Originally Posted by NannySandy

Man, when you miss any amt of time on here, you come back to pages and pages. I love it! The posts here keep me motivated and going. Thanks everyone for posting so often. Thanks Missy for your much needed humor!!!

Yesterday I went for physical therapy. As I walk up to the counter to sign in, the receptionist was eating a scrumptious looking dessert. Well....that got my mind to racing, thinking how I would love to have some kind of dessert. Thank goodness I couldn't leave for the next hr or I probably would have made a quick dash to the bakery. During my hour of PT, I got to thinking about how good I have done this week with my food choices and exercise. I do NOT want to set myself back a week. So I had an hr to talk myself out of eating something fattenting. When I left PT, I came straight home, where there is nothing fattening to eat. YEAH me!!!!

I wasn't going to weigh myself until tomorrow, with tomorrow being 1 wk of dieting, but decided after the close call of bakery goods yesterday, I should weigh myself to see the results of my doing so good. I am thrilled........I have lost 5.7 lbs. YEAH ME!!!!!!! I was at 257.1 this morning. My next goal is for 8 lbs, which will get me out of the 250's. I am now so psyched up into doing good. Go away bakery goods!!!!!! I will NEVER see 262.8 lbs on my scales again. NEVER!!!!!! Sandy

Originally Posted by BMP

Missy not to rain on your parade but almost all scales weigh you in at a different weight, your correct loss will only be true if you weigh on the same scale that you weighed on in the beginning.My home scale and my Dr are never the same even if weigh myslef on both within hours of each other, I have done it to compare....
Glad to hear that you are going down the scale so well....

Originally Posted by MissyGirl

I went to the hospital today to weigh and thank goodness I did!! My scale did not weigh me correctly. I now weight 391.1 pounds. That means that since January 1 I have lost 8.9 pounds!! This month is starting off good and with the exercise I have been doing I think things are finally starting to pay off for me.

Next week I begin yoga and I am very happy about that. I will continue to walk the two miles 3x a week at the indoor pool.

SOOO...YEAH!!! The surgeon said today that I could lose 15-20 pounds this month because of my base weight and the activity/nutrition plan that I am following!!! I am so happy about that!!

Oh well. I am so glad to finally have some good numbers to report. I started out at 466.00 and now I am at 391.1!! I am a happy girl tonight!

Missy

Originally Posted by remclave

OMG! Congratulations! That is absolutely fantastic!

I'm just happy to see the numbers not go up. I'm "on cycle" this week. Even though I've already been through menopause (confirmed by a doctor's blood test) I still get monthly swings and shakes. I can only think that my body doesn't want to give up. So, New Year's Day, I weighed 249.8. Over the next two days it shot up to 252.8 and has been creeeeeeeepppiinnngggg steadily downward and today I saw 251 even. I keep hoping for a whoosh!

Originally Posted by BMP

Missy are you considering bariatric bypass ?? I know several people who have been sucessful with the lap band and its less invasive.

I give you lots and lots of kudos for losing on your own, its a hard long road but in the end much safer than other methods. Congrats on your loss so far.

I havent dared get on the scales yet, usually I can tell if I am losing but for some reason I am not getting it yet. I am just hoping its because I have started back to regular excerise and my muscles are storing water/fluid for repair. they are certainly sore. I cant beleive how fast you can lose muscle tone, its only been a few months and I feel like its been a few years since I have worked out. I wont do this to myself again.