PJbanster

Yay to 1 week! I was so terrible about my protein the first 2 weeks post op. I would just forget to eat ... well drink anything. Everything will just become routine within 2 months, at least it did for me.

Ya it feels great to get the compliments. Then you have to deal with rude jealous people too haha. Clothes are SUCH an issue! All the ladies at work are like omg you shouldn't wear those pants anymore they're so big. I'm like... you wanna buy me some new clothes? Even when you buy them cheap it gets expensive when you need new clothes ever other week.

I'm usually tighter in the mornings, so I definitely have to eat slower for breakfast. As long as the eggs are not dry I usually have a scarmbled egg with a little cheese sprinkled on it for breakfast. During the week I eat about 2 hours after I get up. On the weekends usually just when I get around to it. I occasionally will have oatmeal or cereal. Sometimes I'll just drink a shake or a glass of milk.

I can't believe you saw 128! Miss you Sap!

I have lost 103 lbs and my body has decided to stall out on the weight loss. It's been 13 days since I've had any weight loss! I'm drinking my water, tracking my calories, and exercising. Has anyone else experience a stall out like this?

Well I went from an hour of doing 3.5-4 mph on the treadmill to about 40-45 mins on the treadmill but 10-15 mins of that I bumped up to a jog. It worked =) The scale is creeping down again!

It took 9 days to lose 0.60 of a pound. The scale moved back up, so it's been 13 days since I've actually lost weight. It's so frustrating! I know it's silly to feel so frustrated I've lost 103 lbs, but I haven't gone this long before without weight loss. I've heard that a lot of people will stall around 100 lbs. I hope that's all it is, because I'm still eating right, drinking all my water, and I'm still exercising. This is where I have to take my own advice and just push through it and keep doing what I'm doing until my body snaps out of it. I'm trying to breathe and stay positive and is it hard! I know any day now the scale will reflect my work, but getting to that point... grrr I say GRR!!

funny it was exactly 9 days before it started moving again

Last week I lost 6 lbs. This week my scale is like screw you lady I'm not budging! Oh well a stall out always follows a really good loss. Things could be worse I could be gaining! On a happy note... 3 day weekend can't wait to sleep!

The stupid scale finally moved 6 tenths of a pound down this morning! Took 9 days but whew it feels good to finally see it go down. I was talking with a co worker today who got the sleeve done last week. We were discussing how other people comment on our weight loss and how hard it is for us to see us the way others do. I mean I never saw myself as the 346 lb girl that I was until I started losing weight and now I see it. The problem is now I can't stop seeing myself as the 346 lb girl and i'm 103 lbs lighter! I can see the difference in pictures but in day to day life I think in my head people look at me and see THAT girl and that's how it'll always be. I wonder if other people feel that way.

I weigh myself every morning when I first wake up, naked, after I sprinkle and before I eat. I have a spreadsheet of my weights I'm a complete scale whore lol. But the spreadsheet helps me see my weight loss patterns. I MIGHT occasionally weigh myself after a run just to see that lower number haha! I SO have done the whole OMG I have to weigh less after a BM lol I love seeing other people do the same thing. It's so funny how we get excited just to be down 0.1!

Grats on your progress! Keep up the good work!

oops double poster offense!

It seems when I get the right amount of protein and drink the right amount of water I crave sweets less.

It seems that when I get the amount of protein I'm supposed to have and drink a lot of water I don't crave sweets as much.

So when I was on my post op liquid diet my husband dropped about 20 lbs because he was living on salads and sandwiches and not actually cooking for himself. Kinda sickening how simple it was for him. I have finally passed him in weight and he decides he wants to lose about 50 lbs. I put him on a diet and now he's starting to catch up to me! He's only 4 lbs heavier than me. I mean I'm glad he's dropping some weight, but man it's like win lose if he catches me on my weight again haha. I guess I'll just take comfort in knowing that EVENTUALLY he won't be able to go as low as me. At least I hope... he's 6'1" and I'm 5'8" To answer a few questions... I only lost about 7 lbs pre op. 21 lbs the first month post op. I average about 12ish lbs a month. I try to exercise lately anywhere from 3-6 hours a week. I try to keep my calories around 1200 a day. It is challenging to get all the calories in lately, but I try to drink my protein to make up the difference. If I go below 1200 for too long I will usually stall a bit. EVERYONE is different here. You have to learn what works for you.

When I was first banded I had a friend from this forum tell me that one day people will all the sudden notice you've lost weight and act like it happened over night. Well it's finally happened! Yesterday I came to work feeling confident in smaller clothes and a new hair cut. I was stopped by so many people and they all had to tell me they didn't recognize me, they're so impressed with my weight loss, and that it just happened over night. What a shock to me! This has been the longest night ever lol. 7 mo of counting my calories and wearing my treadmill out. Even still, it feels GREAT to hear the compliments. If you're not there yet just remember it's coming! Every little fraction of a pound is worth celebrating. For the record I was down another 0.20 of a pound this morning... oh ya it definitely called for a naked dance! I guess I should add that as much as you should celebrate every weight loss, try not to freak out if you wake up one morning a pound or more heavier. I'm sure you've experienced it by now, lack of sleep, lack of water, or a slight change in the breeze can sometimes affect that number... temporarily. Keep pushing through those rough spots and you'll get there. Now! Remember this because I'm sure I'll have a low at some point and I'll need someone to help me get through it.

I'm feeling all motivated again! ABOUT TIME! I was stuck at 247 ONE STINKIN WHOLE POUND above the 100 lb loss mark. I woke up and OMG I'm 244! 7 months in and 102 lbs lost! I have to laugh at myself yet again, because I freak out when I'm only losing a 10th or two 10ths of a pound here or there. I'm all POOR ME! It doesn't matter if I've lost 6 lbs the week before haha. I'm pretty sure we all get like that. I was walking in to work with my husband and one of the women I work with followed me in. She made me feel good because she said when she first saw me she said OMG who is that skinny (word I won't say here) with him! I'm not skinny but it it sure makes me feel good to hear it. I even had ice cream this weekend...twice . I've been working out so much I STILL lost. MUUUHAHAHHAHA..cough cough.... HA! (evil laugh) \ OH and I have tried to comment on other people's blogs and when I hit comment nothing happens. Is there some setting I've missed?