erogam
One year later...
Aug 25, 2009
Hey there,
So, one year out - can't actually believe it was a year ago - but it was. I wish I'd lost more - still sitting around 85kg and am not happy with that but from where I've come, it's not so bad. I just need more motivation to stick to it all the time - including weekends etc. BUT, I wouldn't go back. I have healthier habits generally and feel so much better.
My goals now are to lose at least another 10kg, to become more fit generally and to continue becoming more active on a day-to-day basis. We're also hoping to adopt another child from Taiwan [our 10year old is adopted from there]. It's a slow process but hopefully we'll get there in about a year's time! I definitely wouldn't be looking at this if I hadn't lost the weight so it's all working together for this to happen - at least I hope so!! As you can see I'm very excited by this prospect - it just seems a long way off just now but the last year went quickly and I guess the next year will also!
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So, one year out - can't actually believe it was a year ago - but it was. I wish I'd lost more - still sitting around 85kg and am not happy with that but from where I've come, it's not so bad. I just need more motivation to stick to it all the time - including weekends etc. BUT, I wouldn't go back. I have healthier habits generally and feel so much better.
My goals now are to lose at least another 10kg, to become more fit generally and to continue becoming more active on a day-to-day basis. We're also hoping to adopt another child from Taiwan [our 10year old is adopted from there]. It's a slow process but hopefully we'll get there in about a year's time! I definitely wouldn't be looking at this if I hadn't lost the weight so it's all working together for this to happen - at least I hope so!! As you can see I'm very excited by this prospect - it just seems a long way off just now but the last year went quickly and I guess the next year will also!
Trying to stay on track!
Apr 23, 2009
Ok, so the pouch test didn't work so well - I did the shake days but found the mushy protein to difficult to organise again! Anyway, after two days of shakes I did think the pouch was tighter so that was good. Trouble is, it's been Easter and I ate too much chocolate 
having given up the wine! I can't eat much compared to before (get too sick) but any is really too much now! Anyway, I'm less than one kilo from BMI 29 point something which will make me happy for awhile. I seem to still be losing about a kilo a month or maybe a little less now. It really seems so slow and the weeks I'm 'good' don't seem to have any more weight loss than the weeks I'm not so good!! I'm definitely in need of something to replace the pleasure I used to get from food - told my doctor I might start smoking but not seriously! I wish I could get pleasure from exercise but I really don't! I'm walking a bit with my new dog - Buddy - but not enough. I'm just so lazy when I get home and get everything that has to be done, done, all I want to do is lie down and read a book! I was suffering from severe anemia there a few weeks ago [probably built up since about Christmas] but have had iron injections and the levels are better and should be ok for a couple of months. The anemia was much more debilitating than I would had thought it would or could be - SO TIRED!!!
Support group was great on Saturday
and I've been counting more protein this week so hopefully that'll help things as well.
Next time I update hopefully I'll be BMI 29.8 or less - can't wait!
Margie
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having given up the wine! I can't eat much compared to before (get too sick) but any is really too much now! Anyway, I'm less than one kilo from BMI 29 point something which will make me happy for awhile. I seem to still be losing about a kilo a month or maybe a little less now. It really seems so slow and the weeks I'm 'good' don't seem to have any more weight loss than the weeks I'm not so good!! I'm definitely in need of something to replace the pleasure I used to get from food - told my doctor I might start smoking but not seriously! I wish I could get pleasure from exercise but I really don't! I'm walking a bit with my new dog - Buddy - but not enough. I'm just so lazy when I get home and get everything that has to be done, done, all I want to do is lie down and read a book! I was suffering from severe anemia there a few weeks ago [probably built up since about Christmas] but have had iron injections and the levels are better and should be ok for a couple of months. The anemia was much more debilitating than I would had thought it would or could be - SO TIRED!!! Support group was great on Saturday
and I've been counting more protein this week so hopefully that'll help things as well.Next time I update hopefully I'll be BMI 29.8 or less - can't wait!
Margie
A new start?
Mar 28, 2009
So long since I wrote and so long since I lost anything really! 
I'm now about 88kilos and am going to try the 5-day pouch test to see if I can jump-start things again. I do feel I can eat a bit much but not significantly - I know I have to be more careful of certain things and that some foods will 'slide' on down quite nicely - most of those leave me feeling sick if I have much though so I'm not sure why I'm not losing so much?? Oh, it could be the wine - got a bit reliant on that for a while but have realised it and put a stop to it for now anyway. 
I'm so keen to be in the 'overweight' range and not the 'obese' range and I'm only about 2kg's off that - maybe in the next week or two?
Will keep you posted!
Margie
Under 90kg!
Feb 01, 2009
Weight today = 89.7 = 197.34pounds!!
It is very slow but still moving - hooray!!!
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It is very slow but still moving - hooray!!!
