September/October weight loss challenge

[Possegal]

Just an FYI for folks, technically this is a 7-week challenge since that takes us to Oct 28th. So 7 weeks from today is the last weigh in. Just in case that impacts any goal weight you may have chosen.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0

[Possegal]

I'm a little late here - will get caught up now.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0

[channlluv]

I'm late, too. I was traveling all day Friday and sick all afternoon Saturday (bad shrimp from Thursday), and just now had the courage to step on the scale.

231.4


I took my first Zumba class yesterday, and my first hatha yoga class in years. I also download the C25K app and will start that this morning. I'm already dressed for it.

I've been watching a reality TV series on Netflix called Heavy where these severely obese people face the psychological issues contributing to their obesity and food addictions, and they spend a month-to-six-months at a residential health spa facility working out five hours a day...

I can't help wondering if my health insurance would cover a month at a place like this over a gastric bypass surgery, which the head weight loss honcho doctor told me is my only real choice. Feh.

Roxy

[ny biker]

I'm late, too. I was traveling all day Friday and sick all afternoon Saturday (bad shrimp from Thursday), and just now had the courage to step on the scale.

231.4


I took my first Zumba class yesterday, and my first hatha yoga class in years. I also download the C25K app and will start that this morning. I'm already dressed for it.

I've been watching a reality TV series on Netflix called Heavy where these severely obese people face the psychological issues contributing to their obesity and food addictions, and they spend a month-to-six-months at a residential health spa facility working out five hours a day...

I can't help wondering if my health insurance would cover a month at a place like this over a gastric bypass surgery, which the head weight loss honcho doctor told me is my only real choice. Feh.

Roxy

Well fwiw, my sister is a nurse in a post-op unit of a hospital. She told me about a patient who had gastric bypass surgery and was readmitted to the hospital a few hours after being released, sick from eating french fries at McDonald's on the way home from the hospital. Any food-related psychological problems need to be dealt with before the surgery.

And if that doctor is a surgeon, that might be the reason he says surgery is your only option.

[channlluv]

"And if that doctor is a surgeon, that might be the reason he says surgery is your only option."

That's what I figured, too. A lot of people have shared that opinion.

I just left my mom, who had lapband surgery a couple of years ago. She still has serious food issues. I do not want to live like she has to now. Food is all she thinks about.

Roxy

[Triskeliongirl]

Channlluv. Good for you for realizing there are psychological issues that are preventing you from reaching a healthy weight. If I were you, I would strongly consider getting some type of psychological counseling before considering any form of surgery. If your health insurance won't pay for a month at a facility (which is probably very expensive), maybe they would pay for individual or group counseling, or maybe a community center nearby offers low or no cost group counseling programs. I think the hardest step is identifying that there are psychological issues. Now that is behind you, so just research what is within your means to help you work through them.

"And if that doctor is a surgeon, that might be the reason he says surgery is your only option."

That's what I figured, too. A lot of people have shared that opinion.

I just left my mom, who had lapband surgery a couple of years ago. She still has serious food issues. I do not want to live like she has to now. Food is all she thinks about.

Roxy

[goldfinch]

Channlluv, what else have you tried? Have you tried one of the support programs like OA or weight watchers?

I would not necessarily foreclose the possibility of bariatric surgery. It actually does work for many people, far more successfully than dieting. Maybe it is a last resort but it sure can be a good option.

Either way, therapy can be good, but it should be cognitive behavior therapy, which will give you tools to help you lose weight. http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan04/bringing.aspx

I have lost most of the weight I need to lose. I still have serious food issues. I think about food way too much. I likely will have to count calories forever. But I can live with that. I am learning to be content with my discontent.

[Possegal]

Heading in to do some updating. Sorry for not being sure to post the link on each page. I do try and do that so that people don't have to go back too far if they want to check in on it. But you've all been very talkative.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0

[Possegal]

Never too late to join! Welcome.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0

[Mako]

Finally weiging in (I'm away for the weekend)

Been avoiding my scales as I didn't want to see the damage
Plucked up some courage and its not as bad as I thought -148

I seem to be on a bit of a yo-yo of late.....

[Possegal]

Getting caught up.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0

[Possegal]

weekly updating now

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0

[ny biker]

144.4 this morning. Was 147 on Monday and Tuesday.

Two weeks of crappy weather cut into my exercise somewhat, but I don't think that's really what's going on.

[Possegal]

More updates

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0