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Day 41 -- still 20 pounds gone
2-10-07
265/245/200 Day 41 and still 20 pounds gone. I got on my scale this morning and saw that I was still at 245 - although pretty close to 244 - so still 20 pounds gone. Had about 1400 calories yesterday and about 1100 today (it's now about 7 PM) and so I'm doing pretty well following my low-calorie approach. All I have to do is just keep doing what I'm doing! Tomorrow I'm going walking up my hill in the morning. I have 2 numbers on my watchband - 41 over 20 - indicating that this is day 41 and I've lost 20 pounds. I showed the numbers today to several psychologists (there was a terrific local conference) and they expressed great interest in this approach. (I was also asking a poster- presenter about her research on bariatric surgery patients. Numbers on a watchband sure beat gastric surgery.) I hope everyone has a great weekend and a FANTASTIC week coming up! Yours truly, Caleb |
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Day 41 -- still 20 pounds gone
"Caleb" wrote in message ups.com... 2-10-07 265/245/200 Day 41 and still 20 pounds gone. I got on my scale this morning and saw that I was still at 245 - although pretty close to 244 - so still 20 pounds gone. Had about 1400 calories yesterday and about 1100 today (it's now about 7 PM) and so I'm doing pretty well following my low-calorie approach. All I have to do is just keep doing what I'm doing! Tomorrow I'm going walking up my hill in the morning. I have 2 numbers on my watchband - 41 over 20 - indicating that this is day 41 and I've lost 20 pounds. I showed the numbers today to several psychologists (there was a terrific local conference) and they expressed great interest in this approach. (I was also asking a poster- presenter about her research on bariatric surgery patients. Numbers on a watchband sure beat gastric surgery.) I certainly do agree with you about numbers on a watchband vs bariatric surgery. I was reading a thread in another group about people who had had bariatric surgery who regained the weight. One person said that her doctor told her that 40% of people who have gastric bypass regain the weight within 5 years. 50% of those who have lap band regain the weight within 2 years. That is just plain scarey! Why go through all that if it isn't going to be a permanent solution? |
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Day 41 -- still 20 pounds gone
On Feb 10, 7:42 pm, "teachrmama" wrote:
"Caleb" wrote in message ups.com... 2-10-07 265/245/200 Day 41 and still 20 pounds gone. I got on my scale this morning and saw that I was still at 245 - although pretty close to 244 - so still 20 pounds gone. Had about 1400 calories yesterday and about 1100 today (it's now about 7 PM) and so I'm doing pretty well following my low-calorie approach. All I have to do is just keep doing what I'm doing! Tomorrow I'm going walking up my hill in the morning. I have 2 numbers on my watchband - 41 over 20 - indicating that this is day 41 and I've lost 20 pounds. I showed the numbers today to several psychologists (there was a terrific local conference) and they expressed great interest in this approach. (I was also asking a poster- presenter about her research on bariatric surgery patients. Numbers on a watchband sure beat gastric surgery.) I certainly do agree with you about numbers on a watchband vs bariatric surgery. I was reading a thread in another group about people who had had bariatric surgery who regained the weight. One person said that her doctor told her that 40% of people who have gastric bypass regain the weight within 5 years. 50% of those who have lap band regain the weight within 2 years. That is just plain scarey! Why go through all that if it isn't going to be a permanent solution? Teachrmama -- The person I was talking to yesterday said that weight regain is a huge problem for such surgery. I've thought about the implications of the surgery in the past and I think that one of the things that the surgery does -- at least for a while -- is to consequate overeating behaviors. That is, initially it is painful for people to overeat. However, over time, overeating becomes less and less painful and the person tends to eat more and more. Too bad there is no buzzer that screams, zaps one, etc., when the person has consumed 2000 calories a day. Reminds of the Roman vomitoriums -- although Wikipedia suggests that such places were largely apocryphal. Supposedly there were rooms set up so people could eat and eat and then throw up and eat some more. But according to Wikipedia: "A popular misconception is that the Romans made use of a room called a vomitorium for the express purpose of vomiting between meals to make room for more food. Only a very small minority of the highest classes indulged in the practice of deliberately vomiting. A vomitorium is actually an entirely unrelated architectural feature - a passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre, an exit through which the crowds could "spew out" at the end of a show." Sometimes animal research is informative. There was one early study (I forget who did it) which activated the hunger center of rats. So by pressing a bar, a rat could make itself hungry. The researchers continued to give the rat ordinary tasting rat-chow day after day, etc. But then they gave the rat a large amount of really good tasting food (I'm not sure what it was - liver or something like that) and the rats ate to the point they felt full, and then pressed the little bar to make themselves hungry again, and they proceeded to eat more and more. I agree with Kelly Brownell of Yale University on this - we live in a food-toxic environment, at least it is food-toxic for many of us who overeat. At the same time, we are cautioned time and time again about not under eating, not missing a meal or several meals, as though three meals a day was stamped into us by God rather than the dairy and farm industries, by citrus growers, by Kellogg's, etc. I think if one looked at populations around the world who can maintain healthy eating habits even if they have an overabundance of food, one of the things one sees is a limitation of the variety of foods they eat. On the other hand, in the US, over the last 3 decades, the number of snack foods has exploded, the number of fast food places has mushroomed, and portions are now oftentimes 5 times what they were before. I think there is also a tendency to ratchet meals up, and maybe we agree to meet with this person for breakfast, that person for lunch, our good friend for dinner, and maybe go out for drinks with another person. Or engage in mindless eating in front of the TV. Or (as I have become more and more aware of myself), having a beer and then scouting out the fridge when I go down for another beer. Even if the total calories of beer is not high, getting the beer is chained with opening the fridge and checking out the shelves. If I want to have a beer, I should have an ice-chest and keep it separate from other foodstuffs. Too bad about the surgery, though. You are right! It's not a panacea and there are some major downsides to it. Yours truly, Caleb |
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I want to join discussion group!