Home Again!
Jan 26, 2009
It's taken me a while to get back on but here goes!
We had a wonderful time in China - I lost almost 4kg (haven't lost any in the three weeks since we got home, though!) without really trying. I think the slow way of eating in China really suited me but we can't always take that much time to eat a small meal in the real world!
New school year starts today - back into the 'busy-ness' of life. Hopefully I'll stop picking at everything I see and will lose a few more kilos this term.
Ok, time for school.
Margie
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We had a wonderful time in China - I lost almost 4kg (haven't lost any in the three weeks since we got home, though!) without really trying. I think the slow way of eating in China really suited me but we can't always take that much time to eat a small meal in the real world!
New school year starts today - back into the 'busy-ness' of life. Hopefully I'll stop picking at everything I see and will lose a few more kilos this term.
Ok, time for school.
Margie
It's SO SLOW!
Nov 22, 2008
The scales finally went below 94 today - 93.8, but still, it's below 94! I can't believe how little you can eat and still not lose weight for weeks on end. Hopefully this will be the beginning of a new trend!?!
It's been a funny week here with storms leaving lots of houses destroyed and on Sunday night and then Wednesday night more storms brought flooding to the whole region - city and country alike. We were fortunate - the only hassle was an overflowing pool which I can hardly complain about really!!
Hope you're all going well - I need to get more focused on exercise to get things moving again - but, it's the end of the school year and I'm so tired I feel all I need to do is ...
!!! Two more weeks of school left.
It's been a funny week here with storms leaving lots of houses destroyed and on Sunday night and then Wednesday night more storms brought flooding to the whole region - city and country alike. We were fortunate - the only hassle was an overflowing pool which I can hardly complain about really!!
Hope you're all going well - I need to get more focused on exercise to get things moving again - but, it's the end of the school year and I'm so tired I feel all I need to do is ...
!!! Two more weeks of school left.
October 30
Oct 29, 2008
I'm more than two months out now and feeling good. I've lost about 17 kilos (37pounds) but it really does seem to be slow going. I'll ask the surgeon about that tomorrow when I see him. Lots of people tell me it's better to be slow than fast and I guess that's true but it doesn't feel that way when I stay the same weight for more than a week sometimes! I'm not weighing myself every day - have been a bit better about that but it's still a couple of times a week. I haven't experienced any dumping and can probably 'cheat' more than I was hoping - I've been pretty good mostly but it doesn't seem that anything affects me except to give me a bad taste in my mouth sometimes. So, life goes on and slowly I'm losing - I do look a lot better than I did in the first month - my face was grey for quite a while - I thought it was only me who knew but now I look better, everyone's telling me so!
Anyway, no regrets yet - I know I wouldn't be losing at all without the RNY - frustrating as it is sometimes!
Anyway, no regrets yet - I know I wouldn't be losing at all without the RNY - frustrating as it is sometimes!
October 11
Oct 10, 2008
It's been a while but I guess that's to be expected as the days and weeks go by. My weight loss seems very slow but part of that is because I get on the scales every day - almost - and the difference from one day to the next really is not able to be measured and often I'm even up a few hundred grams! Oh well, I will just have to promise not to weigh more than once a week. I'm losing about a half kilo to one kilo a week - 1-2 pounds. I know I'm not doing the right thing all the time but it seems that for the amount I'm eating, it should be faster!!
It was back to school last Monday and straight into a busy case for me. Fortunately all was resolved and the emotional energy expended, was worth it in the end. I work with special needs and behaviour difficulty children - managing their cases - or not knowing what to do with them a lot of the time!! I like my job but sometimes the 'system' lets a lot of people down and I thought the case this week would be one like that but in the end the child is to be supported so it's all fine.
I'm wondering why I bothered to have RNY - I seem to be able to eat anything - not that I can eat much of anything, but I don't have or haven't yet had, dumping. It was the reason I went for RNY so that I wouldn't be tempted with sweet things. Anyway, I guess I could still get it and better not speak too soon!
I've just booked our flights home from China for January - should have done it three weeks ago - the taxes are in Japanese Yen and even though the flights used frequent flyer points, I still had to pay a heap more in taxes because the Australian dollar is so low.
I hope it lifts a bit by December or we'll be living a bit simply while over there! I was looking at 3 and 4 star hotels - maybe I'll need to go to the 1 and 2 star ones!
Have a good week, Y'all!
Margie
It was back to school last Monday and straight into a busy case for me. Fortunately all was resolved and the emotional energy expended, was worth it in the end. I work with special needs and behaviour difficulty children - managing their cases - or not knowing what to do with them a lot of the time!! I like my job but sometimes the 'system' lets a lot of people down and I thought the case this week would be one like that but in the end the child is to be supported so it's all fine.
