A new year

You know the strange thing, the gym took my monthly measurements yesterday.
I've lost an inch on my waist and about .50"-.75" off of my arms. My calves
stayed the same. My chest and hips were both up about .50" from the
previous month's measurments! I also gained about .25" on my thighs! The
trainer tells me that I am building muscle right now. However, that does
little to comfort me, as I have plenty of fat in those areas that should be
melting away. It is weird that my waist and arms are a bit smaller but my
hips, thighs and bust have increased.

232? I won't let you pass me up!!!

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"Paul" wrote in message
...
Thanks so much Gyrl,

Congrats on the 6 lbs. loss this last month. I saw your updated picture
today and can see your face and hips are thinning out. Keep it up girl.
By
the way I hopped on the scale yesterday after working out and weighed 232
(nearing a 70 pound total loss). I don't really count this as my weight
cause I know I lost water. But it's nice to know I've lost some more
weight.

Paul
300/235/175

"Perple Gyrl" wrote in message
...
Paul I have to say that it is so inspiring to witness how you are
changing
your life... especially after the terrible accident you have
survived....
I
am so happy for you that you've come so far!!!

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"Paul" wrote in message
...
Hello Kasey,

Great job on losing your forty-five pounds. I know you can lose all
the
weight you want if you put your mind to it. I had considered having
the
surgery when I reached an all time high of 300 pounds. After visiting
my
doctor and then a dietician I decided to just do it on my own by
changing
my
bad eating habits and start exercising again.

Not to long ago I was using a walker to try to go around the block.
It
took me 20 - 30 minutes to get around the block and my back was in the
worst
pain ever. I was almost ready to give up on my health and life I was
so
miserable. I've been recovering from a flying accident where I badly
broke
my left leg and right foot two and a half years ago. The first five
months
were spent in a hospital bed in my living room and legs never touching
the
floor. You'd be surprise how much pain your feet incur when your
blood
and
body weight go to them after 5 months in bed...OUCH!

For another year or so I wore an external fixator around my left leg
with
three halos and about ten pins going into my leg to hold my bones
together
and I had three pins holding my right foot together. Needless to say
I
had
a long road ahead of me. The whole time of my recovery the only thing
I
looked forward to was three meals a day and watching TV all day. Only
problem was I gained thirty to forty pounds to my already obese body.

After seeing my dieticians list of food and portions on a piece of
paper
I
knew if I was suppose to be able to live on the amount of food that I
was
already eating way too much and I already knew I ate the wrong types
of
food. Since I've started eating better four or five months ago I
haven't
had any french fries or burgers and am eating more fruits and
vegetables
and
I'm feeling great. Now I walk around 4 miles a day and use a stair
climber
at home. My back no longer hurts and I'm getting the weight off my
bad
left
knee and my feet don't hurt as bad.

I've lost sixty-five pounds so far and have another sixty to go. I
want
to get to 175 as my ultimate goal, but if I get below 200 I'll be a
happy
camper. I know you can lose your weight if you want to. My wife had
two
friends who had the surgery method, one had GP and has lost over 100
pounds
so far and still has a ways to go, the other died after the lap ban
surgery.
I thought to myself that if people who go the surgery route and have
to
be
forced to change their diet to some ridiculous amount then I owed it
to
myself to make a serious change in my eating habits and try to lose
the
weight before letting someone change my internal organ path for life.

I'm so glad I went the natural route and I know you will too. It
doesn't
come off overnight but it does come off and it feels so good.

Good luck with your weight loss endeavors and sorry for writing a
book...lol,

Paul
300/235/175


"Kasey" wrote in message
om...
Happy New Year, everyone.

This is my first post here. I have lurked for weeks.

I am a 51-year-old woman.

I started a new WOE (see, I read the FAQ!) on Oct. 13, 2003, when I
weighed 365 pounds. (I am 5 feet, 8 inches tall.) It was my highest
weight ever, one that I had maintained for at least three years.

On that date, I had my first meeting with a gastric bypass surgeon,
after waiting nine months and enduring myriad pre-op tests. He
wanted
me to return with a small weight loss, to demonstrate my commitment
to
the lifestyle that post-gastric bypass patients must follow.

I won't bore anyone with the details, but factors beyond my control
have conspired to push back any possibility of having the surgery to
late spring at the earliest.

But I'm thinking I might not have the surgery, because:

I've been working with a nutritionist who advised counting calories
and limiting my intake to fewer than 2,000 daily. I use FitDay.com
to
keep track.

On Jan. 7, 2004, my most recent meeting with the nutritionist, I
weighed 320 pounds.

At my highest weight, I could not walk more than a city block
without
getting winded and developing back spasms. Now I can walk a half
mile,
and I hope to get up to three miles a day or equivalent aerobics by
midyear.

I have been doing OK on my own, but I know the beginning of any new
WOE usually shows the most dramatic results.

I have a very long way to go. This newsgroup has been informative
and
provocative, and something of a help.

Kasey
365/320/???

"Kasey" wrote in message
om...
Happy New Year, everyone.

This is my first post here. I have lurked for weeks.

I am a 51-year-old woman.

I started a new WOE (see, I read the FAQ!) on Oct. 13, 2003, when I
weighed 365 pounds. (I am 5 feet, 8 inches tall.) It was my highest
weight ever, one that I had maintained for at least three years.

On that date, I had my first meeting with a gastric bypass surgeon,
after waiting nine months and enduring myriad pre-op tests. He wanted
me to return with a small weight loss, to demonstrate my commitment to
the lifestyle that post-gastric bypass patients must follow.

I won't bore anyone with the details, but factors beyond my control
have conspired to push back any possibility of having the surgery to
late spring at the earliest.

