 months ago. Since surgery I have only lost 21 lbs. Since I started the bariatric program I have lost an additional 10 lbs. So that's about 31 total. Not miraculous but I am happy to see the weight going down. I recently joined a gym and really have to hit hard at least 4 days a week. I am meticulous on the MFP app and rarely cross 800-900 cal. (on a couple splurge days I saw it reach 1000 and I agree with you, all the grazing adds up.) I have a stomach of steel too, I have had no nausea or any issues...if I eat fast I just feel deathly full. I also saw a dietician to get me on track and of course its all stuff we know: eat your protein first, don't eat carbs, drink your water, exercise. We have the knowledge, just implementing it is hard. I need to stay motivate and look at the bigger picture here.

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Sound to me like you are learning to live... we are all going to have to do it... and my goodness LOOK at you!! You look amazing... and you have something we all have now. Hope!

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