mistymee

Okay- first a confession.. I guess Cinerbelle has started something there.. my scale is showing a (small) gain today and I didn't change my sig. I know it will continue to go back down so I figured I'd just leave it..

*Anyway*.. because I seem to be on a bit of a stall and the scale is showing an actual gain, I decided it's time to drag out the measuring tape.. here are some numbers:

Neck: 2 inches
Biceps: 2.75 & 3 inches= 5.75
Forearm: .75 & 1 inches= 1.75
Chest: 6.75 inches (grrrr)
Waist: 7 inches
Hips :5.5 inches (grrr again, but for the opposite reason )
Thighs: 3.5 & 3.5 = 7
Calves: 1.5 & 1.75 =3.25

Grand total= 39 inches

OH MY!

Slowly but surely, I will get there! woo hoo...

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'thann

Those numbers don't lie! And I'm laughing about your grrr comments -- I know I'll be in the same boat!

'thann

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Lap RNY: 04/29/2008
280 | 250 | 154| 140
Highest | Day of surgery | Now| My goal
Gall bladder removal: 03/20/2009

Godsblessedme

wow Kelly see that is fabulous! what a dramatic result. (hmm another stall too huh? God i so feel your pain what the heck is wrong that we keep stalling every other week or so)

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Deborah
Highest weight 268
Surgery Date: 12/18/07 Lap RNY
Current Loss: However far this journey will take me Current Weight:175 (10/26/09) and finally a SIZE 12

mistymee

I don't know.. I was going to say it bugs the you know WHAT out of me, but unlike you.. not really.. I'm sooo constipated along with everything else... Geof told me it's cuz I'm full o'sh*t.. the brat!
Why is it that I lose SO much off from my boobage area, but nothing on the belly? I mean.. who am I kidding.. that isn't my 'hip' measurement at all, it's my sagging, hanging fatness.. GRRR.. It just doesn't seem to want to leave there.. some of my tops are loose up near my shoulders and whatnot.. but not anywhere near loose near that belly :-(

But I am focusing on the POSITIVE.. it's still inches off, right? (working to convince myself here.. )

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Godsblessedme

Kel omg you got me crackin up! i too have lost (well there just closer to my knees) most of my chest or top 1/2 of me and my butt and big tummy are STILL THERE.
I'm glad stalling doesnt bug you like it does me your blessed with that. But Geof is probably right, maybe get some milk of magnesia and have a ball in the toilet and you'll probably loose 10 pounds

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Deborah
Highest weight 268
Surgery Date: 12/18/07 Lap RNY
Current Loss: However far this journey will take me Current Weight:175 (10/26/09) and finally a SIZE 12

MiladyB

Awesome change, lady!! That is a WOW to be proud of!! Souns like lose like I did....most certainly it went from the top down...hmmmm...same way the skin wanted to go too.

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~Beth~

Little Victories; Grand Rapids, MI
Bariatric Support Group

Diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, high cholesterol,
peripheral vein disease, joint pain and 210 lbs GONE!!


Century Club: July 3, 2006
ONE-derland: Dec. 22, 2006
Double Century: May 29, 2007
Goal: June 15, 2008

Lap RNY: 1/30/06-Dr Randal Baker
TT/BL: 09/21/07-Dr Ronald Ford
PS Revisions: 04/29/08-Dr Ronald Ford
Gallbladder: 05/14/08-Dr Randal Baker
Emergency surgery (Intussusception): 02/29/09-Dr James Foote

mistymee

Oh, don't misunderstand.. the stalls drive me BATTY.. I give myself a lot of pep talks, reminding myself that I didn't get fat in a day and I'm not going to become completely healthy in a day, either.

I get SO annoyed that I've "Only" lost 70 lbs so far.. but then I think WHAT.. *I* lost 70 lbs ALREADY??? I've never accomplished that much weight loss in such a short time before so why am I complaining?

And life has changed so significantly for me already, in little but noticeable ways.. not even counting the three walks I take every day, but things like being at the grocery store and the woman in front of me dropped a jar of peanut butter... I bent down quickly and handed it to her.. My daughter, who came home from college today said "Wow, Mom.. there was a time when you would have told me to get it for her but you just jumped right on it". And she noticed I parked as far away from the door of the store instead of heading to the spots up close.

And my lovely girl, a solid muscular girl in size 11 but who eats *crap* day in/day out said that maybe she would benefit from eating a bit better and so we spent some time in Whole Foods looking around- she's not a convert yet, but I have all summer to work on her :-)

So, yeah, I do wish I could be like some of the others whose weight has just whooshed off..but you & me, Deborah, we can stick together and celebrate these smaller milestones, okay?

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mistymee

Thanks, Beth.. that means a lot

Yeah, top down is definitely the way I'm headed.. everything seems to be pointing downwards too, LOL. I'm looking forward to being able to buy a wonderbra, once I'm willing to part with my money for some new stuff.. so far, I've managed to get by without buying anything!

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Godsblessedme

Yeah Kel we'll will stick together haahaa a wonderbra girl my poor bra really never held anything up i think i just wore it to please my 15 year old girl who would say "Mom OMG are you even wearing a bra!" hahaa i refuse to buy a good bra until i loose way more weight and then the bra can really work wonders

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Deborah
Highest weight 268
Surgery Date: 12/18/07 Lap RNY
Current Loss: However far this journey will take me Current Weight:175 (10/26/09) and finally a SIZE 12

mistymee

Believe me, Deborah, I'm not buying *anything* until I absolutely have to. While going through some boxes I found a couple dozen bras, total.. of all various sizes.

I've also found a product that is cheap but really helps extend the length of time I can get away with wearing the bras I do have..

Secure it Strap

These work REALLY well at keeping the looser straps in place and it kind of hoists the puppies up a bit I found them at a local outlet mall (bra) store, so I didn't have to pay any shipping.

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