I have been counting calories since Jan 2, 2007, I have lost 30 pounds,
shifting up and down in the last 10 pounds due to fluid levels....Anyone have problems with this.......my name is Donna, I am 48, and from NorthEast Louisisiana, my starting weight was 358/330/150. I am diabectic also and other health problems......We can do this together ;-) |
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Discipline ..thats the key for anyone! Donna
That is so true, why go thru those surgery if ya gona gain it all
back......I beleive a person will gain back on any thing they do if there is not a discipline in whatever weight-management way they go.....Agree or Disagree?????? |
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I want to join discussion group!
On Feb 11, 6:52 pm, (MRS WINTERTIME) wrote:
I have been counting calories since Jan 2, 2007, I have lost 30 pounds, shifting up and down in the last 10 pounds due to fluid levels....Anyone have problems with this.......my name is Donna, I am 48, and from NorthEast Louisisiana, my starting weight was 358/330/150. I am diabectic also and other health problems......We can do this together ;-) Donna -- Great for you! You've done wonderfully in the last 5 weeks. Great! Whatever you're doing is working well! What ARE you doing? Keep it up! Yup, I'd really love to talk about what it takes to be good enough for long enough! Yours truly, Caleb |
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Discipline ..thats the key for anyone! Donna
On Feb 11, 6:56 pm, (MRS WINTERTIME) wrote:
That is so true, why go thru those surgery if ya gona gain it all back......I beleive a person will gain back on any thing they do if there is not a discipline in whatever weight-management way they go.....Agree or Disagree?????? In behavioral programs there are several questions that people ask, including: 1. How generalizable are the results? That is, will the work in a variety of settings? 2. Also, can the behaviors be maintained by real world consequences. It sure is better to do things in a planful fashion. If one doesn't have a general idea of where one is going, then it's often the case that one is headed for long term failure. I sure agree about what you're saying. Two quotes come to mind: Franklin said: "We should eat to live and not live to eat!" And Seneca the Roman stoic said: "Happiness is not wanting what you cannot have." Pretty glum views but true. Welcome to the list! Yours truly, Caleb |
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Day 41 -- still 20 pounds gone
On Feb 10, 10:06?pm, "Caleb" wrote:
2-10-07 265/245/200 Day 41 and still 20 pounds gone. I got on my scale this morning and saw that I was still at 245 - although pretty close to 244 - so still 20 pounds gone. Had about 1400 calories yesterday and about 1100 today (it's now about 7 PM) and so I'm doing pretty well following my low-calorie approach. All I have to do is just keep doing what I'm doing! Tomorrow I'm going walking up my hill in the morning. I have 2 numbers on my watchband - 41 over 20 - indicating that this is day 41 and I've lost 20 pounds. I showed the numbers today to several psychologists (there was a terrific local conference) and they expressed great interest in this approach. (I was also asking a poster- presenter about her research on bariatric surgery patients. Numbers on a watchband sure beatgastricsurgery.) I hope everyone has a great weekend and a FANTASTIC week coming up! Yours truly, Caleb Hi I had my Surgery on 02/02/02 and at time of surgery I was at 425 lbs. and after five years I now weigh in at 185 lbs. To this day I still dont like to eat normal food like meat,bread,cake,sweets,and anything greasy make me sick. I know a few of my friends that had the same surgery and did not gain back their weight only they go up a few pounds up or down you will be fine just make sure that in the first year you get in to good habits because these habits will stay with you for a long time Alot of walking is very important and remmember to chew your food Good Luck Izzy. |
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Day 41 -- still 20 pounds gone
On Feb 12, 12:00 am, "big_guy?" wrote:
On Feb 10, 10:06?pm, "Caleb" wrote: 2-10-07 265/245/200 Day 41 and still 20 pounds gone. I got on my scale this morning and saw that I was still at 245 - although pretty close to 244 - so still 20 pounds gone. Had about 1400 calories yesterday and about 1100 today (it's now about 7 PM) and so I'm doing pretty well following my low-calorie approach. All I have to do is just keep doing what I'm doing! Tomorrow I'm going walking up my hill in the morning. I have 2 numbers on my watchband - 41 over 20 - indicating that this is day 41 and I've lost 20 pounds. I showed the numbers today to several psychologists (there was a terrific local conference) and they expressed great interest in this approach. (I was also asking a poster- presenter about her research on bariatric surgery patients. Numbers on a watchband sure beatgastricsurgery.) I hope everyone has a great weekend and a FANTASTIC week coming up! Yours truly, Caleb Hi I had my Surgery on 02/02/02 and at time of surgery I was at 425 lbs. and after five years I now weigh in at 185 lbs. To this day I still dont like to eat normal food like meat,bread,cake,sweets,and anything greasy make me sick. I know a few of my friends that had the same surgery and did not gain back their weight only they go up a few pounds up or down you will be fine just make sure that in the first year you get in to good habits because these habits will stay with you for a long time Alot of walking is very important and remmember to chew your food Good Luck Izzy. Absolutely SUPER that you have maintained! Thanks for writing in! I know of no one personally who has had the surgery although there are many TV personalities I see who have had it. It can sure be life- saving for a lot of people! IZZY, GREAT for you! With your reactions to the various foods you mentioned, you're sure avoiding a lot of the danger foods that I have eaten to much of. Great job!!! Do you have to take supplements now? Any other side-effects? Yours, Caleb |
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