angelav

I've hit this NASTY thing called a plateau I know I shouldn't be upset...I'm almost 9 months out and down 114lbs. I've been on a plateau for about a month. Instead of being happy with my progress, I find myself having anxiety. I have serious anxiety that I will not lose anymore weight and will but stuck in a size 10 forever. Coming from a girl who was wearing a 22/24 9 months ago this sounds nuts. I know this all sounds crazy but I really feel like this. My original goal was to be a size 10...now that I'm here I'm not satisfied. I was NEVER a size 10, well maybe in elementary school. I am worried that I'm TOO caught up in this whole size/weight thing. Why can't I be happy with my new healthy life??? Is it that I don't really see what's in the mirror??? Why do I not see myself ever getting to goal??? Ahhhh this last 20 lbs is going to freakin kill me. Enough bitching and complaining, I really do have a lot to be thankful for. Thanks for letting me vent

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Angela
Dr.Potts
RNY Lap 7/9/04 280
Now...HAPPY, HEALTHY & LIVING!!!
New Mommy to be...7/1/08

bridgetgirl

You need to have more sex!

Switch things up my lil chick a dee, switch up the diet routine and tell that fine trainer of yours about it, tell him you need to switch up your workout! Up your caloric intake for a few days... lets us know what happens!

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J.Bridget Fisher aka koi-pea
2/9/04 lap 5'11"
298/170-trying to lose another 10

www.myspace.com/caliclovercutie
What Sawyer would call me on LOST: ladybug

"People will argue with you that getting what you want in life isn’t something you can learn, if you’re destined to be one of the worlds winners as opposed to one of its perpetual whiners, its because you have been born with the right talents and temperament and have a big dose of self-esteem, ambition, and good judgment." Kate White

stakeda

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Stacie
Lap
Dr. Callery
7/7/04
259/145/140

"We should never let our fears hold us back from pursuing hopes." John F. Kennedy

A life without examining.....is not worth living! Soccrates

Christina

Angela,

I know that right now you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. That is perfectly normal. Congrats on your fabulous weight loss.. and being in a size 10!!! A freaking size 10!! You're tiny!!! You rock!!! Chin up my friend.. this too shall pass..

Just be happy with who you are.. heck you're gorgeous.. what do you have to worry about?

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Christina
Open RNY 03/31/2004
274/128/137 (131 Per Dr. C)
BMI: 47 / 22

"There's nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility is being superior to your former self." - Ernest Miller Hemingway

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford

pambragg

Ang,
I think this comes from never being satisfied with how we looked in the past. No matter what, you rock, you look fantastic and you are too hot! I love you chickie, hope to see you on Sat eve. Lots of love, me

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Pam
Open 7/7/04 Dr Callery
333/130/150.........20 lbs below goal now!!
Start/current/goal
TT done 7/19/06
BMI pre-op 57.2
BMI now 21.6....OMG...I'm freaking "normal"

"You are the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it."

Jeanie

HELLO are you kidding me??? You're HOT! You look awesome. Just keep up the fight, and working out and it will come off, but if it doesn't remeber that you look awesome just the way you are.
Hey you should loose that weight just by looking at your trainer (oh mama is he hot). It's going to be hard for me to even think about working out when I start going to him. Hey at least you'll be laughing at me, and laughing makes you burn calories. WOW I just might help you shed that 20 pounds.

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Jeanie
Lap Dr. Callery
July 7, 2004
Savanna Annmarie was born on 10/14/2008

Dara

Angela:

A lot of us have the same problem...body dysmorphic disorder. You don't really see a woman who's a size 10 when you look in the mirror. I bet you look at your size 10 clothes sometimes and say, "There's no way I'll fit in that." Our heads play tricks with our eyes. If you watched a woman pick out a size 10 in the store, you would probably look at her and not believe you looked anywhere near her size. It's extremely frustrating, I know. I have the same exact problem. I pull my size 4 jeans from the dryer and look at them as I hang them up. I still can't imagine that I can pull those jeans on my fat a$$.

The best advice I can give you is to TAKE PICTURES of yourself. Take lots of them. In different outfits, in different scenarios. Then study those pictures. Go back and look at them again after a while. The photos I took of you Saturday are a perfect example. I see a very slender young woman. To me, you look the same size as I am!

Your head will eventually catch up. Like I feel, however: "Only God knows when!"

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Dara
Open RNY 4/27/04 Dr. Callery
10-15 lbs. above goal weight and okay with it

watergirl

Head up Girl! You've done an amazing thing, loosing 114 pounds! That is absolutely incredable! YOU TOTALLY ROCK! You look gorgeous!

I know from past weight loss attempts, for example Phen-fen - got down to a size 4 and still thought I was fat. I think, I THINK, I have a better perspective on things as I'm much older and wiser, Right! So far, I think it's right. I'll let you know if things change.

I think Dara's advice is good. Take lots of pictures and really look at them. I'm going to try this myself.

Keep that beautiful head held high!

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Kim
On the road of life, it's not where you go, gut who's by your side that makes the difference.

Wherever you go....there you are.

Wrinkles only go where the smiles have been. - Jimmy Buffett

Lap RNY 8.9.04
266/130
Start BMI 41.6
Current BMI 19.9 I'm finally NORMAL! No longer Morbidly Obese, Obese or Overweight!

Myspace: My URL
http://www.myspace.com/h2o_woman

Gladitsme

Angela,

I haven't met you in person, but your photo shows a normal weight young lady with very nice legs. I agree with Dara, take photos and compare before and after -- honey, I'd never know you had been fat looking at the party photo. But my opinion isn't what matters, it's what's in your head. Girl you lost 114 lbs! Thats another whole person, look at what you've accomplished.

Dr. Callery said at his seminar that it can take up to a year for people to really get their head around the fact that they are a normal weight. You've got plenty of time.

I hope I look half as good as you after I lose weight.

Hugs.

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Nancy
7/19/05 Lap RNY Dr.Callery


Just call me SisterBear!

angelav

I knew I came to the right place!!! You are the only people in my life who understand what I'm going through

I made a healthy decision today to stay the hell off the scale...that's right folks I'm not going to weigh myself. Yes, that damn scale has become an obession. I did start a new workout so that could be the cause of my weightloss halt. Fat turning into muscle crap...who the hell knows??? Anyways no more obsessing over weight or clothes size...I'm over it (for now at least)

Thanks again for supporting me and the encouraging words, it really means a lot to me. You guys are the best support EVER!!! The Callery/Potts kids ROCK

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Angela
Dr.Potts
RNY Lap 7/9/04 280
Now...HAPPY, HEALTHY & LIVING!!!
New Mommy to be...7/1/08