Drum Roll Please...

Laurinda · 01-20-2008, 09:15 AM

AWESOME <thumbs up> How very exciting!!!

Dazzle · 01-20-2008, 01:18 PM

Thats fantastic!!!!! Hopefully I will be banded on Wed. and can lose weight like you. I know that we should lose weight little at a time, but i would love to lose at least 25 lbs my first month. Way to go....keep it up. try to rememebr this feeling so when you want to eat the wrong thins you remember how good it feels when you are losing....:)

Big-D · 01-23-2008, 03:28 PM

Dazzle,

I hope everything goes well for you today. Good luck!

Big-D · 01-26-2008, 09:14 AM

Well, I'm now unofficially 305 lbs. My weight loss is still on a downward trajectory, but it is slowing. Now that I'm lighter, I need to start exercising. For now, that means I'll be walking the dog. I used Google maps to plot out a route in my neighborhood. By doing so, I now have the distance of the route. I setup a 1 mile circuit. If I want to do more than 1 mile, I can just do more than 1 loop.

runningagain · 01-26-2008, 09:38 AM

Great job Big D!!

Dazzle · 01-27-2008, 10:46 AM

Well, Big D, I was banded on Wed. and ave been not dong so well,up to now. The gass pain was horendous. But today I woke up feeling good. i stepped on the scale and Im down 6 lbs (unoffically that is). I feel lighter too. Well glad everything is going good for you. Hey, can you tell me what did you type in for the route and distance for your walk. I want to do that.

Big-D · 02-09-2008, 07:53 AM

My weight loss has slowed as I've begun to eat somewhat normally now that I'm off the liquid phase.

Last week I had an attack of gout. This is the first time I've ever experienced it and, boy howdy, was it a doozy. I'm still not 100%.

I've learned that I may be getting too much protein, so for now I have stopped using the New Whey Liquid Protein. I'll continue to have Unjury from time to time, but no more of the daily Liquid Protein supplements. I read that tart cherries might mitigate the problem, so I'm trying that in addition to the medicine my doctor prescribed.

I guess the most significant thing that has happened since my last report is that I've busted the 300 lb. mark. It was weird, though. Even though I know I shouldn't, I've been checking my weight every morning just after I get up while I'm still in my underwear. For about two weeks, my weight would go up 2 lbs., then drop 1 lb., then another, then up a 1 lb. Then on Thursday this week, I finally hit 300 lb., but given how my weight was fluctuating, I thought it would go up a pound. It didn't. It just all of the sudden dropped 5 pounds. Huh?

I didn't believe it. I thought something was wrong with the scale. I weighed myself 3 times with the same result. So I proceeded to get ready for work and took a shower, then I weighed again. Still the same. This morning, the scale reads 294, so I guess 295 was for real.

Now my next mini goal is a ways off, but if things keep going well like they have been, I might be at 250 well before June 30th.

I see Dr. Hamn next week for my first fill.

toni_o · 02-11-2008, 06:04 AM

congratulations, big d! your progress is inspiring!

i hope you're doing better after your bout with gout. (had to indulge the rhyme!)

toni

Big-D · 02-29-2008, 10:43 AM

Okay, I've finally reach 290 lbs. This took longer than expected because I haven't been eating well. I've been eating candy and ice cream. Now I plan to cut that out and focus on exercise.

Sue Magoo · 02-29-2008, 09:28 PM

Big-D:

You're doing fabulously! You're not even filled yet and you've lost so much. Congratulations. It gets easier once you're restricted.

Good job.

Sue

Texas_Mom_5573 · 03-01-2008, 12:03 AM

Congrats everyone!

RedTulips3 · 03-01-2008, 09:46 PM

Congrats Big-D! Keep it up!

Big-D · 03-06-2008, 09:05 AM

Thanks for the support.

Actually, I've had my first fill on February 13th. Although, since he said it looked like I was still restricted pretty much, he only filled it .5 ml which is next to nothing. I've started to exercise on an elliptical machine, so I imagine my weight loss will pick up.

Right now, I'm losing about .9 lbs. per day.

Big-D · 04-08-2008, 03:44 PM

I'm stuck around 285#. Nothing to celebrate. I've been stuck at this weight for about a month.

So the question is: Fill or No Fill?

I know the reason I'm not making progress. I'm eating bad, eating too much and not exercising. I guess a fill would stop the eating too much, but it isn't like I'm gaining. I'm just stuck around 285#.

When I hit 280#, then I'll celebrate another milestone, till then I'll just flounder.

Chrisann · 04-09-2008, 02:36 PM

I have been fighting the same two pounds since my last fill. I haven't been eating enough.

You should listen to your body. Are you really feeling hungry? Are you really only eating junk food? It doesn't matter too much about exercising, it matters what you are putting in your mouth at this point. I would do a food journal, see what you are eating and when, even include what you are drinking. You may see a pattern.

If you are never feeling restriction, then I would get a fill.