I'm wondering why I bothered to have RNY - I seem to be able to eat anything - not that I can eat much of anything, but I don't have or haven't yet had, dumping. It was the reason I went for RNY so that I wouldn't be tempted with sweet things. Anyway, I guess I could still get it and better not speak too soon!
I've just booked our flights home from China for January - should have done it three weeks ago - the taxes are in Japanese Yen and even though the flights used frequent flyer points, I still had to pay a heap more in taxes because the Australian dollar is so low.
I hope it lifts a bit by December or we'll be living a bit simply while over there! I was looking at 3 and 4 star hotels - maybe I'll need to go to the 1 and 2 star ones!Have a good week, Y'all!
Margie
Last day of September
Sep 29, 2008
School holidays so I have plenty of time to 'blogg' - don't have much to report really except a couple of incidences where I clearly ate too much - I didn't think it was really too much but my 'pouch' told me otherwise quite quickly! So, I have to be careful and eat more slowly - it's not pleasant and something I will try to avoid.
I'm still trying to find things to replace food in my everyday life - I really need to get into my garden - it's such a mess but I don't really have the energy. I started with doing a few pots for my veranda - also got some birds for a big cage that has been sitting empty for a while - they're quite sweet - peach faces - one is really colourful and one is a bit dull - blue/grey but Rachael (daughter) desparately wanted that one so we got them.
We had my son's 18th on Saturday - he didn't want a party so we just had family for afternoon tea. It was nice - he got a telescope so he's been putting time into that in the evenings - it gets him off the computer at least!
We're organising a trip to China just now (over Christmas)- I'm trying to get the flights mostly with Frequent Flyer points - have got the ones to Shanghai and will hopefully be able to get home from Japan on FF as well. That way we only have to pay for China to Tokyo - I'm such a cheapie but that gives us more to spend on the hotels and tourist spots - and shopping!!
We lived in China for almost two years about four years ago. I'm hoping to be down another 8-10 kilos by then so that I can fit in the seats better - I'm already less than I was though, so it shouldn't be as bad as it was.
Hope y'all are going well.
Margie
I'm still trying to find things to replace food in my everyday life - I really need to get into my garden - it's such a mess but I don't really have the energy. I started with doing a few pots for my veranda - also got some birds for a big cage that has been sitting empty for a while - they're quite sweet - peach faces - one is really colourful and one is a bit dull - blue/grey but Rachael (daughter) desparately wanted that one so we got them.
We had my son's 18th on Saturday - he didn't want a party so we just had family for afternoon tea. It was nice - he got a telescope so he's been putting time into that in the evenings - it gets him off the computer at least!
We're organising a trip to China just now (over Christmas)- I'm trying to get the flights mostly with Frequent Flyer points - have got the ones to Shanghai and will hopefully be able to get home from Japan on FF as well. That way we only have to pay for China to Tokyo - I'm such a cheapie but that gives us more to spend on the hotels and tourist spots - and shopping!!
We lived in China for almost two years about four years ago. I'm hoping to be down another 8-10 kilos by then so that I can fit in the seats better - I'm already less than I was though, so it shouldn't be as bad as it was.Hope y'all are going well.
Margie
Less than hubby!
Sep 23, 2008
Well, it's not because I'm down too much but because he's put on a bit, but I am now less than DH!! It was my first goal - I was less than him last year for a little while until the lap-band slipped and was then removed but other than that, I don't think I've been less than him since our oldest son was born!
I'm still trying to come to terms with how little I can eat - I'm meant to be on anything now but don't seem to be able to tolerate a lot. I haven't had dumping as such, but feel nausea a lot and am actually better if I don't eat at all. I've just had a cup of coffee for breakfast - I always thought that was ridiculous but now it seems quite filling!! Anyway, I'll have to find something else that I can fit in I guess. My weight loss seems quite slow compared to how little I'm eating - I have read people say that they need to increase what they eat - maybe that's where I am? Have never had that problem before!!!
It's school holidays now for two weeks so I'm hoping to be completely better by the time school goes back. I've been on my exercise bike for the last three days and must stick to that and also start walking again.
OK, I've got to go - taking four kids to the movies!
I'm still trying to come to terms with how little I can eat - I'm meant to be on anything now but don't seem to be able to tolerate a lot. I haven't had dumping as such, but feel nausea a lot and am actually better if I don't eat at all. I've just had a cup of coffee for breakfast - I always thought that was ridiculous but now it seems quite filling!! Anyway, I'll have to find something else that I can fit in I guess. My weight loss seems quite slow compared to how little I'm eating - I have read people say that they need to increase what they eat - maybe that's where I am? Have never had that problem before!!!
It's school holidays now for two weeks so I'm hoping to be completely better by the time school goes back. I've been on my exercise bike for the last three days and must stick to that and also start walking again.
OK, I've got to go - taking four kids to the movies!
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