But I'm thinking I might not have the surgery, because:

I've been working with a nutritionist who advised counting calories
and limiting my intake to fewer than 2,000 daily. I use FitDay.com to
keep track.

On Jan. 7, 2004, my most recent meeting with the nutritionist, I
weighed 320 pounds.

At my highest weight, I could not walk more than a city block without
getting winded and developing back spasms. Now I can walk a half mile,
and I hope to get up to three miles a day or equivalent aerobics by
midyear.

I have been doing OK on my own, but I know the beginning of any new
WOE usually shows the most dramatic results.

I have a very long way to go. This newsgroup has been informative and
provocative, and something of a help.

Kasey
365/320/???

Welcome Kasey. You're certainly doing a fantastic job of losing weight
without the surgery. Hopefully you'll continue on this path.

Hope to see you posting often.

Beverly

Thanks so much Gyrl,

Congrats on the 6 lbs. loss this last month. I saw your updated picture
today and can see your face and hips are thinning out. Keep it up girl. By
the way I hopped on the scale yesterday after working out and weighed 232
(nearing a 70 pound total loss). I don't really count this as my weight
cause I know I lost water. But it's nice to know I've lost some more
weight.

Paul
300/235/175

"Perple Gyrl" wrote in message
...
Paul I have to say that it is so inspiring to witness how you are changing
your life... especially after the terrible accident you have survived....
I
am so happy for you that you've come so far!!!

--
Email me at:
perpleglow(AT)comcast.net
http://community.webshots.com/user/perpleglow


"Paul" wrote in message
...
Hello Kasey,

Great job on losing your forty-five pounds. I know you can lose all
the
weight you want if you put your mind to it. I had considered having the
surgery when I reached an all time high of 300 pounds. After visiting
my
doctor and then a dietician I decided to just do it on my own by
changing
my
bad eating habits and start exercising again.

Not to long ago I was using a walker to try to go around the block.
It
took me 20 - 30 minutes to get around the block and my back was in the
worst
pain ever. I was almost ready to give up on my health and life I was so
miserable. I've been recovering from a flying accident where I badly
broke
my left leg and right foot two and a half years ago. The first five
months
were spent in a hospital bed in my living room and legs never touching
the
floor. You'd be surprise how much pain your feet incur when your blood
and
body weight go to them after 5 months in bed...OUCH!

For another year or so I wore an external fixator around my left leg
with
three halos and about ten pins going into my leg to hold my bones
together
and I had three pins holding my right foot together. Needless to say I
had
a long road ahead of me. The whole time of my recovery the only thing I
looked forward to was three meals a day and watching TV all day. Only
problem was I gained thirty to forty pounds to my already obese body.

After seeing my dieticians list of food and portions on a piece of
paper
I
knew if I was suppose to be able to live on the amount of food that I
was
already eating way too much and I already knew I ate the wrong types of
food. Since I've started eating better four or five months ago I
haven't
had any french fries or burgers and am eating more fruits and vegetables
and
I'm feeling great. Now I walk around 4 miles a day and use a stair
climber
at home. My back no longer hurts and I'm getting the weight off my bad
left
knee and my feet don't hurt as bad.

I've lost sixty-five pounds so far and have another sixty to go. I
want
to get to 175 as my ultimate goal, but if I get below 200 I'll be a
happy
camper. I know you can lose your weight if you want to. My wife had
two
friends who had the surgery method, one had GP and has lost over 100
pounds
so far and still has a ways to go, the other died after the lap ban
surgery.
I thought to myself that if people who go the surgery route and have to
be
forced to change their diet to some ridiculous amount then I owed it to
myself to make a serious change in my eating habits and try to lose the
weight before letting someone change my internal organ path for life.

I'm so glad I went the natural route and I know you will too. It
doesn't
come off overnight but it does come off and it feels so good.

Good luck with your weight loss endeavors and sorry for writing a
book...lol,

Paul
300/235/175


"Kasey" wrote in message
om...
Happy New Year, everyone.

This is my first post here. I have lurked for weeks.

I am a 51-year-old woman.

I started a new WOE (see, I read the FAQ!) on Oct. 13, 2003, when I
weighed 365 pounds. (I am 5 feet, 8 inches tall.) It was my highest
weight ever, one that I had maintained for at least three years.

On that date, I had my first meeting with a gastric bypass surgeon,
after waiting nine months and enduring myriad pre-op tests. He wanted
me to return with a small weight loss, to demonstrate my commitment to
the lifestyle that post-gastric bypass patients must follow.

I won't bore anyone with the details, but factors beyond my control
have conspired to push back any possibility of having the surgery to
late spring at the earliest.

But I'm thinking I might not have the surgery, because:

I've been working with a nutritionist who advised counting calories
and limiting my intake to fewer than 2,000 daily. I use FitDay.com to
keep track.

On Jan. 7, 2004, my most recent meeting with the nutritionist, I
weighed 320 pounds.

At my highest weight, I could not walk more than a city block without
getting winded and developing back spasms. Now I can walk a half mile,
and I hope to get up to three miles a day or equivalent aerobics by
midyear.

I have been doing OK on my own, but I know the beginning of any new
WOE usually shows the most dramatic results.

I have a very long way to go. This newsgroup has been informative and
provocative, and something of a help.

Kasey
365/320/???

On 9 Jan 2004 15:31:05 -0800, (Kasey) wrote:

Happy New Year, everyone.

This is my first post here. I have lurked for weeks.

Welcome to asd Kasey. You've done so well so far, let's hope you can
achieve what you want without having to resort to surgery.
Hope to see you posting here often.
Happy New Year to you, too.

janice